San Francisco Bay Area Festivals – 2024 & 2025
The San Francisco Bay Area is world-renowned for offering excellent foodie experiences, and this massive calendar of the region’s food and beverage events probably won’t surprise you. Whether you’re looking for something to do in Santa Cruz this weekend or assembling a plan for a future trip and searching for food and wine events in Livermore, this list can help you find them.
Reveling in what one could call an epicurean trifecta — the Pacific Ocean’s varied seafood offerings, a variety of vineyards and, finally, amazingly fertile farmlands — the Bay Area is also home to many thoughtful men and women dedicated to making the most of those blessings.
In fact, a main purpose of many of the festivals you’ll discover in the list below is to showcase and celebrate their talents, and we hope you can come celebrate them with us.
The list is arranged by month, and you can easily determine what’s planned 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.
At present, the list still shows many 2024 festival dates, but more 2025 dates are added regularly. To avoid confusion, the 2025 dates are ***noted with a triple asterisk***.
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 you’re unsure about the location of any of the list’s SF Bay Area cities, the map in this article may be of assistance.
The list is quite extensive — the San Francisco Bay Area loves to celebrate food — so you may want to grab a beverage before looking through it. If you already know when you plan to visit the Bay Area, however, you can use these jump links to advance to a specific month’s events quickly:
January ### February ### March ### April ###
May ### June ### July ### August ###
September ### October ### November ### December
January
Filoli “Hair of the Dog” Hike, Woodside
January 1, 2025***
Santa Cruz Fungus Fair
January 10-12, 2025***
Dine Downtown Benicia
January 2024
February
Calistoga Wine Experience in SF,
Fort Mason Center for the Arts & Culture
February 1, 2025***
Solano Avenue Lunar New Year
Celebration, Berkeley & Albany
February 2, 2025***
Taste TV Chocolate & Wine Cruise, SF Bay
February 8, 2025***
Sausalito’s Souper Bowl
February 8, 2025***
(M)EAT Carnival, North Bay
February 14 & 15, 2025***
Martinez Wine & Chocolate Stroll
February 15, 2025***
San Francisco Beer Week
February 21 through March 2, 2025***
Crab & Tri-Tip Feed, Walnut Creek
February 22, 2025***
Santa Cruz Mountains Wine
Passport Kick-Off, various wineries
February 22, 2025***
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Clam Chowder Cookoff & Festival
February 22 & 23, 2025***
SF Chinatown Lunar New
Year Flower Market Fair
February 25 & 26, 2025***
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Public Tasting, Fort Mason
CANCELLED FOR 2025***
94965 Goes Big, Sausalito
February 2, 2024
Oakland’s SOOOO Chocolate Festival
February 2, 2024
Benicia Soroptimist Winter & Wine
February 3, 2024
Valentine Truffle Making Workshop at
West Marin Culture Shop, Point Reyes Station
February 10, 2024
Valentine’s Day Bonbon Experience at
Mon Rêve Chocolate Art Studio, Mill Valley
February 11, 2024
Tea Tasting, Blending, Chocolate & Cheese
Pairing Workshop at Sips Global, Alameda Marketplace
February 11, 18 AND 25, 2024
Fermenting Veggies 101 Workshop at
West Marin Culture Shop, Point Reyes Station
February 18, 2024
March
YMCA Pour Your Support at
The Midway, San Francisco
March 2, 2025***
Great Wines World at
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
March 2, 2025***
Oakland Restaurant Week
March 20-30, 2025***
(M)EAT Carnival, North Bay
March 21 & 22, 2025***
Fremont Restaurant Week
March 21-30, 2025***
Bioneers Conference, Berkeley
March 27-29, 2025***
Wild Fermented Beverages! Workshop at
West Marin Culture Shop, Point Reyes Station
March 3, 2024
Mrs. Roper Romp Bar Crawl, Martinez
March 9, 2024
WINeFair (women making natural wine) at
