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Crush Festival

Save the Date! Our popular Crush Festival is being planned for August 19, 2023.   This family friendly event is packed full of fun for all with a traditional grape stomp, live music, cooperage demo and more!

Crush Festival

Crush Festival is Saturday, August 20, 2022, in The Gardens at St. James Winery and Public House Brewing Company!

 

Crush Festival, the annual celebration of the grape harvest season in Missouri, is a fun-filled day in The Gardens. Enjoy friendly competition with an old-fashioned grape stomp out front, and foot-stomping live, local music in the beautifully landscaped wine and beer garden to kick off this most wonderful time of the year. We’ll even have a bounce house for the kids! Next, our friends at Independent Stave Company will wow you with a live Cooperage demonstration. Then, cool down with our team on a guided tour of our wine cellar.

 

Public House Brewing Company‘s full MENU will be available – food and drink to keep you and your group going all day.  The event will kick off at 11:00 am and we’ll celebrate till the sun goes down!

 

The event is free to attend, family-friendly, and we welcome your leashed pets. Grape harvest season is an exciting time in Missouri, and we’re thrilled to kick it off with you during this annual celebration. We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Schedule:

11 am – 3 pm — Grape Stomp

11 am – 3 pm — Bounce House

2 pm – 3 pm — Cooperage Demonstration

3 pm — Cellar Tour

 

Live Music:

11 am – 2 pm — Kirk Pierce

2:30 pm – 5:00 pm — Justyn Moreland

6 pm – 9 pm — Even the Losers

 

Crush Festival
Crush Festival in The Gardens at St. James Winery and Public House Brewing Company is Saturday, August 21st. This annual celebration is a fun and family-friendly way to kick off the Missouri grape harvest season.
Begin the day with an old-fashioned grape stomp, to be held in the parking lot from 11 am – 3 pm. Then, enjoy entertainment, a cold drink, and a bite to eat in The Gardens. Local musician Justyn Moreland performs live from Noon – 2 pm. From 2 pm – 3 pm, our friends at Independent Stave Company take center stage for a live cooperage demo. Watch up-close the art of crafting barrels that are used to age fine spirits, St. James Winery wine, and Public House Brewing Company beers. After the cooperage demo, local musician Mark Moebeck will perform from 3 pm – 5:30 pm, followed by a live cooking demonstration from our friends at US Foods. During the cooking demo, a Chef from US Foods will wow us with techniques and flavor combinations using some of your favorite Public House beers. To finish out this fun-filled day of celebration, the local duo The Velvet Bricks take the music stage at 6 pm and will play until 9 pm.
Crush Festival in The Gardens is a grape-stomping, toe-tapping, flavor-savoring way to kick off harvest season. We hope to see you, your family, your friends, and your pets on Saturday, August 21st, beginning at 11 am.
SCHEDULE:
11 am – 3 pm – Grape Stomp
12 pm – 2 pm – Live Music by Justyn Moreland
2 pm – 3 pm – Cooperage Demo
3 pm – 5:30 pm – Live Music by Mark Moebeck
5:30 pm – Food Demo
6 pm – 9 pm – Live Music by The Velvet Bricks
**This is a kid and pet-friendly event.
St. James Winery Crush Festival
Stomp grapes, listen to live music, learn about barrel-making and more at St. James Winery’s 2020 Crush Festival happening Sat., Aug. 22 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. in The Gardens (our outdoor space located next door at Public House Brewing Company: St. James). Relax with great wine and craft beer while enjoying the beauty of The Gardens and have fun celebrating the beginning of grape harvest with us!
SCHEDULE:

SCHEDULE:
11 am – 3 pm – Grape Stomp
12 pm – 3 pm – Live Music by Kirk Pierce
2 pm – 3 pm – Cooperage Demo
4 pm – 7 pm – Live Music by Lenny Frisch
**This is a kid and pet-friendly event.
**This event is kid and pet-friendly. This is a rain or shine event.

Help us celebrate the start of Grape Harvest in the Meramec Highlands with our Second Annual Crush Festival! St. James Winery and Public House Brewing Company are hosting the event in The Gardens Saturday, August 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 11 p.m. You can find The Gardens at St. James between the winery and brewery.  (551 State Route B, St. James MO 65559).

There will be several fun, free activities going on all day long! Partake in a grape stomp, watch wine and beer making demonstrations, or hang out and listen to live music while exploring the delicious new menu The Gardens has to offer.

Schedule for the day:

Live Music
11:00 – 2:00 pm – Trilogy
3:00 – 6:00 pm – Hey Dave
7:00 – 10:00 pm – Even the Losers

Grape Stomp
12:00 – 4:00 pm

Demonstrations
10:00 am – Wine making demonstration
12:00 pm – Small batch brewing demonstration
1:00 pm – Wine making demonstration
2:00 pm – Cooperage demonstration
4:00 pm – Cooking demonstration

In addition to the activities happening in The Gardens, the St. James Taproom Mezzanine will be holding a ticketed Shrimp Boil dinner at 6:00 p.m. Each course of the meal will be expertly paired with our premier Winemaker Series wines. This dinner has limited seating and sold out quickly last year, so purchase tickets before they are gone!

Menu:

Starter: Featuring Winemaker Series Blend 43 (dry red) – House-baked beer bread with Mood Dance Farms grilled sirloin. Topped with cream cheese and fresh herbs whipped together with our stout onion jam.

Shrimp Boil: Paired with Winemaker Series The Folly (dry white) – Shrimp, crawfish, andouille, corn, potatoes, onions and spices.

Dessert: Served with Winemaker Series Chardonel (dry white) – Deconstructed fruit tart.

Purchase Shrimp Boil tickets: http://bit.ly/CrushFestShrimpBoil

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Crush Festival

Save the Date! Our popular Crush Festival is being planned for August 19, 2023.   This family friendly event is packed full of fun for all with a traditional grape stomp, live music, cooperage demo and more!