Las Olas Wine & Food Festival Weekend

The Las Olas Wine & Food Festival was not a weekend-long street fair this year; it was a one-night, 30th-anniversary event on Friday, April 24, 2026. (lasolaswff.com) (eventbrite.com) The American Lung Association hosted the festival on Las Olas Boulevard between Southeast 6th Avenue and Southeast 11th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. General admission ran from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., and VIP experiences started at 5:30 p.m. (eventbrite.com) The official festival site called it Greater Fort Lauderdale’s longest-running charitable wine and food festival and framed 2026 as its “pearl anniversary.” Tickets were listed at $175 for general admission and $300 for VIP. (lasolaswff.com) (eventbrite.com) Organizers said the event covered four blocks of Las Olas Boulevard and featured more than 50 restaurants alongside more than 200 wines and spirits. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits was listed as the exclusive sponsor. (lung.org) (lasolasboulevard.com) That matters because the festival was promoted as a fundraiser for the American Lung Association, with the group tying the celebration directly to its charitable work. The event’s marketing focused as much on philanthropy as on food and drinks. (lasolaswff.com) (lung.org) The 2026 edition also carried a 1990s theme, a nod to the festival’s 1996 start. Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale described the anniversary setup as a “90s-themed celebration” built around the event’s origins. (goriverwalk.com) The preliminary description circulating online missed the timing: by Tuesday, April 28, the festival had already happened four days earlier. Official listings consistently placed it on Friday, April 24, not “this weekend.” (lasolaswff.com) (eventbrite.com) So the clearest way to understand the story is this: Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas Wine & Food Festival used its 30th year to turn a four-block tasting event into a charity showcase for the American Lung Association. (lung.org) (lasolaswff.com)