Bay Area Food Festivals - 2011

[CarrieWas218]

Last year's thread was fabulous in its continual growth - here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/696847 - but it was started in May so we missed all the early Spring festivals.

Let's get it going again for this year! What food festivals are coming up?

[Melanie Wong]

Dec 20, 6:30-7:30pm Tropical Menorah Lighting, Burlingame (no cost)
Latkes, sufganiyot, hot cocoa
http://www.chabadnp.com/templates/art...

[betterbeheaven]

12/16-12/17 - Kerstbier Fest at The Trappist

http://thetrappist.com/events/
http://www.7x7.com/eat-drink/holiday-...

[Melanie Wong]

Now thru 1/2 - Global Winter Wonderland, Santa Clara
http://www.globalwonderland.org/2011/taste-the-world/

12/7 to 12/10 - Four Days of Festive Fun, Cotati
http://www.cotati.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/events.main/

12/7 - Oakland Local Holiday Party
http://partydec2011.eventbrite.com/?ref=enivtefor&utm_source=eb_email&utm_media=email&utm_compaign=invitefor&utm_term=readmore&invite=MTQ3NjYwNC9tZXJuaXRAZ21haWwuY29tLzA=

12/8 - Dianne Feinstein Elementary School fundraiser at Mozzeria, San Francisco
http://dfes-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/

12/9 - Rockridge Holiday Jazz and Wine Stroll, Oakland
http://www.rockridgedistrict.com/events.html

12/9 - SF MIssion Holiday Block Party, San Francisco
https://www.facebook.com/MissionHolidayBlockParty?sk=info

12/10 - Rotary Club of Healdsburg, 32nd Annual Crab Feast and Auction
http://www.healdsburgrotary.org/clientPage.php?page=viewBlogDetail&blogCat=Fundraisers&blogID=2052&blogName=Crab%20Feast

12/10 - Cheers! St Helena
http://www.cheerssthelena.com/

12/21 - SRJC Culinary Arts Center at the Brickyard Final Farewell, Santa Rosa
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/212406

12/24 - Peet's Stores, Holiday Donations and complimentary coffee & tea
http://www.peets.com/stores/store_eve...&

[hhc]

Global Winter Wonderland is NOT a good food festival, it's just Chinese lanterns in the Great America parking lot & in the stall indoors is just stands for Kinder BBQ, Quickly, etc. Nothing special, best to eat before going.

Edit: Christmas In the Park, SJ is Not good eats for food either. Just various food stalls, best to eat before going.

[Melanie Wong]

12/3 28th Annual Swedish Christmas Fair, San Francisco
http://swea.org/christmasfair___7484.aspx

12/3 Sonoma Valley Wine Market, Sonoma
https://tickets.sonomavalleywine.com/mainstore.asp?vid=2

12/3 Union Street Fantasy of Lights, San Francisco
http://www.sresproductions.com/fantasy_of_lights.html

12/3 Haiti Emergency Relief, Everett & Jones, Oakland
http://www.eandjbbq.com/event.php?ID=258

12/4 Fernet BackBar Olympics, San Francisco
http://barbackolympics2011.eventbrite.com/

12/4 Temescal Holiday Food and Crafts Fair, Oakland
http://temescaldistrict.org/

12/10 - SFGG Rugby Club Crab Feed, San Francisco
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2428349258/zvents

12/14 The LAST Pop-up General Store, Oakland
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/WhatThe...

[Melanie Wong]

12/4 Ashkenaz International Holiday Bazaar, Berkeley
http://www.ashkenaz.com/2011/sidepages/december11/sun2d.html

12/7 BrisketFest 2, San Francisco
http://sodacraftsf.com/post/13429353345/brisketfest

12/9 La Cocina Gift Bazaar, San Francisco
http://www.giftbazaarsf.com/home.html

12/14 SOMBA Community Exchange Event, San Francisco
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2494456988/evmtest_sffood18_6

12/15 Kitchen Table Talks, San Francisco
http://civileats.com/2011/11/29/kitchen-table-talks-in-solidarity-with-the-occupy-movement/

12/19 Seasonal Beer Drop-in Tasting, San Francisco
https://www.google.com/calendar/event...

[hhc]

Hanukkah Fair at Temple Beth Torah in Fremont
Date: Sun 12/4/11
Time: 10a-2p
Latkes available 11-1:30p
Address: 42000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont 94539

[Melanie Wong]

11/30 - The Politics of Food, Santa Rosa
http://www.summerfieldws.org/index.php?id=185

12/2 - Imbibe at the Potrero Branch Library, San Francisco
http://www.friendssfpl.org/?Imbibe

12/10 - Crab Feed, S.D.E.S. Alvarado, Union City
http://www.sdesalvarado.com/upcomingf...

