Eat Real Festival ★ 4.4
Eat Real Festival runs three days at Oakland's Jack London Square in late September with sustainable food vendors, craft beer and a craft fair.
Focus: Sustainable Bay Area, food trucks, craft beer
Food festivals in Oakland worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Oaktoberfest in the Dimond ★ 4.4
Oaktoberfest in the Dimond runs in Oakland's Dimond district the first weekend of October. Two hundred local craft brews, German food, five live music stages.
Focus: German-inspired food, craft beer
Oakland Restaurant Week ★ 4.5
Oakland Restaurant Week runs every March with 140-plus restaurants serving discounted prix-fixe and specials. The nation's number one food city celebrates.
Focus: Oakland-wide dining specials
Oakland Chinatown StreetFest ★ 4.4
Oakland Chinatown StreetFest is one of the largest Asian and Pacific Islander celebrations on the West Coast. Two days, food vendors, three stages.
Focus: Pan-Asian street food and culture
Oakland Little Saigon Tet Festival ★ 4.3
Oakland Little Saigon Tet Festival runs at Clinton Square Park in mid-February. Lion dances, live music, Vietnamese food vendors, free admission for Lunar.
Focus: Vietnamese Tet food
Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid ★ 4.4
Friday Nights at OMCA runs Off the Grid food trucks every Friday evening at the Oakland Museum of California. DJs, lawn games, and rotating Bay Area trucks.
Focus: Bay Area food trucks
San Francisco Coffee Festival ★ 4.3
San Francisco Coffee Festival is the Bay Area's annual specialty coffee gathering each November. The closest pour-tasting event to Oakland's strong roaster.
Focus: Specialty coffee tasting