Date: October 1, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Event Description: Mark your calendar for Clear Lake’s popular fall event, Harvest Festival! Stroll down Main Avenue and enjoy wine and beer samples*, shopping, vendors and a huge outdoor farmers market at Harvest Festival. Don’t forget about the homemade salsa contest, grape stomp competition, food trucks, live music, hay rides and more! Don’t forget to begin the day with the Champagne 5K fun run/walk.
Cornerstone Sponsors: Clear Lake Bank & Trust, CL Tel, MBT, Summit Carbon Solutions, Larson’s Mercantile and First Gabrielson Agency
*Harvest Festival souvenir bags, which includes your tasting pass glass and a bunch of other sweet goodies, are on sale now through August 31st. Click here to purchase your bag today.
Event Schedule:
- 9 a.m. Champagne 5K (8 a.m. packet pickup) | Lakeview Room Register by 8/31 to receive a free pom beanie! Click here to register.
- 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Outdoor Vendor Market & Farmers Market | Main Avenue
- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Hayrides | South Shore Drive & Main Avenue
- 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Salsa Contest (sponsored by Randy’s Neighborhood Market) | Outside Unique Boutique
- 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Salsa Contest Check In and Registration
- 12:15-1:45 p.m. Public Tasting
- 2 p.m. Winners Announced
- 12-4 p.m. Wine, Beer & Spirits Sampling | Main Avenue
2-3 p.m. Grape Stomp Competition (sponsored by Woodford Lumber) | Outside Chamber Office
Music Schedule
Music sponsored by Rookies, Sevens, TAP’d, Mediacom, Country Meadow Place, First Citizens, Clear Lake Storage Depot, Farmers State Bank, NTI and Hogan-Hansen.
4th Street & Main Avenue Stage
- 12-4 p.m. Sideshow Bob
Outside The Dock (East Main Ave)
- 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Last Minute Combo
- 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m. Nova Jazz
Outside Cancun by the Lake (North 3rd Street)
- 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. juni+betty
- 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Bruce Day
Lady of the Lake
- 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. The Mockingbirds
Find more great live music locations on our Calendar of Events.
Champagne 5K:
Sponsored by Studio 65, Rookies, Sevens, Tap'd, Charlie's Soda Fountain, White Barn Picket Fence, and Nash + Ivy
Raise your pinky, it’s time to raise a toast to with a Champagne 5K run/walk! Kick off your Harvest Festival day with this fun morning run along South Shore, cross a finish line of tiny bubbles and sip on some bubbly. Registration includes a Champagne 5K beanie hat, champagne glass and complimentary champagne at the turnaround and finish line (if you’re 21, of course). Click here to register!
Sign Up Here for the 2022 Pole Decorating Contest
Pre-Register for the 2022 Salsa Contest
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Date and Time
Saturday Oct 1, 2022
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location
Downtown Clear Lake
Fees/Admission
Most of the day's events are free and open to the public. Stroll down Main Avenue shopping retailers, vendors and a huge outdoor farmers market. Enjoy the homemade salsa contest, grape stomp competition, food trucks, live music, hay rides and more!
Want to enjoy wine, beer and spirits samples? Purchase a Harvest Festival souvenir bag (must be 21), which includes your tasting pass glass and a bunch of other sweet goodies. Bags are on sale now through August 31st. Click here to purchase your bag today.
Contact Information
Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce
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