San Francisco Bay Area Festivals – 2024
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 some 2023 festival dates but more 2024 dates are added regularly. To avoid confusion, the 2024 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 2023 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
Dine Downtown Benicia
January 2024***
Santa Cruz Fungus Fair
January 12-14, 2024***
HARAJUKU Foodie Fest, Benicia
January 20, 2024***
Santa Cruz Mountains Wine
Passport Kick-Off, various wineries
January 20, 2024***
ZinEX (Zinfandel Experience), San Francisco
January 27, 2024***
February
94965 Goes Big, Sausalito
February 2, 2024***
Oakland’s SOOOO Chocolate Festival
February 2, 2024***
Calistoga Wine Experience in SF,
Fort Mason Center for the Arts & Culture
February 3, 2024***
Benicia Soroptimist Winter & Wine
February 3, 2024***
Taste of Richmond
February 3, 2024***
SF Chinatown Lunar New
Year Flower Market Fair
February 3 & 4, 2024***
San Francisco Beer Week
February 9-18, 2024***
Taste TV Chocolate & Wine Cruise, SF Bay
February 10, 2024***
Martinez Wine & Chocolate Stroll
February 10, 2024***
Sausalito’s Souper Bowl
February 10, 2024***
Valentine’s Day Bonbon Experience at
Mon Rêve Chocolate Art Studio, Mill Valley
February 10, 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***
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Public Tasting, Fort Mason
February 17, 2024***
Fermenting Veggies 101 Workshop at
West Marin Culture Shop, Point Reyes Station
February 18, 2024***
YMCA Sip & Savor, Fort Mason
February 22, 2024***
Taste Tri-Valley (Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin & Danville)
February 23 through March 3, 2024***
Black Vines Festival, Berkeley
February 24, 2024***
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Clam Chowder Cookoff & Festival
February 24 & 25, 2024***
March
Crab & Tri-Tip Feed, Walnut Creek
March 2, 2024***
Wild Fermented Beverages! Workshop at
West Marin Culture Shop, Point Reyes Station
March 3, 2024***
Mrs. Roper Romp Bar Crawl, Martinez
March 9, 2024***
Oakland Restaurant Week
March 14-24, 2024***
Whisky Dinner, San Francisco
March 15, 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***
Fremont Restaurant Week
March 22-31, 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***
Bioneers Conference, Berkeley
March 28-30, 2024***
Eataly Spring Festa, San Jose
March 29, 2024***
April
Greens Chef Series: A Global Celebration of Vegetables
with Azalina Eusope, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
April 3, 2024*** – Tickets available one month prior to event.
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***
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***
Portugal Restaurant Week at select
San Francisco Bay Area restaurants
April 22-28, 2024***
Montclair Village Restaurant Walk, Piedmont
April 23, 2024***
Santa Cruz Mountains Cabrillo
Culinary & Wine Showcase, Aptos
April 27, 2024***
Brews & Blues, Pacifica
April 27, 2024***
Clayton Art & Wine Festival
April 27 & 28, 2024***
Lamorinda Wine Fair, Lafayette
April 28, 2024***
May
Greens Chef Series: A Global Celebration of Vegetables
with Tanya Holland, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
May 2, 2024*** – Tickets available one month prior to event.
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
June
Outstanding in the Field at Everett
Family Farm, Soquel (near Santa Cruz)
June 1, 2024*** – Tickets on sale March 19!
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***
Walnut Creek Art & Wine Festival
June 1 & 2, 2024***
Union Street Festival
June 1 & 2, 2024***
Greens Chef Series: A Global Celebration of Vegetables
with Steve Joo, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
June 2, 2024*** – Tickets available one month prior to event.
Outstanding in the Field at Sea to
Sky Farm, Davenport (near Santa Cruz)
June 8, 2024*** – Tickets on sale March 19!
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
June 10, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at the Sausalito
Waterfront with Heath Ceramics, Sausalito
June 12, 2024*** – Tickets on sale March 19!
King of the Country
BBQ & Music Festival, Martinez
June 14-16, 2024*** – UNCONFIRMED
Whisky in the Park, San Jose
June 15, 2024***
Benicia Wine Walk
June 15, 2024***
North Beach Festival
June 15 & 16, 2024***
Walnut Creek Uncorked
June 20, 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***
Foodie Land Night Market, San Jose
July 12-14, 2024***
SF Bastille Day Festival
July 13, 2024***
Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival
July 13 & 14, 2024***
Greens Chef Series: A Global Celebration of Vegetables
with Francis Ang, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
July 18, 2024*** – Tickets available one month prior to event.
Pleasant Hill Blue & Brews Festival
July 19 & 20, 2024***
Mt. Harlan Unveiled
at Calera Winery, Hollister
July 20, 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
In June 2022, it was announced that a new California Garlic Festival will be held in Stockton; click the link for information about that and all the other fabulous Central Valley festivals.
August
Watsonville Strawberry Festival
August 2-4, 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***
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***
Greens Chef Series: A Global Celebration of Vegetables
with Spencer Horovitz, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
August 22, 2024*** – Tickets available one month prior to event.
Bay Area Lebanese Festival, Redwood City
August 24, 2024***
Vegan Street Fair, Oakland
August 24 & 25, 2024***
Scottish Highland Gathering &
Games Whisky Tasting, Pleasanton
August 31 and September 1, 2024***
San Francisco Rum Festival
August 31 and September 1, 2024***
Belmont Greek Festival
August 31 through September 2, 2024***
September
Diablo Ballet Gourmet Gallop, Walnut Creek
September 4, 2024***
A Blossoming Affair: Dinner in
the Cherry Orchard, Gilroy
September 7, 2024***
Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
September 7 & 8, 2024***
Santa Cruz County Fair, Watsonville
September 11-15, 2024***
Santa Cruz Mountains Into the Fog, Woodside
September 13, 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***
Negroni Week
September 16-22, 2024***
Greens Chef Series: A Global Celebration of Vegetables
with Brandon Jew, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
September 19, 2024*** – Tickets available one month prior to event.
