2024 Grape Stomp Festival

Sep 13 12:00 pm - Sep 15 4:00 pm
(GMT-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada) 6693 County Road 34 NW, Alexandria, Minnesota 56308, United States

Hosted by Bold North Cellars

Dates

Sep 13 12:00 pm - Sep 15 4:00 pm
(GMT-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

Location

6693 County Road 34 NW, Alexandria, Minnesota 56308, United States

Come experience our Grape Stomp Festival held annually the second weekend after Labor Day. The three day festival is packed with excitement including bands, over 100 food, juried art and marketplace vendors, a beer garden featuring 22 Northmen Brewing Co. beer, wine tasting, and of course Grape Stomping!! Each day grape stomping competitions and Saturday being a themed costume day.

Parking instructions

No fee to park during festival hours. Vendor parking is to the east of the festival grounds at the top of a hill. You will be able to drive to your booth space to unload your products and tents, but you will have to park your car at the top of the hill for the festival. Parking is about 500 feet from festival grounds. If you are planning on leaving a trailer overnight, you will have to pay a fee upon your arrival.

Marketplace

Buy/Sell Market Place

18 shops

Adorable Chaos Children's Boutique

Get Outside clothing co.

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Gypsy Creek Boutique

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Hardware Iron and Stone

Merchants on Main Street Boutiqie

Style Safari Boutique

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Tastefully Simple

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Z~Bo "The Unique Traveling Boutique"

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Food Vendors

8 shops

Island Noodles WI & Mn Inc

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Miller Concessions Inc.

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Original Hockey Mom Brownies

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Papa K’s Rescue BBQ, LLC.

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Texas best bbq

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The Walleye Bite Company LLC

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Handmade Market Place

30 shops

Belle Via Jewelry Company

FAXON FARMS PURE MAPLE SYRUP

Living the Scenic Life

Summer Lakes Beverage

Up North Sewing & Embroidery

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Webb Works Shop

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Whiskey River Home, LLC

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Juried Artist

10 shops

Lightning Cribbage Boards

This is Serious Business

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Interested in applying to the event:

5 active applications

Food Vendors

Deadline: Aug 01, 2024

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Food trailers must setup on Wednesday 9/11/23 between 8 am - 3 pm

Event Protocol

All food vendors must comply with the following event protocol:

must have a certificate of liability insurance.
must follow all applicable food safety regulations.
must be prepared to serve large crowds.
must be respectful of the environment and dispose of all waste properly.

All food vendors will be required to comply with the Minnesota Food Code, Minnesota Rules Chapter 4626. Contact Horizon Public Health (Doug Breitkreutz, Registered Sanitarian, 320-763-4437) for licensing & information if your primary sales are food service. You will need to send a copy of your current food license by the event.

Buy/Sell Market Place

Deadline: Jul 31, 2024

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Buy/Sell Market Place is for vendors who purchase products at wholesale for resale. This could include: Informational Booths like Realtors, Politicians, Resorts. Resort Associations, Chambers of Commerce. Services such as Chair Massage, Henna, Air Brush Tattoos, Face Painting. Buy/ Sell Booths like Framed Prints, Imported Items, Antiques, Jewelry, Purses, Crafts not made by exhibitors.

Handmade Market Place

Deadline: Jul 31, 2024

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Handmade Market Place is for vendors who create their own merchandise, but are not creating one-of-a-kind pieces. This would include: embellished clothing or decor items, homemade beauty products, jewelry (made from pre-made beads/jewels/etc), or Farmer’s Market Booths featuring locally grown produce, jams, honey, syrup, jellies, breads, etc.

Juried Artist

Deadline: May 31, 2024

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ELIGIBILITY: Only original artwork crafted by the vendor is allowed. All mediums are acceptable. Under Clay: No items from molds are eligible. Under Fiber: Only hand-sewn items of original patterns and designs are eligible. Items which are crafted from purchased articles such as towels or sweatshirts will be judged by the handwork done on them. For example, a sweatshirt which is hand-painted with an original design is eligible, while a tea towel with a machine-stitched emblem is not.

NOT ELIGIBLE: Screen-printed Items, Imported Items (even if hand-made), Macramé, crochet, decoupage, novelties, costume or charm jewelry, plants, edible items, t-shirts, commercial photography, items from kits or molds or embellished serving-ware.