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San Diego Festivals – 2024 & 2025

Whether you’re looking for things to do in San Diego this weekend or putting together a plan for a future trip and searching for food and wine events in Oceanside or Carlsbad, you’ll certainly have no problem finding a lot of entertaining options to consider. But, you should also be sure to check out the list below to see if there’s a culinary festival or event happening during your visit. It’s a perfect way to enjoy some tasty treats and libations, oftentimes in a gorgeous outdoor setting and accompanied by music. What’s not to love about that?

San Diego Bay Wine + Food FestivalAs you might guess given this wonderful city’s inclinations, tacos and beer are often the stars of the show. It’s one of the best places in California to enjoy them, after all.

Another cool thing about San Diego is that they celebrate Restaurant Week two times each year, once in the Winter and another in the Fall, when you’ll also find lighter crowds to go along with the beautiful weather. Talk about a win-win-win situation!

This San Diego area festival list is arranged by month, and you can easily determine what’s happening there 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.

Currently, the list mostly shows 2024 festival dates, but 2025 dates are beginning to become available. The 2025 dates are ***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 2024 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 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

San Diego Brew Fest at NTC Park
January 11, 2025***

Sea World Mardi Gras
January 24 through March 2, 2025*** (select dates)

Pure Project Brewery 7th Anniversary, Miramar
January 25, 2025***

San Diego Restaurant Week
January 26 through February 2, 2025***

San Diego Tết Festival
January 31 through February 2, 2025***

February

San Diego Chinese New Year Fair
February 8 & 9, 2025***

Escondido Chocolate Festival
February 15, 2025***

Outstanding in the Field at
Peads and Barnetts, San Diego

February 15, 2025***

San Diego Magazine Taste of
South Bay, Imperial Beach

February 25, 2024

March

Sea World Seven Seas Food Festival
March 7 through April 27, 2025*** (select dates)