the Haight Street Art Center, San Francisco
March 16 & 17, 2024
Sausalito Herring Festival
March 16, 2024
Fermenting Veggies 101 Workshop at
West Marin Culture Shop, Point Reyes Station
March 17, 2024
Sausalito Restaurant Week
March 18-24, 2024
Spring Fling Taste & Toast, Walnut Creek
March 20, 2024
Berkeley Restaurant Week
March 21-31, 2024
West Coast Taco &
Beer Festival, San Jose
March 23 & 24, 2024
Santa Cruz Mountains
Grand Wine Tasting, Saratoga
March 24, 2024
Urban Foodscape Tour, East Bay
March 27, 2024
Eataly Spring Festa, San Jose
March 29, 2024
April
San Francisco Spring Restaurant Week
(Fall is usually in November, part of eatdrinkSF)
April 5-14, 2024
Golden State Olive Oils Tasting Event
at Rockridge Market Hall, Oakland
April 6, 2024
San Francisco Chocolate Salon
April 7, 2024
Great Chefs and Wineries Gala at the
Fort Mason Pavilion, San Francisco
April 13, 2024
Bay Area Craft Beer Festival, Martinez
April 13, 2024
Golden State Olive Oils Tasting Event
at Rockridge Market Hall, Oakland
April 13, 2024
Northern California Cherry Blossom
Festival, Japantown-San Francisco
April 13 & 14 and April 20 & 21, 2024
Downtown Campbell Spring Wine Walk
April 18, 2024
Luxury Wine Weekend at the
Purple Orchid, Livermore
April 19-21, 2024
Peninsula Restaurant Week (restaurants in Los Altos, Menlo Park,
Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley,
Redwood City, San Carlos & Stanford)
April 19-27, 2024
Bay Area Brew Fest, Fort Mason
April 20, 2024
Los Gatos Spring Wine Walk
April 20, 2024
Fermenting Veggies 101 Workshop at
West Marin Culture Shop, Point Reyes Station
April 21, 2024
Nikkei Matsuri, Japantown-San Jose
April 21, 2024
Contra Costa College Food & Wine
Festival, San Pablo
April 21, 2024
Portugal Restaurant Week at select
San Francisco Bay Area restaurants
April 22-28, 2024
Montclair Village Restaurant Walk, Piedmont
April 23, 2024
Brews & Blues, Pacifica
April 27, 2024
Santa Cruz Mountains Cabrillo
Culinary & Wine Showcase, Aptos
April 27, 2024
Clayton Art & Wine Festival
April 27 & 28, 2024
Lamorinda Wine Fair, Lafayette
April 28, 2024
May
POC Food & Wine Festival, various locations in
San Francisco and Berkeley
May 2-5, 2024
Fremont Street Eats
May 3, 2024 – AND every subsequent Friday through October 18, 2024!
CabFranc-A-Palooza, Livermore
May 3-5, 2024
Tri-Valley Craft Cocktail
Competition, Livermore
May 4, 2024
Historic Vineyard Society in
The City at Fort Mason
May 4, 2024
Bay Area SpringFest, Concord
May 4, 2024
Santa Cruz Mountains Vineyards in the Sky, Los Gatos
May 10, 2024
Taiwanese American Cultural Festival,
SF Union Square
May 11, 2024
Indie Food Fest at
Rockridge Market Hall, Oakland
May 11, 2024
Livermore Valley Craft Beer Festival
May 11, 2024
Mother’s Day Tea at Sam’s Castle, Pacifica
May 12, 2024
Wild Fermented Beverages! Workshop at
West Marin Culture Shop, Point Reyes Station
May 12, 2024
A Taste of San Rafael
May 15, 2024
626 Night Market, Alameda
May 16-19, 2024
Oakland Greek Festival
May 17-19, 2024
Bay Area Black Restaurant Week, Oakland and San Francisco
May 17-26, 2024
Santa Cruz Mountains Passport Celebration Weekend
May 18, 2024
Pleasant Hill Art & Wine Festival
May 18 & 19, 2024
Downtown Livermore Street Fest
May 18 & 19, 2024
Downtown Santa Cruz Wine Walk
May 19, 2024
Foodie Land Night Market, Daly City
May 24-26, 2024
Marin Greek Festival
May 24-26, 2024
Carnivale San Francisco, Mission District
May 25 & 26, 2024
Mushroom Mardi Gras, Morgan Hill
May 25 & 26, 2024
Bay Area KidFest, Concord
May 25-27, 2024
San Ramon Art & Wind Festival
May 26 & 27, 2024 – UNCONFIRMED
Downtown San Jose Pobladores Night Market
Every Thursday, May 30 through August 1, 2024
June
Whisky in the Park, San Jose
June 7, 2025***
Z Grand Tasting at
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
June 8, 2025***
Pub in the Park, Redwood City
June 1, 2024
Juneteenth on the Waterfront, SF Ferry Plaza
June 1, 2024
Black Food & Wine Experience
