Scotts Valley Art Wine & Beer Festival Returns to Skypark

The Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the return of our signature summer event, The Scotts Valley Art, Wine and Beer Festival. It will take place in the beautiful park setting of Skypark in Scotts Valley. The premier summer festival in the Santa Cruz Mountains has something fun for everyone!

The festival is a two-day event and is annually held on the third weekend in August; Saturday, August 19 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, August 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Festival goers can purchase their tasting kits early to receive significant savings offered online only. The presale tickets will end the day before the festival on Friday, August, 18th at 5pm. To take advantage of the discounts and to buy tickets and avoid the lines at the festival, visit the festival website at svartfestival.com.

Pre-sale tasting kits can be picked up at the will-call window.

There will be over 100 fabulous artists and you can view the growing list on the festival website at svartfestival.com

The area’s most prestigious wineries include: 37th Parallel Wines, Aptos Vineyard, Armitage Wines, Bargetto Winery, Hallcrest Vineyards, Integrity Wines, Inversion Wines, Kissed by an Angel Wines, Saison Winery, Sones Cellars, Doon to Earth, Wargin Wines and Wrights Station Vineyard & Winery.

The award-winning micro-breweries include: Highway 1 Brewing Company, Humble Sea Brewing Co., Discretion Brewing, Faultline Brewing Company, Woodhouse Blending & Brewing, Anzani Cider, La Cantina Brewing Co., Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Steel Bonnet Brewing Company, Buena Vista Brewing Co., and Unreal Brewing Company.

There will be culinary creations from Aroma Concessions, Aunt LaLi’s Treats, Big Bite, California Corn, Epoch Eats, Indonesian Satay PANA, Steve’s Shave Ice, Taquizas Gabriel, Cracked Cookies, Three Waves Coffee, Gourmet Faire, River Dogs of Boulder Creek, Browned Butter Babe Co., India Gourmet Inc., Main Street Food Concessions, Cuevas Express, and S&B.

The festival also includes a car show, Cops ‘n Rodders, on Saturday, which benefits the Scotts Valley Police Department, and on Sunday the popular Dog Day Sunday returns with contests including: pet tricks, best costume, look-a-like contest, best pooch smooch, smallest dog, largest dog, best voice (sing, talk, bark), and fastest fetch. There will also be a police K-9 demonstration. The Dog activities are on Sunday, but dogs are welcome all weekend.

This year’s live music entertainment schedule is as follows:

Saturday, August 19

10:00 am – Bobbie Ward’s Performance Vocal

12:00 pm – Michael Gaither and His New Best Friends

1:30 pm – Beach Cowboys of Santa Cruz

4:00 pm – The Lost Boys Featuring James Durbin

Sunday, August 20

10:00 am – Scotts Valley Schools Talent show

11:15 am – Academy of Dance Competition and Performance Teams

1:00 pm – Lyin’ I’s (Eagles tribute band)

3:00 pm – The Joint Chiefs

*Between Performances – Cirque, Tumble, and Cheer