Calienté Latin Music and
Food Fest, Broadway Pier

March 8, 2025*** – 21+ Only

San Diego Cherry Blossom Festival
March 13-16, 2025***

San Diego St. Patrick’s
Day Parade & Irish Festival

March 15, 2025***

Shamrock Music & Beer Festival, Gaslamp Quarter
March 15, 2025***

Taste of Third, Chula Vista
March 20, 2025***

Lakehouse Resort Food & Wine Festival, San Marcos
March 3, 2024

Barks & Brews Dog Festival at
Waterfront Park, San Diego

March 23, 2024

Uncorked Wine Festival, Spanish Landing Park
March 30, 2024

April

North Park Festival of Beers
April 5, 2025***

Fallbrook Avocado Festival
April 13, 2025***

Encinitas Spring Street Fair
April 26 & 27, 2025***

Mission Fed Art Walk, Little Italy
April 26 & 27, 2025***

Celebrate the Craft Culinary Festival,
Lodge at Torrey Pines

April 27, 2025***

626 Night Market at
Mission Valley Mall, San Diego

April 5-7, 2024

Tequila & Taco Music Festival
April 6 & 7, 2024

Chef’s Friends Dinner Series
with Val Cantú at Valle, Oceanside

April 10, 2024

Field to Vase Dinner, Carlsbad
April 11, 2024

Taste of Hillcrest
April 13, 2024

Taste of Leucadia
April 18, 2024

North Park Salsa Fest
April 20, 2024

San Diego Spring Sake Fest
April 21, 2024

San Diego Magazine Brunch Bash, Carlsbad
April 24, 2024

Dining Out for Life, San Diego
April 25, 2024

San Diego Museum of Art
Bloom Bash, Balboa Park

April 26, 2024 – 21+ Only

Padres Beer Fest
Gallagher Square, Petco Park

April 26, 2024

Fleet Science Center Gala, Balboa Park
April 27, 2024

San Diego Food Bank Gala
April 27, 2024

Gaslamp District Cocktail
Championship Block Party, San Diego

April 28, 2024

Liquid City Cheese Expo at BRICK, Liberty Station
April 28, 2024

Olivehain Beer & Bratwurst Festival
April 28, 2024

May

Foodie Land Night Market, Del Mar
May 2-4, 2025***

San Diego Vegan Festival
May 10, 2025*** – UNCONFIRMED

Cheese & Libation Expo
at BRICK, Liberty Station

May 16-18, 2025***

Taste of Cardiff, Cardiff-by-the-Sea
May 2, 2024

Foodie Land Night Market, Del Mar Fairgrounds
May 3-5, 2024

Gaslamp Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
May 4, 2024

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, Old Town
May 4 & 5, 2024

Cinco de Mayo Festival, Escondido
May 5, 2024

Salsa, Tortilla & Margarita Making Class
at the Park Hyatt Aviara, Carlsbad

May 5, 2024

Carlsbad Village Street Faire
May 5, 2024

Gator by the Bay Mardi Gras in May
May 9-12, 2024

San Diego Wine Week
May 13-19, 2024

Coast of Pacific Beach Restaurant Walk
May 15, 2024

America on Main Street, El Cajon
May 18, 2024

Asian Cultural Festival of San Diego
May 18, 2024

World’s Largest Crawfish Boil, Waterfront Park
May 18, 2024

Taste of Ramona
May 18, 2024

Escondido Street Festival
May 19, 2024

San Diego Vintner Association Wine
Festival at Bernardo Winery, San Diego

May 19, 2024

San Diego Martini Week
May 20-26, 2024

Pacific Islander Luau Fundraiser, Shelter Island
May 23, 2024

Vista Strawberry Fest
May 26, 2024

Valley Center Western Days Parade and Festival
May 31 AND June 1, 2024

June

Taste of Julian
June 1, 2024

Vines and Vittles Western Family
Festival, Rancho Bernardo

June 1, 2024

Best of North County, Carlsbad Flower Fields
June 7, 2024

Encinitas Wine & Food Festival
June 8, 2024

San Diego Brew Fest, Liberty Station
June 8, 2024

Wildcoast Baja Bash
Fundraiser, Solana Beach

June 8, 2024

Strawberry Festival at
Mellano Farm Stand, Oceanside

June 8 & 9, 2024

San Diego Greek Festival
June 8 & 9, 2024

San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Fairgrounds
June 12 through July 7, 2024

Taste of Little Italy
June 18 & 19, 2024

Del Mar Summer Solstice
June 20, 2024

Agave Fest at Estancia
Hotel & Spa, La Jolla

June 21, 2024

San Diego Beer Weekend
June 21-23, 2024

Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-off
June 22, 2024

Scoop San Diego Ice Cream Festival
June 23, 2024

California Wine Festival, Carlsbad
June 28 & 29, 2024

Taste of Adams Avenue, San Diego
June 30, 2024

July

Playing with Fire Dinner with
Drew Deckman at Lodge at Torrey Pines

July 8, 2024

Fallbrook Summertime Wine Trail
(at participating Fallbrook wineries)

July 10 through August 25, 2024

East Village Block Party
July 13, 2024

40th Anniversary High Tea at
Grand Tradition Estate & Gardens, Fallbrook

July 20, 2024

Cardiff Dog Days of Summer
July 21, 2024

Ramona Country Fair
July 26-28, 2024

Sip of Julian
July 27, 2024

Tiki Oasis, Town & Country Resort
July 31 through August 4, 2024

August

CULTURE & Cocktails, San Diego Museum of Art
August 1, 2024

Best of San Diego Party, Location Liberty Station Central Promenade
August 2, 2024

Taste of Imperial Avenue, Logan Heights
August 2, 2024

Del Mar Thoroughbred
Club Uncorked Wine Festival

August 3, 2024

Living Coast Discovery Center
Farm-to-Bay Fundraiser, Chula Vista

August 3, 2024

Uncorked Wine & Vine, Carlsbad
August 3, 2024

Art Walk @ Liberty Station
August 3-5, 2024

San Diego Craft Beer Con
August 13, 2024

Chula Vista Lemon Festival
August 17, 2024

SoCal Taco Fest, Waterfront Park
August 17, 2024

Taste of Encinitas
August 27, 2024

Taste of East Village
August 28 & 29, 2024

September

A Taste of Coronado
September 1, 2024

Cocktails for a Cause at
Pacific Coast Spirits, Oceanside

September 5, 2024

Fall Fest at Belmont Park, San Diego
September 7 through October 27, 2024

Julian Grape Stomp Festa, Menghini Winery
September 7, 2024

Cardiff Greek Festival
September 7 & 8, 2024

Sabor del Barrio, Barrio Logan
September 8, 2024

Taste of Old Town & Tequila
Tour, Old Town San Diego

September 12, 2024

San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
Chef’s Dinner: The Study of Corn, La Jolla

