Concerned Neighbors of Montgomery Village Area Santa Rosa, California

A neighborhood record

Does the loud music every Tuesday or Wednesday bother you or your family?

Neighbors across the area — and well beyond, even over half a mile away — can hear this music.

The Junction Beer Garden & Bottle Shop recently opened and hosts live bands that perform on top of the 300-foot hill almost every week. It is too loud. Many of us feel it is disruptive to the peace of our neighborhood, especially since it happens in the middle of the work week.

If the loud music bothers you, you can help us by letting us know. We are putting together a list of people adversely affected by the noise and will demand the City of Santa Rosa find a solution.

Even if it only bothers you somewhat, your signup still counts — the size of the list is what matters.

Topographic map of the Montgomery Village area of Santa Rosa showing The Junction Beer Garden & Bottle Shop on a hill at 301 feet elevation, with a red circle marking a 0.56-mile radius that covers surrounding residential streets, Flat Rock Park, and reaches toward Howarth Park and Lake Ralphine.
The venue sits at 301 ft elevation. The red circle marks a 0.56-mile radius over the surrounding residential neighborhood. Tap the map to open it full size.
Side elevation schematic looking north: The Junction Beer Garden & Bottle Shop and its live band source atop a roughly 300-foot hill, with sound radiating downhill toward one-story single-family homes in the north-west and south-east residential neighborhoods at one, two, and three or more blocks — roughly 350, 700, and 1,050-plus feet, out to about 1,500 feet.
Side elevation looking north: sound carries downhill in both directions over the surrounding homes. Illustrative schematic in approximate relative scale.

What is happening

The Junction Beer Garden & Bottle Shop (3901 Montgomery Drive) operates an outdoor stage in its hilltop beer garden and hosts ticketed, amplified concerts nearly every week — typically on weeknight evenings from 6 or 7 pm until about 10 pm.

The venue sits roughly 300 feet above the surrounding neighborhood. Amplified sound from the outdoor stage carries downhill into single- and two-story homes and apartments blocks away, including indoors with windows closed.

Event dates, start times, and ticketing are taken from the venue's own published music calendar.

Why we are collecting this

We are compiling a documented record of affected households to present to the City of Santa Rosa — city council, code enforcement, and permitting. One complaint is easy to dismiss as a single sensitive neighbor. Dozens of documented households across the neighborhood are not.

Signing up takes about two minutes. You choose how involved you want to be — from simply being counted, to providing a written statement, to speaking at a council meeting.

Add your household

Fields marked * are required. Your information is kept private and used only for this effort — see the privacy note below.

Contact

Your address shows how far the sound travels — it is central to the record.

How the concerts affect you

Check all that apply:

Even approximate dates help — we match them against the venue's published calendar.

How involved would you like to be?

One more thing you can do: file directly with the City

This list documents the neighborhood. A complaint filed with the City creates an official record — and the more of those exist, the harder this is to ignore. It takes about five minutes: describe your own experience, include dates and times, and name the venue (The Junction Beer Garden & Bottle Shop, 3901 Montgomery Drive).

File a complaint with the City of Santa Rosa →

Privacy: Your information is collected solely for this neighborhood effort. It will not be sold, published, or shared for any other purpose. To update or remove your information at any time, email neighbors@skasc.com.