Visiting Rocheport, Missouri · Town guide
Things to Do in Rocheport, Missouri
Ride the Katy Trail through its tunnel, visit the wineries, shop the historic district, watch birds, or plan a trip around a festival. Dates move from year to year, so check the events calendar.
Things to do in Rocheport
- Ride or walk the Katy Trail and pass through its only tunnel
- Visit the wineries on the bluff and on First Street
- Eat, stay and shop in the historic district
- Plan around the festivals and the events calendar
- Watch birds and wetlands at Diana Bend and Eagle Bluffs
- Look up on a clear night
- Build a trip with the trip planner
Through the year
Rocheport's calendar follows the seasons: a chocolate crawl in February, a market on the second Saturday of each month from April to October, the Stroll on the third Saturday in June, the Wassail Walk on Black Friday, and a music series and a grape crush up at Les Bourgeois. Dates and start times move from year to year, so check every one of them on the events calendar before you plan a trip around it.
- FebruaryChocolate Crawl: a self-guided chocolate tour of downtown shops. Tickets are limited and sell out. This year's date is on the events calendar.
- April–OctoberSecond Saturdays: a free pop-up market with live music on the second Saturday of each month. The dates are on the events calendar.
- Third Saturday in JuneThe Rocheport Stroll: a ticketed walk around town with a commemorative glass and Missouri wineries and breweries pouring at the shops. It runs rain or shine. The Stroll now falls on the third Saturday in June; the start time is on the events calendar.
- Dates varySummer Music Series at the Les Bourgeois A-Frame: live music outdoors, no tickets, tables first come, first served. We do not have this year's nights or times, so take them from the events calendar.
- Date variesCrush Festival at the A-Frame: grape stomping, music and kids' crafts. We do not have this year's date, and it has fallen in more than one month, so take it from the events calendar.
- SeptemberRocheport Plein Air: painters set up around town. This year's date is on the events calendar.
- OctoberPeak fall color on the bluffs, usually mid-month. Big BAM, a supported ride across the whole Katy Trail, passes through town. Its date is on the events calendar.
- Black FridayWassail Walk: free hot wassail at shops around town, with a tree lighting and Santa, on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The hours are on the events calendar.
More Rocheport guides
- The Katy Trail and the tunnel: Distances, surface, seasons, trail manners, and the only tunnel on the trail.
- History: From Lewis and Clark in 1804 and the 1825 plat to the railroad and the historic district.
- Nature and the night sky: Wetlands, birds, the Big Bur Oak, and tonight's sky over Rocheport.
- Wineries, dining, lodging and shops: Les Bourgeois Vineyards, The Rocheport Winery, and the directory of places to eat, stay and shop.
- Plan your trip: maps and basics: Maps, restrooms, water, bike rental, cell service, accessibility, river levels and the trip planner.
Questions visitors ask
When is the best time to visit Rocheport?
Late April through May, and September through October. Fall color on the bluffs usually peaks around mid-October, and rooms fill fast then, so book several weeks ahead.
When is the Rocheport Stroll?
The Rocheport Stroll now falls on the third Saturday in June. It is a ticketed walk around town; the start time is on the events calendar.