Auburn Wine, Ale & Food Festival 2026

Sip & Stroll through Historic Auburn while enjoying wine, beer and small bites from 25 Foothills wineries, breweries & restaurants. Auburn Wine, Ale & Food Festival 2026 VIP Admission: 12–5 PM General Admission: 1–5 PM Historic Old Town & Downtown Auburn, California EARLY BIRD GENERAL ADMISSION — $65 Through September 17 GENERAL ADMISSION — $75 Beginning September 18 VIP — $125 Only 50 available Come taste your way through Auburn. Part of the fun of the Auburn Wine, Ale & Food Festival is that Auburn itself is part of the experience. You won’t spend the afternoon standing in one festival venue. You’ll wander through the streets of historic Old Town and Downtown Auburn, discovering tasting locations tucked into shops, restaurants and local businesses along the way. Stop and shop. Find a new favorite restaurant. Discover a wine you’ve never tried. Catch up with friends. Take the shuttle to your next stop. There’s no need to race to every location. Pick your favorites, explore at your own pace and enjoy the afternoon. BRING YOUR FAVORITE PEOPLE The Auburn Wine, Ale & Food Festival makes a great: • Girls’ day out • Couples’ afternoon • Birthday celebration • Friends’ reunion • Fall day trip • Foodie adventure • Reason to get out of the house and explore Auburn And because the festival includes wine, beer, cider AND food, nobody in your group has to be “a wine person” to have a great time. THE VIP EXPERIENCE Only 50 VIP Tickets Available Start your festival experience an hour before General Admission with an exclusive VIP gathering at the exclusive, "members only" Tahoe Club. VIP guests, get ready for a one-of-a-kind wine experience! This year’s library wine tastings will be presented speakeasy style, with an all-inclusive VIP experience from start to finish. Your VIP experience includes: • Reserved VIP parking • A commemorative lanyard & VIP glass • A special pre-festival food-and-wine pairing • An exclusive library wine scavenger hunt throughout town featuring 5 additional library wine tastings The experience begins with a pre-festival pairing featuring three wines, each matched with a course: an appetizer, a mini main course, and dessert. Our chef will introduce each dish, we’ll discuss the wines and pairings, and each guest will receive a take-home worksheet with tasting notes and pairing tips. Afterward, VIPs will embark on a speakeasy-style scavenger hunt to discover five special library wines available exclusively to them. The wines will be poured at five locations throughout Downtown, Midtown, and Old Town, with each venue revealed by a secret code name. Each VIP will receive a sealed envelope listing all five locations. Open it at the beginning, or keep it sealed and complete the experience as a true scavenger hunt by giving the code name to the pourer at each venue. A reserved parking location will be announced soon, along with additional event details. This is an experience you won’t want to miss! VIP Admission: $125 Limited to only 50 guests. 25 LOCAL SIPS + 25 LOCAL BITES + 25 STOPS THROUGHOUT AUBURN The Auburn Wine, Ale & Food Festival brings together wineries, breweries, cideries, restaurants, food makers and local businesses for one big tasting adventure. At each stop, you’ll discover a new pairing, a new business or another reason to linger a little longer. Whether you’re a serious wine lover, a craft beer fan, a foodie, or simply looking for a great fall day with friends, there’s something waiting around the next corner. EARLY BIRD TICKETS — $65 Save $10 when you buy early! Early Bird General Admission: $65 through September 17 General Admission: $75 beginning September 18 Your General Admission ticket includes the full festival experience from 1–5 PM. Early Bird tickets are the same full festival experience — you’re simply rewarded for planning ahead. Buy early. Save $10. Then start deciding who’s coming with you. 🏆 Voted “Best Local Event” by the Auburn Chamber of Commerce PARTICIPATING WINERIES, BREWERIES, CIDERIES, RESTAURANTS AND VENUES WHAT YOUR TICKET INCLUDES Your festival ticket is your passport to an afternoon of food, wine, craft beverages and exploring Auburn. Enjoy: • Approximately 25 tasting stops throughout Old Town and Downtown Auburn • Wines from local and regional wineries • Craft beer, cider and other featured beverages • Food bites from approximately 25 participating restaurants and food makers • Food and beverage pairings throughout the festival • A commemorative tasting glass • Event shuttle transportation between festival areas • Plenty of opportunities to discover Auburn’s shops, restaurants and historic districts along the way Come hungry, come curious — and plan to make an afternoon of it.