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The Sunnyvale Art & Wine Festival
Jun. 7th, 2026 07:03 pmThis weekend the Sunnyvale Art & Wine Festival came back around. For years we've been going to it, or the nearby Mountain View Art & Wine Festival, or Santa Clara's, or Los Altos's, or even Fremont's. They've been the same 1 or 2 organizers that run these events around the region.
Over the past couple years, though, there's been some change in the organizers. Last year's show frankly sucked. A lot of the vendors of jewelry and photographic art we'd enjoyed seeing exhibit in the past were no longer there. (Vendors were complaining the organizer's booth fees were way too high.) Instead we enjoyed the show in Los Altos, where Hawk even was an exhibiting artist! Would the Sunnyvale show be better this year?
Alas, no. The show has virtually none of the artists or craft vendors we remember from a few years ago. The number of artists selling larger works, as opposed to ubiquitous toe rings and artisanal olive oil, is way down from before. Though come to think of it, I believe there were fewer artisanal olive oil vendors, too. And wine— supposedly so important it's surname of this show? There was one company's wine being sold, and it's a crappy supermarket wine I can buy for under $10/bottle at Safeway and CVS.
Over the past couple years, though, there's been some change in the organizers. Last year's show frankly sucked. A lot of the vendors of jewelry and photographic art we'd enjoyed seeing exhibit in the past were no longer there. (Vendors were complaining the organizer's booth fees were way too high.) Instead we enjoyed the show in Los Altos, where Hawk even was an exhibiting artist! Would the Sunnyvale show be better this year?
Alas, no. The show has virtually none of the artists or craft vendors we remember from a few years ago. The number of artists selling larger works, as opposed to ubiquitous toe rings and artisanal olive oil, is way down from before. Though come to think of it, I believe there were fewer artisanal olive oil vendors, too. And wine— supposedly so important it's surname of this show? There was one company's wine being sold, and it's a crappy supermarket wine I can buy for under $10/bottle at Safeway and CVS.