Grand Tasting at the Bridge Yard, Oakland
June 1, 2024
Half Moon Bay Wine & Jazz Fest
June 1, 2024
Burger & Brew Fest, Fremont
June 1, 2024
San Jose Beer City Fest
June 1, 2024
San Leandro Cherry Festival
June 1, 2024
Watsonville Wine, Beer & Art Walk
June 1, 2024
San Mateo County Fair
June 1 through 9, 2024
Western Weekend, Point Reyes Station
June 1 & 2, 2024
Walnut Creek Art & Wine Festival
June 1 & 2, 2024
Union Street Festival
June 1 & 2, 2024
San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo
June 1-9, 2024
Novato Festival of Art, Wine & Music
June 8 & 9, 2024
Fairfax Festival
June 8 & 9, 2024
Santa Cruz Mountains Surf City Wine Walk, Santa Cruz
June 9, 2024
KQED Check, Please! Taste & Sip at
the SF Design Center Galleria
June 10, 2024
Savor Paso at Paypal Park, San Jose
June 13, 2024
King of the Country
BBQ & Music Festival, Martinez
June 14-16, 2024 – UNCONFIRMED
Montclair Village Beer,
Wine & Music Festival
June 15, 2024
Juneteenth Celebration, Livermore
June 15, 2024
Benicia Wine Walk
June 15, 2024
North Beach Festival
June 15 & 16, 2024
Oakland Museum of California
Hella Juneteenth “The Cookout”
June 19. 2024
Walnut Creek Uncorked
June 20, 2024
Best of the Bay Area Celebration
at Chase Center, San Francisco
June 21, 2024
Soy & Tofu Festival, SF-Japantown
June 22, 2024
Lakefest Oakland
June 22, 2024
Santa Cruz Mountains Terroir in a Glass, Aptos
June 22, 2024
July
Marin County Fair, San Rafael
July 3-7, 2024
Hops & Creek Brew Fest at Civic
Park, Downtown Walnut Creek
July 6, 2024
San Jose Dine Downtown
July 11-21, 2024
Foodie Land Night Market, San Jose
July 12-14, 2024
Pub in the Park, Redwood City
July 13, 2024
SF Bastille Day Festival
July 13, 2024
Hop ‘n’ Barley Festival, Scotts Valley
July 13, 2024
Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival
July 13 & 14, 2024
Foodwise Summer Bash, SF Ferry Plaza
July 14, 2024
Farm Dinner at The Fork,
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.
July 18, 2024 – Reservations open June 2!
Pleasant Hill Blue & Brews Festival
July 19 & 20, 2024
Passport to Peru: A Celebration of
San Francisco’s Peruvian Restaurants
July 19-28, 2024
Mt. Harlan Unveiled
at Calera Winery, Hollister
July 20, 2024
Tiburon Caviar Crawl
July 21, 2024
Crockett Sugartown Festival
July 21, 2024
Santa Cruz Mountains Exceptional Wines of the Chaine D’Or, Cupertino
July 25, 2024
626 Night Market, Alameda
July 26-28, 2024
Benicia Waterfront Festival
July 27, 2024
Gilroy Garlic Festival – CANCELLED for the indefinite future
This has been replaced by the California Garlic Festival, and it was announced in April 2024 that it was moving from Stockton (where it had been held during the prior two years) to Los Banos; click the link for information about that and all the other fabulous Central Valley festivals.
August
Watsonville Strawberry Festival
August 2-4, 2024
Pub in the Park, Redwood City
August 3, 2024
Farm Brunch at The Fork, Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.
August 3, 2024 – Reservations open July 4!
Fremont Festival of the Arts
August 3 & 4, 2024
Italian Family FESTA, San Jose
August 3 & 4, 2024
Nihonmachi Street Fair, SF-Japantown
August 3 & 4, 2024
Outside Lands, San Francisco
August 9-11, 2024
Pistahan Parade & Festival,
Yerba Buena Gardens
August 10 & 11, 2024
Santa Cruz Mountains Midsummer Harvest Dinner, Aptos
August 11, 2024
Foodie Land Night Market, San Jose
August 12-14, 2024
Foster City Summer Days Festival
August 16-18, 2024
FoodieLand Night Market, San Jose
August 16-18, 2024
Scotts Valley Art Beer & Wine Festival
August 17 & 18, 2024
Assyrian Food Festival, San Jose
August 17 & 18, 2024
Fremont Beer City Fest
August 17, 2024
San Francisco Pizza, Bagel & Beer Fest, North Beach
August 17, 2024
Festival of India & Parade, Fremont
August 17 & 18, 2024
Farm Dinner at The Fork,
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.
August 23, 2024 – Reservations open July 18!
