About the Festival

Hosted by the Lift Bridge Community Association, a non-profit 501(c)3, along with coordination by the City of Ashtabula, the 11th Annual Wine and Walleye Festival will be located on Bridge Street in the heart of the Historic Ashtabula Harbor.  Be sure to mark your calendars for July 26, 27, and 28, 2019 as the festival is held now in July with hopes of great weather, summer vacation schedules, and an all-new fireworks celebration scheduled for Saturday evening following the lighted boat parade.

Live music and entertainment, wine and craft beer tasting, gourmet food stations, food trucks, boutique shopping, and more! The festival will continue to offer the Wine Garden Tasting Tent providing some of the best local and regional wines from several wineries found throughout the Grand River Valley.

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Wineries Participating

The Wine Garden Tasting Tent is quite possibly the main attraction of the weekend to those patrons looking to taste some of the best varieties of wine available throughout the Grand River Valley. Typically over one dozen wineries to choose from. Talk to the owners, find your favorite flavor, and have fun doing it! Tickets available presale and at the door.

M Cellars

Maple Ridge Winery

Laurentia

Laurello Vineyards

Ferrante

Park Avenue Winery

Cle Urban Winery

Buccia Vineyards

Silver Crest Cellars

Hundley Cellars

Daily Event Program

Taste of Bridge Street Gala Dinner

The 2019 Gala Dinner is set for a new, more casual experience. You will experience the flavor of Bridge Street thru passed h’orderves by nearly every restaurant in our Historic Harbor District. Our chefs have been asked to add flare and fun with their creations. Take your time enjoying some of the finest flavors they offer. As for wines, our local wineries will be on hand for a great selection of local wines no matter what your palate desires. Sweet, dry, or a little in the middle will be on hand. Come join us at $50 per attendee.

Sponsored by the NEW and Upcoming Riverbend Hotel, the Taste of Bridge Street Gala Dinner is sure to take you on a tasting tour of Bridge Street's Culinary Community and the Grand River Valley's finest wines all under one tent! Join us for A Taste of Bridge Street! The Gala remains the sophisticated and stylish event you've come to know over the past 2 years, with a fun new twist...We will have an open concept dining experience this year to allow guests to mingle and interact more freely with each other while enjoying heavy h'orderves and the wines of their choice. Guests can mingle with the local chef's, wine makers, or other guests as we expanded the hours from 5pm to 8pm, during the opening evening July 26th.  Tickets are just $50 per person. This year's h'orderve menu includes: 5th Street Kitchen: Fish Tacos Bascule Bridge Grille: Italian Street-Style Porchetta Purola's Bridge Street Pizza: Loaded Fried Pasta Halcyon: Duck Confit & Smoked Duck with Napa Cabbage from Briquettes Vegetable Sushi and Asian Noodle Salad Market Provisions: Raclette with potato/onion/cornicho Rennick Meat Market: Poutine au Poivre Fitzgerald's Wine Bar: Fried Bread Pudding from Cones: Sundae Bar *Menu Items Subject to Change

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Walley-Eye’d 5K

  2019 marks the 2nd annual Walley-Eyed 5k presented by Stansy Road Racing. This race event sponsor is AQUA Ohio and included in your registration will be gifts for everyone. Registration will begin at 6:30 PM with the race beginning at 8:00 PM on Bridge Street and finishing up at Walnut Beach.  This is going to be a challenging course and one in which you may not realize your best 5k time of the summer; however, the high-level of fun you will have certainly will make up for it! To sign up for this race click the following link or fill out the following form and return. Be sure to stick around afterward for our Street crawl festivities that evening where our dress up theme is Pirates and Mermaids! More prizes, and even more fun!   Please click here to fill out the paper registration form or click the "buy ticket" button below to sign up online!   Registration will be at Wychock Physical Therapy located at 607 Lake Av. beginning at 6:30 PM. Paperless registration will be used.

