Good venue for up close music. Limited seating, but better than most.
Sonoma Bill
A performer we wanted to see was advertised to appear so we bought 6 tickets. Immediately as we received the pdf to print the tickets we noticed the performer wasn’t listed. We have been given the proverbial runaround to refund our tickets. Horrendously bad customer service!They say they’re available to take calls 8am-noon. That’s not true!! We know the performer & found out she was never scheduled to perform there. False advertising on top of horrible customer service !!Latest update … they refunded the price of the tickets BUT THEY KEPT THE SERVICE CHARGE FEE ?
Gary Gutfeld
Cool Staff.Expensive tickets.Later door opening and later start of the shoe than listed.
Ashley McGuire
No bad seat in the house! Bar had great drinks too so that was a bonus. Definitely check this venue out if you want to skip the crowds and enjoy a great show.
Joe Soria
Great little theater, incredible sound and awesome staff
Angel Ramos
The y&t show was awesome! The venue needs better air circulation!! And needs a second bar. The restaurant nextdoor to the mystic is part of the theater, it was delicious!! Overall experience was great!!
Christina D.
Went to see a comedy show here, and that was fantastic. I've never been to this theater, but I've heard a lot of things. I loved the show. It was a little cramped, but it was a great time. However, the owners and staff here are rude and violent. I watched security and the owner pushing and shoving paying customers for accidently standing in the wrong line. They are aggressive and not professional at all. And the lady owner, I've dealt with her before on the restaurant side. She is a snobby individual who clearly has no customer service skills and uses violence and slurs to intimidate people who paid a lot to be there. The fact that I watched senseless violence towards people who were not aggressive or out of control. They were not breaking rules they just stood in the wrong place.....disgusting. and they feel it's okay to attack people with no consequences. Do better. Bad enough, a waitress at the restaurant next door told me she was drugged by a bartender that still worked there, and I'm just shocked. What else goes on there?
Sabrina K.
I've visited the Mystic since i turned 21; But 39 yrs later my life has grown complex w/ grandkids & aging parents, + working full time, it's been months since I've attended. My hubby and I, + another couple were excited to get out one night to experience Petaluma; planning to catch Spikes Sikes at the Mystic during a Halloween event last night.After the annual dia de la muerte event and having a bite to eat, we finally got to the Mystic to see what the deal would be to come in on the later side. As we approached, we were stopped near the ticket booth, by a costumed woman who looked at us, with no costumes on, and said, "hey this is a concert, the bar is over there" pointing at McNears. We asked if Spike had played yet; she didn't know, & kept pointing us to the bar; it felt condescending. Then a bouncer came up saying that the show is over, as we asked if we could just see how it sounded inside. Initially we'd wanted to ask if it was still worth it to come in & if there was a deal for the 4 of us to could come in late. They said we'd have to buy full price tix. They were clearly discouraging us from the moment they saw us rather than welcome us with what options were available to enter. I have no idea why they were discouraging, other than we didn't have costumes? Our husbands went to the bar, while my girlfriend and i didn't want a drink. We decided to take a walk passed an open back door to the Mystic, with music blasting. We entered to peak into the show that was ending to see what we were missing, knowing we would be turned around and asked to leave, which we were by a back door man who said, "buy tix at the front. " We asked isn't it almost over? He said no it's not. (While at front they said it was over?) We started walking out, only there 5 min max, when suddenly a high strung man came racing up behind us like he was having a panic attack urgently yelling, hey you, hey hey, how old are you? We had no idea it was the owner, aggressively upon us as we were leaving the place to ask how old we are? We were almost out the door so i jokingly said "12!" He didn't like that, and started spewing all kinds of insults; told us to "grow up, leave the area, we are not locals, get the heck away from his business, " and more. We told him it was not ok to talk to us like that. We really don't have a problem to pay any amt. if welcomed to come in; but his attitude was so angry like we were punky school kids trying to sneak in and steal money. He repeated over and over for us to grow up, and yelled that we are definitely not locals. We finally blurted we are 60 years old, lived here most our lives, & who's he to speak to us like that? He slammed the back door shut yelling for us to leave town (?!?!). Then the door swung open and another guy comes out who's jovial. We said, are you a performer? He said yes, I'm taking a five min. break from the costume contest. We told him of our experience and he said "omg, go around front and tell them Sebastian St James forgot to put you on the guest list. Find Sara, she'll let you in. "We were already over it, but since we had to walk back around front to get our spouces, we thought we'd try our luck.We walked up to front door again, & the bouncer who'd told us the show was over and that we'd need to pay full price, sees us walking up and shakes his head like we are punky minors trying to sneak in. Before we can say a word, the owner runs out yelling again for us to grow up and leave the area. We tried to tell them what Sebastian St James said & they laughed, saying they highly doubted us (???) Rather than welcome us and say, oh you guys want to catch the last of the show, it's well worth it, etc, ask us to pay something, but no; they pushed us away. This is upsetting since I've lived here most of my life and the Mystic has been a memorable institution in Sonoma County. I recall sharing their events, when i couldn'
Josh Rutherdale
Amazing Historic Theatre. Crazy the shows they have here.
Zepperalla(all girl band) tribute band of Led Zeppelin rockin' the house Friday night. It was LOUD
Larry Gilbert
The sound wasn't good. For a place that has done music venues for so long they should have a better sound system. The atmosphere was good. People were polite.
Marian Pefley
I loved the old theatre. My chair off to the side was perfect for sitting or standing. The staff are friendly and excellent especially the bartenders. ??
Carolyn Gonzalez
Always a great spot for live music. We are fortunate to have a venue for live music with standing and dancing room! Rock on!
