Napa Valley / Sonoma Valley Events

Annual Events

Address: 3rd and Main Sts, Veteran's Park, Napa, CA 94559 Category: Fair / Festival - Holiday / Seasonal Dates: July 4, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

This family-friendly event features entertainment and refreshments from afternoon into evening, all in a pleasant park setting. Celebrate our nation's independence with jugglers, carnival games, inflatable jump houses for little ones, a climbing wall, local vendors and musicians, wines and local brews, and of course,...

Address: various locations, Napa, CA 94581 Category: Fair / Festival - Food / Drink Dates: August 5 - August 23, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Showcasing chamber music in intimate winery settings, this month-long August event provides a pleasing blend of concerts, lectures, recitals, and rehearsals. Afternoon and evening concerts by nationally-recognized artists-in-residence take place on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the month; intermission wine tastings...

Address: 9015 Westside Rd, MacMurray Ranch, Healdsburg, CA 95448 Category: Fair / Festival - Food / Drink Dates: September 4 - September 6, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Enjoy the best food and drink Sonoma County has to offer at this annual showcase, whose proceeds go to local charities. Highlights include the Winemaker Lunch and Dinner, where you can open a bottle and break bread with the people who make the wine, as well as the Taste of Sonoma County, an expo of gourmet nibbles...

Address: various local towns, Napa, CA 94559 Dates: September 17 - September 27, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Big-name stars rub shoulders with locals and tourists at this critically-acclaimed festival, now a Napa Valley fixture for over two decades. Films from an amazingly wide array of countries bring the world to the wine country, and many of them educate while they entertain. The well-loved "Films al Fresco" series...

Address: 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA 95402 Category: Fair / Festival - Food / Drink Dates: October 2 - October 4, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Oenophiles, rejoice! This three-day festival raises a glass to all things wine with events like the World Championship Grape Stomp. Other events include an art exhibition and sale, chef demonstrations, live jazz, and a barnyard maze. Wine tastings take center stage, and samples from over 500 wineries await sipping and...

Address: 15000 Sonoma Hwy, B.R. Cohn Winery, Glen Ellen, CA 95442 Category: Fair / Festival - Music Dates: October 2 - October 5, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Benefiting a variety of charities, this fall favorite offers top-notch live music over two afternoons. A manager of the Doobie Brothers, founder Bruce Cohn frequently books appearances by the popular band; other past guests have included Michael McDonald, Little Feat, Willie Nelson, and the Rowan Brothers. The B.R....