Food Festivals in Sacramento

Tower Bridge Dinner ★ 4.9

Sacramento's signature food event: a long-table chef gala served on the Tower Bridge over the Sacramento River each September, Visit Sacramento's anchor.

Focus: California farm to fork chef gala

Sacramento Farm to Fork Festival ★ 4.5

Sacramento's 2026 Farm-to-Fork season is the ticketed California Grand Tasting on September 11 at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, 30 plus restaurants and 25 to 30 wineries; Terra Madre Americas returns in 2027.

Focus: Sacramento Valley farm and chef showcase

Tip: Grand Tasting tickets $175 general, $250 VIP with 5pm early entry, 21 and over. Terra Madre Americas, free with Slow Food, is next on 24 to 26 September 2027.

California State Fair ★ 4.4

California State Fair at Cal Expo on Exposition Boulevard, Sacramento, runs mid-July with the state's longest-running food and wine competition.

Focus: California agriculture, wine and food competition

Sacramento Greek Festival ★ 4.3

Sacramento Greek Festival, its 63rd in 2026, fills 600 and 616 Alhambra Boulevard in East Sacramento on the first weekend of October with Greek food, music and dancing for $5 admission.

Focus: Greek food, wine and dance

Tip: Cash-free festival; the entrance is on F Street. Hours 11am to 10pm Friday and Saturday, 11am to 8pm Sunday; kids 12 and under free, Friday before 3pm $3.

Capay Tomato Festival ★ 4.3

Capay Tomato Festival at Farm Fresh To You's Capay Organic farm in Yolo County is the mid-July annual heirloom and cherry tomato tasting, the Sacramento.

Focus: Capay Valley heirloom tomatoes and farm tasting

FoodieLand Night Market Sacramento ★ 4.2

FoodieLand at Cal Expo in Sacramento each May is the three-day outdoor night market with 250-plus multicultural food vendors, the city's biggest Asian-led.

Focus: Multicultural Asian-led food festival

Isleton Crawdad Festival ★ 4.2

Isleton Crawdad Festival on Main Street in the Sacramento Delta runs Father's Day weekend each June with Delta crawfish boils, Cajun food and live music.

Focus: Sacramento Delta crawfish boil and Cajun food

Capitol Beer Fest ★ 4.2

Capitol Beer Fest closes four blocks of Capitol Mall in Sacramento each March for more than 100 breweries and a couple of dozen food trucks.

Focus: California craft beer and food trucks

Tip: It runs a tight 11:00 to 15:00, so arrive at opening. The food trucks queue harder than the beer lines by midday.

Sacramento Turn Verein Oktoberfest ★ 4.0

The Sacramento Turn Verein, founded in 1854, holds its Oktoberfest at Turner Hall on J Street each October, its 57th in 2026, with authentic German beer, hearty food, live bands and dancing over two nights.

Focus: German beer, bratwurst and Bavarian food

Tip: Tickets are $25 online or $30 at the door, $5 for kids 12 and under, with $2 food and drink tokens; Friday runs 6pm to 11:30pm, Saturday 3pm to 11:30pm.

Japanese Food and Cultural Bazaar ★ 4.2

The Buddhist Church of Sacramento's Japanese Food and Cultural Bazaar, 80 years old in 2026, fills its Riverside Boulevard grounds for one August Saturday with teriyaki chicken, sushi, udon, okonomiyaki and takoyaki.

Focus: Teriyaki chicken, sushi, udon, okonomiyaki, takoyaki

Tip: Runs 11am to 8pm with free entry; paid parking is under the freeway next door, and the silent auction closes when the bazaar does at 8pm.

Sacramento Banana Festival ★ 3.9

The Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum's Banana Festival, its 15th in 2026, takes over the Village Greens at William Land Park for an August weekend with banana-infused treats, food vendors, art and live music.

Focus: Banana dishes and desserts, multicultural food vendors

Tip: Saturday runs 10am to 7pm and Sunday 10am to 5:30pm; tickets are sold online through Zeffy, so buy before you arrive.

Courtland Pear Fair ★ 4.0

Courtland's Pear Fair, 52 years old in 2026, celebrates the Delta's Bartlett pear harvest on the last Sunday of July south of Sacramento, with fresh pear pies from 9am, a pancake breakfast and a wine and beer garden.

Focus: Bartlett pear pies, pancake breakfast, wine and beer garden

Tip: Free entry, $20 parking per car; the pear pies go on sale at 9am and sell out fast, and the pancake breakfast starts at 7:30am.

Sacramento Beer Week ★ 3.9

Sacramento Beer Week, run by the Sacramento Area Brewers Guild, spreads ten days of tap takeovers, beer dinners, brewery tours and special releases across greater Sacramento's breweries and taprooms in late April.

Focus: Craft beer, tap takeovers, beer dinners

Tip: Events are spread across breweries and taprooms, so check the guild's online calendar and plan by neighborhood; many are free to attend and pay as you drink.