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Tickets Go On Sale June 2 for B.R. Cohn Music & Dinner & Golf Charity Fest in September

Performers to include Peter Frampton, Melissa Etheridge, Huey Lewis and The News, Wallflowers and Los Lonely Boys. Plus a celebrity golf classic and auction dinner.

Tickets go on sale to June 2 for the 2014 B.R. Cohn Charity Events Fall Music Festival, Gala Charity Auction Dinner, and the Celebrity Golf Classic presented by Sonnen BMW and the Lise Sonnen Fund and hosted by philanthropist and music artist manager Bruce Cohn. 

Concert dates are Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21 at the B.R. Cohn Winery Amphitheatre

Performing this year on Saturday: Melissa Etheridge, the Wallflowers, Los Lonely Boys, Paul Barrere, Fred Tackett, and Kenny Gradney of Little Feat, and The Curly Wolf. 

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Sunday’s line-up includes: Peter Frampton,Huey Lewis & the News, Los Lonely Boys and The Curly Wolf, plus others to be announced.

The popular and lively charity auction and dinner will be held Friday, September 19 at B.R. Cohn’s 140-year old Olive Grove at 6 p.m.

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Tickets are $175 per person.

Back by popular demand to prepare the five-course meal will be James Beard nominee, and award winning Chef Mark Stark, of highly acclaimed restaurants Bravas, Monti's, Stark's Steakhouse, Willi's Seafood and Willi's Wine Bar. 

The fun-filled evening also includes the annual fundraising auction where trips, private dinners, one-of-kind big format wines and autographed guitars are auctioned away for charity.

The celebrity golf tournament returns again to the famed Sonoma Golf Club and will be held on Monday, September 22

Registration begins at 8am with a 10am tee-off. Green fees are $275

For more information regarding invitations to the tournament and auction dinner please call 1-800-330-4064 ext. 126 or www.brcohnfallfestival.org.

“I’m very excited about the lineup I’ve been able to put together for this, our 28th year; from the celebrity chef at our auction dinner to the Grammy and Academy Award winning artists appearing on the Festival stage,” said Cohn.  “I’m thrilled about the quality of this year’s event and I think our loyal patrons will get more than their money’s worth when they attend this year!”

This year’s festival will be held in the memory of Lise Sonnen, a long-time supporter of the festival and a Cohn family friend. The festival’s olive grove stage will be renamed the Lise Sonnen Memorial Stage. 

Tickets for all Fall Festival Weekend events are at www.brcohnfallfestival.org or can be purchased at the B.R. Cohn Winery Tasting Room. 

Back again, after selling out the past few years, are special on-stage VIP seats that include a meet and greet with performers and fabulous food and wine, all while sitting just feet from the performances. 

VIP ticket prices range from $350 - $1,000 and general admission tickets are $79 this year with a special two-day pass for $129.

Proceeds from this year’s festival will be spread among several charities including: Sonoma Valley Education Foundation, Redwood Empire Food Bank, and Veterans organizations.

Event sponsors and partners include: Sonnen BMW, the Lise Sonnen Fund, KFOG 104.5/99.7, 107.7 The Bone, KOIT 96.5, KFOX 98.5, the River 97.7, 96.9 The Eagle, Statewide Traffic Safety & Signs, Lagunitas Brewery, Sonoma County Tourism, Sonoma Index-Tribune, Sonoma Chevrolet, The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, GSO, The Flamingo Conference and Resort, GEV Magazine, Stark & Co. Catering, and Grapevine Party Rentals.

B.R. Cohn Winery is located at 15000 Sonoma Highway 12 in Glen Ellen


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