FAMU prepares for its 19th Annual Grape Harvest Festival, Saturday, August 24, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival held at the FAMU Center for Viticulture and Small Fruit Research center at 6361 Mahan Drive in Tallahassee is expected to attract more than 3,000 participants.
Featured activities include the grape and wine sampling, popular grape stomping contest, mobile marine lab, water slides, a grape throwing competition, a hula hoop competition, live entertainment, the 5K/2K vineyard run and walk-a-thon, grape picking, and health fair, and more than 60 community exhibitors and vendors.
In addition to the various family-friendly activities, participants will have an opportunity to tour the more than 45-acre vineyard.