Product description
Early bird: get your day ticket now for €10 instead of €15. Not Your Average Winefestival is the wine festival where the winemaker, not the DJ, is on the main stage. Six winemakers from across Europe pour their wines for you in person. No importer, no middleman: you taste straight from the maker, hear the story behind every bottle and buy what you love at the source.
On Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2026 we return to Kanaal30 in Utrecht, the raw industrial venue on the water where we celebrated the harvest edition in September. This winter edition lands right before the holidays: the wines you taste go home with you straight away, for your own table or as a gift.
Coming with friends? See the early-bird Friends ticket →
5 tickets for €50 instead of €75, with a free bottle of bubbles on arrival.
Early-bird price
The first tickets for this edition go at the early-bird price: €10 per person instead of €15. After that the regular price applies. You get exactly the same: the full festival, a festival glass and a free masterclass.
What's included in your day ticket?
- Entry to the festival on the day of your choice, with 50+ wines from 6 winemakers
- A festival glass to taste with all day
- A free masterclass of your choice (30 minutes, 3 wines, with the winemaker in person)
- Music and a dance floor, from the afternoon into the evening
- Access to the oyster bar and the food truck serving wine and food pairings
Pick your day
Your day ticket is valid for one day: choose Friday 27 or Saturday 28 November above. We are open from 16:00 to 23:00 on both days. Coming as a group? Then the Friends ticket is the better deal: 5 tickets for €50 with a free bottle of bubbles on arrival.
The line-up
Six small European estates travel to Utrecht in November and pour their own wines. We reveal the names one by one over the coming weeks. Want to know what calibre to expect? In September Poggio Bbaranèllo (Lazio), Grandbois Weine (Mosel), Weingut Leo Aumann (Thermenregion), Bodegas Heras Cordón (Rioja), ABK6 (Bordeaux) and Chon Frères Vignerons (Loire) stood behind the table. Browse all ONWINE winemakers to see where the new names might come from. Bought a ticket? Then you hear the line-up first, by email.
How the free masterclass works
Every ticket includes a free masterclass. In a short 30-minute session you dig deeper with a winemaker of your choice and taste three of their wines. Once the line-up is announced, you will see which masterclasses are on offer. In the week before the festival you receive a separate email with the link to sign yourself (and your friends) up for the session that suits you. Places are limited, so be quick.
Food, drink and taking wine home
Good wine calls for good food. On site you will find a proper oyster bar and a food truck that pairs wine and food: a matching bite for every wine you taste. And everything you taste, you can buy directly from the winemaker: take it with you right away, or have larger orders delivered to your home. That way your wines for the holidays are in the house on time.
Where is it and how do you get there?
Kanaal30, Kanaalweg 30, 3526 KM Utrecht. From Utrecht Centraal station (Jaarbeurs side) you reach the venue by bike in about 8 minutes. By car there is free parking on site; P+R Westraven and Papendorp are close by too. Preferably come by bike or public transport.
