7 Reasons Why the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival (Sept 15-16) is the "Best of the East Bay"
Award-Winning Art, Wine and Music Festival: 2 Days, 4 Live Stages, 20+ Cover Bands, 300+ Artist Booths, 3 KidZones, plus Great Food, Wine & Beer. Located just one block from BART and offering free admission, the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival is produced by the Lafayette Chamber.
LAFAYETTE, Calif., Sep. 06, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Don't miss the East Bay's best end of summer party! Lafayette Art and Wine Festival is big time fun with a hometown feel.
Lafayette Art & Wine Festival 2018 will be held on Saturday, September 15 (10am-7pm), and Sunday, September 16 (10am-6pm), in Lafayette, Calif.
Now in its 23rd year, this festival is consistently voted "Best of the East Bay" by readers of Diablo Magazine.
Watch the official festival video to see why this popular regional event attracts nearly four-times Lafayette's 24,000-resident population during Festival weekend each September: https://youtu.be/sFIlBXqB_b0
Here are the 7 top reasons why the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival is so popular:
1. Location: The Festival is held in the heart of beautiful downtown Lafayette, just steps from the Lafayette BART station, near bike trails (complimentary valet bike parking provided), 2 blocks off Hwy 24, and an easy walk/shuttle from complimentary Festival parking. #BARTable
2. Continuous Music & Dancing, with No Cover Charge: 2 Days. 4 Stages. Room to dance to familiar tunes played by 20 of the Bay Area's best headliner cover bands. The 2018 line-up includes The Sun Kings, Annie Sampson, Deep Blue Jam, The Spazmatics, East Bay Mudd, Neon Velvet, The Big Jangle, Toree McGee, Bob Athayde, ZEBOP!, Extra Large, Sunny and the Black Pack, 3day Weekend, Juke Joint, Rock City, The Ripplers, Bay Bridge Beat, Watermelon Men, Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies, and the Quitters (Glenn Houston and Stevie Coyle).
View the 2018 Lafayette Art & Wine Festival entertainment schedule at http://www.lafayettefestival.com/music
3. Unique Wine & Beer Offerings at the Party within the Party: Popular wines, beers and ales are served throughout the Festival footprint, but the real action for connoisseurs happens in the Premium Wine Pavilion, where there are selections of high-end wines that most people never get a chance to taste.
4. Food: Choice is everywhere, including Lafayette's restaurant row fare. More than 25 of Lafayette's top restaurants are in the Festival's footprint, plus there are many other festival food vendors and food trucks.
5. Original Fine Arts & Crafts: People from all over the Bay Area come to shop at the Festival's 300+ local and regional artists' booths, including the "Local Artists Alley," which showcases Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda fine artists.
6. Dog Friendly: People move to Lafayette for the family friendly lifestyle, so it's no surprise that this is a family friendly festival, starting with its multiple KidZones and Family Stage. There is also plenty for family dogs to see and smell, as well as easy access to Festival water bowls.
7. Budget Friendly – a Good Cause: This event raises funds that support the Lafayette Chamber's many programs, Lafayette Partners in Education ("LPIE"), and other local non-profits, but attendees don't have to spend any money. The Lafayette Festival Experience offers many things that cost nothing -- complimentary admission (including access to music stages), complimentary parking, easy shuttle service from the BART and Festival Parking, and complimentary secure bike valet.
Complete Lafayette Art & Wine Festival details: http://www.lafayettefestival.com
About The Lafayette Art & Wine Festival Organizers and Sponsors
1. The Lafayette Art & Wine Festival is an annual event that promotes Lafayette's Downtown and raises money for local education, the Lafayette Chamber and other local non-profit organizations.
2. The event is produced by the Lafayette Chamber in partnership with the City of Lafayette and Eckerstrom Productions.
3. The 2018 Art & Wine Festival Sponsors include Presenting Sponsors, Xfinity and Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa, and Festival Sponsors, Mechanics Bank, Bank of the West, and Yelp.
Other sponsors include Cobain Orthodontics, MCE Clean Energy, Sutter Health - Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, BART, Diablo Foods, Oakwood Athletic Club, EBMUD, Wine Thieves, Chevron, KIND Snacks, MinuteMan Press Lafayette, C&M Party Props, Lamorinda CERT, Lamorinda Tooth Buds, Backyard Carnivals, the Music CoOP, Lamorinda Music, Mercedes-Benz of Walnut Creek, Sequoia Signs, Wells Fargo, Performing Academy, Cresco Equipment Rentals, Spavia, Radiance Family Wellness, La Fiesta Square, PG&E, Deschutes Brewery, Moraga Post-Acute, Douglas Parking, Comprehensive Wellness and Republic Services.
Media sponsors include 92.1 KKDV, Diablo Magazine, Lamorinda Presents, [email protected], Lamorinda Weekly, Walnut Creek Magazine, and Lamorinda Presents.
Special appreciation goes out to Lafayette Chamber's Premier Members: Diablo Foods, Oakwood Athletic Club, Douglah Designs / Luxe Homes, Mechanics Bank, Wells Fargo, Pacific Union International, and ParkSmart, Inc.
SOURCE Lafayette Art & Wine Festival
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