Striding onto the East Bay’s summer festival scene, the 10th annual Montclair Beer, Wine & Music Festival has multiple reasons to boast. Related Articles The free, six-hour, family-friendly event happening Saturday in the Oakland hills’ Montclair Village business district offers an unlimited tasting package of more than 50 artisan beers and wines; a Family Fun Zone with activities for all ages; food and goods presented by participating local restaurants, small businesses and independent vendors; and live music from the Jazz Education Ensemble, Wolf Jett and Bay Area rock band Skip the Needle. The festival is partly meant to showcase the big-hearted nature of Montclair’s small business community.
Local sponsors will step up with literal action such as Meet the Core Pilates’ cyclists powering the main stage and Embodied Groove and Jessie Nakamura’s Hip Hop Group leading interactive dance and a flash mob in the Kids Zone. Financial support, volunteers or in-kind contributions also arrive from Ken Betts Co. (the festival’s main sponsor), F&M Bank, Mister Beever’s Paws & Claws, Montclair Sports Tennis & Pickleball, Red Oak Realty, The Grubb Company, Oakland Center for Spiritual Living, Daughter Thai Kitchen, Farmstead Cheese & Wines, Montclair Presbyterian Church, Oakland Fire Department, Winter Williams Presents and others.
Proceeds will benefit the nonprofit Montclair Village Association (MVA), which has advocated the local business community for 75 years. MVA boar.
