Fest Date: April 11, 2026

 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
(*Early Admission)

Noon - 5:00 pm
(General Admission)

*Ticket types that have early entry at 11:00 am:
Chalet Tix, Early Admit Sponsor Tix, and Early Bird Individual Tickets
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Windsor Castle Park, Smithfield, VA
All festivals are 21 & up only.
TICKET RELEASE DATES: 

EARLY BIRD INDIVIDUAL for all festivals &
SEASON TRIO BUNDLES
Go on sale: 
July 1, 2025,  9:00 AM
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GENERAL ADMIT TIX &
NON-SPONSOR TABLES: 

1st Release: 
Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 7 AM to 7 PM
(or until allotment sells out) 

2nd Release:
Thur, Feb 19, 2026 at 7 PM 
(until sold out) 
Presented by: 
Watch this short video and check out what the festival is all about and why it's so popular! 
​For more videos, visit PartyWithPurposes.com.
Scroll down this page to the green section for details on this year's festival.
Thanks to our Community Enrichment Sponsor: 
We anticipated about $80,000 in proceeds from this festival will benefit over (50) organizations that support our community! 
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2026 Wine & Brew Fest - Benefiting Grant Recipients:
Check back in mid-November to see who the grant recipients will be for the 2026 festival. 

 Smithfield Wine & Brew Fest Info

See Sponsor Info for Private Party Chalets, Tables and Small Business Sponsorship for any festival.
FAQ's & Info: 
for Wine & Brew Fest
See last year's info below, please check back in the fall for updated 2026 festival info
Ticket TYPES:
​There are different types of individual tickets, Early Bird or General Admission. For more details or for this season's release dates click here. 

Early Bird Individual Tix $100 each
Entry thru VIP Gate an hour early at 11:00 am. 

​What special about Early Bird Tickets?
  • Purchase before our general tix releases & know you have tickets! Our festivals usually sell out fast, sometimes in just a few minutes! 
  • On sale starting early July and remain on sale until sold out or March 1st. 
  • Get early entry thru VIP Gate an hour early at 11:00 AM. 
  • Get early access at 11AM to  tastings and first dibs on picking your seating location. 
  • No VIP Parking passes are included but with early entry you will have first chance parking in General Parking area. 
  • $40 Tax Deduction (amount paid over normal ticket price) 

General Admission Tickets & Non-Sponsor Tables 
Noon entry thru Main Gate. Sold at two different release dates each year, usually in mid/late February. 


TICKET PRICES:

$60 - General Admit Tix
Noon entry thru Main Gate

$560 - Non-Sponsor Table
Comes with (8) General Admit Tix. Noon entry thru Main Gate.  Location preference is taken, but not guaranteed. Sponsor tables have first choice on location.
Table Location choices are: Amphitheater Stage, Brew Stage or Manor House Lawn Stage. 


DD Tix: (sold day of event at Will Call)
$30 - Designated Driver Tix - Still must be 21 & up. Sold day of event at the Will Call Booth starting at 11:00 am. Available even if event is sold out. Cash or credit card accepted.  ID Required. DD Ticket includes entry into the event but you do not receive tasting glass or stadium cup. May not consume alcohol or participate in tastings. 

what Do tix include?
 All Tickets include: 
  • Unlimited tastings from VA Craft Breweries & VA Wineries, along with International Wine Tastings hosted by Bon Vivant Smithfield. 
  • Souvenir Tasting Glass & Stadium Cup.  
  • Live Music on two large stages and also on Manor House Lawn Stage.
  • Unique Retail Vendors.
  • Additional Food, Wine, VA Brews and Mich Ultra/Bud Light also for sale.
  • Purchase and take home unopened bottles of wine from your favorite VA Wineries or the International Tent.  

​Early Entry at 11:00 AM thru VIP Gates:
Chalets, Sponsor/Premium Tables, Small Business Sponsors and Early Bird Individual tickets all get early entry thru VIP Gates at 11 AM.

Noon Entry thru Main Gate:
General Admit Tix and Non-Sponsor Table enter at Noon thru Main Gate. 

Tastings & Drink Tix sales end at 4:00 PM

Sales of wine and beer end at 4:30 PM.  

Event over at 5:00 PM.

NOTE: Only unopened bottles of wine purchased to take home may leave the festival.  All uncorked wine bottles, stadium cups, tasting glasses & growlers must be empty when you leave event area. 
How do tastings work?
 All tastings end at 4:00. 

Check back closer to the event to see participating wineries and breweries. 

​Virginia Craft Breweries and Wineries will be at the fest, featuring over (100) brews & wines for you to sample.

