31st Annual Virginia Wine & Craft Festival

Festival lovers unite! The 31^st Annual Virginia Wine & Craft Festival will be held on Saturday, May 20th in historic downtown Front Royal, Virginia from 10 am – 6 pm.  Join us for a day filled with fun, live music, delicious food and of course, wine tasting.

The festival gates open at 10am with activities and live entertainment throughout the day until 6 p.m. Come and enjoy tastings from nearly 20 Virginia wineries. Covering more than seven blocks and featuring over 100 vendors, artists and crafters from all over the east coast, there won’t be anything you can’t find to fit your style, mood or need.

Fine handmade jewelry, hand painted wine glasses, hand crafted musical instruments, pottery and ceramics, clothing, original paintings and artwork, antiques, the list goes on. Not to be outdone by the wineries and crafters, the food vendors are on point with over a dozen to choose from, deciding whether to have funnel cakes, fresh roasted nuts, crab cake sandwiches, steak-n-cheese, shish kabobs, or just burgers and dogs may take you the whole day. Festival goers are encouraged to visit the many unique shops and restaurants along Main Street during the event as well.

There will be entertainment for everyone throughout the day at the Gazebo and along Chester Street. At the Gazebo:  Gallows Bound a six piece Appalachian folk-punk/bluegrass outfit from Winchester, Virginia. will perform from 10am – 1:30pm and back by popular demand Back To Zero from 2 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. which is an exciting versatile party band based out of Arlington, Virginia. Back To Zero was nominated “best band in the Washington, DC Area” in the WUSA 9 A List competition.  On Chester Street Grass Fed, a Virginia based, rock, funk, reggae group that has been playing together since 2011, will perform from 2 – 4 p.m.  Special thanks to our Gazebo entertainment sponsor Jack Evans Chevrolet and Chester Street entertainment sponsor SonaBank.

Festival admission is $25 in advance or $30 at the gate for those who wish to wine taste or purchase bottles of wine.  NEW this year are VIP admission tickets for $50.  VIP admission offers preferred parking, a festival “swag” bag filled with snacks, wine yolk and other goodies, and a certificate for $5 off a festival t-shirt purchase. It’s a pretty big deal!! There is no general admission fee. Advance tickets can be purchased in several ways; you can visit the Chamber of Commerce at 201 E. 2^nd Street, Front Royal, Front Royal Visitor Center at 414 E. Main Street or you can visit our website at www.wineandcraftfestival.com.

So, come to Front Royal-Warren County for the Wine & Craft Festival, but stay an extra day to enjoy all this beautiful area has to offer. -With five golf courses, museums, a theatre and the Skyline Caverns you can certainly relax; Shenandoah River State Park, Shenandoah National Park and the George Washington National Forest offer opportunities for canoeing, hiking, fishing and camping. So, whether you like to take it easy or stay on the move, Front Royal-Warren County is the perfect destination.

Special Thanks to our Presenting Sponsors:  Alcova Mortgage

Thanks to our Chamber sponsors: Warren Memorial Hospital, Main Street Daily Grind, Shenandoah Ford, Shotton Design, Holiday Inn & Suites Front Royal, Apple House, Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club, Houlihan’s Restaurant, 99.3 The Fox, Q102, KISS FM 98.3, Aire Serv Heating & Cooling, Shenandoah Buick GMC, Winchester Printers, The River 95.3 FM, County of Warren, 92.5 WINC FM, True Apple Country, News Talk 1400, and Northern Virginia Daily.

The Virginia Wine & Craft Festival is an event of the Front Royal-Warren County Chamber of Commerce.

For more information contact the Chamber of Commerce at 540-635-3185, https://www.facebook.com/vawineandcraft or visit our website www.wineandcraftfestival.com or follow us on twitter @VAWineCraft.