Anyone looking to get vaccinated from COVID-19 can get free admission and a free ride ticket to Sonoma County’s Summer Fun Fest by getting a vaccine shot at the Jockey Club in Santa Rosa, county officials said Monday.

The festival starts Wednesday and lasts through Aug. 8, excluding Monday and Tuesday, at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds located at 1350 Bennett Valley Road in Santa Rosa.

The festival will be a version of the typical summer county fair, county officials said. Each day will be limited to a certain number of people though and mandates will be in place to protect people from COVID-19.

“COVID-19 and its variants are on the rise, including in Sonoma County,” county Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase said in a statement.

So, people will be asked to wear a mask at the festival, she said. Social distancing may be required.

The Jockey Club is also located at 1350 Bennett Valley Road. Festival tickets received for getting the vaccine can be used any day of the festival.

Vaccination hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. each festival day. Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines will be available, and vaccinations may be given to people 12 years old and older.

Walk-ins are welcome and appointments can be made at myturn.ca.gov. Neither citizenship nor proof of health insurance is necessary to get vaccinated.

For more information about the festival, go to www.sonomacountyfair.com. For more information about COVID-19 vaccines, visit www.socoemergency.org.

Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.