MAY 2, 2020

The Annual Santa Barbara Vintners Festival is the largest tasting of Santa Barbara County and your chance to try more of that Santa Barbara County wine you love, get to know the people who make it and where they make it from. Throughout the weekend select wineries host their own events from Thursday until Monday, ranging from winemaker dinners to barrel tastings in addition to the signature Santa Barbara Vintners events.

The Grand Tasting will be held outside under large tenting on Saturday, May 2nd at the historic Rancho Sisquoc Winery in the Santa Maria Valley. Celebrate with more than 70 member wineries, more than 30 food purveyors, live music, and more!

Location & Transportation

​FESTIVAL LOCATION
Rancho Sisquoc in the Santa Maria Valley
6600 Foxen Canyon Rd.
Santa Maria, CA 93454
TRANSPORTATION TO THE FESTIVAL
Rancho Sisquoc is 1.5 miles down a narrow road. In order to create a safe entry and exit plan, please read the following logistics for your arrival via bus, Uber/Lyft/Car Service, or personal vehicle requiring parking. We will do our best to accommodate entries and exits outside of the times outlined below on day of, but the times below are a guarantee so you can plan ahead.

Parking is available on-site, but due to the location of the festival, we highly encourage attendees to purchase a bus ticket to ensure convenient, reliable and affordable transportation to and from the festival. We partner with Santa Barbara Airbus and Jump on the School Bus to provide round trip transportation from Santa Barbara, Solvang/Buellton, Lompoc and Santa Maria. Advance ticket purchase is required. $30 per person. Purchase tickets in advance on ticketing website.

Planning to take an Uber, Lyft, taxi, limo and/or hired car service? Please alert your driver that the venue will enforce one way traffic into the venue until 1:30pm. There will be a 15 minute window, 12:15pm-12:30pm, when vehicles that are in the venue can leave. Please plan accordingly. We recommend that Early Entry attendees be dropped off at 11:30am-12pm to ensure their drivers can get out during the scheduled 12:15pm-12:30pm window. General Admission attendees who are dropped off at 1pm should alert their drivers that they will be allowed to leave at 1:30pm.

If you are going to drive yourself and park your car, we recommend that Early Entry attendees arrive between 11:30am-12pm. PLEASE NOTE: From 12:15pm-12:30pm, the one-way road IN to the festival will reverse directions and become a one-way road OUT of the festival to ensure any drivers dropping people off can get out. At 12:30pm, the one-way road will open again INTO THE FESTIVAL to allow General Admission attendees to come IN and park. General Admission attendees can arrive between 12:30pm-1:30pm, at which point the road will again reverse to let people OUT.
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Bus Options:

SANTA MARIA
Bus departs Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites on N Broadway at 11am on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Arrive to the pick-up location by 10:45am. You will arrive at the Festival by 12pm. Departure from the Festival is at 4pm. If you miss the bus, then you will need to coordinate alternate transportation.

SANTA BARBARA
Bus departs the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort (633 E Cabrillo Blvd) in the hotel parking lot in front of the banquet room entrance at 10:15am on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Arrive to the pick-up location by 10am. You will arrive at the Festival by 12pm. Departure from the Festival is at 4pm. If you miss the bus, then you will need to coordinate alternate transportation.

SOLVANG
Bus departs Solvang Elementary School at the corner of Elm Ave and Fourth Pl. in Solvang at 10:30am on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Arrive to the pick-up location by 10:15am. You will arrive at the Festival by 12pm. Departure from the Festival is at 4pm. If you miss the bus, then you will need to coordinate alternate transportation.

BUELLTON
Bus departs Santa Ynez Valley Marriott on McMurray Rd at 10:45am on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Arrive to the pick-up location by 10:30am. You will arrive at the Festival by 12pm. Departure from the Festival is at 4pm. If you miss the bus, then you will need to coordinate alternate transportation.

LOMPOC
Bus departs the Hilton Garden Inn (1201 N H St, Lompoc, CA 93436) at 10:45am on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Arrive to the pick-up location by 10:30am. You will arrive at the Festival by 12pm. Departure from the Festival is at 4pm. If you miss the bus, then you will need to coordinate alternate transportation.