Fredericksburg Italian Food & Wine Festival

Name: Fredericksburg Italian Food & Wine Festival
Start: 2024-11-30T12:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-11-30T20:00:00-06:00
Location: 8142 Old San Antonio Road,Fredericksburg,78624,US

Schedule

Sat Nov 30 2024 at 12:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

8142 Old San Antonio Road,Fredericksburg,78624,US | Fredericksburg, TX

Pizza Party! Polo Matches. Grape Stomp. Wine Tastings. Farm to Table Dinner. Live Music. All followed by a Hot Air Balloon Glow and Rides.
THE FREDERICKSBURG BALLOON FESTIVAL! THE NOV 30TH EVENT is PIZZA & ITALIAN THEMED! EVERYTHING PIZZA! TETHERED HOT AIR BALLOON RIDES. SAFARI WINE TOURS. GRAPE STOMPS. A FARM TO TABLE DINNER. LIVE MUSIC. POLO MATCHES & LESSONS.
Your Fredericksburg Bucket List awaits!
A truly remarkable day in the Texas Hill Country! Looking for things to do in Fredericksburg Texas? Stay in one place and check off all the boxes! VIP Passes are all inclusive and provide early access! Take your shoes off and partake in a Lucille Ball style Grape Stomp! Hop on a Private Safari Wine Tour and meet Zebras, Camels and more! Enjoy breathtaking Hill Country Views while watching some heart pounding Polo Matches (Pretty Woman Style). Learn about the Sport of Kings and ride a horse as part of a Polo Lesson with a Polo Professional. Dine on a tasty lunch and early dinner fieldside while mingling with the Polo Players. Sip on Award Winning Wines at one of Texas’ only full bar wineries. Climb aboard a Hot Air Balloon (these are tethered rides and very weather contingent) and enjoy a Night time Balloon Glow and Burn. Enjoy Live Music while waiting for your Hot Air Balloon Ride (rides are always weather and safety contingent)! All this and more, in just one day in Fredericksburg Texas!
GA PASS
-Admission only. Entrance for GA begins at 3PM at Grapetown Vineyard.
-Includes access to watch live music, interact with any vendors on site, and enjoy watching polo.
-Pass includes a Complimentary Grape Stomp at 3PM’ish (Value $25)
-This pass also allows you to watch the weather contingent hot air balloon activation if and when winds and weather conditions allow.
-Pass Does NOT include parking, food, drink or tethered hot air balloon rides.
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- VIP PASS
-Complimentary Parking (Day of Savings $20)
-VIP Gates Open for Early Access at 12PM typically
-Access to watch live music, interact with any vendors on site, enjoy watching polo and also watch the weather contingent hot air balloon activation
-Free Non Alcoholic Beverages (Value $20+)
-Tastings of Select Wines by Sponsors in Accordance with TABC Regulations- Typically Noon until 2PM (Value $25+)
-Pass includes a Safari Wine Tour (Value $75)
-Pass includes a Complimentary Grape Stomp (Value $25)
-Polo Tutorial & Lesson by Polo Professional (Value $75)
-Preferred Tented Seating at Polo Match
-Hot Air Balloon Ride (Always Weather Contingent - Value $75+)
- This pass does not include food of any kind. Farm to Table Dinner is NOT included.
Held at Grapetown Vineyard and the Fredericksburg Polo Club (on same property) VIP’s will enjoy a Polo Match bookended by a fun casual Lunch and early Dinner, Live Music and Wine Tasting. Polo Matches, Grape Stomps and Live Music. The VIP Fieldside Dinner with Live Music is followed by a Hot Air Balloon Glow and Burn at Dusk, then tethered Hot Air Balloon Rides (when and if, winds allow). The VIP Passes are All Inclusive (including the Hot Air Balloon Ride) and geared towards a more refined higher end experience. GA Passes are also available but do not allow access day of until 3PM.
SPECIAL NOTE: Grapetown Vineyard and Farm is also home to many exotic animals. There are Safari Wine Tours available for purchase that will give you the opportunity for a behind the scenes tour to meet Camels, Alpacas, Goats, Rheas, Blackbuck, Ostrich, Zebras and more! Tours are available all day. These Safari Wine Tours are NOT included in the GA pass, and must therefore be booked and purchased separately and in addition to any other passes.
DISCLAIMER: This is not the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Festival. Do not come here expecting hundreds of balloons. You will be disappointed. This is a day of unique experiences and we will typically have 1-4 Hot Air Balloons on site. It is extremely important to understand, Hot Air Balloons are extremely weather contingent. We cannot guarantee that the weather will cooperate. We will guarantee you that we always do our best to inflate and activate balloons (we will have anywhere from 1-4 Balloons on site for the tethered rides and Hot Air Balloon Activation). We also guarantee you that we will always put safety first. When the weather does not cooperate, and if balloon rides are not completed, we will refund any guest a complimentary Hot Air Balloon ride at a future event (for up to two years!). All things related to this event are subject to change and will be posted accordingly if changes occur. Hot Air Balloons are extremely weather contingent. We cannot guarantee that the weather will cooperate. We will guarantee you that we always do our best to inflate and activate balloons. We also guarantee you that we will always put safety first.
Absolutely no Refunds.
"All things related to this event are subject to change and will be posted accordingly if changes occur. "