Wine Country Festivals – 2024
It’s no secret that there are a lot of fun things to do and experience in the Napa-Sonoma Wine Country region. It’s one of California’s most popular destinations, after all, especially for travelers who like to focus their visits around eating excellent food and drinking extraordinary wine.
Whether you’re looking for things to do in Napa or Sonoma County this weekend or putting together a plan for a future trip, you’ll definitely want to check out this Wine Country festivals list.
It might even help you decide when to visit. That is, depending on your personal preferences — wine and beer are well represented on the list, of course, but you’ll also find events that feature cheese, seafood, apples and even citrus! — you could schedule your trip around what you enjoy the most.
Visiting during a region’s Restaurant Week is always a good choice, and you’ll have two opportunities here since Napa and Sonoma host separate promotions. Both are scheduled during the region’s slow season, too, which means everything — restaurants, tasting rooms, roads, etc. — is less crowded. You might even find better airfare and accommodation prices during that time, as well.
For each entry on the list, you’ll find the date(s) it’s scheduled to occur, the Napa-Sonoma city in which it’s to take place, plus a link to a website where you can find additional details. It’s a good idea to make note of the website and recheck to verify the details closer to the actual date, and if you’re unsure about the location of an event you may want to use the Wine Country maps here for clarification.
The list includes many dates for 2023 festivals and a few for which the 2024 date has already been set. ***Every 2024 event is marked with a triple-asterisk to avoid confusion.***
Also, if you’re planning a 2024 trip, you might wonder if these are typically annual events held during the same month every year. Many are, however, occasionally an event is moved to a different month. We plan to update this list frequently, but you can also contact an event’s host to see if the 2024 date has been set but not yet announced.
You may want to look through the whole list to see all of the festivals on offer, but if your travel dates are already set you can use these handy jump links to quickly advance to a specific month’s events:
JUMP LINKS
January ### February ### March ### April ###
May ### June ### July ### August ###
September ### October ### November ### December
January
Napa Mustard Celebration
January through March, 2024***
Napa Truffle Festival
January 12-15, 2024*** – Tickets on sale October 1, 2023!
Sonoma WineRoad Winter WineLand
January 13 & 14, 2024*** – Tickets on sale November 9, 2023!
Napa Valley Restaurant Week
January 19-28, 2024***
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
at the CIA Copia, Napa
January 23, 2024***
“Dinner of Dreams” T.O.W.N.
Dinner at Hotel Healdsburg
January 25, 2024***
Bodega Bay Chowder Day
January 27, 2024***
February
FeBREWary Passport, Santa Rosa
February 2024***
Dry Creek Vineyard Barrel Tasting, Healdsburg
February 3, 2024***
V. Sattui Barrel Tasting & New Release Party, St. Helena
February 3, 2024***
Sonoma Crab & Wine Fest, Santa Rosa
February 3, 2024*** – Tickets on sale in October 2023!
Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival
February 10, 2024***
Cloverdale Citrus Fair
February 16-19, 2024***
Sonoma County Restaurant Week
February 19-25, 2024***
“Raising the Bar” T.O.W.N. Dinner at
Lo & Behold Bar + Kitchen, Healdsburg
February 21, 2024***
Celebration of Black History
Month at the CIA Copia, Napa
February 23-25, 2024***
Beer City Fest, Santa Rosa
February 24, 2024***
Sonoma Community Center Chili Bowl
February 24, 2024***
March
Sonoma County Wine Road Barrel Tasting
March 2 & 3, 2024*** – Tickets on sale November 17, 2023!
La Festa Della Donna at
The Spinster Sisters, Santa Rosa
March 8, 2024***
Healdsburg Sake Crawl
March 10, 2024*** – SOLD OUT
New & Notable from Europe Cheese Class
with Janet Fletcher, Napa
March 12, 2024***
Pigs & Pinot
March 15 & 16, 2024***
Sonoma Epicurean, Healdburg
March 21-24, 2024***
Pliny the Younger Release
Russian River Brewing, Santa Rosa & Windsor
March 22 through April 4, 2024***
California Artisan Cheese Festival, Santa Rosa
March 22-24, 2024***
Four Seasons Napa Valley Wine Dinner
Series featuring Silver Oak Cellars
March 28, 2024***
“Seven Deadly Sins” T.O.W.N.
