Harvest Festival

This Annual Event offers an opportunity to stroll down a vibrant Main Street while enjoying wine samplings,  shopping, fall decor, a huge farmer's market, vendors, homemade salsa contest, grape stomp competition,  food, live music and more! Souvenir Bags are available for pre-sale and are available at the Chamber Office or online.

Vendor application click here
 

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

*Souvenir Bags (with the official tasting pass glass) available for pre-sale until August 31! Click here to reserve your tasting pass.
Harvest Festival merchandise pop up shop available until August 7th! Click here to shop! Items will be shipped directly to you in time to wear for Harvest Festival on October 7th!
We will have a limited selection of items/sizes at our merchandise tent on Harvest Festival while supplies last.

Are you a winery, brewery, distillery, or other distributor interested in showcasing your products at Harvest Festival? Click here to apply!

Event Schedule:

• 9 a.m. Champagne 5K (8 a.m. packet pickup) | Lakeview Room Register here!
• 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Outdoor Vendor Market & Farmers Market | Main Avenue 2023 Harvest Festival Vendor Application
• 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: Hogan-Hansen, NTI, LTD., Rookies, Seven’s, Tap’d, Apex Clean Energy/Indigo Wind, Farmers State Bank, Clear Lake Storage Depot, Dean Snyder Construction, Country Meadow Place, and First Citizens Bank.

4th Street & Main Avenue Main Stage

• 12-4 p.m. Gen X Jukebox

5th Street & Main Avenue Stage (The Dock)

• 10:30-1 p.m. Last Minute Combo

• 1:30-4 p.m. Nova Jazz

Find more great live music locations on our Calendar of Events.

Elly's: The Sweet Nuthin's (2-6pm) & Papa J (7-10pm)
Lady of the Lake: The Mockingbirds (1-4pm)
Tap'd: Andrew Hoyt (1:30-4pm), Salty View (9pm)
VFW: Jarno Solo (3-6pm)

Champagne 5K:
Sponsored by Nash + Ivy, Glow on the Go, Bergland + Cram
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 t-shirt and complimentary champagne at the turnaround and finish line (if you're 21, of course).
Click here to register!

Businesses & Organizations: Sign Up Here for the 2023 Pole Decorating Contest

Pre-Register for the 2023 Salsa Contest

Pre-Register for the 2023 Grape Stomp Competition

Wineries/Tasting Locations

173° Craft Distillery - 306 1st Ave N

Brickyard Wines - Larson's Mercantile | 323 Main Ave.
Click Here for Tasting Menu

3 Drunk Brothers- Nash & Ivy | 14 N. 8th St.
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Lucky Wife Wine Slushies - Main Ave, by City Park
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Avion Azul - Corner of Main & N. 3rd St.
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Lake Time Brewery - 801 Main Ave.
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Thunder Creek Winery - Outside Wilcox Furniture | 418 Main Ave
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Stone Cliff Winery - Da-Lish! Acai Bar | 407 Main Ave.
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Jennings Winery - Outside Gyro Place | 300 Main Ave.
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Winneshiek Wildberry Winery - Outside Budget Blinds | 18 N. 3rd St.
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Van Wijk Winery - Outside Red Geranium | 301 Main Ave.
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Madison County Winery - Unique Boutique | 415 Main Ave.
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Soldier Creek Winery - Larson's Mercantile | 323 Main Ave.
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Ardon Creek Vineyard & Winery - Outside Charlies Soda Fountain | 2 N. 4th St.
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Fireside Winery - Outside Elly's Lounge | 12 N. Shore Dr.
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United Beverage - Lady of the Lake | 101 N. Lakeview Dr.
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