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Sutter Creek Scarecrow Festival 2026

The Sutter Creek Scarecrow Festival is a month-long autumn event held throughout historic downtown Sutter Creek, California. The festival features dozens of uniquely crafted scarecrows on display along Main Street, a community-wide scarecrow contest, and seasonal celebrations with local shops and wineries.

Event Details:

When: October 1 – October 30
Where: Downtown Sutter Creek, CA 95685

Cost: Free to stroll Main Street and view the displays
Activities: Voting for the best scarecrow, autumn shopping, and exploring local Gold Country businesses.

October in Sutter Creek also coincides with other seasonal events, including the Classic Car Show and local wine strolls. You can check for updates or a map of participating scarecrow locations at the Sutter Creek Visitors Center as the event approaches.

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“Although John Sutter’s sawmill was about forty miles away, Sutter Creek is in the heart of the California Gold Country. Sutter made camp here, trying to avoid the gold rush crowds, but miners soon spilled in and made the town. Mining boomed and then faded…making way for today’s contagion: wine fever. In and around Sutter Creek you can mosey along sidewalks shaded by filigreed balconies.” – New York Times 36 Hours

Yesterday & Today

The town derives it’s name Sutter Creek after John Sutter. Sutter as early as 1844, had in pursuit of timber, established whipsawing pits and an outdoor manufacturing business named Pine Woods. It was this area near the creek, which runs behind City Hall, that became the site of new and permanent settlement. It is told the settlement started because of a single tent raised there for miners to use on rainy Sundays when they could not get to Jackson or Drytown. Sutter Creek truly established itself permanently when Gold quartz was discovered in 1851 and the became a major supply center.

Among other notable historic landmarks like Knight Foundry and the nearby Kennedy Mine, visitors should take some time to enjoy the historic wine country surrounding Sutter Creek. Wine production in the area dates back one hundred fifty years, when pioneers seeking their fortunes in gold found the ideal climate for growing wine grapes. Today Amador County boasts over 25 wineries and is famous for its red Zinfandels.

Sutter Creek Events

Sutter Creek Scarecrow Festival 2026

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