Race for the Arts is back this year, providing critical fundraising for arts organizations and a free festival for the public. Sally Rice shares what you can expect, safety precautions and why the arts need support now more than ever.

Meg Myers brings a unique brand of alt-rock to the festival, which Billboard described as having “a strikingly visceral feeling and the sort of deeply relatable angst artists like Fiona Apple came up on.” Her songs “Desire” and “Sorry” made the Top 15 and Top 20 alternative radio hits, respectively. Her new album, “Take Me to the Disco,” signals a shift in her musical style away from escapism toward facing things head-on. Learn more about her musical inspiration, and why she's excited to play in Sacramento's Farm-to-Fork Festival in this episode.

Leon Etchepare, partner in Wellnut Farms, shares what it's like to farm in the Sacramento area, how his farm has faced drought and the Covid-19 pandemic, and what you can expect when you visit him at the Farm-to-Fork Festival Sept. 17-18, 2021. He also shares the best ways to enjoy his farm's walnut butter, including his husband's favorite way: atop vanilla ice cream.

Fantastic Negrito will play Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 at the Farm-to-Fork Festival in Sacramento. On this episode, he shares the story behind his music, his connection to farming, and what fans can expect from his performance at the festival.

With public events back in Sacramento, food trucks are once again in familiar settings, and on this episode of the Visit Sacramento Podcast, SactoMoFo founder/owner Paul Somerhausen shares the history of the food truck scene in Sacramento, how the Covid-19 pandemic affected the industry, and what people can expect from mobile food vendors today.

Located in Sacramento's popular DOCO area, Fizz Champagne & Bubbles Bar is here to show you that you don't need a special event to enjoy a glass of bubbly. Chief Champagne Officer Raymond James Irwin travels the world searching for the best champagne and sparkling wines – and other beverages, too – and brings them back to Sacramento.

Mark Escobedo founded the Project 25 Art Gallery at maybe the worst time: right in the middle of a pandemic. But he  adapted and created a space to promote art in Sacramento, bringing volunteer May Murray on a few months ago to help. Also on this episode: Sacramento artist Unity Lewis shares the details of the current exhibit, nearly 50 years in the making, that promotes Black artists and the legacy of a project his grandmother took on in the 1960s.

Sacramento is a great destination for the LGBTQ community, and on this episode, Fred Palmer, publisher of Outword Magazine and Executive Director of the Sacramento Rainbow Chamber, shares some of the ways Sacramento embraces the LGBTQ community.

World's Strongest Man is coming to Sacramento, and local nutrition company Trifecta is working hard to feed athletes like Brian Shaw on their quest to be champions.

UC Davis Health's Chef Santana Diaz has focused on bringing farm-fresh food into the hospital, and treating food as medicine, helping UC Davis Health weather the Covid-19 pandemic. He will also be the lead chef of this year's Tower Bridge Dinner as Sacramento once again prepares to host its most-celebrated events.