Westfield Grape, Wine Festival is Friday, Saturday
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WESTFIELD -- Harvest season takes center stage Friday and Saturday as its fourth annual Westfield Grape & Wine Festival takes place.
Admission is free. Events on Friday, Sept. 18, are from 3 to 8 p.m. in downtown Westfield’s Moore Park and at the Grape Discovery Center. Events Saturday, Sept. 19, begin with the GrapeFest 5K Walk/Run at 8 a.m. at Welch Field, followed by festival activities in Moore Park and the Grape Discovery Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday activities include food and vendors, children’s activities, grape juice and wine tastings, craft beverage sales, live music and grape-stomping contests. The Patterson Library will host a children’s art show and a kids’ movie.
Saturday events include a farmers market, food vendors, live music, children’s activities, wine tasting and craft beverage sales, the Blessing of the Grapes, grape-stomping activities and contests for children and adults, pie-eating contests, a grape pie and grape dessert baking contest and hands-on grape-themed classes and workshops.
Activities include Cooking with Grapes, a children’s baking class, a grape pie baking workshop, an alternative grape dessert contest, a food-and-wine pairing workshop, and a wine tasting class.
The Patterson Library will offer children’s programming and a petting zoo; Westfield Presbyterian Church will host children’s activities; the Lakeshore Art Center will feature a grape photo booth, grape exhibit and movie; and a scavenger hunt will take place at local businesses.
At the Grape Discovery Center, visitors can explore the museum and shop, sample regional wines, take a vineyard tour, a children's train ride and bounce house. A trolley will operate Saturday between festival locations.