FAQ - Kirkland Uncorked

Frequently Asked Questions

There’s plenty of parking options near the festival grounds, both paid and free! Free options include 2 hour parking on-street, 3 hour parking at Lake Street, as well as Lakeshore Plaza. 4 hour parking can be found at Peter Kirk Municipal Parking Garage under the Kirkland Library, with entrances are on 3rd Street or Kirkland Avenue, as well as on 1st Street & 3rd Avenue, and 2nd Ave South & State Street.

Pay parking stations allow up to 4 hour parking from 5pm-9pm, Monday-Saturday, and are located in various locations including on Lake Street and Lakeshore Plaza. Cost is $1 per hour with credit/debit or coin only accepted.

All-day parking is available 9am-9pm, Monday-Saturday at the Park & Main lot for $1 per hour with credit/debit or coin only accepted.

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The Kirkland Uncorked Street Fair is free and open to the public.

Tasting Garden General Admission is $35 in advance and $40 at the door. No Cash is accepted in the Wine Garden. Credit/Debit Card Only. Ticket packages include entrance to the Tasting Garden, a commemorative tasting glass and 5-10 wine tasting tokens, depending on your selected ticket type. One ounce wine tastes are 1-2 tasting tokens depending on each wine’s value. The majority of wine poured requires only 1 token for tasting.

*Commemorative festival glasses available while supplies last. You must be 21 or older and have a valid ID to enter the Tasting Garden. Advance tickets are non-refundable; the event will be held rain or shine.

Designated Driver Admission is $20 in advance and at the door.
The Washington State Liquor Control Board requires everyone entering the Tasting Garden to present valid ID. The Washington State Liquor Control Board states that any of the following is acceptable:

Driver’s license with a photo from any state
Current passport
DMV identification card*
Military card*

*The DMV identification card and the military card must have a picture of the person, the person’s name, address, date of birth, a physical description and the signature of the person.
The festival has a strict alcohol policy that is designed to protect the guests and the public from alcohol related incidents. All festival guests are expected to maintain responsible and appropriate behavior at all times. Any behavior defying the guest conduct policy as determined by event management can result in ejection and possible arrest.

Event management has the right to refuse entry to any guest deemed intoxicated upon arrival to the Festival. Additionally, the festival has the right to remove any guest from the premises who is intoxicated or causing a disturbance or is potentially dangerous to himself/herself or other guests.

Ejected guests will not receive a refund for their tickets or be compensated in any way.

Inappropriate behavior includes, but is not limited to:
- Drunk and disorderly conduct
- Fighting or challenging others to fight
- Bringing weapons of any kind in to festival
- Interference with the event, or participants of the event in any way
- Throwing, tossing, or discharging any object
- Standing on chairs/seats
- Taunting or using offensive language
- Disturbing other guests enjoyment of the event
- Failure to comply with festival personnel
- Violating festival rules, regulations, and policies
- Violating any local, state, or federal laws
- Alcohol brought from outside the festival
- Attempting to enter the festival with a fraudulent ID
The festival reserves the right to deny entry or eject from the facility guests displaying inappropriate behavior, as determined by event management.
In order to taste wine at the festival you must have the official event glass. Servers will not pour wine into anything else. Admission includes a glass and 10 tasting tokens. Wine servers do not accept cash. Tasting tokens for wine are purchased from the Wine Shop or the Beer Garden inside the Tasting Garden. Wine tasting tokens are $2.00 each. Wine tastes are 1-2 tasting tokens depending on each wine’s value. Tasting tokens are non-refundable.
On Friday and Saturday, admission and token sales will stop at 9 p.m., precisely one-half hour before the taps are closed and bottles are corked at 9:30 p.m. Be aware of this when scheduling your visit to the festival. We want you to be happy, so arrive early and allow yourself plenty of time to enjoy the festival. On Sunday, admission and token sales will stop at 4 p.m. and bottles will be corked at 4:30pm.
Kirkland Uncorked works to minimize the environmental impact of our event. Our efforts include:
- Recycling all empty wine bottles
- Donating empty wine bottles to local artists to be recreated into works of art
- Sanitizing and recycling any wine glasses left behind by guests
- Composting food used in the Grill Off and Grilling Demonstrations
- Providing composting stations in our food court and restaurant sampling areas
- Using only Cedar-Grove approved compostable serving dishes and cutlery in our
- food court and restaurant sampling areas
- Providing recycling stations throughout the event
- Using recyclable glasses in the beer garden
- Providing bike valet service for patrons cycling to the event