Sierras and Gold Country Festivals – 2022
Outdoor adventures, visiting cool little museums and sampling tasty Sierra Foothills wines are just a few of the many things to see and do in the Sierras and Gold Country area, but including a local event on your itinerary will almost certainly add to the fun. Some people even plan their trips around these dates!
The festivals list below, arranged by month, can help you easily determine if there’s one happening during your visit. You’ll notice that the spring and fall seasons are the most popular time for events of this type, and that’s because the summers here can get a bit warm. Spring and fall are fabulous, though!
You’ll find a bunch of festivals in Yosemite and Lake Tahoe, as well as in Mammoth Lakes and all the historic Gold Country towns.
You may also notice that wine is a popular draw, which is quite fitting since the area is known for its award-winning vines. Alternatively, many of the events feature beer, and music is often thrown into the mix for good measure. There’s truly something for everyone in this area.
For each entry on the list, you’ll find the date(s) it’s scheduled to occur, plus a link to a website that provides additional details. We recommend you make note of the website because it’s wise to check again and verify the event details closer to the actual date. The list includes dates for 2022 festivals as well as some with 2021 dates. ***Events for which a 2022 date is not yet available are marked with a triple-asterisk.***
Many of these are annual events that are held around the same time every year. While we plan to check and update this list from time to time, if a 2021 event looks interesting you can always click through to see if the organizer’s website is now updated.
You may just want to browse the list to see if any of the festivals especially appeal to you. Or, if your travel dates are already set, you can use these handy jump links to advance to a specific month’s events quickly:
January *** February *** March *** April ***
May *** June *** July *** August ***
September *** October *** November *** December
January
Yosemite Chef’s Holidays
Usually held in January, but “Hibernating” for 2022
February
Snowfest, Tahoe City
February 25 through March 6, 2022
Nevada City Mardi Gras Celebration
February 27, 2022
March
St. Piran’s Day Festival, Grass Valley
March 5, 2022
Behind the Cellar Door, Amador County
March 26 & 27, 2022
April
Foothill Wine Festival, Folsom
April 2, 2022
THE GREAT OUT THERE Passport Weekend, El Dorado County
April 22-24, 2022
May
Amador Four Fires Festival
May 7, 2022
El Dorado Hills Art, Beer & Wine Festival
May 7 & 8, 2022
Made in Tahoe Festival, Palisades Tahoe
May 28, 2022
Best of Tahoe Chefs, Ritz-Carlton
May 23, 2021***
June
Truckee Thursdays (11-week street festival)
June through August 2022
Summer Farm Tours
June through September 2022
Wine on the Water, Incline Village (NV)
June 5, 2022
El Dorado County Fair
June 16-19, 2022
The Foothills Celebration, Grass Valley
June 18, 2022
Tahoe Solstice Celebration, Tahoe City
June 12-20, 2021***
July
Truckee Thursdays (11-week street festival)
June through August 2022
Summer Farm Tours
June through September 2022
Outstanding in the Field at Forlorn Hope Winery
July 9, 2022 – Tickets on sale March 20!
Motherlode Beer & Music Festival,
Historic Main Street, Placerville
July 16, 2022
Amador County Fair
July 28-31, 2022
Taste of Gold, South Lake Tahoe
July 17, 2021***
August
Truckee Thursdays (11-week street festival)
June through August 2022
Summer Farm Tours
June through September 2022
Festival of Beers & Bluesapalooza, Mammoth Lakes
August 4-7, 2022
Apple Hill Growers Farm-to-Fork Dinner, Camino
August 13, 2022
Brews, Jazz & Funk Fest,
Palisades Tahoe
August 13, 2022
Tahoe Brewfest
August 27, 2022
Nevada City Uncorked
August 6, 2021***
Mammoth Rocks Taste of the Sierra
August 26-28, 2021***
September
Summer Farm Tours
June through September 2022
Mariposa County Fair
September 2-5, 2022 – Tickets on sale June 1!
Alpen Wine Fest, Palisades Tahoe
September 4, 2022
Guitar Strings vs. Chicken Wings,
Palisades Tahoe
September 9, 2022
Oktoberfest, Palisades Tahoe
September 17, 2022
Tahoe Chocolate & Wine Festival, Hyatt Regency
September 10, 2021***
Barbera Festival, Plymouth
September 11, 2021***
Fiddletown Fiddlers’ Jam
September 18, 2021***
Sample the Sierra, South Lake Tahoe
September 18, 2021***
October
June Lake Autumn Beer Festival
October 1, 2022 – TICKETS ON SALE January 1, 2022
Truckee Wine Walk
October 1, 2022
Downtown Grass Valley Brewfest
October 8, 2022
Amador Big Crush Harvest Festival
October 1-3, 2021***
Eggplant Festival, Loomis
October 2, 2021***
Oktoberfest on Main Street, Placerville
October 9, 2021***
November
Amador Arts Winefest, Sutter Creek
November 12, 2022
Bubbles N Brunch, Lusso Della Terra, Fiddletown
November 21, 2021***
December
Yosemite Bracebridge Dinners
CANCELLED for 2022 due to Ahwahnee refurbishment project
Yosemite Grand Vintner’s Holidays
“Hibernating” in 2021***
If you know of any other Sierras and Gold County festivals that we should add to this list, would you please use our Contact form to let us know? (Thanks in advance!)
Photo of Fiddletown Fiddler’s Jam Festival by Bruno Rijsman via flickr (Creative Commons).
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