The annual Western Slope calendar

Mesa County Community Highlights & Events

Peach Fest to Winefest — the festival rhythm that shapes a Mesa County year.

Mesa County

Community Highlights & Events

The annual festival calendar that shapes a year on the Western Slope.

Palisade vineyard rows turning gold during the fall harvest

🍷 Headline Tradition

September & October · Fall Harvest Season

Colorado Mountain Winefest & Fall Harvest

The Grand Valley's biggest fall stretch: Colorado Mountain Winefest under the Palisade cottonwoods, weekly harvest markets, orchard tours, pumpkin patches, and corn mazes valley-wide.

Palisade & Grand Junction
Winefest Sept 19, 2026
Winefest tickets
Orchards, mazes & foliage

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The Annual Calendar

Signature Grand Valley Events

Block these on your calendar — the festivals and traditions that define the rhythm of life here.

Weekly Tradition

Market on Main

Thursday Evenings · Summer Downtown Grand Junction

Every Thursday from June through September, Main Street closes to traffic and fills with farmers, makers, food trucks, and live music. The de-facto weekly community gathering.

SINCE 1968

Palisade Peach Festival

MID-AUGUST PALISADE, CO

Three days of orchard tours, peach-eating contests, and the world's best stone fruit at its absolute peak. The festival that put Palisade on the national food map since 1968.

Largest in CO

Colorado Mountain Winefest

Saturday, September 19, 2026 · 35th Anniversary Riverbend Park, Palisade

Colorado's largest and oldest wine festival — 50+ wineries, grape stomps, and harvest-season ceremony in the heart of wine country. Tickets sell out months ahead.