Day ticket Wine Festival Utrecht 11 or 12 September 2026

Product description

Buy your ticket for the wine festival where the winemaker, not the DJ, takes the main stage. At Not Your Average Winefestival, six winemakers from across Europe pour their own wine 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 11 and 12 September 2026 we take over Kanaal30 in Utrecht, a raw industrial venue on the water. This is our harvest edition: a celebration of the harvest and of a good wine year, together with the makers who put it in your glass.

Coming with friends? See the Friends-ticket →

5 tickets for €75 and a free bottle of bubbles on arrival.

The line-up

Five of the six names are confirmed. All of them stand behind their own table on both days and pour their own wine:

• Poggio Bbaranèllo, Lazio, Italy: a young family estate from Montefiascone, run entirely by women.
• Grandbois Weine, Mosel, Germany: two former hospitality people letting their steep Mosel vineyards speak in their own honest way.
• Weingut Leo Aumann, Thermenregion, Austria: family driven wine from Traiskirchen with ambition, terroir and uncompromising quality.
• Bodegas Heras Cordón, Rioja, Spain: three brothers, one family vineyard in Fuenmayor and Rioja the way it should taste.
• ABK6, Bordeaux, France: French terroir craft where Bordeaux finesse meets Cognac know-how.
• Chon Freres Vignerons, Loire, France: founded in 2024 by brothers Antoine and Rodrigue, with the aim of combining their family values and expertise in a contemporary wine project. 

We will reveal the sixth name in the coming weeks. Together they bring more than fifty wines.

What is 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 long
• Entry to one free masterclass of your choice (30 minutes, 3 wines, with the winemaker)
• Access to the food trucks with deluxe sharing boards and the oyster bar
• Music and a dance floor, from the afternoon into the evening

Pick your day

Your day ticket is valid for one day: choose Friday 11 or Saturday 12 September above. Both days we are open from 16.30 to 23.00. Coming as a group? Then the Friends-ticket is the better deal: 5 tickets with a free bottle of bubbles on arrival.

How the free masterclass works

Your ticket includes one free masterclass. In a short session of 30 minutes you go in depth with the winemaker of your choice and taste three of their wines. Think Mosel Riesling with Grandbois Weine, Zweigelt with Leo Aumann or aged Tempranillo with Heras Cordón. 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, drinks and taking wine home

Good wine calls for good food. On site you will find food trucks with deluxe sharing boards and a proper oyster bar, so you are set for the whole day. And everything you taste, you can buy straight from the winemaker: take it with you right away, or have larger orders delivered to your door.

Where is it and how do you get there?

Kanaal30, Kanaalweg 30, 3526 KM Utrecht. From Utrecht Central Station (Jaarbeurs side) you are at the venue in about 8 minutes by bike. By car there is free parking on site; P+R Westraven and Papendorp are close by as well. We would rather see you arrive by bike or public transport.