How to get Tastings: When you enter the fest you will receive a special tasting glass. You can use it to sample brews & wines.  The stadium cup you get is for purchasing 16 oz brews, so you will need to take it to the brew booth with your drink tickets. 

Rinse Stations are available if you need to wash out your glass in-between samplings. 

Stroll the Wine or Brewery Village and visit each of the booths. 
 BUYING BREWS, WINES & Cocktail/MOcktail booths:  

IN THE BREW VILLAGE: 

Visit the Drink Ticket Booth located in the Brew Village first and buy drink tickets. Booth takes cash or credit cards.  ​There are also a few "wandering drink tix sellers" walking around the site, they take cash only. 

BREWS by cup or GROWLER:
Use your drink tickets and your souvenir stadium cup to buy a single beer or to fill one of our growlers from any of the VA Brewery booths or Bud Light/Mich Ultra. 

SVAE Growlers are for sale at the drink ticket booth, or if you already have one from one of our other festivals, don't forget to bring it with you. We only honor OUR SVAE GROWLERS at the festival. Due to ABC permit rules, all growlers must enter/exit the festival empty. 

COCKTAIL/MOCKTAIL BOOTH with the Brewery Booths serves Coastal Cocktails, Non-Alcoholic Beers and Liquid Death waters. This booth takes drink tickets only. 
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IN THE WINE VILLAGE: 

Buy wine to drink at the festival or you can also buy unopened bottles to take home with you from your favorite VA Wineries or the International Wine Tent. 

VA Wineries: Most VA Wineries sell by the glass or the bottles and operate their own booth at the festival.  Use cash or most of them accept credit cards. You can't use drink tickets at the VA Wineries. NO DRINK TIX ACCEPTED. 

International Wines: This booth is operated by the festival and only sells wine by the bottle. Pay with cash, or credit cards. Not all wines will remain available all day, so if you like something buy your bottles early. NO DRINK TICKETS ACCEPTED. 

COCKTAIL/MOCKTAIL BOOTH located in the Wine Village serves Coastal Cocktails, Non-Alcoholic Beers and Liquid Death waters. This booth takes cash, credit card or drink tickets. 
EVENT MERCHANDISE: 
Purchase "Event Wear" at the Merchandise Booth located in the Beer Village next to the drink ticket booth, or at the one in the Wine Village.  Event shirts, hats, sweatshirts and other cool stuff is available. 
Water, Soda & food VENDORS: 

Water/Soda:

Support Isle of Wight Academy Booster Club! Regular water bottles and sodas are for sale at the event in the Water/Soda Booth. 

​Check out the other non-alcoholic options at the Cocktail/Mocktail booths (Liquid Death waters and non-alcoholic beers). 

Food Vendor: 

Located at the entrance to Brew Village: 
Located to the left of the Breweries: 
Entertainment schedule:

Amphitheater Stage: 

11 AM - 1:30 PM 
Monarch

2:30 - 5:00 PM
Brasswind
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Brew Village Stage:

11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Mount Summitt Band

2:30 - 5:00 PM
Island Boy

Manor House Lawn Stage:

11:00 AM - 1:30 PM 
Paul Urban (solo)

2:30 - 5:00 PM
Karl Werne

REtail Vendors:
As you stroll around the festival, check out our upscale, unique, hand-crafted retail vendors.

​Peanut City Candles
The Sterling Peacock
Mako Custom Creations
Hunger Sauces
Bourbon Bowl Smoker


WINE  VILLAGE:
EVENT SHIRTS & MERCHANDISE 

RETAIL VENDORS - featuring upscale, handcrafted unique or event themed items. 

BREW VILLAGE: 
EVENT SHIRTS & MERCHANDISE 


Entry Gate info & VIP ParKing:
Which gate do you enter? Who gets VIP Parking? 

VIP GATE #1: 11:00 AM Entry 
Chalet ticket holders will enter thru VIP GATE #1 located just to the right of the Manor House.  

VIP GATE #2: 11:00 AM Entry
Early Bird Individual, Early Admit Sponsor Tickets (for Small Business Sponsors and Sponsor/Premium Tables) enter thru VIP GATE #2 located to the left of the Main Gate. 

UNLESS SOMEONE IN THE CAR HAS AN OFFICIAL VIP PARKING PASS or HANDICAPPED PERMIT, you will park in General Parking lot and will be directed by our VFW Parking Crew to turn right on Kayak Lane.  IF YOU HAVE A VIP PARKING PASS PLEASE HAVE IT OUT AND READY TO SHOW. 

MAIN GATE: Noon Entry
General admission tickets and tickets that come with Non-Sponsor Table get noon entry thru the Main Gate.  The Main Gate is located to the far right of the red barns. You will see signs for it as you walk towards the red barns from the General Parking lot. 

