Events

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Festivals

Community workshops & events

Alaska Native Day, May 16-17

The Alaska Native Community at Metini-Fort Ross welcomes all to Alaska Native Day May 16 & 17, 2026. Please join us as we continue to honor our Alaska Native history in the California lands of the Kashia Pomo. We will be celebrating our cultural practices through the sharing stories from our elders, dance and crafts.

Alaska Natives have a long history of relationship to Metini through the Russian hunting expeditions in the 1800’s. Alaska Natives were forcefully brought from their homelands by the Russian American Company to build Fort Ross and hunt sea otters for the benefit of the Russian American Company and at great cost to the Alaska Natives.

The Alaska Native community is grateful to the Kashia Pomo for welcoming us on their lands so we may pay tribute to our ancestors and continue to strengthen our community.

Please join us to learn more of our Alaska Native history and continuing cultural practices. A special thank you to The Ulakaia Center (formerly known as the Aleut Foundation), Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Pacific Northwest Aleut Council, Ounalashka Corporation, and Fort Ross Conservancy for their generous support of past events.

We are grateful to the Kashia for their continued welcome of the Alaska Native community on their lands of Metini.

For full schedule, please visit : https://alaskanativeday.com/

Memorial Day Concert: In a Landscape, May 25th

Join pianist Hunter Noack for the outdoor concert series where America’s most stunning landscapes replace the traditional concert hall. Listen through wireless headphones and wander afield with the music as a soundtrack to your experience in the wild.

Refreshments by Fort Ross Vineyard and Fort Ross Conservancy.

Special accomodation deal: Timber Cove Resort 25% off room rate for Monday night. To book, call Timber Cove Resort 707-847-3231 – Code: FRC

Spring Celebration, April 25th

First Day Hike! January 1st, 10:30 am, 2026

Where: Stump Beach to Phillips Gulch Falls & beyond

Meet the New Year right by joining us for an invigorating hike embracing the elements, land and sea, on our scenic Sonoma coast! We’ll begin at the Stump Beach Trailhead & Parking Area (just off Highway One, 1.3 miles north of Salt Point State Park’s Gerstle Cove Park Entry Kiosk and Campground).

This easy-moderate hike, featuring stunning coastal geology, flora and fauna, is approximately two miles (2.5+ hours) roundtrip, including lunch break. After descending from the trailhead to Stump Cove Beach, we’ll hike north to the blufftop Stump Beach Cove scenic overlook, on to Phillips Gulch Waterfall, then venture further northwest and likely down to a hidden rocky beach cove, our lunchbreak, then return. Please bring water, a bag lunch, layered clothing, sunscreen, headwear, hiking boots (be prepared for some possible brisk wind and seaside moisture) and if desired, optional hiking sticks, binoculars, and camera.

Not recommended for kids under 8 and - sorry - no dogs are permitted on Salt Point State Park trails or beaches. Here’s the Salt Point State Park brochure and map link. For more information, email hankb@fortross.org or call (707) 847-3437. For rain cancellation info that morning, please call (707) 321-5783. (Limited cell phone and wifi reception on the Sonoma Coast.)