‘It’s a must do’: Lodi Grape Festival begins four-day run

With summer coming to an end, the fair and festival season is almost over.There is still one festival, however, that promises lots of fun and excitement over the next few days.The Lodi Grape Festival & Harvest Fair starts Thursday and runs through Sunday.”It’s a must-do,” said Lodi resident Jason Martinez.It is a long-standing tradition celebrating all things grape harvest and agriculture.Organizers said they take pride in the fair being safe and clean with many attractions and musical acts to experience. They also said it’s a place that people from across the community visit, year after year.“It ends up being a real community gathering,” said Mark Armstrong, CEO of the Lodi Grape Festival & Harvest Fair. “I see people that go and sit inside and they never move. They just talk to everybody. It’s such a big, not only economic event, but it’s like a big homecoming for Lodi.”For some local families, it’s a tradition.”We’ve been coming to the grape festival since we were children,” said Sandra Izaguirre.The exhibit hall on the Lodi Grape Festival fairgrounds is home to dozens of grape-inspired projects, artwork and designs. Many incorporate this year’s fair theme: “Under the Sea.. Let’s Shellebrate!”“One of the things we’re really known for are the grape murals that the nonprofits do, and we always try to think of a theme that would be easy for them to work with,” Armstrong explained. “So we did ‘Under the Sea, Let’s Shellebrate.’ It’s a little play on words. We try to make it interesting.”The Lodi Grape Festival also said it awards more than $30,000 each year in prize money to local exhibitors who enter into the competitive exhibits program.According to the festival website, event hours and days are as follows:Thursday, Sept. 12: 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.Friday, Sept. 13: Noon to midnightSaturday, Sept. 14: Noon to midnightSunday, Sept. 15: Noon to 11 p.m.Ticket prices:Adult – $12 (ages 13 and up)Youth – $8 (ages 6-12)5 and under are 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