It's Magic!

Harvest Festival Magic Delights All Ages



For families with children, the North Yuba Harvest Festival is known for its creative children´s activities, including bounce house, kid-friendly food, and everyone´s all-time-favorite, Master Juggler William Galvin.

Always an event highlight, Galvin has delighted people of all ages at previous Festivals, displaying his astonishing juggling skills – along with his signature physical comedy and natural sense of fun.

Formerly a professional street magician and mime in Europe, Galvin has performed throughout the world, presenting his unique blend of circus arts skills and comedy.

A great story teller, he keeps the children entranced with his family oriented act.


Interested in Being a VENDOR?
Vendor Application Form
download here(.pdf).

There are many benefits to participating in the Festival as a vendor: supporting this important fundraiser is viewed very positively by the community, and the many visitors drawn to the event from outside our area are looking for quality items.

Vendor fees are $25 (produce vendors),
$50 (wine, olive oil, food vendors)
$35 (all other vendors).
Tents are $10 extra; a table and 2 chairs are provided with each tent rented.
Limited electric is available.
Vendor fees are payable to DOHIF and should be mailed, with completed application form, to:

Greg Holman
P.O. Box 1119
Oregon House, CA 95962.

All proceeds benefit the Community Center.

For general information, please contact Jeff Citron at (530) 632-6416 or Greg Holman (530) 692-2476 or email greg@carterholman.com.



The 6th Annual North Yuba Harvest Festival 2011

North Yuba Harvest Festival Celebrates Local Agriculture

The biggest wine and food event in the north foothills, the North Yuba Harvest Festival held September 17 entertained record crowds enjoying perfect fall weather.

This was the 6th annual celebration of the gold-medal wines and olive oils that are produced by the unique climate and soils of our local foothills. North Yuba has received international recognition as a premium wine and olive oil region with local producers garnering coveted medals at major state, national and international competitions.

The Festival draws many out-of-down visitors each year, many of whom want to sample the new vintages and extra virgin oils, and to take home their selections of the "best of the best." Others come for the whole range of attractions, about 50 vendors in all: food stalls offering everything from haute cuisine to hot dogs, arts & crafts, antiques, Farmers Market, coffee bistro, children´s activities and live musical entertainment
–for a day of family fun.

Yuba Wines & Olive Oils – Why are They So Good? Wine grapes and olive trees have been grown in North Yuba since the 19th century, and some olive trees are over 100 years old. North Yuba has its own recognized AVA (American Viticultural Area) and it is also within the much larger "Sierra Foothills" AVA. With altitudes around 1500 to 2000 feet, the region´s warm days and cool nights produce quality grapes with high acidity and concentrated flavors and aromas. The rocky soils force the vines to dig deep for water and nutrients, resulting in small yields but intense flavors.

Three North Yuba wineries were pouring samples at this year´s Festival, and three local olive oil producers offered samples for tasting: Lucero Vineyards & Winery, Renaissance Vineyard & Winery, Grant-Eddie Winery, Apollo Olive Oil, Calolea Olive Oil, and Sierra d´Oro.

The Wine Spectator has said "Renaissance makes some of California´s finest cabernets, bar none". Grant-Eddie Winery specializes in Rhone varieties and a signature Port; their 2009 Port captured the Gold Medal at this year´s California State Fair. Lucero Vineyards & Winery focuses on Cabernet, Merlot, and Chardonnay for which it has collected various silver, gold and first awards, and their Merlot Reserve is featured in Great Boutique Wines You Can Buy Online.

All three participating olive oil producers, Apollo, Sierra d´Oro and Calolea won Best of Show (in their respective categories) at the Los Angeles International Competition, probably the most important olive oil event of the year – with 400 producers from 23 countries competing. These local growers have consistently won gold medals at the prestigious L.A. competition.