Events: Sutter Creek – The Big Crush Winery Festivalinnlight2026-06-20T16:30:12-07:00

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Sutter Creek Events

Big Crush Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 3rd to Sunday, October 4th, 2026
10:30AM – 4:30PM

Big Crush is the perfect time to experience harvest in action, and this year will be no exception! With Amador Wine Country wineries participating, guests can enjoy an array of behind-the-scenes harvest experiences—from barrel tastings and winery tours to watching crush in action at our family-owned wineries.

This year, Big Crush is a reservation-only event, allowing you to plan your perfect day in advance. Reservations are required at each winery you plan to visit. Each participating winery will offer unique harvest-themed experiences, wine tastings, food pairings, and live music.

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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

Big Crush Harvest Festival Saturday, October 3rd to Sunday, October 4th, 2026 10:30AM – 4:30PM

SUTTER CREEK CALIFORNIA

Big Crush Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 3rd to Sunday, October 4th, 2026
10:30AM – 4:30PM