The 8th Annual Traverse City Wine & Art Festival will take place Saturday at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons - and The Ticker has a special discount offer for readers!

The event will feature over 100 wines from 20 regional wineries, local food, 30 artists, and live music from 4-9pm. Multiple special breakout "Wine Experiences" will be available during the festival, including wine and cheese or dessert-tasting tours, educational sessions with area vitners, and "taste-and-tour" festival walkthroughs with winemakers. (For a schedule of experiences and to register, click here.) This year's event will also feature a voting component to the fine art show, with several cash prizes being awarded to both juried and people's choice winners. Live music acts scheduled to perform include The Roomsounds, Carsie Blanton, Phillip-Michael Scales (formerly Briar Rabbit), and Blake Elliott and the Robinson Affair.

Festival tickets are normally $55 in advance ($65 at the gate) and include eight tasting tickets, a food voucher and a souvenir glass. But Ticker readers can get a $10 discount by using promo code DRINKSONUS16. To purchase tickets, click here.