September 12, 2024

Fall Art & Wine Walk
at The Forum, Carlsbad

September 14, 2024

Taste of Gaslamp
September 14, 2024

Escondido Grape Day Festival
September 14, 2024

Negroni Week
September 16-22, 2024

San Diego Zoo Food,
Wine and Brew Celebration

September 21, 2024

Malibu Farm Annual Farm Dinner, Seaport Village
September 21, 2024

Adams Avenue Street Fair, San Diego
September 21 & 22, 2024

Pacific Islander Festival
September 21 & 22, 2024

Carlsbad Art Walk
September 21 & 22, 2024

Julian Autumn Jubilee
September 21 through October 27, 2024 – Weekends Only

Harvest for Hope Pediatric Cancer
Fundraiser at Coasterra, San Diego

September 22, 2024

San Diego Restaurant Week – Fall
September 22-29, 2024

O’side Flavor Food & Beverage Festival, Oceanside
September 25, 2024 – 21+ only!

Mellano Farmstand Fall Festivities, Oceanside
September 25 through November 3, 2024 – Thursdays-Sundays

El Cajon Oktoberfest
September 27-29, 2024 (first weekend)

La Jolla Art & Wine Festival
September 28 & 29, 2024

Taste of College Area, San Diego
September 29, 2024

Encinitas Oktoberfest
September 29, 2024

San Marcos Serb Fest
September 23 & 24, 2023 – PAUSED for 2024

October

Del Mar Food & Wine Festival
October 2-6, 2024

Taste of Oceanside
October 4 & 5, 2024

La Mesa Oktoberfest
October 4-6, 2024

El Cajon Oktoberfest
October 4-6, 2024 (second weekend)

Pacific Beachfest
October 5, 2024

Taste of North Park
October 5, 2024

San Diego Sake Day
October 5, 2024

Carlsbad Family Fall Fest
October 5, 2024

East Village Oktoberfest
October 5, 2024

SommCon Conference & Beverage Expo, San Diego
October 5-7, 2024

Olivehain Oktoberfest
October 6, 2024

Mexico In A Bottle
October 6, 2024

WASTED: Save the Food
Dinner Party, Liberty Station

October 9, 2024

San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
Chef’s Dinner: The Study of Brassicas, La Jolla

October 10, 2024

Taste of Carlsbad Village
October 10, 2024

Ocean Beach Oktoberfest
October 11 & 12, 2024

San Diego Serbian Festival
October 12, 2024

North Park Fall Festival, San Diego
October 12 & 13, 2024

WASTED: Save the Food Festival, Liberty Station
October 13, 2024

Rancho Beernardo Festival
October 19, 2024

Hallo-Wine Fall Festival, Balboa Park
The Historic Burnham-Marston House

October 19, 2024

Bella Vita Fest, Little Italy
October 19 & 20, 2024

San Diego Spirits Festival, La Jolla
October 19 & 20, 2024

Borrego Desert Days
Festival, Borrego Springs

October 19 & 20, 2024

Fallbrook Harvest Faire
October 20, 2024

Escondido Grand Avenue Festival
October 20, 2024

O’wineside Mexican Wine
Festival at Valle, Oceanside

October 22, 2024

November

San Diego Beer Week
November 1-10, 2024

San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival
November 2-10, 2024

Carlsbad Village Street Faire
November 3, 2024

Uncorked Derby Days at Del Mar
November 9, 2024

Bikes & Beers San Diego
November 16, 2024

World Naan Festival, Kearny Mesa
November 16, 2024

Encinitas Holiday Street Fair
November 24, 2024

Osso Buco and Risotto Cooking
Class at Solare Lounge, Point Loma

November 30, 2024

Beer by the Bay, Coronado
November 30, 2024

Adams Avenue Spirit Stroll, San Diego
November 30, 2024

December

Taste of December Nights, Balboa Park
December 6 & 7, 2024

Del Mar Village Winter Taste & Sip
December 8, 2024

Cardiff Kringle Mingle, Cardiff-by-the-Sea
December 8, 2024

Bubbles, Cheese & Chocolate
Class at Venissimo, Del Mar

December 8, 2024

Holiday Beer and Cheese Class
at Venissimo, North Park

December 10, 2024

Taste & Tinis, Hillcrest
December 12, 2024

Brunch with Santa at
Grand Tradition Estate & Gardens, Fallbrook

December 15, 2024

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

Photo of San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival by sdbaywinefoodfest via flickr (Creative Commons).

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