Competitive Exhibits

San Joaquin County, also known as the breadbasket of the world, produces more than 300 different crops within the county boundaries. The byproducts generated from these commodities range from wine to fresh fruit to milk to feed for livestock.

The mission of the Lodi Grape Festival is to celebrate the agricultural industry and heritage in the County and each year we will choose a new “featured commodity” that will be showcased in every department.

2025 IS THE YEAR OF THE PUMPKIN

An anchor in the gourd family, the pumpkin shares DNA with other familiar plants such as squash, cucumbers and melons. Pumpkins are classified as a fruit with a hard outer layer and no dividing chambers inside. Byproducts from pumpkins include pumpkin seeds, shells, peels and skin. There are more than 150 varieties of pumpkins grown worldwide and that number continues to grow as pumpkins are crossbred to create unique sizes and shades.

There will be at least one special pumpkin class in each department of competitive exhibits (except for Viticulture and Junior Viticulture). We encourage you to participate in as many as you want and help us celebrate the pumpkin. Special ribbons will be awarded, and a sweepstakes award will be given to the exhibitor with the most entries in the pumpkin categories.

• The theme this year is "Life in the Fast Lane"
• We will have a featured commodity in every department - check it out and enter! 2025 is the year of the pumpkin.
• More classes in open and junior Baked Goods Departments
• New table setting themes
• More classes in the honey division in the Preserved Foods department
• New sewing division in Department 10
• New beadwork division in Department 11
• Enter your wrapped gifts (empty boxes please) in the Christmas Decorations Division
• Sorry - the open and junior scarecrow departments are no longer available

• Enter online by clicking here
• Things to note:
  • You must create a username and password even if you have entered in past years.
  • Check entry guidebook above for rules, entry limits, correct divisions and classes before entering.
  • Pay special attention to proper spelling, capitalization, full names of cities/counties, no abbreviations and the correct mailing address.
  • Please use mailing addresses if it is different than a physical address.
  • Names, titles, addresses, etc. will be used exactly as entered for tags and payment of award premiums.
  • Descriptions should be used to title a photograph, give information about a quilt, etc, but may not contain personally identifying information
  • If you need to log off and complete the entry process at a later time, you must press save or you will lose all of your work.
  • Be sure to submit your entry - it is not complete until you do so.

• How to submit online entries