20th Annual Wine Festival

20th Annual Wine Festival is a wine walk festival held annually in Excelsior Springs, Missouri — now in its 20th year, it draws over 2,000 attendees to downtown on June 13, 2026, making it the largest of the Downtown Excelsior Partnership's signature events. General admission tickets start at $10, placing it among the most accessible wine events in the region.

20th Annual Wine Festival is organized by the Downtown Excelsior Partnership (DEP), the same nonprofit that produces over 70 days of downtown events each year and has operated a nationally accredited Main Street America program since 2006. The festival format is a wine walk through downtown Excelsior Springs, giving attendees the chance to move between participating venues and sample wine at their own pace. With 2,000-plus expected guests, it is significantly larger than DEP's other wine strolls — Sippin' Into Springtime draws around 400 ticketed guests and Witch Way to the Wine draws approximately 400 — underscoring the Wine Festival's status as the organization's marquee summer event.

Buying a ticket at $10 for general admission makes this one of the lower-priced wine walk events of its scale in Missouri. VIP and designated driver pricing had not been announced at the time of publication, so prospective attendees should check back with the organizer for updated ticket tiers. The event takes place on June 13, 2026, in the Downtown Historic District of Excelsior Springs, a walkable area with a range of boutique hotels, bed and breakfasts, and restaurants for those planning an overnight stay. DEP's signature events collectively bring over 35,000 visitors to downtown streets each year.

Excelsior Springs sits in Clay County in northwestern Missouri, roughly 30 miles northeast of Kansas City. Missouri does not have a major designated wine AVA in this immediate area, but the state's wine scene has grown considerably, and events like 20th Annual Wine Festival reflect the broader Midwest trend of bringing wine culture into historic downtown corridors. The June timing means warm evening weather, making the walkable downtown format well-suited to the season.