Concerned Neighbors of Montgomery Village Area Santa Rosa, California

A neighborhood record

That loud music? It’s not just you.

Amplified music from The Junction Beer Garden — Tuesdays/Wednesdays.

Neighbors across the area — and well beyond — 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 hill rising about 80 feet above the surrounding homes (venue elevation roughly 301 feet, neighborhood streets roughly 220 feet), with sound radiating downhill toward one- and two-story 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. A height-comparison inset shows 80 feet equals about five stacked one-story houses. Vertical scale exaggerated about 4x for readability; elevations from Sonoma County GIS parcel data.
Side elevation looking north: the elevated stage has clear line-of-sight over the rooftops, and sound carries downhill in both directions. Illustrative schematic; vertical scale exaggerated for readability. Tap to open full size.

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 about 80 feet above the surrounding neighborhood (venue elevation roughly 301 ft; nearby streets around 220 ft). An elevated outdoor stage has clear line-of-sight over the rooftops, so amplified sound carries 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

Takes about two minutes. Fields marked * are required. Your information stays with this neighborhood 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, contact us directly.