Crockett Downtown Wine Stroll
August 24, 2024
Bay Area Lebanese Festival, Redwood City
August 24, 2024
Vegan Street Fair, Oakland
August 24 & 25, 2024
Oakland Chinatown Streetfest
August 24 & 25, 2024
Sunset Night Market, San Francisco
August 30, 2024**
Farm Brunch at The Fork, Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.
August 31, 2024 – Reservations open July 25!
Scottish Highland Gathering &
Games Whisky Tasting, Pleasanton
August 31 and September 1, 2024
San Francisco Rum Festival
August 31 and September 1, 2024
Millbrae Art & Wine Festival
August 31 AND September 1, 2024
Belmont Greek Festival
August 31 through September 2, 2024
September
Bizerkeley Food Fest
September 1, 2024
Diablo Ballet Gourmet Gallop, Walnut Creek
September 4, 2024
Pub in the Park, Redwood City
September 7, 2024
A Blossoming Affair: Dinner in
the Cherry Orchard, Gilroy
September 7, 2024
Larkspur Wine Stroll
September 7, 2024
Pittsburg Seafood & Music Festival
September 7 & 8, 2024
Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
September 7 & 8, 2024
Solano Avenue Stroll, Berkeley & Albany
September 8, 2024
Santa Cruz County Fair, Watsonville
September 11-15, 2024
San Francisco Queer Cocktail Week
September 11-15, 2024
Santa Cruz Mountains Into the Fog, Woodside
September 13, 2024
Bhangra & Beats Night Market,
Downtown San Francisco
September 13, 2024
Bay Area Chuseok Festival,
Presidio Main Parade Lawn
September 14, 2024
Martinez Martini Shake-Off
September 14, 2024
Benicia Oktoberfest & Marketplace
September 14, 2024
Gather for the Planet Gala,
Black Mountain Ranch in Point Reyes Station
September 14, 2024
Northern California Renaissance Faire, Hollister
September 14 through October 20, 2024 – Various Theme Weekends!
SF Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival
September 14 & 15, 2024
Millbrae Mid-Autumn Festival
September 14 & 15, 2024
Capitola Art & Wine Festival
September 14 & 15, 2024
Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival
September 14 & 15, 2024
Good Food Mercantile at City View
at the Metreon, San Francisco
September 15, 2024
Edible Garden Fundraiser at
Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross
September 15, 2024
Mill Valley Restaurant Rally
September 15-22, 2024
Negroni Week
September 16-22, 2024
Downtown Campbell Fall Wine Walk
September 19, 2024
A Slice of Our Markets, Berkeley
September 19, 2024
Downtown Los Altos Wine Stroll
September 20, 2024
Gala in the Garden Harvest
Dinner at Fioli, Woodside
September 20, 2024
Redwood City Oktoberfest
September 20-22 AND September 24-29, 2024
San Francisco Greek Food Festival
September 20-22, 2024
SF Cheese Fest at the Ferry
Building Grand Hall, San Francisco
September 21, 2024
Feast in the Fields at
Farm Discovery, Watsonville
September 21, 2024
Party on the Pacific Plate, Point Reyes
September 21, 2024
SF Cheese Fest, Ferry Building
September 21, 2024
Hops & Vines Stroll, San Rafael
September 21, 2024
Sausalito Chili Cook-off
September 21, 2024
Bonny Doon Art, Wine &
Brew Fest, Santa Cruz
September 21, 2024
Downtown Morgan Hill Brew Crawl
September 21, 2024
FORAGE Fall Feast in the Fields
Live Earth Farm, Watsonville
September 21, 2024
Fioli Orchard Days, Woodside
Saturdays and Sundays, September 21 through October 22, 2024
Lafayette Art & Wine Festival
September 21 & 22, 2024
Los Gatos Art & Wine Fiesta
September 21 & 22, 2024
Alameda Blues, Brews & BBQ
September 22, 2024
Alameda Beer City Fest
September 22, 2024
Walnut Creek Walnut Festival
September 26-29, 2024
Farm Dinner at The Fork,
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.
September 27, 2024 – Reservations open August 15!
