The Leland Wine & Food Festival is a northern Michigan tradition held every year on the second Saturday in June (June 8, 2013). Noon til 6pm.
Come enjoy a day near the Leland Harbor and Leland's historic Fishtown tasting wines from local wineries and tasting the specialties from local restaurants and vendors.
Listen to live music in the park all day and enjoy the beautiful views of Lake Michigan and the Manitou Islands.
Visit the store for the 2012 Poster (2013 poster coming soon!) and read about the event below!
Admission is $15 and includes an etched wine glass and two tokens for wine tasting. Additional wine tasting tokens are available for $2. 10-21 or non-drinkers are $10 and under 10 are free.
Food vendors accept cash only. Participating Wineries and Food Vendors:
Wineries
45 North
Silver Leaf
Chateau Fontaine
Boathouse Vineyard
Bowers Harbor
Ciccone
Brys Estate
Verterra
Good Harbor
Good Neighbor Organic
Bel Lago
Black Star Farms
Blustone
Chateau Chantal
French Valley
Peninsula Cellars
Local Beer: Shorts Brewing
Food Vendors
Village Cheese Shanty
Leelanau Cheese
Bluebird Restaurant
Leland Lodge
The Cove
Pleva's Meats
Martha's
Village Inn
Stonehouse Bread
The Redheads (Kejara's Bridge)
Corky's Bistro
View Photos from the Leland Wine & Food Festival
For more information on Leelanau County's wineries, visit the Leelanau Peninsula Vintner's Association site at LPWines.com
25 Comments
This year the Leland Wine & Food Festival is going Green. With the help of Bay Area Recycling for Charities - our event will be a Zero Waste event.
Should I make lodging reservations for the festival?
It is a busy weekend. Lodging reservations would be recommended. You can find our individual establishments at http://www.LelandMi.com.
Is your event pet friendly?
I was wondering if someone could give me a little rundown on the costs. This will be our first time. I see its $12 for 2 wine tasting tickets. Is that two different vendors, two wines or something different? I just want to make sure we are prepared with money. Thanks
While many of the people might be "pet friendly", this event has up to 4,000 people in a confined space. Accordingly, pets are not allowed.
Is this a family friendly event? If so, how much for the kids and what is there for them?
Sounds like a great time! Is there a good amount of parking for this event in the area? I have been to Fishtown. How far is the event from Leland or Fishtown? Happy to see both peninsula's having wineries there!
There is a reduced price for minors. Soda and water are available for purchase within the event.
As for parking, everyone seems to find a place to park; although some have to walk for a few blocks. I would suggest arriving early and enjoying some of our fine retail stores. That way, you can park closer to the event.
It is located only a "stone's throw" from Fishtown, although we hope you won't throw stones.
$12 covers admission, the etched keepsake festival glass, and two wine tickets. These tickets can be used at any winery within the tent. Some tastes are one ticket, some are two. Additional tickets are available within the tent for $2 each.
Do you have to be 21 to enter?
You do not have to be 21 to enter. Those over 21 are given a wrist bannd.
What happens in the case of rain or storms? The weather doesn't look too good for the weekend!
Dawn, if it rains, we all get wet... As in the past, some how the weather always ends up being fine. There is a huge tent set up for some protection, but umbrella's and raincoat always come in handy.
We have two large tents; but the weather is rarely as bad as is it is forecast to be.
Are there directions or will I see it once I get to Leland?
Just come to Leland's commercial district. You can't miss the crowds.
Exactly where is it located? In Fishtown?
We are coming from Houghton Lake
Went to the wine festival yesterday. Would like an address or phone listing for "Drive thru BBQ". They were great!
"Drive thru BBQ" is located in Northport. The Northport Chamber of Commerce may be able to help you. Their website is http://www.northportomenachamber.org.
I would like to thank everyone who attended, and everyone who worked to make the 25th Annual Leland Wine and Food Festival a success. Especially, Kate vilter from Riverside Inn, Cris & Kathy Telgard from Tampico, and Beth Richter from Huntington Bank all deserve credit as the management team for the event.
Sincerely,
Rick Lahmann, President
Leland Michigan Chamber of Commerce
We had a great time. Took lots of pictures. Any where I can post some? 2 tents worked very well. So busy that some booths ran out of the delicious food 1/2 way through the vent. That truly indicates the popularity of the event.:-)
We are glad you had a good time. At this time, we don't have a venue for automatic insertion of reader supplied photos. However, if you have any which highlight well the event, you are welcome to send them to info@LelandMi.com for possible use on the website blog, or for marketing. Be sure to include your name so that you could get photo credit if anything was used.
Re: Wine and Food Festival Do you need to buy tickets in advance or can you buy them at the door?
Hi Janice - you buy them at the door!