San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival ★ 4.5
San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival each November at Embarcadero Marina Park North, the three-day Icons + Legends, Grand Tasting and Grand Fiesta on San.
Focus: Wine and food
Food festivals in San Diego worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Sabor del Barrio ★ 4.4
Sabor del Barrio in San Diego's Barrio Logan, the Barrio Logan Association's June Chicano-food taste with 35-plus restaurants, lowriders and free trolley.
Focus: Chicano and Mexican
Taste of North Park ★ 4.2
Taste of North Park each October in San Diego, the 50-restaurant October taste-pass through North Park with 15 beverage sips, live music and craft beer.
Focus: Neighbourhood eats
San Diego Brew Fest ★ 4.2
San Diego Brew Fest at Liberty Station each August, 70-plus breweries pouring 200 beers with food trucks and lawn games on Preble Field.
Focus: Craft beer
Adams Avenue Street Fair ★ 4.2
Adams Avenue Street Fair each September in San Diego's Normal Heights, Southern California's largest free music festival with 300 vendors, beer gardens.
Focus: Neighbourhood food, beer garden, festival foods
Taste of Adams Avenue ★ 4.1
Taste of Adams Avenue each June in San Diego, 41 restaurants, cafes and breweries along the Normal Heights and Kensington corridor with a complimentary.
Focus: Neighbourhood eats across Normal Heights, North Park, University Heights, Kensington
Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo ★ 4.0
Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo each May in Old Town San Diego, four decades of free Mexican-American food, Ballet Folklorico, Lucha Libre and main-stage music.
Focus: Mexican-American
Taste of Hillcrest ★ 4.1
Taste of Hillcrest each April in San Diego, the Fabulous Hillcrest taste-pass through 30-plus restaurants, bars and bakeries from chef-driven tastings to ice.
Focus: Neighbourhood eats, bakeries, taquerias and bars