Dinner at Montage Healdsburg
March 28, 2024***
St. Helena bASH
March 30, 2024***
April
Sonoma Wine Month
April 2024***
Taste Destination 128 Wine & Cheese Trail, various Hwy. 128 wineries
April 6, 2024***
Battle of the Brews, Santa Rosa
April 6, 2024***
Calistoga Wine & Culinary Experience
April 13, 2024***
Hall Wines Cabernet Cookoff
April 13, 2024***
Cloverfest Beer Festival, Cloverdale
April 13, 2024***
Feast of Flavors at Paraduxx, Napa
April 13, 2024***
Big Queer Food Fest, Guerneville
April 14, 2024***
April in Paris Cheese Class
with Janet Fletcher, Napa
April 16, 2024***
Windsor Spring Fling Wine Walk
April 18, 2024***
New American Harvest
at the CIA Copia, Napa
April 19-21, 2024***
Left Bank Alexander Valley Spring Event, Cloverdale
April 20, 2024***
Petaluma Butter & Egg Days Festival
April 20, 2024***
New American Harvest
at The CIA Copia, Napa
April 20 & 21, 2024***
Barndiva Pink Party, Healdsburg
April 21, 2024*** – SOLD OUT
Taste of Yountville at CHANDON
April 21, 2024***
Portugal Restaurant Week at
select Wine Country restaurants
April 22-28, 2024***
Four Seasons Napa Valley Wine Dinner
Series featuring Chateau Montelena Winery, Calistoga
April 24, 2024
Stags Leap District Vineyard to Vintner Weekend
April 26-28, 2024***
Passport to Dry Creek Valley
April 26-28, 2024***
Garagiste Festival, Sonoma
April 27, 2024***
Sebastopol Apple Blossom Fest
April 27 & 28, 2024***
Napa Wine Library Annual Grand
Tasting at Silverado Resort, Napa
April 28, 2024***
May
Inspire Napa Valley Spring Wine Weekend
May 3-5, 2024***
Duckhorn Vineyards Derby Party, St. Helena
May 4, 2024***
Rutherford Passport Weekend
May 4 & 5, 2024***
Bodega Bay Fisherman’s Festival
May 4 & 5, 2024***
Pink Saturday in Sonoma
May 5, 2024***
Geyserville May Day Festival & BBQ
May 5, 2024*** (always the first Sunday in May)
Sonoma Wine Road Spring Wine Trail
May 11, 2024***
Lavender Daze at Bees N Blooms, Santa Rosa
May 14 through July 9, 2024*** – Weekends Only
Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience
May 16-19, 2024***
Cosmico Fest at Dawn Ranch, Guerneville
May 17-19, 2024***
Yountville Art, Sip & Stroll
May 18, 2024***
Dry Creek Vineyard La Vie en Rosé:
A Rosé & Blancs Party, Healdsburg
May 18, 2024***
Tasty Twosomes Cheese Class
with Janet Fletcher, Napa
May 21, 2024***
Bottlerock Napa Valley
May 24-26, 2024***
Four Seasons Napa Valley Wine Dinner
Series featuring Alpha Omega Winery, Calistoga
May 29, 2024***
June
Summer Open House & Marketplace at
Grand Cru Custom Crush, Windsor
June 1, 2024***
Big West Wine Fest, Guerneville
June 1 & 2, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at Lewelling Ranch, St. Helena
June 2, 2024***
Beer Fest The Good One, Santa Rosa
June 8, 2024***
Dry Creek Vineyard Summer of Zin, Healdsburg
June 8, 2024***
Brunch in the Name of Love at Migration, Napa
June 8, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at Soda Canyon Ranch
with the Family of Silver Oak, Napa
June 9, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at Flowers Vineyard at Camp Meeting Ridge, Cazadero
June 14, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at Green Valley Farm + Mill, Sebastopol
June 15, 2024***
The Freshtival at Hen House
Brewing, Rohnert Park
June 15, 2024***
North Coast Wine & Food Festival, Santa Rosa
June 15, 2024***
Summer Solstice Event at
St. Francis Winery, Santa Rosa
June 20, 2024***
Sonoma-Marin Fair, Petaluma
June 20-23, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at Tres Sabores, St. Helena
June 21, 2024***
The Veraison Project Cookout
at the Vineyard, Healdsburg
June 22, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at Medlock Ames, Healdsburg
June 22, 2024***
Taste of Sonoma, Kendall-Jackson
Wine Estate & Gardens, Fulton
June 22, 2024***
Banshee Wines Summer Solstice Celebration, Healdsburg
June 22 & 23, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at Hudson Ranch, Napa
June 23, 2024***
American Rock Stars Cheese Class
with Janet Fletcher, Napa
June 25, 2024***
Rhone Rangers Summer Gala, Sonoma
