The world's leading charity event aimed to find ways to treat, and, ultimately, cure mental illness

"The Music Festival is a marvelous event to hear about the latest science, hear great music and taste the best wines!"
Louann Brizendine, M.D., past Music Festival speaker and author of the bestseller The Female Brain

Next Year's Event - Sept. 12, 2009

The Research
We Support:

"Shari and Garen have had a galvanizing effect on schizophrenia research that is almost impossible to quantify," said Sophia
Vinogradov, a researcher at University of California at San Francisco. "Not only through their phenomenal fundraising efforts, but more important, they are able to articulate a vision where very soon, through the advances of science, we will conquer schizophrenia. They are unfailingly optimistic and results-driven, and accept nothing less from the researchers they support. It's electrifying."

Learn more about our sponsored research

The 15th Annual Music Festival for Mental Health
will take place on September 12, 2009 at Staglin Family Vineyard in Rutherford, California.

Bring your dancing shoes, your taste buds, and a healthy curiosity about the brain to the event:
pet scan image at a Music Festival seminar 12:00 noon: Learn from an internationally distinguished scientist about the state of the science of brain disorder treatment. You can ask questions at the Q&A session to follow. Hors d'oeuvres at the Music Festival 2:00 PM: Nosh on the cuisine of a local celebrity chef and taste an array of classic wines which in past years have included Harlan, Abreu, Colgin, Sloan, Screaming Eagle, Corton Charlemagne, Antinori Tignanello, and many others.
dancing at the Music Festival 3:30 PM: Dance the afternoon away to a spectacular performance by a great musical entertainer. Past years' performers have included the Pointer Sisters, Gladys Knight and Brian Wilson. Chef/Owner Staffan Terje of Perbacco Restaurant 5:30 PM: A Northwestern Italian-style dinner under the stars by renowned chef Staffan Terje of San Francisco's Perbacco Restaurant.

Come join us for a unique day of fun, food, wine, and music as we raise awareness, funding, and the roof for the cause of mental health research.

There are three ways you can contribute to the Music Festival for Mental Health:
Purchase tickets to this year's event, make a donation, or to volunteer,
please contact Cindy Dyar at (707) 944-0477 or via email.

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