The Wine & Art Festival at Rend Lake has been a favorite for art, wine, and music enthusiasts for over 20 years. The festival is held near beautiful Rend Lake in southern Illinois at the Rend Lake Event Center at 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington, IL. This weekend draws thousands of people to sample wines from many local and regional vendors and to showcase the artisan vendors displaying and demonstrating their fine crafts. This outdoor festival has a variety of live music performed on stage each day and there are local food vendors to satisfy every craving. Festival attendees are encouraged to bring their own pop up shade tent and lawn chairs and to spend the gorgeous fall days enjoying the wine, music, art, and food.