Nauvoo Grape Festival

86th Annual Nauvoo Grape Festival

The Nauvoo Grape Festival is an annual celebration, held the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day Weekend in the Nauvoo State Park and surrounding areas of Nauvoo. This long-running festival is packed with activities including competitive events, parades, entertainment and more! The weekend also features the Festival on Wheels Car Show, one of the region's largest open air car show.

Schedule of Events

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Nauvoo Historical Society Rheinberger Museum offers tours of the arched wine cellar and samples of grapes from Illinois' oldest vineyards. Originals and reprints of former Grape Festival Programs will be available

5:00 pm - Midnight - Food vendors open - tenderloins, ribeyes, corndogs, funnel cakes, lemonade shake ups, cotton candy, kettle corn and more!

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm  - Joe's Old Fashion Fun-Arm Band Night - $25.00 - Mechanical Bull and Rock Climbing Wall not included in Arm Band Night ​

6:00 pm-9:00 pm - Dunk Tank- Fundraiser for Jr. High FFA Nauvoo. $1.00 per ball or 6 balls $5.00

6:00 pm - Entertainment Tent - Must be 21 or older to enter - No cover charge

8:30 pm-11:30pm - Entertainment Tent will host Live Music by Jerad and Nathan a local duo from the tristate area!