Blood Of Gods 2026 Annual Merrymaking

THIS ISN’T A WINE FESTIVAL.
IT’S A SUMMONING.

Blood of Gods returns for its fifth year with the gates thrown open and the volume turned up. Heavy metal. Wild, feral wines. Art that doesn’t behave. For one day in Walla Walla, all of it collides into something louder, stranger, and more alive than anything you’ll find on a tasting-room calendar.

You don’t show up to watch - you step inside. You taste with the winemakers. You talk with the artists. Conversations bleed into pours. Music bleeds into the pulse. Strangers become familiar somewhere between the first sip and the last song.

If you think wine should thrill, music should shake the walls, and culture should be made by the people in the room - not sold back to them later - then you already belong here.
...Welcome to Blood of Gods. 🍷⚔️

Tickets: $34.00 Firstblood Pricing until April 9th! ($40 after) 🎟️

This event sells out every year—don’t sleep on it! 💀

Your event ticket includes full access to the speaking panel, the Merrymaking main event, and the afterparty concert—plus a take-home BoG logo’d GoVino tumbler.

Friday, July 17th | Foundry Vineyards
FREE TO ATTEND! OPEN TO ALL.
📍 1111 Abadie Street, Walla Walla, WA
🕔 5PM - 8PM

Start the weekend with a feast for the eyes and palate! Join in consecrating the Blood Of Gods gallery show, featuring art from , , , , and wine by the glass!

Saturday, July 18th | The Marcus Whitman Hotel & Conference Center
📍 6 West Rose St., Walla Walla, WA

Buckle up for a fearless, interactive discussion with wine and culture luminaries! Featuring:

• Tegan Passalaqua (Turley Wine Cellars/Sandlands)
• Elaine Chukan Brown (Writer, Speaker, Educator)
• Tyler Balliet (Rebel School Of Wine, Rosé Mansion, Wine Riot)
• André Hueston Mack (Maison Noir Wines)

Expect insight, irreverence, and quite possibly(!) a few surprises. Limited seating/Space available!

This is where the magic happens. Mix and mingle with industry icons, artists, and fellow revelers while enjoying an unparalleled lineup of wineries (and a few breweries for good measure), including:

🍷 Featured Producers:
Aitia Wine, Alexana/Revana, AniChe Cellars, Beaux Frères, Bergström/Gargantua, Brujos Brewing, Burial Beer Co./Drink Visuals, Cairdeas Winery, Cayuse Vineyards, Devium, Estelbrook Farms & Vineyard, Fidélitas (pouring old vintages), Florence Cellars, Force Majeure (pouring old vintages), Gjallerhorn Winesmiths, Gran Moraine, Hedges Family Estate, Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard & Winery, Holy Mountain Brewing, Imagemaker Wines, Itä Wines, Jett Wines, K Vintners (pouring old vintages), Lingua Franca, Loop de Loop Wines, Nicolas-Jay, Piolet Wines, Rune Wines, Sandlands/Turley Wine Cellars, Secus Wine, Seven Hills Winery (pouring old vintages), Sleight Of Hand Cellars, Split Rail Winery, Spring Valley Vineyards (pouring old vintages), Syncline, Tablas Creek Vineyard, Tenor Wines, WeatherEye Vineyards, and Winery Sixteen 600 (final line-up is subject to change).

🎨 Blood Of Gods Contributing Artists In Attendance:
Meet, greet, and snag some artwork from visionary artists Heather Mahler, Alex Eckman-Lawn, Helen Mask, Al From Hell, Cryomera, Mark Richards, Jacob Belway, Corey Urlacher, Nicholas Hartman, Gods Below, and others TBA.

✨ Vendors & More:
Browse a killer selection from Imbibe Magazine, Woodblock Chocolate, Feral House Publishing, Gravity Tattoos, Moth Loft Tattoo, HYLDYR, Gods Below, Rebel School Of Wine, Oakthorn Studios, Heart Support, Apple Valley Emporium, CHUM Zine, and others TBA!

Featuring:

• (A heavy metal + wine burlesque revue to kick off the night and ignite the after-party)
• (Olympia Death Metal brutes erupting from beyond time to annihilate the mortal plane)
• (Heavy, sludgy, post-hardcore veterans from Seattle & official Blood Of Gods house band)
• Headliner Announced on April 9th!
• 🍷 K Vintners/House Of Smith will be pouring very special wines by the glass. Limited seating/Space available!

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Here are some other local Merrymaking tie-in events to amp up your weekend fun:

Friday, July 17 • 8pm → Late
Walla Walla Beer Parlor (14 W Main St, Walla Walla, WA)

For one feral Friday night, the taps of Downtown’s beloved Beer Parlor belong to Holy Mountain Brewing and Burial Brewing—two of the most worshipped names in modern craft beer—while Loop De Loop Wines and Secus Wines blitz the bottle list with exciting, wild, and dangerously good pours by the glass and bottle, soundtracked by Blood Of Gods to keep the revelry properly amped. FREE TO ATTEND (21+)

Sunday, July 19 • 5pm - (212 E Alder St, Walla Walla, WA)
with Tegan Passalacqua - Turley Wine Cellars & Sandlands

Before there were brands, before there were trends, there were vines. On Sunday evening, we slow the pulse and go deep as Tegan Passalacqua - the guiding force behind Turley Wine Cellars and Sandlands, and one of the most influential stewards of old-vine California - joins us for an intimate, fireside-style gathering devoted to heritage vineyards, forgotten sites, and the living memory inside great wine. Only 30 seats available (Ticket link to grab a seat coming soon!)

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Marcus Whitman Hotel & Conference Center, 6 West Rose Street, Walla Walla, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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