Meet @mariellevchua in the meadow!! Sonoma County’s Craft Queen is bringing collage & specialty crafts all weekend long 🤗✂️🍇🌞🪺🌈🗺️🧵🌼
Plus, you’ll find a shady kids corner c/o @poppyspetaluma and CHAIR MASSAGES nearby. That’s right, people. Restoration of mind, body, spirit in the meadow this year. See you there!
New Time & Place edition just dropped 📥 This edition features the legend behind the Big West 2026 Art Print @jameslewistucker
Check out the feature on our substack & in your email inbox! Pre-order the limited letterpress print & all the special festival goodies in the ‘Goodies’ section on our website!
#goodies #letterpress #winefestival
Meet us at @autocamp 🏕️ The Official Home Base of Big West 2026. Airstreams, Adventure Tents, Cabins, Campers, oh my!
Learn more about special rates for the festival weekend in the “Guerneville Guide” on our website ⭐️ Xoxo
The 2026 Lineup 🌝 New faces, old friends, industry icons, freaky fermenters, old guard growers. Join 88 winemakers for a weekend of wholesome revelry under the redwoods.
We don’t have “VIP” or “luxury” experiences but we do have an Extremely Elite Tote Bag Experience! Get a complimentary Big West Boat Tote when you support our independent festival with a Community Sponsorship of $120+ 💚 Check it out at check out!
Community Sponsorships are one of the ways this vibrant web provides the extra oomph that make Big West extra special 🔋 Every dollar goes right back into the festival – helping us keep ticket prices as low as possible, supporting our crew, and elevating the experience for everyone.
The theme for this edition of Time & Place is PEAS and that’s the theme. If you have any questions you can ask @eatingwlily 🫛 We sat down with the culinary mind behind the Big West Bistro to chat about this new festival offering and how good it feels to say YES. Check it all out on substack and get your tickets to enjoy Lily’s beautiful menu at Big West Wine Fest!
📌 Time & Place is a monthly bulletin featuring community events across Northern California & interviews with industry icons.
2026 TICKETS ON SALE NOW 🎈
If you love what we’re building together, consider adding a Community Sponsorship. Every dollar goes right back into the festival – supporting the team, maintaining ticket prices and elevating the festival experience for everyone.
(You can even score a super rare, elite, Big West Spiral Boat Tote… hurry!)
See you in the grove friends ❤️
Spring has sprung 🐏🌷 For the SHEEP edition of Time & Place we called up our friends @primary.steak.holder & @createsharerepeat ✨ No one does it quite like this fire-tending, homesteading, sheep-herding, always-serving chef duo down on the Central Coast. Read the whole thing at the link in our biome!
Time & Place is a monthly bulletin featuring a round up of community events across Northern California & interviews with industry icons.
Time & Place 🦪 Oyster Editon featuring Everyone’s Favorite @lofi.oyster.co !
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The time: NOW
The place: HERE
The reason for the season: FUNGI
We sat down with Alex from @passages_wine (& @themushroomsf ) for our first edition of Time & Place 🍄 A monthly bulletin featuring a round up of community events across Northern California & interviews with industry icons.
Read Alex’s full interview on our substack and clicky the linky in biome to subscribe 📬
We’ve been cookin’ ⭐️ Big West began with a shared vision of a DIY, friend-run festival to celebrate the bounty of Sonoma County. Slowly slowly the festival took root in Northern California & we’ve broadened our horizons. Over the last three years the Big West expression stretched to new dimensions (Cider! Weddings! Private dinners! Brand strategy! Graphic design! Product development!) to elevate the impact of craft & beauty. Slowly slowly we became a full-on creative studio.
No matter the medium, there’s nothing we love more than bringing our friends together to share their gifts. In 2026 we want to collaborate with YOU.
Until then, it’s time to tuck into shorter days and longer dinners. Happy solstice friends 🌚 we cannot wait to cook with you in the new year. Xo.
