Prelude at The Green Music Center Review

We just attended their Summer Bluegrass Festival. Very enjoyable, well-attended event--a beautiful venue.

Inside the theater is an accoustic experience that is sublime. Outside, on the grass during a Summer concert, is perfect for sharing with friends in a beautiful and relaxed atmosphere. The amenities are excellent, the staff courteous and the facilities spotless. Every time I am there I wonder why I don't go more often. It's a real treat to enjoy a place like this and should be high on the list of things to do.

Blues and Brews. Beer tasting was a joke. Two beers on draft. The grass was nice though.

I love this place. We live close by and I take personal pride in having this facility near our home. The quality of sound is amazing and most concerts there have been simply spectacular. We have been to many concerts both in Weill Hall and Schroeder Hall - amazing sound quality.

Unfortunately that was not the case for Diana Ross tonight. Concert started at 7:30 and we left by 8:00. It's 8:30 now and I'm at home in my PJs writing this. The sound engineers set up the systems for a stadium while this is a fine concert hall. You could replicate the experience turning the treble and volume on your system up full and going into your bathroom to listen - everything was horribly distorted. I don't know if it was Diana Ross' entourage that insisted on this or if it was just a poor decision, but we found it an assault on our senses and best to simply leave.

I highly recommend the Green Music Center for most concerts! Everything else we have heard there ( over a dozen concerts) was between "really good" and "great"! I suspect Diana Ross still has her voice from what I heard, but it was really hard to tell with all the distortion. I hope they learn from this experience - although I was in the minority. Most people seemed to stick it out.

Went to concert..good sound..seating was not bad as we were up high and could see clearly

Year round concerts. In a beautiful hall in winter and a lovely lawn in the summer.

This is by far one of my most favorite places to just kick back have some real conversation and just be yourself, and I just think it's always amazing just how beautiful the lights are at night time...I like to come here and just lay out in the grass and look at the stars .

I was really looking forward to seeing Boz Scaggs and Robert Cray and I was very dissapointed. I am shocked that they hail this place as some great music center because the view and the sound sucked. It was my first and last event here. You might as well watch a concert on TV because that is all you are getting, and honestly my sound system at home is better than this place.

The options for food and drink were pretty good, but they do not tell you that you can bring your own picnic which tons of people did!!! Had i known they would allow rolling ice chests i would have brought one myself!!! It was like a backyard party with a bunch of strangers who kept talking throughout the performance so it made it even harder to hear the music.

I am no novice at music events and I was really hoping this place would deliver but I was sadly mistaken. I wish I had done what I usually do, get tickets for the show at a better venue...like LBC, or even in the city at one of the many great venues there where you can see the stage and hear the music!! If thelawn seats were free it would be worth it, but they are not. two thumbs down for this venue.

Schroeder Hall is wonderful! Sonoma Bach is delightful!

Adequate parking but there is quite a bit of traffic after shows

Great acoustics, beautiful wood work and easily accessible. Some parking makes events more challenging - just be patient!

Fabulous music venue for large scale yet intimate shows. Acoustics are other wordly.

Great sound. The staff is great. The building is clean and beautiful.

Great place for music. Symphony plays there often...

Beautiful building. It is very decadent. They acoustics are comparable with Disney hall and I got to see their sound boards. As a stage manager I was pretty excited.

Astonished by the modernized classic architecture. What a simply amazing place!

I love the place, it will always bring me a beautiful memory of my sister's graduation.

Concert Hall on SSU Campus. Spacey venue outside with seating at table(s) or on grass. Indoor seating at the acoustically spectacular concert hall is comfortable-airy with unobstructed views.

Graduated from Sonoma State and the ceremony was in the Green Music Hall. It was a great place to hold the ceremony and can see it being a very convenient and amazing venue for other concerts and events. It's a large space that will accommodate a lot of people. I can see why the school spent so much on creating it.

Love this spot. Beautiful. Classy. Amazing music venue. Intimate. Great lawn for warm evening events.

Beautiful place, great acoustics. Seats get a little hard if sitting for too long. No cameras or videoing allowed.

What an awful venue! You can only watch a screen. Sound sucks. What a waist of money on venue. Negative 10 stars!!

Best venue in all of Calif. for symphonic music. Considered to be one of the top 10 in the US.

Two Lions loves to see shows at this venue. A true gem in Sonoma County. Amazing sound, architecture and event schedule. Plenty of parking, and great seat selection. Male sure to check the schedule, if you're in town!

TasteOfSonoma held here this weekend was a blast and so much fun!

Rainbow colors lighting up the exterior..how cool is that? Colors for every occasion I enjoy them all as I drive down the expressway!

Fantastic hall, and home to the Santa Rosa Symphony!

The place is beautiful and I would love to go back sometime.

The Santa Rosa Symphony played along with the Raiders of the Lost Ark movie. It was awesome!

Beautiful venue for concerts. Very unique option to dine and eat outside while watching the concert.

Great venue in Rohnert Park with lots of events throughout the year.

Such a prestigious concert hall! When I played in Weill Hall with Sonoma County Honor Band, it seemed like we sounded better solely because of the venue. It seats 1400 (I think) and the acoustics are phenomenal. So many iconic musicians and groups have played there, the space itself felt magical. Overall a great experience; I recommend any concert played there.

Wonderful venue with outstanding sound characteristics. Unique design and atmosphere.

Went here a while ago and saw Fluffy. It was lots of fun, beautiful grounds. Will be heading back to see Boys II Men.

I have been here twice and loved it, beautiful setting and worderful sound,

Attended the rehearsal for the season finale ... "From Russia with Love." Such a treat... beautiful concert hall.

The best music venue in the North Bay. Has stunning acoustics and esthetically pleasing interior.

A beautiful, thoughtfully-designed palace of great sound and visuals. A real diamond of the Sonoma area.

What a great deal for $25! Gates opened at 4:30. Head to the hillside lawn for a picnic with family or friends. You can bring any food item, drinks you must purchase. You can bring empty water bottles and fill inside for free. At 7:30 PM, the Santa Rosa symphony played, then the Transendence Theatre Company performed, followed by an amazing fireworks display with background music. Incredible show at an inexpensive price!

Beautiful architecture, very clean and modern. Definitely worth a visit even if nothing is going on.

This place is a local gem and we are so lucky to have a world class venue for music.

Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra concert was amazing! So inspirational!

Great place, love it but wish they had better entertainment on 4th of July. Elvin Bishop was fantastic.

I have never really liked this place. The chairs are hideously uncomfortable. Can't believe they spent so much money on this place and put in horrible seats.

You cannot bring your own water. It's just like at an airport. They make you dump your water and refill it at a filling station.

You can't bring any water, drinks or food into the center. So, if you get thirsty, you have to get up, walk half a mile to the water fountains, and drink warm water.

No comfort at all while we are there.

Great location, beautiful with lots of restrooms. Great venue.

The Hall itself is gorgeous and sounded great during our performance there. I highly recommend exploring the nearby campus as the views are also incredible.

I liked the venue. I thought it was well layed out and worked nice for the show. I heard from people behind me that the sound was not good. But it was good for me

Awesome venue great shows, picnic on lawn, interior seating great and comfortable enough for 2hr+ show

Wonderful accoustics, but avoid side & balcony seats, as these face directlt across the auditorium, and NOT toward the stage.