Downtown Los Altos Wine Stroll
September 20, 2024***
Hops & Vines Stroll, San Rafael
September 21, 2024***
Sausalito Chili Cook-off
September 21, 2024***
Lafayette Art & Wine Festival
September 21 & 22, 2024***
Alameda Beer City Fest
September 22, 2024***
Walnut Creek Walnut Festival
September 26-29, 2024***
Walnut Creek Oktoberfest
September 27 & 28, 2024***
San Francisco Sake Day
September 28, 2024***
Pacific Coast Fog Fest, Pacifica
September 28 & 29, 2024***
Millbrae Art & Wine Festival
September 2 & 3, 2023
Santa Cruz Greek Festival
September 8 & 9, 2023
Martinez Martini Shake-Off
September 16, 2023
Benicia Oktoberfest & Marketplace
September 16, 2023
Downtown Morgan Hill Brew Crawl
September 16, 2023
Northern California Renaissance Faire, Hollister
September 16 through October 22, 2023 – Various Theme Weekends!
San Francisco Greek Food Festival
September 17 & 18, 2023
Party on the Pacific Plate, Point Reyes
September 23, 2023
SF Cheese Fest, Ferry Building
September 23, 2023
Bay Area Chuseok Festival, Presidio Lawn
September 30, 2023
Moraga Pear & Wine Festival
September 30, 2023
Oktoberfest by the Beach
United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco
September 30, 2023
Mavericks Festival, Pillar Point
Harbor in Half Moon Bay
September 30 AND October 1, 2023
Oaktoberfest, Oakland
September 30 AND October 1, 2023
October
Bike the Bridges and Brewfest, Martinez
October 5, 2024***
Silicon Valley Pig Jig
October 5, 2024***
Clayton “Munich Style” Oktoberfest
October 5 & 6, 2024***
Biketoberfest at Marin
Museum of Bicycling, Fairfax
October 12, 2024***
Zombie Beer Crawl, Martinez
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***
A Toast to Sausalito
October 19, 2024***
Witching Wine Walk, Benicia
October 19, 2024***
Santa Cruz Mountains Passport Celebration Weekend
October 19, 2024***
Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Fest
October 19 & 20, 2024***
Foodwise Sunday Supper, SF Ferry Plaza
October 20, 2024***
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Chili Cook-Off
October 26, 2024***
Outstanding in the Field at Black Mountain Ranch, Point Reyes
October 27, 2024***
Taste of Africa at Bankhead Plaza, Livermore
October 7, 2023
Mission San Jose Olive Festival, Fremont
October 7 & 8, 2023
Filipino Barrio Fiesta at
Bankhead Plaza, Livermore
October 8, 2023
Taste of Concord
October 8, 2023
Los Gatos Fall Wine Walk
October 14, 2023
Corte Madera Oktoberfest
October 14, 2023
St. George Greek & Middle
Eastern Festival, Rohnert Park
October 14 & 15, 2023
Aloha Poly Fest, San Francisco
October 15, 2023
Santa Cruz Restaurant Week
October 18-25, 2023
Livermore Valley Wine Experience
October 19-22, 2023
San Francisco Plate by Plate Benefit
October 21, 2023
Bonny Doon Art, Wine &
Brew Fest, Santa Cruz
October 21, 2023
Novato Sunrise Rotary Oktoberfest
October 21, 2023
Campbell Oktoberfest
October 21 & 22, 2023
Crawloween, SF Halloween Pub Crawl
October 27, 2023
WhiskeyFest, San Francisco
October 27, 2023
Crawloween, SF Halloween Pub Crawl
October 28, 2023
Crawloween, SF Halloween Pub Crawl
October 31, 2023
November
Beach Boardwalk Winter Wonderland, Santa Cruz
November 28, 2024 through January 5, 2025***
Whisky Dinner at SP2 Communal Bar + Restaurant, San Jose
November 2, 2023
Eat Drinks SF Opening Celebration
Dinner at Vault Steakhouse, San Francisco
November 3, 2023
SF Fall Restaurant Week
November 3-16, 2023
Gather for the Planet Gala,
The Haven at Tomales in West Marin
November 4, 2023
Mexico In A Bottle
November 5, 2023
Eat Drinks SF Cocktail Party
at Curio, San Francisco
November 8, 2023
San Francisco Coffee Festival
November 11 & 12, 2023
Eat Drinks SF Closing Lunch
at Scoma’s, San Francisco
November 12, 2023
Downtown Santa Cruz Fall Wine Walk
November 12, 2023
Janet Fletcher at Book Passage, Corte Madera
November 12, 2023
Whisky Pairing Dinner at The Midway, San Francisco
November 18, 2023
San Francisco Fall Chocolate Salon
November 19, 2023
Downtown Benicia Wine Walk & Shop Small
November 25, 2023
December
Sausalito Gingerbread House Tour
December 1-31, 2023
Livermore Holidays in the Vineyards
December 2 & 3, 2023
Swedish Christmas Fair, Palo Alto
December 2, 2023
Santa Beer Crawl, Martinez
December 9, 2023
Holiday Tea at Sam’s Castle, Pacifica
December 10, 2023
Celebrating the Holidays with Tamales
December 12, 2023
SF Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl
December 16, 2023
MSSF Annual Fungus Fair, South San Francisco
December 16, 2023
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).