June 28, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at Marin French
Cheese Co. at Hicks Valley Ranch, Petaluma
June 28, 2024***
Lobster Dinner on the Vineyard Green
at Mumm Napa, Rutherford
June 29, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at Dry Creek Peach, Healdsburg
June 29, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at Front Porch Farm, Healdsburg
June 30, 2024***
July
Festival Napa Valley
July 6-21, 2024***
Sonoma County Farm Bureau
Love of the Land Celebration
July 11, 2024***
Trentadue Winery Italian Dinner, Geyersville
July 13, 2024***
Taste of Napa
July 13, 2024***
Dry Creek Vineyard Motown Get Down, Healdsburg
July 13, 2024***
Petaluma Art & Garden Festival
July 14, 2024***
Keller Estate Culinary Tour of the World, Petaluma
July 14, 2024***
Value Propositions Cheese Class
with Janet Fletcher, Napa
July 16, 2024***
Gay Wine Weekend, Sonoma Country
July 19-21, 2024***
Festa Italiana, V. Sattui Winery, St. Helena
July 26, 2024***
Flavors of Spain Flamenco Dinner
at St. Francis Winery, Santa Rosa
July 26 & 27, 2024***
Lobster Dinner on the Vineyard Green
at Mumm Napa, Rutherford
July 27, 2024***
Napa Porchfest
July 30, 2023 – CANCELLED FOR 2024
August
The V Foundation Wine Celebration, Napa Valley
(cancer research benefit)
August 1-3, 2024***
Sonoma County Fair
August 1-11, 2024***
Farm to Fork Celebrity Series at Migration, Napa
August 3, 2024***
Rutherford Chili Ball
August 4, 2024***
Napa Town & Country Fair
August 8-11, 2024***
Taste of Mt. Veeder
August 10, 2024***
Lobster Feed at Meritage Resort & Spa
August 10, 2024***
Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Fair
August 10 & 11, 2024***
Keller Estate Culinary Tour of the World, Petaluma
August 11, 2024***
Cheese & Beer: Best Friends Forever
Cheese Class with Janet Fletcher, Napa
August 13, 2024***
Art in the Redwoods Festival, Gualala
August 15-18, 2024***
Paella & Bubbles at Mumm Napa, Rutherford
August 16, 2024***
Stumptown Brewery Beer Revival &
BBQ Cook Off, Guerneville
August 17, 2024*** – Tickets on sale June 7!
Duckhorn Vineyards Estate Dinner, St. Helena
August 17, 2024***
Heritage Fire Napa, Charles Krug Winery, St. Helena
August 18, 2024*** – 21+ only!
Pesto Festo! At the Olive Press, Sonoma
August 18, 2024***
Harvest STOMP, Oakville
August 24, 2024***
Crush Challenge Food, Wine and
Cycling Event, Yountville
August 24, 2024***
Petaluma Gap Winemakers Wind to
Wine Festival, Gambonini Family Ranch
August 5, 2023
Bodega Fire Big Event BBQ,
Downtown Bodega
August 6, 2023
Wine Country Distillery Festival, Santa Rosa
August 12, 2023
Healdsburg Annual BBQ Luau
at Rodney Strong Vineyards
August 16, 2023
Swedish Crayfish Party, Petaluma
August 19, 2023 – 2 seatings: Noon and 5pm
Taste Destination 128 BBQ Cook Off, Alexander Valley
August 26, 2023
L’Chaim Napa Valley Jewish Food
& Wine Festival, CIA COPIA, Napa
August 27, 2023
September
Petaluma River Craft Beer Festival
September 7, 2024***
Keller Estate Culinary Tour of the World, Petaluma
September 8, 2024***
ACS Blue-Ribbon Winners Cheese Class
with Janet Fletcher, Napa
September 10, 2024***
Harvest Dinner at Flowers
Vineyards & Winery, Healdsburg
September 13, 2024***
V. Sattui Winery Harvest Ball, St. Helena
September 14, 2024***
Negroni Week – Check the site for Healdsburg,
Sebastopol and Petaluma locations
September 16-22, 2024***
Sonoma County Wine Auction
(various events and locations)
September 19-21, 2024***
Buena Vista Winery Harvest Brunch, Sonoma
September 22, 2024***
Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival, Sonoma Plaza
September 27 & 28, 2024***
Dry Creek Vineyard Endeavour Release Party, Healdsburg
September 28, 2024***
Harvest Dinner, Bale Grist Mill Park, St. Helena
(supporting Napa Valley’s State Parks)
September 28, 2024**
VegFest, Santa Rosa
September 28, 2024***
Jordan Winery Picnic Weekend, Healdsburg
September 1 & 2, 2023
Windsor Chili Cook-off
September 9, 2023
Harvest Celebration at Gloria Ferrer, Sonoma
September 10, 2023
Calistoga Harvest Table
September 10, 2023 – Tickets on sale July 28 at Noon; this will sell out fast!
