Drone light shows in Santa Rosa, California
Create a custom finale for your community celebration, company milestone, or private event in Santa Rosa and the surrounding Sonoma County setting.
Plan your Santa Rosa showPhoto: Gillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2012 city photograph · resized / WebP.
Made for this moment
Old Courthouse Square, the fairgrounds, and Santa Rosa’s arts venues suggest different ways to bring people together. We build around the story of your event, then assess the proposed property, audience view, weather contingencies, and aviation environment.
Starbound Labs designs the show and brings the performance together. Our Spectra drones, in-house firmware, and Starbound OS software connect the creative work with the fleet and team on the ground.
Meet the team behind the lightsGive the city a reason to look up
Your occasion sets the direction. We shape the creative around it.
Bring people together for a city celebration, a seasonal gathering, or a festival finale with a story your community can share.
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Turn your logo, product launch, or company milestone into a reveal that reaches beyond the stage.
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Names, meaningful symbols, and a personal message in light. Make your celebration feel unmistakably yours.
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Build anticipation, celebrate your team, or create a shared moment for the people cheering together.
Explore the possibilitiesShow imagery illustrates creative possibilities, rather than performances at specific Santa Rosa venues.
Rooted in Santa Rosa
Local inspiration. A story made for your audience.
Old Courthouse Square was redesigned as a civic gathering place. For an event there, a simple sequence could connect local colors and an organizer-approved message. Nearby buildings, streets, public circulation, and a separate flight footprint would need review with the site manager.
The Sonoma County Event Center at the Fairgrounds offers a range of spaces with different uses. A proposed show must fit the selected area and calendar, including exhibition activity, temporary structures, access, and audience separation. A fairgrounds reservation does not establish aviation approval.
A gathering connected to Santa Rosa’s arts community can begin with an artist’s motif or a piece of music that belongs to the occasion. We develop the visual story with the organizers and confirm permission for protected work. The venue’s actual outdoor view determines the composition.
For a regional business or hospitality celebration, the sequence can focus on the people and work behind a product. We discuss guest movement, property access, neighboring land, and the viewing area before choosing the size of the reveal. Winery scenery alone does not confirm site feasibility.
For a wedding or family gathering outside downtown, the final image may be a name, date, or shared symbol. Rural properties still need careful review of slopes, trees, neighboring homes, and setup access. We match the creative scope to a workable ground plan.
Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport and other regional fields need review for the actual event site. Changing weather, smoke, and any emergency-response flight restrictions also matter. Travis is a wider-region consideration for plans extending toward Solano County, not a blanket restriction on Santa Rosa.
Stadiums, stages & gathering places
Explore major event settings in Santa Rosa and the wider metro.
Use these venues as starting points for your event plan. Each listing is a potential setting for individual review, with venue participation, permissions, launch and flight space, airspace, and show timing confirmed before a performance is agreed.
Fairgrounds & outdoor events
Santa Rosa, California
Review the selected space, event calendar, exhibition activity, temporary structures, access, and crowd separation with the operator.
Official venue websiteArts campus & event spaces
Santa Rosa, California
Confirm the specific rental area and whether an exterior audience plan is feasible. Trees, buildings, neighbors, and flight separation require review.
Official venue websiteDowntown civic plaza
Santa Rosa, California
A community gathering context where nearby streets, buildings, event permission, public access, and separate operational space shape feasibility.
Official venue websiteThe airspace is part of the plan
The right starting point is your exact venue, launch location, show height, and date.
For each proposed show, we check current FAA maps, NOTAMs, temporary flight restrictions, and the complete flight area. Nearby airports and military facilities are part of that review, alongside other local aviation activity.
Sonoma County, California · northwest of Santa Rosa
Official facility informationReview current controlled-airspace information, notices, and aircraft activity for the exact event site and requested flight volume.
Petaluma, California · wider region south of Santa Rosa
Official facility informationRelevant to event plans extending south. General aviation traffic and current airspace still require review even where an operation does not need controlled-airspace authorization.
Fairfield / Solano County, California · wider-region military consideration
Official facility informationRelevant only where the proposed location or operation extends toward its region or affected airspace. Do not assume it places the same requirements on every Oakland or Santa Rosa venue.
Where the flight area requires controlled-airspace authorization, we identify the applicable FAA process. LAANC may be available for eligible operations; airspace authorization for operations using an operational waiver follows the FAA’s designated process through FAADroneZone. An airport phone call is not a substitute for the required FAA authorization.
FAA authorization guidanceQualifying sporting events can trigger temporary flight restrictions affecting stadiums and surrounding areas. We review the applicable notices and show timing; venue permission or a routine airspace authorization alone does not remove these restrictions.
FAA stadium guidanceThe show plan also determines operational waiver requirements, including a multiple-aircraft waiver where one pilot operates multiple drones. New operational waiver applications use the FAA’s Aviation Safety Hub. Venue and landowner permission, crowd separation, and any local event permits are handled alongside the aviation review.
FAA waiver guidanceDistrict rules, park management plans, commercial activity, and land-use permissions must be checked for the specific park. A park event reservation does not establish flight permission.
Official planning guidanceSanta Rosa & the surrounding area
Tell us about your venue, whether it’s in the city or the wider metro. We’ll look at the proposed launch space and how your audience will experience the show.
Nearby labels identify communities around Santa Rosa; linked names have an available California guide. Each event site is assessed individually.
From the first conversation to the last light
We discuss your date, venue, audience, and creative direction, then review the setting and production requirements.
Our team builds the formations, movement, lighting, and choreography. You can explore the design before the performance.
We coordinate the show setup and on-site operation, with the site and conditions reviewed before flight.
A few things you might be wondering
Share the exact address and proposed guest and launch areas. We assess landowner consent, terrain, vegetation, neighbors, aviation activity, current notices, and contingency arrangements. A private booking does not itself authorize a drone operation.
Start by sharing the address, event date, and any venue information you have. We review the proposed launch area, audience viewing position, access, surrounding airspace, and site conditions before confirming whether a show is feasible.
We can review event plans in Santa Rosa and surrounding communities, including Fairfield, Petaluma, Windsor. Each property needs its own assessment of access, audience positions, airspace, and flight space.
Yes. We design formations, colors, animation, and choreography around your story. Tell us which brand elements, personal details, and music matter to the event so we can discuss the creative direction.
Pricing depends on the number of drones, creative scope, event location, travel, and production requirements. Share your plans and we’ll prepare a quote for your event.
Contact us as soon as you have a date and a possible venue. Early planning gives us time to review the location, develop the show, and coordinate the event requirements. Availability depends on your date and production needs.
Weather is part of the planning and show-day review. We discuss operating conditions and contingency arrangements with you before the event; the final decision to fly depends on conditions on the day.
Your place. Your people. Your story.
Tell us about your event, your date, and the moment you want to create.
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