Plenty of Fun in the Sun for Everyone! F ine art, classic cars, craft beer, award winning wines, delicious food, live music, dancing, dogs, a kids fun zone, and beautiful weather…what more could you ask for? The Scotts Valley Chamber and Festival Committee are very pleased to be celebrating another successful year with record attendance! This year’s Festival featured 107 artists — 55 artists that were new to our show, 30 additional classic cars, and the very popular local food cuisine! The Festival kicked off on Saturday with the Cops ‘N Rodders Car Show where over 100 vintage cars were on display. Musical
headliners during the weekend included The Joint Chiefs Band and the Eagles tribute band, Lyin’ I’s. Sunday was ‘Bring Your Dog Day’ which featured dog tricks and costume contests with KSBW’s Phil Gomez as the Master of Ceremonies. This year’s Kids Fun Zone, hosted by Building Kidz School of Scotts Valley and the Girls Scouts of the Coastal Redwoods and the Central California Council was packed all weekend with happy bouncing kids! This festival first began in 1999 as “Art Under the Oaks” and would later be renamed the “Scotts Valley Art & Wine Festival” in 2006. The format of the festival remained relatively the same throughout the years, centering on fine art and great local wines. In 2015 however, the festival was completely revamped and rebranded. The goal was to make it more family friendly and reflective of our community. The festival continues to focus on art and wines but we invited the local craft breweries to participate. In fact, we are very proud of the fact that this
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Entire Community is Welcome – Join Us! Thursday Sept. 27
• Grand Opening / Red Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 5:30-7:00 p.m. The Grove: City Ventures 200 Santa’s Village Road, SV
Thursday October 11
• Four Year Anniversary Ribbon Cutting Celebration 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Accurate Finance Group 125 Bethany Drive #11, SV
Thursday October 18 • Save Our Schools Informational Breakfast 7:30-9:00 p.m. Kiss Café 915 Disc Drive, SV
Thursday October 25
• Business Networking Mixer at Malone’s Grille 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Malone’s Grille 4402 Scotts Valley Drive, SV ‘Meet Your Local Kaiser Rep’ – Kaiser Permanente
Thursday November 8 is the only festival in the county that focuses on local Santa Cruz County wineries and breweries exclusively. The Chamber and Festival Committee would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who came out and supported us again this year. We would like to give special thanks to all of
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our volunteers, businesses, food vendors, artists, breweries, wineries and performers who worked so hard to make this year another huge success! We would also like to thank our partners: the Scotts Valley Police Department, the City of Scotts Valley, the Scotts Valley Water District, and the Scotts Valley Arts Commission.
• SCORE Workshop Breakfast 7:30-9:00 a.m.
Kiss Café 915 Disc Drive, SV
Thursday December 6 • Grand Opening / Red Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 5:30-7:00 p.m. JCCO International 5403 Scotts Valley Drive, SV
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