Rio Vista Bass Derby & Festival
3 Days of Fun for the Entire Family
The Rio Vista Bass Derby And Festival
The Festival is open to everyone!
Thursday Night Kick-Off Dinner - October 9th 2025
This year’s Bass Derby & Festival starts off with a festive Thursday night, October 10. For the kids, there are fire truck rides, courtesy of the Rio Vista Fire Department (from 6 to 8 PM). For the adults, there is a kickoff dinner, starting at 6 PM, right on the waterfront, with foods provided by some of our local restaurants and caterers. We will start the festivities by honoring a couple of local heroes.
Friday Festivities - October 10th 2025
Friday morning, at 6 AM, the fishing starts. Both adults and kids may enter the derby (Fishing Tournament). To award them for their efforts (and success) there are prizes, ranging from an adult fishing grand prize of $4000 down to gift cards for the kids.
Saturday’s Festivities - October 11th 2025
Saturday starts off when the Lions Club and Rio Vista Fire Department team up to hold a pancake breakfast and then it’s on to the Lions Club car show, with cars lining Main Street. Vendor booths open at 10 AM. The bands will begin playing on the waterfront at 3PM, located at Haps Taps, until 10PM. Saturday night, an amazing fireworks show will take place from a barge right on the Sacramento River.
Sundays Festivities - October 12th 2025
The fishing derby will end at 4 PM and winners will be announced at the foot of Main. The Soroptimist will hold the drawing for their meat raffle at 3:00 PM. The 3-days of fishing, 1 full day festival fun!
The Festival:
This year, the chamber has been working on the 77th Bass Festival, paying special attention to the FISHING TOURNAMENT, bringing back the tradition from years past. The Music will be located at Haps Taps this year!
Our new location on the water at the end of Main st. A similar location to the Thursday Farmers Market, which is a great opportunity to enjoy and highlight our great little town!
Why No Carnival?
A not so fun fact about our festival and the amusement rides: our latest quote was $45,000 to $65,000, along with being booked out 5 years in October due to large pumpkin patch events. With price increases in all areas of the event landscape and the chamber already working at a deficit for the past 3 years.
Be A Voice!
We would LOVE to hear from you, our community! What are your thoughts on making this year's Festival THRIVE?
In the future, we might consider changing the weekend of the Bass Festival to accommodate the possibility of booking the Carnival / amusement rides.
We would love to have a conversation with our community about the 77th Bass Festival.
Have Any Questions About this year’s Rio Vista Bass Derby & Festival?
Contact The Rio Vista Chamber Of Commerce