Orange County Festivals – 2024
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 includes many dates for 2023 culinary events and a few 2024 dates. ***Events for which a 2024 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 plan to check and update this list from time to time, if you’re in the midst of planning a 2024 trip and a 2023 event looks particularly interesting you may want to click through to see if the organizer’s website has been updated.
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
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
Taste of San Juan Capistrano
February 1, 2024***
Chinese New Year Festival
at Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
February 4, 2024***
Orange County Tet Festival, Costa Mesa
February 9-11, 2024***
March
Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival
March 1 through April 22, 2024***
Orange County Restaurant
Week VIP Launch Party, Irvine
March 2, 2024***
Orange County Restaurant Week
March 3-9, 2024***
Knott’s Boysenberry Festival
March 8 through April 7, 2024*** – Plus weekends through April 28!
Taste of Villa Park
March 9, 2024***
OC Wine & Spirit Fest, Silverado
March 17, 2024***
Taste of Dana, Dana Point
March 28, 2024***
Field Trip Fest, Rancho Mission Viejo
March 30, 2024***
April
Spring Cocktail Tour, The District in Tustin
April 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***
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***
August
SoCal Margarita Crawl
August 2024*** – One Week TBA
BBQ Battle & Music Fest, Huntington Beach
August 16-18, 2024***
Old World Plum Fest, Huntington Beach
August 25, 2024***
Taste of Huntington Beach
August 25, 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***
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
Pacific Wine & Food Classic, Newport Beach
September 21, 2024***
Westminster Fall Festival
September 26-29, 2024**
Taste of OLu, Orange
September 28, 2024***
Orange County Chefs Experience, Seal Beach
September 29, 2024***
Orange International Street Fair
September 1-3, 2023
(Labor Day weekend)
Old World Oktoberfest, Huntington Beach
September 17 through November 5, 2023 (Wednesday-Saturday)
San Juan Capistrano Greek Festival
September 23 & 24, 2023
October
Tustin Tiller Days
October 4-6, 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***
Fall Faire at the Environmental
Nature Center, Newport Beach
October 14, 2024***
OC Japan Fair, Costa Mesa
October 18-20, 2024***
SoCal Veg Fest, Costa Mesa
October 26 & 27, 2024***
Taste of Laguna Food & Music Festival
October 5, 2023
Mission Viejo Restaurant Week
October 9-15, 2023
Irvine Global Village Festival
October 14, 2023
Taste of Santa Ana
October 14, 2023
November
Taste of San Clemente
November 1, 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!
Sip ‘n’ Shuck, Laguna Beach
November 12, 2023
Winter Fest OC, Costa Mesa
November 24, 2023 through January 7, 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).
