This Saturday, Healdsburg will offer family activities from dawn to dusk, beginning with an early morning pancake breakfast and concluding with a half hour of fireworks after the sun goes down.
The day begins with the traditional Scout Troop 21 pancake breakfast at Villa Chanticleer. It’s only $9 for adults and $6 for kids for a hearty breakfast of pancakes with real maple syrup plus scrambled eggs, fruit and beverage choice of milk, juice or coffee. It takes place from 7am to noon. Scouts and adult volunteers—including the Kiwanis Club—host the event, and proceeds support youth activities.
After breakfast, or instead, visit the Healdsburg Farmers’ Market in the Foley Family Community Pavilion, from 8:30am to noon. Fruit and vegetable vendors will offer their abundance, along with prepared foods and crafts. New this year, check out the cakewalk from 9:30-10:30am, a musical-chairs-type game for all ages. Market vendors are baking cakes, and anyone can join a game and try to win a cake.
The Plaza comes alive with family activities from 10am to 1pm with the annual Fourth of July celebration, including the Kids’ Parade and the Duck Dash. The event is kid-centric: There will be games, and face painting hosted by Corazón Healdsburg, along with the traditional Duck Dash races. The dashes start atop an elevated flume and end in the Plaza’s fountain. Anyone can enter a rubber duck…