Orange County Festivals – 2024 & 2025
While there’s certainly no shortage of things to do in Orange County, visiting during the area’s Restaurant Week celebration or when a fun food or wine festival is happening can definitely kick your trip up a notch! Whether you’re looking for things to do in Huntington Beach a getaway this weekend or planning a future trip and searching for food and wine events in Laguna Beach, the list below will be helpfl.
For each entry on the list, you’ll find in which city and on what date(s) it’s scheduled to occur, plus a link to a website that provides additional details. It would be wise to make note of that website and check again to verify the details closer to the event’s date if you plan to attend.
Currently, the list still includes many dates for 2024 culinary events and a few 2025 dates. ***Events for which a 2025 date has been set are marked with a triple-asterisk.***
Many of these are annual events that are held around the same time every year. While we will check and update this list from time to time, if you’re in the midst of planning a 2025 trip and a 2024 event looks particularly interesting you may want to click through to see if the organizer’s website has been updated. If you plan to attend an event, we highly recommend that you make note of the website and recheck it closer to the actual date.
If your travel dates are already set, here are some handy jump links that you can use to advance to a specific month’s events quickly:
January *** February *** March *** April ***
May *** June *** July *** August ***
September *** October *** November *** December
January
Taste of San Juan Capistrano
January 30, 2025***
Orange County Tet Festival, Costa Mesa
January 31 through February 2, 2025***
International Festival of Chocolate
at Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
January 7, 2024
Lunar New Year at Disney California Adventure
January 23 through February 18, 2024
February
Chinese New Year Festival
at Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
February 4, 2024
March
Orange County Restaurant
Week VIP Launch Party, Irvine
March 1, 2025***
Orange County Restaurant Week
March 2-8, 2025***
OC Wine & Spirit Fest, Silverado
March 16, 2025***
Taste of Dana, Dana Point
March 27, 2025***
Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival
March 1 through April 22, 2024
Knott’s Boysenberry Festival
March 8 through April 7, 2024 – Plus weekends through April 28!
Taste of Villa Park
March 9, 2024
Field Trip Fest, Rancho Mission Viejo
March 30, 2024
April
Sunday Funday at The Ranch, Silverado
April 14, 2024
California Wine Festival, Dana Point
April 19 & 20, 2024
OC Japan Fair, Costa Mesa
April 19-21, 2024
Taste of Aliso, Aliso Viejo
April 20, 2024
Orange County Wine Fest, Costa Mesa
April 20 & 21, 2024
May
La Habra Citrus Fair
May 3-5, 2024
Taste of Orange
May 5, 2024
South OC Microbrew &
Seltzerfest, San Clemente
May 11, 2024
Share Our Selves Wild & Crazy
Taco Night, Costa Mesa
May 16, 2024
Orange County Greek Festival, Anaheim
May 17-19, 2024
Crawfish Festival, Fountain Valley
May 17-19, 2024
Taste of Brea
May 23, 2024
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival
May 24-27, 2024
Scottish Festival, Costa Mesa
May 25 & 26, 2024
The Catalina Wine Mixer, Catalina Island
May 31 and June 1, 2024
626 Night Market, Costa Mesa
May 31 through June 2, 2024
Avalon Restaurant Week, Catalina Island
May 31 through June 6, 2024
June
Tustin Chili Cookoff
June 2, 2024
626 Night Market, Costa Mesa
June 7-9, 2024
Orange County Lebanese Festival, Orange
June 7-9, 2024
Taste of the Town, Fullerton
June 14, 2024
Taste of Japan, Anaheim
June 21-23, 2024
Irvine Greek Festival
June 21-23, 2024
Orange County Wine
Celebration, Costa Mesa
June 22, 2024
Two Harbors Summer Wine Festival, Catalina Island
June 22, 2024
Lions Club Fish Fry, Costa Mesa
June 28-30, 2024
July
Celebration of India
at Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
July 14, 2024
OC Brew Hee Haw, Costa Mesa
July 19 & 20, 2024
Orange Country Fair, Costa Mesa
July 19 through August 18, 2024
Taste of Yorba Linda
July 26, 2024
August
SoCal Margarita Crawl
August 2024 – One Week TBA
Taste of Placentia
August 15, 2024
BBQ Battle & Music Fest, Huntington Beach
August 16-18, 2024
Relish Food, Wine & Spirits
Experience, Newport Beach
August 23-25, 2024
Old World Plum Fest, Huntington Beach
August 25, 2024
Taste of Huntington Beach
August 25, 2024
Orange International Street Fair
August 31 AND September 1, 2024
September
Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
at Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
September 1, 2024
Original Lobster Festival, Fountain Valley
September 6-8, 2024
626 Night Market, Costa Mesa
September 6-8, 2024
Old World Oktoberfest, Huntington Beach
September 8 through November 3, 2024 (Wednesday-Saturday)
Mission Viejo Restaurant Week
September 9-15, 2024
Ocean Institute Maritime Festival, Dana Point
September 13-15, 2024
Two Harbors Micro Brew Fest, Catalina Island
September 14, 2024
Max Love Project’s Fork Childhood Cancer App-Off
September 14, 2024 – DETAILS PENDING
Orange Coast Whiskey Festival, Irvine
September 18, 2024
Pacific Wine & Food Classic, Newport Beach
September 21, 2024
Westminster Fall Festival
September 26-29, 2024**
Taste of OLu, Orange
September 28, 2024
San Juan Capistrano Greek Festival
September 28 & 29, 2024
Orange County Chefs Experience, Seal Beach
September 29, 2024
October
Spring Cocktail Tour, The District in Tustin
October 2024
Taste of Laguna Food & Music Festival
October 3, 2024
Tustin Tiller Days
October 4-6, 2024
Phoenix Club Oktoberfest, Brea
October 5 through October 20, 2024 – Saturdays & Sundays
Saturdays = 21+ Only / Sundays = All Ages
Irvine Global Village Festival
October 5, 2024
Mehregan Persian Festival at
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
October 6, 2024
Tastemakers of Orange County
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa
October 10, 2024
La Habra Lions Corn Festival
October 11-13, 2024
Taste of Santa Ana
October 12, 2024
Fall Faire at the Environmental
Nature Center, Newport Beach
October 14, 2024
OC Japan Fair, Costa Mesa
October 18-20, 2024
Chaak Mexican Food & Wine
Event, Old Town Tustin
October 19, 2024
SoCal Veg Fest, Costa Mesa
October 26 & 27, 2024
November
Taste of San Clemente
November 1, 2024
Sip ‘n’ Shuck, Laguna Beach
November 3, 2024
Mexican Day of the Dead at
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
November 3, 2024
California Wine Festival, Huntington Beach
November 8 & 9, 2024
Festival of Holidays, Disney California Adventure
Begins November 15, 2024
Winter Fantasy, Laguna Beach
November 22 through December 22, 2024 – Weekends only!
Winter Fest OC, Costa Mesa
November 22, 2024 through January 5, 2025
Swedish Christmas Fair, Costa Mesa
November 24, 2024
December
International Winter Holiday at
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
December 1, 2024
Puttin’ on the Glitz, San Clemente
December 7, 2024
If you know of any additional culinary-related events or festivals happening in Orange County, please use our Contact form to let us know. (And, thanks in advance!)
Photo of Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival by Anna Fox via flickr (Creative Commons).
