Grape Festival

Welcome to the Grape Festival!

Dear Festival Attendees: On behalf of the Lodi Grape Festival staff, I welcome you to our 72nd annual event — which promises to be the best ever!

The Lodi Grape Festival at a glance

You've waited a year, and now the Grape Festival is finally back in Lodi. The festival runs from Sept. 17 through 20 for its 72nd year of good eats, fun rides, interesting exhibits and informative demonstrations.
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Talking with festival president Mike Locke

Mike Locke is a long-time Lodi business owner and the president of the Grape Festival Board of Directors. He answered questions posed by News-Sentinel Editor Richard Hanner.
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New parking options for festival visitors

This year, the Grape Festival and Harvest Fair has some new parking options for festival visitors who choose driving as their preferred method of arrival.
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Five festival finds for young families

Heading to this year's Grape Festival with a toddler and a baby, or maybe your pre-teen daughter and a few of her closest friends? The beer garden is likely out. Live entertainment might be a little loud — and out of the pre-teen's genre — and you can only spend so much time enthralled by local crafts when a little one is tugging at your pants leg.
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Wines are available for tasting at the festival

From Sept. 17 through 20, Lodians and visitors from far and wide can enjoy our town's bounty at the Lodi Grape Festival.
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• Your chance to be a star

• 'Test drive' an alpaca at the petting zoo

• Carnival features ride from Neverland Ranch

• Grape Festival grew out of community spirit

• Cheesecake to corn dogs: Grape Festival has it all

• That's entertainment! Bands keep festival dancing

• Saving during the festival

• Five fun things teens can do at the festival

• Do you know the Grape Festival?