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⭐️ Central Kentucky Paw Paw Festival ⭐️
📍Wildside Winery
📅September 26 & 27, 2026 • Versailles, KY
Celebrate Kentucky’s most legendary native fruit — the paw paw.
The official fruit of the Sasquatch.
Join us among the vines for a weekend of flavor, folklore, and hands-on exploration of this mysterious woodland delicacy. Known for its creamy, tropical taste and deep Appalachian history, the pawpaw is ripe for celebration — and we’re doing it Wildside-style.
🍹Paw paw Slushees & Seasonal Wines
Sip our small-batch pawpaw blends and signature Pawpaw Wine Slushee — available only during festival weekend.
🌿Hands-On Experiences
Learn how to identify, harvest, prepare, and enjoy paw paws. Seed tasting, fruit demos, native plant education, and more — led by folks who actually know the woods.
🎨Art & Makers Market
Explore a curated vendor village featuring artists, woodworkers, herbal crafters, plant people, kitchen creatives, and wildcrafted goods.
🍽Local Food Trucks + Paw paw Dishes
Paw paw pastries, paw paw sauces, paw paw desserts — plus festival favorites.
🎶Live Music on the Vineyard Stage
Relax with a glass in hand and let Kentucky musicians set the tone.
A celebration for nature lovers, foragers, foodies, orchard wanderers, and anyone who knows the magic of a tree line at dusk.
🎟Free to attend.
💜Family-friendly.
🐕Dogs welcome outdoors.
Vendor applications will open soon — stay tuned for details.
Mark your calendar.
Tell your people.
The Paw paw Festival is coming to Wildside.