Charleston Wine + Food festival will take place March 4-8, 2026.

All Charleston Wine + Food events are 21+. No individuals under the age of 21 are able to attend, work, volunteer, or enter into the event landscape or back of house. Valid ID is required at all events. If event security cannot verify your age, you will not be admitted into the event. Anyone under the age of 21 will be refused entry and tickets / passes will be forfeited. Please do not bring infants or small children in child carriers or strollers, as they will not be permitted entry.

IF YOU ARE ATTENDING AN EVENT AS A GUEST (WITH A TICKET OR YOUR TALENT ACCESS BADGE)
ALL BAGS MUST BE CLEAR except for small personal clutches (no larger than 4.5” x 6.5”). No backpacks, coolers, or large purses are permitted at festival events.

IF YOU ARE PROGRAMMED IN THE EVENT AS TALENT
You are permitted to bring equipment + supplies for your participation. Please check in for your event(s) at the back of house entrance (where applicable) to get any bags screened + approved.

Protocols surrounding COVID-19 have been developed using guidance from the Center for Disease Control and the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC).

Charleston Wine + Food is not requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test to attend the 2026 festival. This is subject to change based on CDC recommendations and government mandates.

An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. By participating in Charleston Wine + Food you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.

Help keep each other healthy.

By participating in Charleston Wine + Food, you confirm that you and all persons in your party will comply with CHSWF’s health + safety measures. Talent who cannot confirm all of the below criteria must not enter any Charleston Wine + Food event. If at any point during participation at Charleston Wine + Food, Talent does not meet all of the required criteria, they must refrain from entering any event spaces. In such cases, please contact Jenna Kepley at [email protected].

• Are not experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 (e.g. a fever of 100.4F or higher, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking, muscle pain / achiness, headache, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, nasal congestion, runny nose, vomiting or diarrhea, fatigue, or any other symptoms associated with COVID-19 identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Do not need to quarantine due to close contact with someone with confirmed or suspected COVID-19
• Have not tested positive for COVID during the last five (5) days
• Are not under any self-quarantine orders

Charleston Wine + Food takes great care in the programming of Talent at festival events. We want your participation to make sense for you and your business. After mutually agreed upon participation, an official festival itinerary will be sent to the Talent via email.

We like to show off our participating Talent. Through your participation in Charleston Wine + Food, you may be photographed or recorded. Participating Talent hereby grants Charleston Wine + Food the right and license to publish, print, display, record and use (by photograph, film, tape, and any other method or device) the participating Talent’s, and all of its credentialed employees’ and guests’, name, voice, image and likeness while at the festival (the “Recordings”), and use such Recordings for any and all purposes, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including and not limited to social media.

Participating Talent is solely responsible for the security of all goods, property, equipment, materials, product or any other items (“Participant’s Property”) that it or its agents, or other representatives bring to the Charleston Wine + Food festival. Charleston Wine + Food shall have no obligation or liability whatsoever for any loss, misplacement or theft of Participant’s Property unless such loss, misplacement, or theft directly arises from the Charleston Wine + Food’s willful misconduct.

As we all have seen over the past few years, even the best of plans change. Written notice will be sent to all confirmed Talent if any changes occur to our 2026 festival procedures or protocols.