Walter Batt
Awesome venue, spur of the moment outing with friends for a concert!
Good venue for up close music. Limited seating, but better than most.
A performer we wanted to see was advertised to appear so we bought 6 tickets. Immediately as we received the pdf to print the tickets we noticed the performer wasn’t listed. We have been given the proverbial runaround to refund our tickets. Horrendously bad customer service!They say they’re available to take calls 8am-noon. That’s not true!! We know the performer & found out she was never scheduled to perform there. False advertising on top of horrible customer service !!Latest update … they refunded the price of the tickets BUT THEY KEPT THE SERVICE CHARGE FEE ?
Cool Staff.Expensive tickets.Later door opening and later start of the shoe than listed.
No bad seat in the house! Bar had great drinks too so that was a bonus. Definitely check this venue out if you want to skip the crowds and enjoy a great show.
Great little theater, incredible sound and awesome staff
The y&t show was awesome! The venue needs better air circulation!! And needs a second bar. The restaurant nextdoor to the mystic is part of the theater, it was delicious!! Overall experience was great!!
Went to see a comedy show here, and that was fantastic. I've never been to this theater, but I've heard a lot of things. I loved the show. It was a little cramped, but it was a great time. However, the owners and staff here are rude and violent. I watched security and the owner pushing and shoving paying customers for accidently standing in the wrong line. They are aggressive and not professional at all. And the lady owner, I've dealt with her before on the restaurant side. She is a snobby individual who clearly has no customer service skills and uses violence and slurs to intimidate people who paid a lot to be there. The fact that I watched senseless violence towards people who were not aggressive or out of control. They were not breaking rules they just stood in the wrong place.....disgusting. and they feel it's okay to attack people with no consequences. Do better. Bad enough, a waitress at the restaurant next door told me she was drugged by a bartender that still worked there, and I'm just shocked. What else goes on there?
I've visited the Mystic since i turned 21; But 39 yrs later my life has grown complex w/ grandkids & aging parents, + working full time, it's been months since I've attended. My hubby and I, + another couple were excited to get out one night to experience Petaluma; planning to catch Spikes Sikes at the Mystic during a Halloween event last night.After the annual dia de la muerte event and having a bite to eat, we finally got to the Mystic to see what the deal would be to come in on the later side. As we approached, we were stopped near the ticket booth, by a costumed woman who looked at us, with no costumes on, and said, "hey this is a concert, the bar is over there" pointing at McNears. We asked if Spike had played yet; she didn't know, & kept pointing us to the bar; it felt condescending. Then a bouncer came up saying that the show is over, as we asked if we could just see how it sounded inside. Initially we'd wanted to ask if it was still worth it to come in & if there was a deal for the 4 of us to could come in late. They said we'd have to buy full price tix. They were clearly discouraging us from the moment they saw us rather than welcome us with what options were available to enter. I have no idea why they were discouraging, other than we didn't have costumes? Our husbands went to the bar, while my girlfriend and i didn't want a drink. We decided to take a walk passed an open back door to the Mystic, with music blasting. We entered to peak into the show that was ending to see what we were missing, knowing we would be turned around and asked to leave, which we were by a back door man who said, "buy tix at the front. " We asked isn't it almost over? He said no it's not. (While at front they said it was over?) We started walking out, only there 5 min max, when suddenly a high strung man came racing up behind us like he was having a panic attack urgently yelling, hey you, hey hey, how old are you? We had no idea it was the owner, aggressively upon us as we were leaving the place to ask how old we are? We were almost out the door so i jokingly said "12!" He didn't like that, and started spewing all kinds of insults; told us to "grow up, leave the area, we are not locals, get the heck away from his business, " and more. We told him it was not ok to talk to us like that. We really don't have a problem to pay any amt. if welcomed to come in; but his attitude was so angry like we were punky school kids trying to sneak in and steal money. He repeated over and over for us to grow up, and yelled that we are definitely not locals. We finally blurted we are 60 years old, lived here most our lives, & who's he to speak to us like that? He slammed the back door shut yelling for us to leave town (?!?!). Then the door swung open and another guy comes out who's jovial. We said, are you a performer? He said yes, I'm taking a five min. break from the costume contest. We told him of our experience and he said "omg, go around front and tell them Sebastian St James forgot to put you on the guest list. Find Sara, she'll let you in. "We were already over it, but since we had to walk back around front to get our spouces, we thought we'd try our luck.We walked up to front door again, & the bouncer who'd told us the show was over and that we'd need to pay full price, sees us walking up and shakes his head like we are punky minors trying to sneak in. Before we can say a word, the owner runs out yelling again for us to grow up and leave the area. We tried to tell them what Sebastian St James said & they laughed, saying they highly doubted us (???) Rather than welcome us and say, oh you guys want to catch the last of the show, it's well worth it, etc, ask us to pay something, but no; they pushed us away. This is upsetting since I've lived here most of my life and the Mystic has been a memorable institution in Sonoma County. I recall sharing their events, when i couldn'
Amazing Historic Theatre. Crazy the shows they have here.
Fun place. Super close.
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Zepperalla(all girl band) tribute band of Led Zeppelin rockin' the house Friday night. It was LOUD
The sound wasn't good. For a place that has done music venues for so long they should have a better sound system. The atmosphere was good. People were polite.
I loved the old theatre. My chair off to the side was perfect for sitting or standing. The staff are friendly and excellent especially the bartenders. ??
Always a great spot for live music. We are fortunate to have a venue for live music with standing and dancing room! Rock on!
Awesome venue, spur of the moment outing with friends for a concert!