{"id":480880,"date":"2026-09-30T21:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T21:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/480880\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T21:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T21:44:09","slug":"los-gatos-art-wine-fest-delights-with-music-painting-and-food-los-gatan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/480880\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Gatos Art & Wine Fest delights with music, painting and food | Los Gatan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"live<\/a>AWESOME SCENE – Peggy Christiansen works on her painting of the Capitola Wharf during the festival. (Dinah Cotton \/ Los Gatan)<\/p>\n

Nancy Pearson, co-chair of the award-winning Los Gatos Art & Wine Festival, which took place this past weekend, reported that the brand new Bubbly Lounge was \u201ca huge success.\u201d<\/p>\n

A white picket fence surrounded the area. Inside, round-white tables and chairs were set up close to the main stage.<\/p>\n

However, some of the greenery from the table arrangements went missing.<\/p>\n

\"artPLANT MYSTERY \u2013 Some greenery went missing from the festival grounds this weekend. (Dinah Cotton \/ Los Gatan)<\/p>\n

Now in its 54th year, this festival celebrates art, entertainment, crafts, edible treats and live music. It used to be held in Old Town, behind what was California Cafe (now Telef\u00e8ric Barcelona). It now takes place on the Civic Center lawn.<\/p>\n

There was plenty of food, drink, shopping, dancing, socializing and viewing\u2014maybe buying original hand-painted artwork or photographs.<\/p>\n

Kiwanis Club of Los Gatos<\/a> started the event production in 1996. It was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, but fired back up in 2021. Over the 2025 two-day festival, attendance was estimated at 20,000. This year\u2019s crowds came close to that figure, organizers said.<\/p>\n

From the opening national anthem sung by Michelle Giocopuzzi on Saturday to the 10-piece headlining group, The Houserockers, on Sunday afternoon, live music filled the air.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, attendees enjoyed JADe Acoustic Trio<\/a>, then Tsunami, RPM Band and the closer, the Megatones.<\/p>\n

\"elephantsTIME 2 B HERD \u2013 Supporters of various causes had a chance to interact with the public. (Dinah Cotton \/ Los Gatan)<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Hoot N Holler opened things up, followed by the Fishhook and the Johnny Neri Band. Then Mayor Rob Moore introduced the Houserockers, who turned the proverbial volume up a notch. The crowd spilled out onto the streets during the grand finale.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"fancyFANCY PENS \u2013 There were all sorts of products for sale at the festival. (Dinah Cotton \/ Los Gatan)<\/p>\n

Paul Kent (guitar, vocals) joined Dave Byron (guitar, vocals), Nick Chargin (keyboard, vocals), Chris Beveridge (bass, vocals), and George Brandau (drums).<\/p>\n

Their horn section consists of Mike McWilliams (trumpet), Al Gonzales (trumpet), Jon Hassan (baritone sax), Jo Major (sax) and Mark Proudfoot (trombone).<\/p>\n

Brandau laid the foundation with a dancey beat. The grass was crowded with onlookers rocking on. The Houserockers<\/a>\u2018 rock n\u2019 roll-eclectic selections included rock classics and modern day favorites. This tight group, \u201cknocked it outta the park.\u201d\u00a0 At Fiesta closing the Houserockers called all those marvelous, wonderful, hard working, community minded Kiwanians to the stage. Rock on Kiwanians.<\/p>\n

This free community event was organized by the Kiwanis Club of Los Gatos. All beverage and food proceeds go directly back into supporting local youth scholarships and programs.<\/p>\n

Plenty of artists displayed their works\u2014different mediums and assorted subjects. In the open air tented stalls, nearly 200 regional artists, craft vendors, as well as food businesses plied their wares. There was unique and stunning jewelry, hand carved wooden bowls, hanging mobiles that move in the breeze.<\/p>\n

\"\"GRAND FINALE Paul Kent and the Houserockers brought the house down Sunday. (Dinah Cotton \/ Los Gatan)<\/p>\n

The funds raised support scholarships for at-risk youth, Kiwanis\u2019 Special Games for special needs kids throughout Silicon Valley, student leadership programs, back-to-school supplies for underprivileged children and more.<\/p>\n

Coming up for the Kiwanians: the Los Gatos Holiday Market on Saturday, Dec. 12 and Sunday, Dec. 13\u2014again at the Civic Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AWESOME SCENE – Peggy Christiansen works on her painting of the Capitola Wharf during the festival. (Dinah Cotton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[188593,188594,188595,188596,188597,188598,6478,6526,88,90,89,163868,188599],"class_list":["post-480880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-hoot-n-holler","tag-jade-acoustic-trio","tag-johnny-neri-band","tag-kiwanis-club-of-los-gatos","tag-los-gatos-art-wine-fest","tag-paul-kent","tag-pens","tag-plants","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-the-houserockers","tag-the-megatones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}