Fiesta de Independencia, Santa Rosa
September 10, 2023
Windsor Fiesta Patrias
September 16, 2023
Keller Estate Harvest Celebration, Petaluma
September 17, 2023
Oysters & Bubbles at Mumm Napa, Rutherford
September 22, 2023
Banshee Wines Autumn Celebration, Healdsburg
September 23, 2023
Cornerstone Sonoma Harvest Party, Sonoma
September 24, 2023
October
Holiday Cheese Plate Cheese Class
with Janet Fletcher, Napa
October 8, 2024***
Sonoma County Harvest Fair
October 12, 2024***
V. Sattui Winery Crush Party, St. Helena
October 18, 2024***
Keller Estate Dia de Los
Muertos Fiesta, Petaluma
October 19, 2024***
Olive Oil 101 at The Olive Press, Sonoma
October 1, 2023
Oktoberfest at the Plaza, Sonoma
October 7, 2023
Pride n’ Vino, Santa Rosa
October 7, 2023
Pomegranate & Paella
at Tres Sabores, St. Helena
October 14, 2023
Keller Estate Olive Harvest, Petaluma
October 14, 2023
Weekend Along the Farm Trails, Sonoma County
October 14 & 15, 2023
Healdsburg Crush, Healdsburg Plaza
October 15, 2023
Georgian Wine & Food Tour
at CIA Copia, Downtown Napa
October 21, 2023
Pink Pop Party at St. Francis
Winery, Santa Rosa
October 21, 2023
“Blue Ribbon Winners from the American Cheese Society”
Cheese Class at Frog’s Leap Winery, Rutherford
October 21, 2023
Cheese & Cheers at Mumm Napa, Rutherford
October 26, 2023 – SOLD OUT
Dia de Muertos, Windsor
October 28, 2023
McEvoy Ranch + Hog Island
Seafood Dinner & Wine Pairing, Petaluma
October 28, 2023
Masters of Merlot Dinner
Duckhorn Vineyards, St. Helena
October 28, 2023
November
Outstanding in the Field at Richardson Ranch, Stewarts Point
November 2, 2024***
Sonoma Wine Road Wine & Food Affair
November 2 & 3, 2024***
Pinnacle Wine Sensory
Dinner at Migration, Napa
November 9, 2024***
Bubbles Galore! Cheese Class
with Janet Fletcher, Napa
November 12, 2024***
Live in the Vineyard, Napa Valley
November 1-3, 2023
Cabernet Classic, Napa Valley
November 3-5, 2023
Worlds of Flavor at CIA Copia, Napa
November 8-10, 2023
Wine & Cheese Master Class, Napa
November 9, 2023
Keller Estate Honey Harvest, Petaluma
November 11, 2023
Flavors of Italy at CIA
Copia, Downtown Napa
November 17-19, 2023
Dry Creek Vineyard Holiday Celebration, Healdsburg
November 25, 2023
Dry Creek Vineyard Holiday Celebration, Healdsburg
November 25, 2023
December
Feast of the 7 Fishes at Jacuzzi
Family Vineyards, Sonoma
December 1, 2023
Luther Burbank Home &
Gardens Holiday Open House, Santa Rosa
December 2 & 3, 2023
Gulyás Fest at Obsidian Winery, Sonoma
December 3, 2023
Wine & Cheese: Party On!
Guided Tasting, Napa
December 6, 2023
“A Very Merry Pairing” Cheese Class, Rutherford
December 7, 2023
“Ultimate Holiday Cheer”
Guided Tasting, Rutherford
December 9, 2023
Taste Destination 128 Soup & Sweaters
Holiday Event, Alexander Valley
December 9, 2023
Inspire Napa Valley Winter Wine & Food Fête
CIA at Greystone, St. Helena
December 9, 2023
Gingerbread Ranch Decorating and Brunch
at Long Meadow Ranch, St. Helena
December 10, 2023
Winter Faire & Marketplace
at CIA Greystone, St. Helena
December 17, 2023
If you know of any other culinary events occurring in the Napa and Sonoma Counties Wine County, would you please use our Contact form to let us know? (Thanks in advance!)
Photo of Elotes at La Luz Center’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration, Historic Sonoma Plaza by Sarah Stierch via flickr (Creative Commons).
