North Coast Festivals – 2022 & 2023

There’s no shortage food and beverage events on the North Coast – seafood receives a well-deserved, special shoutout here and various libation-focused fêtes are also well represented – but the area also hosts a bounty of festivals which celebrate inedible human pleasures like music, gardening and art. If those are your interest areas, you may want to contact one of the friendly California North Coast visitor centers to inquire about what’s scheduled during your visit.

And, if you haven’t already read it, do check out our North Coast travel ideas article. This is an amazing and gorgeous part of California, and there’s A LOT to enjoy here!

This North Coast festival list is arranged by month, and you can easily determine what’s happening during your visit. For each entry on the list, you’ll find the date(s) it’s scheduled to occur, the hosting city, plus a link to a website that provides additional details.

The list shows the 2022 festival schedule. When added, 2023 dates will be ***noted with a triple asterisk*** to avoid any confusion. Many of these events are held annually and often scheduled to occur around the same time every year, so if a 2022 event looks interesting you may want to click through to see if the organizer’s website now provides the new date. Also, if you plan to attend an event, we strongly recommend that you make note of the website and recheck it closer to the actual date.

If you’re still in the planning stage, you may just want to browse the list to see if any of the festivals especially appeal to you. (If you’re headed to this far-north California area, you may also want to check out our Shasta-Cascades festival list.) Alternatively, if your travel dates are already set, you can use these handy jump links to advance to a specific month’s events quickly:

January *** February *** March *** April ***
May *** June *** July *** August ***
September *** October *** November *** December

January

Mendocino Seafood & Sips Festival
January 27 through February 5, 2023***

February

White Wine Weekend, Anderson Valley
February 18 & 19, 2023***

Lake County Wineries Barrels & Verticals
February 26, 2022

March

Mendocino Coast Whale Festivals
March 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2023***

April

Boonville Beer Festival
April 29, 2023***

May

Anderson Valley Pinot Festival
May 19-21, 2023***

Lake County Wine Adventure
May 21 & 22, 2022

June

Legacy Cannabis Farmer’s Market, Philo
June 5, 2022

Mendocino Winegrowers Summer Celebration, Hopland
June 11, 2022

An Afternoon with Captain Fletcher, Navarro Beach
(grand opening fundraiser at the Navarro Interpretive Center)
June 11, 2022

Mendocino Coast Purple Urchin Festival
June 18, 2022

Summer Solstice Winemaker Dinner at Goldeneye, Philo
June 18, 2022

Sake Seminar, Little River Inn
June 18, 2022

Bacon, Bougee & Blues, RIVINO Winery, Ukiah
June 19, 2022

Lake County Beer, Wine & Swine Baconfest
June 19, 2022

Taste of Trinidad
June 21, 2022

Oyster Festival Unleashed, Arcata
June 23-25, 2022

July

World’s Largest Salmon BBQ, Fort Bragg
July 2, 2022

Lavender Harvest Festival
Peace & Plenty Farm, Kelseyville
July 16, 2022

Foursight Wines Taste of the Future Barrel Tasting, Boonville
July 23 & 24, 2022

Rotary Club of Willits Festival in the Redwoods &
Golf Tournament, Brooktrails Golf Course
July 30, 2022

August

Eureka Street Art Festival & Block Party
August 1-6, 2022

Mendocino Sparkling Wine Festival
TERRA SÁVIA Winery, Hopland
August 6, 2022

The Pinot Noir Experience at Goldeneye, Philo
August 12-14, 2022 – SOLD OUT

Cannabis Tasting & Tour Weekend, Philo
August 13, 2022

Humboldt County Fair
August 18-28, 2022 (closed Monday)

Klamath Salmon Festival
August 20, 2022

Saracina Vineyards Sunflower Festival, Hopland
August 20, 2022

Taste of Lake County, Lakeport
August 20, 2022

Farm to Table Dinner
Peace & Plenty Farm, Kelseyville
August 20, 2022

Round Valley Blackberry Festival
August 20 & 21, 2022

A Very Victorian Tea, Eureka
August 21, 2022 – SOLD OUT

Lake County Blackberry
Harvest Dinner, Middletown
August 26, 2022

Great Day in Elk
August 27, 2022

Cobb Blackberry Cobbler Festival
August 27, 2022

Hops in Humboldt
August 27, 2022

September

Lake County Fair
September 1-4, 2022

Tolowa Dee-ni’ Day, Smith River
September 10, 2022

Humboldt Botanical Garden Gala, Eureka
September 10, 2022

Farm to Table Dinner
Peace & Plenty Farm, Kelseyville
September 11, 2022

Taste of Hopland
September 17, 2022

Mendocino County Fair & Apple Show
September 23-25, 2022

Kelseyville Pear Festival
September 24, 2022

October

Pumpkin / Dia de los Muertos Street Fair, Lakeport
October 1, 2022

Wine by the Sea
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, Arcata
October 1, 2022

Cannabis Tasting & Tour Weekend, Philo
October 1, 2022

Hopland Oktoberfest Block Party
October 8, 2022

Upper Lake Fall Festival
October 8, 2022

Saffron Celebration
Peace & Plenty Farm, Kelseyville
October 8, 2022

Farmstead Flights & Bites, Pennyroyal Farm
October 8 & 9, 2022

Ukiah Country Pumpkinfest
October 15 & 16, 2022

Harvest Tidrick Celebration, Anderson Valley
October 21-23, 2022

Bewildered Pig Tidrick, Philo
October 21 & 22, 2022

Ali in Wonderland Tidrick
Tea Party at Bee Hunter, Boonville
October 22, 2022

Farm to Table Dinner
Peace & Plenty Farm, Kelseyville
October 23, 2022

November

Mendocino Winegrowers Harvest Party, Hopland
November 4, 2022

Forager’s Feast at Goldeneye, Philo
November 5, 2022

Anderson Valley Brewing Co.
Huge Arker Day, Boonville
November 5, 2022

Taste Mendocino, Redwood Valley
November 5, 2022

Mushroom Train on the Skunk Train, departs from Fort Bragg
November 12, 2022

Winter Celebration
Peace & Plenty Farm, Kelseyville
November 27, 2022

December

–There are currently no foodie-type events scheduled for December, but some of these North Coast cities do have a fun holiday vibe to enjoy.

If you know of any other North Coast events we should add to this list, would you please use our Contact form to let us know? (Thanks in advance!)

Photo of Arcata Oyster Festival by T Mac via flickr (Creative Commons).