Yorktown Wine & Oyster Festival – October 4 & 5
Yorktown Wine & Oyster Festival
The Yorktown Wine Festival is Saturday & Sunday, October 4 & 5, 2025 from noon to 6 pm at Riverwalk Landing. Whether you consider yourself a wine connoisseur or an aspiring novice—you don’t want to miss the Yorktown Wine Festival. Sample some of Virginia’s finest wine, as well as taking your palate on a trip around the world! And this year Yorktown shares more than just history with our sister cities Zweibrücken and Port-Vendres. In a nod to both countries, you can sample Rieslings and Gewürztraminers from Germany and indulge bubbly from France—the only place where true champagne is created!
📅 Saturday, Oct 4 Schedule
🎺 12 p.m.
The Fifes and Drums of York Town perform. 🥁🇺🇸
🛍️🍻 12 – 6 p.m.
Special vendor booths & participants:
🦪 Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association
🔬 Virginia Institute of Marine Science
🗺️ Virginia Oyster Trail
⚓ Watermen’s Museum
🍺 Virginia Craft Beer Garden
🥃 Virginia’s Finest Distilleries
🎶 12:30 – 3 p.m.
🎸 Against All Odds performs on the Riverwalk Landing Stage.
🎨 1 – 3 p.m.
✨ Create your own oyster ornament (while supplies last). 🦪🎄
🔪 3 – 3:30 p.m.
🔥 Oyster Shuck Off! Watch local chefs compete for the Best Oyster Shucker in town! 🏆
🎷 3:30 – 6 p.m.
🎺 BrassWind performs on the Riverwalk Landing Stage.
📅 Sunday, Oct 5 Schedule
🎺 12 p.m.
The Fifes and Drums of York Town perform. 🥁🇺🇸
🛍️🍻 12 – 6 p.m.
⚓Special vendor booths & participants:
🦪 Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association
🔬 Virginia Institute of Marine Science
🗺️ Virginia Oyster Trail
⚓ Watermen’s Museum
🍺 Virginia Craft Beer Garden
🥃 Virginia’s Finest Distilleries
🎶 12:30 – 3 p.m.
🎸 The Michael Clark Band performs on the Riverwalk Landing Stage.
🎷 3:30 – 6 p.m.
🎤 Skylark performs on the Riverwalk Landing Stage.
The free, accessible Yorktown Trolley will be running during this event.
Wine & Spirits Vendors:
- Copper Fox Distillery
- Front Four Cellars
- Good Luck Cellars
- Lazy Days Winery
- Mattaponi Winery
- Notaviva Vineyards
- Pearmund Cellars /Effingham Manor
- Prince Michel Vineyard and Winery
- Rebec Vineyards
- Saude’ Creek Vineyards
- Vibin with Val
- Vintner’s Cellar Winery of Yorktown
- Virago Spirits
- Williamsburg Winery
- Wind Vineyards at Laurel Grove
- Zoll Vineyards
- French, German, and other international selections
- Unique domestic offerings
Food Vendors:
- Coastal Thirst – Seafood options
- Dong’s Food Truck – Oyster, other seafood lumpia, eggroll, pancit
- Hungry Hungry Arrow – Native American tacos, crab dip, seafood rolls on frybread, loaded nachos, frybread
- Kathi’s Clam Chowder – Clam chowder and lobster rolls
- On The Flip Side Food Truck – Crab ragoon, lumpia, bang bang shrimp, shrimp tempura
- Salty Bob’s Seafood – Crab cakes, shrimp tacos, oysters (raw & fried), hushpuppies, fries
- Spud Brothers – Gourmet loaded french fries, seafood toppings
- Vogt Oyster Co (Big Time Aquaculture) – Oysters on the half shell (raw and grilled)
View the full list of the vendors, artists, and food trucks HERE
Proceeds benefit Sister Cities Yorktown, Yorktown Hospice House, The Fifes and Drums of York Town, the Yorktown Women’s Club, and many other organizations.
This is a closed-ticketed only event. Everyone must purchase a ticket to enter the event area. There will be a limited number of non-drinking tickets available this year. No outside food, drink, tables, tents, or umbrellas. Unopened bottled water and a small folding lawn chair will be permitted. Service pets only.
The free, accessible Yorktown Trolley will be running during this event.
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