Lake Lopez - Arroyo Grande Harvest Festival The Arroyo Grande Harvest Festival is a local favorite event that features everything from entertainment to food, scarecrow and baking contests, games for the kids, movie night, and so much more! This family-friendly event highlights the best of Arroyo Grande and its neighboring communities. Harvest festival not your thing? Lake Lopez has lots to offer as well, with fishing, boating, zip-lining, water slide activities, hiking, and more! Also the Arroyo Grande area has several wonderful wineries minutes from Lake Lopez for touring and tasting! The village of Arroyo Grande is sprinkled with antique shops galore as well! Your weekend is only limited by your imagination folks!
So come join us for a four day weekend of fun, friends and relaxation! When: Sept 24 - 27, 2026 @ Lopez Lake Recreation Area-El Jardin Group Site Thursday-Check-in starts at 3pm-come on in, set up, settle in, meet your fellow campers and enjoy some snacks after all that set up work!
Friday-Harvest Festival starts in the afternoon at 4pm, so that gives you the whole morning to explore Lake Lopez itself, or the surrounding areas. Saturday-Today's got a lot going on, with the Harvest Festival Parade from 1000-1130AM in town. Followed by the Harvest Festival Wiener Dog Races from 2pm-3pm.
Sunday-A mellow morning of breakfast with your fellow campers and packing up, as check out is at 1100AM. So come on out to this central coast location and enjoy your Great Outdoors folks!
PARKING LIMIT-As always, there is a limitation of how many vehicles (ANYTHING with a license plate {car, truck, travel trailer, motorhome} counts!) of 10 vehicles for this trip. So please please please, carpool if you can, and if there's any question, please touch base with your trip leader: Joe D-805-588-1142 [email protected]
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