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Street Crawl

Join us Friday, July 26th as we close the street to regular traffic and open it to sea dwellers! Dress up as a Pirate, Mermaid or Sea Creature, enjoy live music, food trucks and visit the participating businesses with your passport to collect all the booty and treasures being offered. The Costume Contest portion of the Crawl will take place at 10pm on the public dock. We will award cash prizes ($100-$200) in the following categories: Best Homemade Costume, Best Mermaid, Best Merman, Best Pirate (male or female), Best Couple, Best Group, Most Creative and Best Sea Creature. Participating businesses include: Bascule Grille, Cones, Middle Earth Boutique, Made in Ohio, Heartmade Boutique, Rennick Meat Market, Iroquois Lounge, La Niche, Halcyon, Purola's BSP, Brennan's Pub, Fitzgerald's Wine Bar, Carlise's Home in the Harbor, Harbor Perk, Briquettes Smokehouse. Deals are available for specific times throughout the afternoon/evening, beginning at 3pm, and will be listed in your passport. Passports can be picked up at Heartmade Boutique from 3pm - 7pm on the day of the event. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. THIS IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT.

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Wine Garden

Winery owners and employees will be serving and speaking the viticulture language throughout the weekend as you taste their assortment of wines. Adults 21 and over are allowed inside the Wine Garden for an entry fee of $20. A wristband will be given along with multiple tasting tickets for your tasting flights.

Grand Tasting Wine Garden More than 40 wines from local wineries are available to sample while guests tour the tasting tent. New, rare, and exciting wines from around the Grand River Valley are available for tasting. Whether you are a seasoned expert or a curious beginner, winemakers and winery representatives welcome you as they mix useful knowledge with amazing samples of their art. The Wine and Walleye Festival prides itself on its Wine Garden tasting tent and committee members are pleased to see it return to Bridge Street in 2019.  Expectations of nearly one dozen different wineries will be present. The Wine Garden will be tented and across the street from Rennick Meat Market nearest the main entertainment stage where guests will enjoy the sounds of our weekend live music lineup while sipping from their complimentary wine glasses.   Winery owners and employees will be serving and speaking the viticulture language throughout the weekend as you taste their assortment of wines. Adults 21 and over are allowed inside the Wine Garden for an entry fee of $20. A wristband will be given along with multiple tasting tickets for your tasting flights.  The Wine and Walleye Festival endorses responsible drinking and promotes the use of designated drivers to our guests.  Designated drivers will be allowed to join their party inside the Wine Garden free of charge and will be given a separate wristband for identification for a non-alcoholic option.  

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Lighted Boat Parade

The 11th Annual Wine & Walleye Festival welcomes you once again to the Lighted Boat Parade. This event is free to attend.   If you are interested in entering your boat, please click here and complete the form.   If you are interested in purchasing tickets for any other event. Please click the link below.

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Wine Garden

Winery owners and employees will be serving and speaking the viticulture language throughout the weekend as you taste their assortment of wines. Adults 21 and over are allowed inside the Wine Garden for an entry fee of $20. A wristband will be given along with multiple tasting tickets for your tasting flights.

Grand Tasting Wine Garden More than 40 wines from local wineries are available to sample while guests tour the tasting tent. New, rare, and exciting wines from around the Grand River Valley are available for tasting. Whether you are a seasoned expert or a curious beginner, winemakers and winery representatives welcome you as they mix useful knowledge with amazing samples of their art. The Wine and Walleye Festival prides itself on its Wine Garden tasting tent and committee members are pleased to see it return to Bridge Street in 2019.  Expectations of nearly one dozen different wineries will be present. The Wine Garden will be tented and across the street from Rennick Meat Market nearest the main entertainment stage where guests will enjoy the sounds of our weekend live music lineup while sipping from their complimentary wine glasses.   Winery owners and employees will be serving and speaking the viticulture language throughout the weekend as you taste their assortment of wines. Adults 21 and over are allowed inside the Wine Garden for an entry fee of $20. A wristband will be given along with multiple tasting tickets for your tasting flights.  The Wine and Walleye Festival endorses responsible drinking and promotes the use of designated drivers to our guests.  Designated drivers will be allowed to join their party inside the Wine Garden free of charge and will be given a separate wristband for identification for a non-alcoholic option.  

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