Sunset Night Market, San Francisco
September 27, 2024**
Walnut Creek Oktoberfest
September 27 & 28, 2024
San Francisco Sake Day
September 28, 2024
Moraga Pear & Wine Festival
September 28, 2024
Rockridge Market Hall Crucolo Parade, Oakland
September 28, 2024
Pacific Coast Fog Fest, Pacifica
September 28 & 29, 2024
St. George Greek & Middle
Eastern Festival, Rohnert Park
September 28 & 29, 2024
SF Waterbar OysterFest
September 29, 2024
October
Oktoberfest by the Beach
United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco
October 5, 2024
Corte Madera Oktoberfest
October 5, 2024
Bike the Bridges and Brewfest, Martinez
October 5, 2024
Silicon Valley Pig Jig
October 5, 2024
Tiburon Wine Festival
October 5, 2024
Mission San Jose Olive Festival, Fremont
October 5 & 6, 2024
Oaktoberfest, Oakland
October 5 & 6, 2024
Clayton “Munich Style” Oktoberfest
October 5 & 6, 2024
Champagne, Chocolate & Blues, Benicia
October 6, 2024
Mixology Competition & Music
at The Rotunda Building, Downtown Oakland
October 9, 2024
Oakland Style, various venues
October 9-13, 2024
Farm Brunch at The Fork, Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.
October 12, 2024 – Reservations open September 5!
Biketoberfest at Marin
Museum of Bicycling, Fairfax
October 12, 2024
Zombie Beer Crawl, Martinez
October 12, 2024
San Francisco Plate by Plate Benefit
October 12, 2024
SF World of Dumplings Festival
October 12, 2024
San Carlos Art & Wine Faire
October 12 & 13, 2024
SF Italian Heritage Festival & Parade, Washington Square
October 13, 2024
Crockett Oktoberfest
October 13, 2024
Taste of Concord
October 13, 2024
TASTE – The Livermore Valley Wine Experience
October 17-20, 2024
Novato Sunrise Rotary Oktoberfest
October 19, 2024
Aloha Poly Fest, San Francisco
October 19, 2024
USA Today Wine & Food
Experience, San Francisco
October 19, 2024
A Toast to Sausalito
October 19, 2024
Witching Wine Walk, Benicia
October 19, 2024
Santa Cruz Mountains Passport Celebration Weekend
October 19, 2024
Campbell Oktoberfest
October 19 & 20, 2024
Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Fest
October 19 & 20, 2024
Foodwise Sunday Supper, SF Ferry Plaza
October 20, 2024
Santa Cruz Restaurant Week
October 23-30, 2024
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Chili Cook-Off
October 26, 2024
Los Gatos Fall Wine Walk
October 26, 2024
Noe Valley Night Market
October 29, 2024
November
San Francisco International Tea
Festival, SF Ferry Building
November 2 & 3, 2024
SF Fall Restaurant Week
November 8-17, 2024
San Francisco Coffee Festival
November 9 & 10, 2024
Mexico In A Bottle, The Midway SF
November 10, 2024
Downtown Santa Cruz Fall Wine Walk
November 10, 2024
Bhangra & Beats Night Market,
Downtown San Francisco
November 15, 2024
SF Press Club Harvest Party
November 15, 2024 – 21+ only
Applepalooza at Farm Discovery, Watsonville
November 16, 2024
Menlo Park Wine Walk
November 16, 2024
America’s Test Kitchen 25th Anniversary
at the Fox Theatre, Redwood City
November 19, 2024
San Francisco Fall Chocolate Salon
November 24, 2024
Beach Boardwalk Winter Wonderland, Santa Cruz
November 28, 2024 through January 5, 2025***
Downtown Benicia Wine Walk & Shop Small
November 30, 2024
December
Sausalito Gingerbread House Tour
December 1-31, 2024
Noe Valley Wine Walk
December 5, 2024
Salsa Showdown at KQED
Headquarters, San Francisco
December 5, 2024
Swedish Christmas Fair, Palo Alto
December 7, 2024
Livermore Holidays in the Vineyards
December 7 & 8, 2024
Aptos Wine Wander
December 8, 2024
Mycological Society of SF
Fungus Fair, South San Francisco
December 8, 2024
Tamale-Making Demo with
Chef Dilsa Lugo and La Cocina, Berkeley
December 14, 2024
The Naughty List Pub Crawl and
Scavenger Hunt, Downtown Santa Cruz
December 14, 2024
Santa Beer Crawl, Martinez
December 14, 2024
SF Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl
December 14, 2024
Holiday Truffle Making Workshop at
West Marin Culture Shop, Point Reyes Station
December 15, 2024
Holiday Tea at Sam’s Castle, Pacifica
December 15, 2024
If you know of any other San Francisco Bay area culinary-related events or festivals that should be added to this list, please use our Contact form to let us know. (Thank you in advance!)
Photo of A Word to the Wise at San Francisco Street Food Festival by Gary Stevens via flickr (Creative Commons).
