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 Farm to Fork anchor.
Focus: California farm to fork chef gala
Food festivals in Sacramento worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Sacramento Farm to Fork Festival ★ 4.5
Sacramento Farm to Fork Festival at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, downtown Sacramento, runs each late September as the city's anchor farm-to-fork weekend with chef demos and tastings, merged with Terra Madre Americas after eleven years on Capitol Mall.
Focus: Sacramento Valley farm and chef showcase
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. 2026 is the last summer fair.
Focus: California agriculture, wine and food competition
Sacramento Greek Festival ★ 4.3
Sacramento Greek Festival at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church on Alhambra Boulevard, East Sacramento, runs the first weekend of October with Greek food and dance.
Focus: Greek food, wine and dance
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 Valley farm festival sixty minutes northwest of the city.
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 food festival night.
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 on the river.
Focus: Sacramento Delta crawfish boil and Cajun food