LODI, Calif. —

The Lodi Grape Festival in Northern California has begun its four-day celebration, marking the harvest season for wine grapes and drawing thousands of attendees to enjoy the festivities.

The festival is filled with entertainment, food, vendors, grape murals, wine tasting, and so much more.

"It's actually a family tradition. I've been going here since I was little," Monica Izaguirre said. "It's just something that, like, truly means a lot to us."

For many families, the outing is a tradition that dates back decades.

“It used to be when we were growing up, you got as far as the beer booths, and that’s where all the parents stopped," Karen Brown Anderson said. “We'd get ride tickets and they go, okay, you've got a half hour and then come back here.”

While many drink the wi

See Full Page