Celebrate Fall Downtown Clear Lake

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Date: October 4, 2025
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!
Harvest Festival 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!
Upgrade to VIP and enjoy exclusive access to the Clear Lake Yacht Club with extra wine tastings, hors d’oeuvres, a VIP cheese board, private restrooms, charging station, a Paint & Sip with the Clear Lake Arts Center, and a private fall fashion showcase.
Experience Bags are preorder only and must be reserved by September 5. We won’t have extras—plan ahead so you don’t miss out.

Quick Links:

Reserve your Experience Bag Register for the Champagne 5K Run, Walk, Wag Apply to be a Vendor Volunteer Opportunities Sign up for the Pole Decorating Contest Sign up for the Grape Stomp Sign up for the Salsa Contest

 

2025 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 South Shore Drive & Main Avenue
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 Woodford Lumber

Music Schedule
2025 Music sponsorships are available, contact Trish.

4th Street & Main Avenue Main Stage

  • 12-4 p.m. TBA

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.


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). 5K Sponsorships are available, contact Libbey.
Click here to register!

Volunteer: Want to Help out? Click here to volunteer at Harvest Festival

Tasting Menus and Locations
2025 Locations and menus will be posted in September

Cornerstone Sponsors: Clear Lake Bank & Trust, CL Tel, MBT, Larson’s Mercantile, Rookies, Sevens, and TAP’d.