David Templeton, PRESS DEMOCRAT
Petaluma’s annual Transhumance Festival, an agriculture-themed celebration designed to reconnect human beings to the land they live on, is named for the age-old seasonal practice of moving livestock from one grazing place to another.
The entertaining and educational event returns to Petaluma this Saturday, April 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., but the real fun starts at 10:30 a.m. with a semi-ceremonial – and highly entertaining – parade of sheep.
Based on what’s happened in past years, crowds will line D Street to watch professional shepherds guide a big bleating flock of happy hooved grass-eaters from the Petaluma Fairgrounds to Steamer Landing Park – where they will immediately get to work grazing the McNear Peninsula.
Read more at https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/04/09/saturday-morning-to-bring-return-of-petalumas-transhumance-festival/