Hoes Down Harvest Festival
- Dates
- Expected October 2027
- Status
- Expected
- Venue
- Full Belly Farm
- Price
- $70
- Camping
- Available
- Last checked
- Sep 1, 2026
Hoes Down Harvest Festival's 2027 dates haven't been announced yet. The last festival was 3 October 2026 in Capay Valley, CA. Froligo tracks current ticket prices, camping, attendee feedback and travel details.
What to eat & drink
Fresh-picked produce and seasonal cooking are central, supported by an active farm market.
You must try…
- A seasonal cooking-workshop taste
- Fresh-picked melon or apple
- Locally grown nuts or pumpkin
- Hand-churned ice cream
Festival weekend in pictures
The people, producers and atmosphere around the festival.
Watch before you taste
Food tours, crowd favourites and festival highlights.
The experience
What's special
A working-farm harvest festival created to deepen visitors’ connection with food and land through milking, pruning, composting, cooking, music and camping
What people love
Long-time attendee families describe it as a genuinely fun, low-key day built around children with more hands-on activities for young kids than for adults and note plentiful, reasonably priced farm food and an easy drive with little traffic. The kids' area, creek swimming and the farm-immersion workshops are the most-loved parts
Last time around (2025)
The 2025 edition (the 34th) again ran as a one-day working-farm harvest festival at Full Belly Farm in Guinda, with Saturday-night tent camping in the walnut orchard; the 35th edition is set for October 3, 2026. Organizers characterised recent editions as smooth, well-run days carried by hundreds of volunteers
Music & entertainment
Lineup not yet announced. Email me the day it lands.
Getting there
How do I get to Hoes Down Harvest Festival?
By car
Most people drive to Hoes Down Harvest Festival. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
By bus & public transit
No scheduled intercity bus or public transit route to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
Taxi & rideshare
Sacramento International (SMF) is the nearest airport (~50 mi east). SMF designates three Ride App Pickup Zones plus a regulated taxi stand. A rideshare all the way to Guinda is possible but long and pricey, and return pickups from rural Capay Valley are unreliable, most attendees drive. the Capay Valley last mile has no scheduled transit
Book / info →Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
Cost Parking included with attendance (no separate parking fee found); admission is $70 adult / $25 child 4-16 via RegFox.
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire
Rural working-farm festival in Capay Valley with no public transit within ~50 mi and unreliable rideshare return trips, a hire car from Sacramento (SMF) is the primary option for fly-in attendees
Search car hire →Live price search coming soon.
Where
Venue
The venue has its own page with capacity, accessibility and parking.
Camping & Accommodation
Where can I stay near Hoes Down Harvest Festival?
Mid-range hotels 2
Woodland, CA (I-5 corridor)
≈ $140-190 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Check rates →Woodland, CA
≈ $130-180 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Check rates →Luxe hotels 1
Winters, CA (south edge of Capay/Vaca Valley)
≈ $220-300 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Check rates →Airbnb & private camping
Festival weekend firms up the immediate-valley listings given how few there are; book early. General pattern note
Search Airbnb →Browse all hotels near Full Belly Farm (16141 Road 43, Guinda) →
Accessibility & comfort
What the organiser or venue publishes about getting around, and what they do not.
The Hoes Down Harvest Festival publishes no accessibility page, but its FAQ gives some ground level detail about the Full Belly Farm site. All parking is on Full Belly Farm and is in close walking proximity to the festival and camping, with no assigned spots.
Read the full notes
Tent camping is in the farm's walnut orchard; campers must park in the camping parking lot directly next to the orchard and no driving in the orchard is allowed. Vans and RVs camp in that same camping parking lot with no separate RV area and no electrical hook ups.
Toilets across the festival are port-o-potty restrooms, with separate designated camp port-o-potties and potable water in the campground. Re-entry is not allowed. The organiser publishes nothing on accessible parking, accessible toilets, path firmness, accessible viewing, companion tickets, ASL or a quiet or sensory space.
Campground quiet hours run 10pm Saturday to 7am Sunday, which is a noise rule rather than a sensory space
Confirm your specific needs with the organiser's access team before you travel.
Checked 2026-09-03 · source
Pricing
Watch
Hoes Down Harvest festival/Tour/Family Fun, Growing Up Garden on YouTube
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