Food festivals in Los Angeles worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Los Angeles worth planning a trip around, by month.
LA Greek Fest draws more than 15,000 people to the grounds of Saint Sophia Cathedral at Pico and Normandie for three days of Greek food and wine, a Philoptochos pastry booth, dancing and hourly cathedral tours.
TipHours are Friday 17:00 to 22:00, Saturday 12:00 to 22:00 and Sunday 12:00 to 21:00; it is cashless and pet-free, with free parking and shuttles.
Smorgasburg LA in Row DTLA, Los Angeles is a year-round Sunday food market with 100 vendors. Kuya Lord, Holbox and Bone Kettle launched here.
Taste of Soul closes Crenshaw Boulevard for one Saturday each October, drawing more than 300,000 people to hundreds of soul food vendors and three music stages.
TipPark south of Stocker and walk north; the Obama end fills first. Vendors run out by mid-afternoon, so eat before 14:00.
dineLA Restaurant Week in Los Angeles runs a two-week prix-fixe across more than 375 restaurants twice a year, in winter and summer, with lunch and dinner menus from $15 to $65 and up citywide.
Seven spring weekends in the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area at Irwindale, in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles, running since 1963. A giant turkey leg is dinner for most visitors, with ale poured at the taverns set around the grounds.
TipThe run opens on the first weekend of April and closes in mid-May, so the early weekends dodge the heat that builds in the valley by May.
Masters of Taste puts more than 100 Los Angeles restaurants, pastry kitchens and drinks makers on the Rose Bowl field for one April afternoon of unlimited tastings; all proceeds go to Union Station Homeless Services.
TipIt is 21 and over; VIP entry runs 15:00 to 16:00 and general admission 16:00 to 19:00. Regulars include Porto's Bakery.
The Songkran Festival closes Hollywood Boulevard through Thai Town for one Sunday in late April, with more than 40 Thai food vendors, a beer garden, cooking demonstrations, Muay Thai and five stages, free to enter.
TipThe 2026 edition ran 9:00 to 23:00 and sold 1,200 pad thai servings in an hour for a Guinness record; arrive before noon for short food lines.
The LA County Fair runs through May at Fairplex in Pomona: 17 days of midway rides, livestock barns and a food row where 2026 vendors sold chocolate-covered grapes, corn dogs and $10 value meals to 642,000 guests.
TipGates are open Thursday to Sunday plus Memorial Day, 11:00 to 23:00; 2026 single-day tickets ran $12 to $25 and a season pass $25 to $59.
EEEEEATSCON, The Infatuation's food festival built like a music festival with restaurants as headliners, fills Barker Hangar in Santa Monica for a May weekend with about 25 kitchens from LA, New York and New Orleans.
TipGeneral admission starts at $25 with food bought per dish; Chase cardholders get in at 11:00, an hour before the noon opening, when lines are shortest.
626 Night Market, founded in 2012 and named for the 626 area code, holds Friday to Sunday events at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia each summer, with Asian street food, handcrafted merch and live performances.
The Lotus Festival at Echo Park Lake honours a different Asian or Pacific Islander culture each July, Sri Lanka in 2026, with a food court of local vendors, dragon-boat races, two stages and a beer and wine garden.
TipAdmission is free and food is paid per vendor; the lotus beds bloom in July, so walk the lake edge before the noon opening ceremony.
Nisei Week Japanese Festival fills Little Tokyo in Los Angeles for nine days each August with Japanese music, entertainment, cultural events, exhibits and food; the 2026 festival runs 15 to 23 August.
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