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Facebook • Instagram • Tiktok • NewsbreakThe 2026 Lodi Grape Festival, presented by Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Medical Center, opens Thursday, September 17 and runs through Sunday, September 20 at the Lodi Grape Festival and Event Center. The four-day event features carnival rides and games, local vendors, competitive exhibits, and traditional grape and commodity murals carrying this year’s theme, “Out of this World.”
Free concerts on the Sky River Casino Stage are included with general fair admission, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. The musical lineup opens Thursday with A Flock of Seagulls, followed by the Taylor Swift tribute band Dream Like Taylor on Friday, which includes a Travis Kelce Lookalike Contest at 7:00 p.m. Country artist Rodney Atkins performs on Saturday, September 19, and the co-headlining act Grupo Bryndis with Ezequiel Pena Jr. Y Banda Vallerta closes the festival on Sunday.
Additional entertainment across the grounds includes free family shows such as the Swan Brothers Circus, Jack Spareribs Pirate Show, The Drumheads, The Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show, and the Serpentarium Reptile Show. Children’s activities include a petting zoo and the Tractor Town play area.
The event, which originated in 1934 as a downtown food festival and carnival, continues to highlight regional agricultural heritage. Displays inside the Ole Mettler Grape Pavilion feature historic queen dresses from past decades alongside traditional grape and commodity murals first introduced to the festival in 1950.
Regular admission starting Thursday, September 17 is $15 for adults ages 13 and older, $10 for youth ages 6 to 12, and free for children ages 5 and under. Daily admission promotions include free entry for ages 16 and under on Thursday, free admission for all attendees between noon and 5 p.m. on Friday, and $2 admission between noon and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday for visitors who donate two canned food items for the Lodi Salvation Army.
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