VOLUNTEER ENTRY:   
After signing in at the SVAE HQ building at VOLUNTEER CHECK IN, volunteers will report to the Volunteer Holding Tent to be escorted to their work station.  Some large groups, for example, Beer Pouring will be held at holding until every has signed in and will be taken as a group to beer booths. 
Do's & Don'ts:
DO THESE THINGS:  
  • Bring lawn chairs/blankets for seating.
  • Bring a hand-held umbrella (for rain or sun). 
  • Wear comfortable shoes.  Event is held on grass fields. Can be muddy if rains. 
  • Bring an ID to the Gate. 21 & Up only event. No infants.
  • Cash & Credit cards accepted and an ATM is also on site. 
  • Make a post-fest safe ride transportation plan. 
  • Bring sunscreen/bug spray. 
  • If you own an SVAEvents growler purchased at one of our other events, you are welcome to bring it (EMPTY) and leave (EMPTY) and use it at this event for purchasing brew. 
  • Although we have fabulous food vending options and sell water/sodas, at theWine & Brew Fest attendees are permitted to bring in small picnic baskets and disposable water bottles. Personal bottles & cups (Yeti/Stanley etc) bottles are not permitted.  YOU MAY NOT BRING alcohol of any type into the festival and bags are subject to search. 

DON'T DO THESE THINGS:
  • No infants, pets or children.
  • No pop up tents, canopies or large "beach umbrellas", even if it is raining.  Hand held umbrella for rain or protection from the sun are permitted. 
  • No alcohol can enter or exit this event except for unopened bottles of wine that were purchased at the festivals. 
  • Parking lot "tailgates" or consumption of alcohol in-gate line are not permitted. 
  • Don't be unruly or rude, you will be asked to leave.
  • If you have a DD Ticket, you may not consume any alcohol or participating in tasting.   
Lost & Found:
If you find something please turn it in at one of the Merchandise Booth so we can try and find the owner. 

If you lost something report it at one of our Merchandise Booths or ask someone with a radio.  
DIRECTIONS/PARKING/DROP-OFFS:
Directions: Use 705 Cedar Street, Smithfield VA as the GPS address. If given an option, choose the route that uses CEDAR STREET. 

If coming thru town on South Church Street ****DO NOT turn off of S. Church Street onto "Old" Jericho Road (between the pink and green historic homes). Go one more block toward Main Street and turn on CEDAR STREET to get to the park. 

If coming via RT.10/258 - you will turn at the light on Main Street, then turn right on Underwood (1st right after car wash).  At the stop sign turn right on CEDAR STREET and follow signs to Windsor Castle Park. 

Parking: Our Parking Crew will be directing traffic once you arrive at the park.  We have three areas: VIP Parking, General Parking and Handicapped Parking. None of the parking is far, and we have plenty.  There are also golf carts available to give rides to folks that need assistance.

UNLESS YOU HAVE AN OFFICIAL VIP PARKING PASS OR HANDICAPPED PERMIT, you will turn right on Kayak Lane and park in the general parking lot. PLEASE HAVE YOUR VIP PARKING PERMIT READY TO SHOW TO OUR PARKING CREW.  

YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR CAR OVERNIGHT IF SOMEONE PICKS YOU UP FROM THE FEST.  SVAE & The Town of Smithfield are not responsible of any damage/theft to your vehicle, but it will not be towed.  Please pick up on Sunday. No overnight camping permitted.

BEING DROPPED OFF? TURN ON FLASHERS so our parking crew knows you are a drop-off!

Individual cars- drop off instructions: Turn on your flashers & tell parking attendants that you are being dropped off and they will give you a special pass for your window. You will continue past the manor house and pull over in our designated drop-off area.  After unloading your passengers, you will exit out Old Jericho Road to S. Church Street.

Individual cars - pick up instructions: Cars picking you up will need to come to fest via Cedar Street and park in our CELL PHONE LOT in General Admission parking lot.  THEY MAY NOT DRIVE IN TO THE GATES TO PICK YOU UP. 

PARTY BUSES/LIMOS: Groups who rent a party bus or limo will be directed to our Shuttle Stop to unload passengers. When picking up after the fest, they can return to the Shuttle Stop to pick up their passengers. 

If they are not staying during the fest, they will leave via Cedar Street.  

If they are staying on site during the event, they will be directed where to park in the Cell Phone lot in General Parking by our parking staff.  

When the event is over, they can return via Cedar Street or if parked in Cell Phone Lot, they can pull back into the Shuttle Stop to pick up passengers and then exit via Cedar Street. 
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Community Enrichment Sponsor:
Entertainment Sponsor:​