Mill Valley Music Festival draws festive crowd

Dee Dee Taft of Mill Valley, left, Victoria Einhorn of Mill Valley and others give local band Meels a big hand while they perform on the Main Stage at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Victoria Einhorn is the mother of Meels lead sings Victoria Einhorn. The 2-day event features live music, vendors, food, children’s activities and more. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Meels singer Amelia Einhorn performs with her band on the Main stage at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Einhorn who grew up in Mill Valley said is was great to be in Mill Valley playing on a stage where she played soccer as a child. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Danielle Ponder performs on the Main Stage at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

David Nance and Mowed Sound perform on the Sweetwater stage at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Victoria Einhorn is the mother of Meels lead sings Victoria Einhorn. The 2-day event features live music, vendors, food, children’s activities and more. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Danielle Ponder performs on the Main Stage at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Zoey Frankel, 7, of San Francisco jumps rope at the Play!!! Marin booth while Play !!! Marin founder Paul Austin sets up games for kids at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. The 2-day event features live music, vendors, food, children’s activities and more. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

David Nance and Mowed Sound perform on the Sweetwater stage at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Victoria Einhorn is the mother of Meels lead sings Victoria Einhorn. The 2-day event features live music, vendors, food, children’s activities and more. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Audrey Warner, 6, of San Francisco works on her Hoola Hoop skills at the Play!! Marin booth at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Friends Jenna Martin, left, and Lisa Roper of Sacramento have hot pizza and cold cocktails at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. The 2-day event features live music, vendors, food, children’s activities and more. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Westin Staley, 7, of San Francisco and her brother Levi, 4, choose colors to make their own tie dyed teeshirts at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. The 2-day event features live music, vendors, food, children’s activities and more. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Solace performs on the Sweetwater stage at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. The 2-day event features live music, vendors, food, children’s activities and more. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Meels performs on the Main Stage at the Mill Valley Music Festival in Mill Valley, Calif. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. The 2-day event features live music, vendors, food, children’s activities and more. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)