Harvest Festival

Celebrate Fall Downtown Clear Lake

Date: October 3, 2026
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. Kick off the morning with the Champagne 5K fun run/walk. Don’t forget about the homemade salsa contest, grape stomp competition, food trucks, live music, hay rides and more!

Be a Harvest Festival Supporter and don’t miss out on the full Harvest Festival Experience!
Experience Bags include your wine glass, supporter pass, a 32 oz. wine decanter, wooden coaster set, gourmet popcorn from Lillie Mae Chocolates, and access to our virtual coupon book!

Quick Links:

Coming summer 2026

2026 Event Schedule:

Champagne 5K (8 a.m. packet pickup, 9am race start) | Lakeview Room
Outdoor Vendor Market & Farmers Market 9am-4pm | Main Avenue
Hayrides 10am-4pm | Board at Farmers State Bank, 1st Ave. N & N 3rd St.
Salsa Contest & Public Tasting 12:15pm-1:45pm | Outside Unique Boutique sponsored by Farmers State Bank (Registration 11am-12pm)
Public Tasting 12:15-1:45pm
Wine, Beer & Spirits Sampling 12-4pm | Main Avenue, see locations below.
Grape Stomp Competition 2-3pm | Outside Chamber Office Sponsored by TBA

Music Schedule
Music Sponsored by: TBA

4th Street & Main Avenue Main Stage

  • 1-4 p.m. TBA

5th Street & Main Avenue Stage (The Dock)

  • 10:30-1 p.m. Nova Jazz
  • 1:30-4 p.m. Last Minute Combo

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


Champagne 5K:
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). Sponsored by: TBA

Volunteer: Want to Help out? Stay tuned for volunteer link!

Tasting Menus and Locations will be announced closer to the event date.

 

Cornerstone Sponsors: TBA

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Women Drinking Wine at the Harvest Festival

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