[Melanie Wong]

11/25 & 26 - Alexander Valley Wineries Open House
http://www.epicuring.com/california/event/alexander-valley-holiday-open-house-alexander-valley-nov-25-26-20/

11/25 to 1/1 - Christmas in the Park, San Jose
http://www.christmasinthepark.com/

12/3 - Fifth Annual Slow Crab Dinner, San Francisco
http://www.slowfoodsanfrancisco.com/sf_events.html?evcode=00193

12/3 & 4 - 42nd Annual Fungus Fair, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley
http://www.mssf.org/fungus-fairs/ffschedule11.html

12/4 - Boucherie Marketplace Pop-Up and Tina Tamale @ La Borinquena, Oakland
http://www.tinatamale.com/

12/7 & 8 - Healdsburg Strolling Dine Around
http://www.healdsburg.com/events/even...

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La Borinquena Mex-Icatessen
582 7th St, Oakland, CA 94607

[Tumkers]

Gourmet Food Truck Rally at Lincoln High School - 555 Dana Ave, San Jose, Ca
When: Saturday, 11/19/11, 12:00 - 3:00 pm
Entertainment by: The Lincoln High School Orchestra, Band and Choir
For more information visit this "Word on the StreEats" Facebook link at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid...

[dordogne]

Saturday 11/19 11am-4pm: Kermit Lynch Beaujolais Nouveau 2011 with food from Cafe Fanny, in the tented parking lot with aromas wafting for blocks around:
http://kermitlynch.com/page/2011-beau...

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Cafe Fanny
1603 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702

[Melanie Wong]

11/18 - French American Chamber of Commerce, La Soirée, San Francisco
http://www.faccsf.com/la-soiree/La-Soiree-30th-anniversary

11/19 - PinotFest 2011, San Francisco
http://www.farallonrestaurant.com/pinotfest.html

11/19 - Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association Passport Day
http://www.scmwa.com/wsdevent/eventview/action/view/frmArticleID/19

11/19 & 20 - Holiday in Carneros
http://www.carneroswineries.org/events/

11/21 - 24 - Volunteer Events for Harvest from the Heart, San Francisco
http://www.harvestfromtheheart.com/volunteer

12/10 - Top 40 Wine tasting with Pamela Busch and Tablehopper, San Francisco
Benefit for the San Francisco Food Bank
http://skrewcap.com/437-2/

[Melanie Wong]

11/12 - Community Dinner and Silent Auction for Bodega Land Trust, Bodega
http://www.bodeganet.com/landtrust/

11/12 & 13 - Contra Costa County Fall Faire, Antioch
http://www.contracostafair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=108

11/18 - Berkeley Student Food Collective 3rd Annual Harvest Gala
http://berkeleystudentfoodcollective.org/gala

12/1 - Scotch Tasting
http://www.mpdsf.org/PAGES/EVENT/cale...

[Melanie Wong]

10/27 - Edible Insects & Other Rare Delicacies: An Insect and Mezcal Pairing Dinner Presented by Monica Martinez of Don Bugito, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito
http://www.headlands.org/event_detail.asp?key=20&eventkey=1130

10/29 & 30 - McClelland's Dairy farm tours, farmstand & pumpkin patch, Petaluma
http://mcclellandsdairy.com/PumpkinPatch.htm

11/7 - Olive Chef, San Francisco
http://olive.eventbrite.com/

11/13 - Fall Luxury Chocolate Salon, San Francisco
http://www.fallchocolatesalon.com/

12/14 - La Cocina's La Tamalada, San Francisco
http://www.lacocinasf.org/events/dece...

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McClelland's Dairy
6475 Bodega Ave, Petaluma, CA

[rworange]

10/30 Arizmendi Dia de Los Muertos Fiesta
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/8142...

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Arizmendi
1268 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110

[caryjones]

There's a chili cook-off at the Santa Cruz boardwalk on Saturday, 10/22

http://www.beachboardwalk.com/chili/

[Melanie Wong]

King Arthur Flour baking demos - free
10/21 - Pleasanton
10/22 - Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley
10/23 - San Jose
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/baking/traveling-baking-demos.html

10/22 - Bay Area Craft Beer Festival, Martinez
http://www.bayareacraftbeerfestival.com/

10/22-23 - Danville Fall Crafts
http://www.mlaproductions.com/Danville-Fall/

10/29 - Brew Crawl, Downtown Pleasanton
http://www.pleasantondowntown.net/newsdetails.php?id=477

11/3 - The San Francisco Bay Guardian’s 45th Anniversary Happy Hour
Beer Specials | Wheel of Prizes | Cupcakes | Free Entry
5:30pm – 8:00pm
Buck Tavern, 1655 Market Street, San Francisco

11/12 - Fiesta España, Napa
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...

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Buck Tavern
1655 Market St, San Francisco, CA

[Melanie Wong]

10/16 - 10th Annual Pumpkin Festival, Windsor
http://windsorfarmersmarket.com/

10/16 - East Bay Mini Maker Faire
http://ebmakerfaire.wordpress.com/schedule/

10/16 and 10/19-23 - Tolay Fall Festival, Petaluma
http://www.sonoma-county.org/parks/pk_tolay_fallfestival.htm

10/16-11/2 - El Día de los Muertos Petaluma 2011
http://petalumaartscenter.org/2011/el-dia-de-los-muertos-petaluma-2011/

10/16, 23, 30 & 11/6 - Sunday Suppers, San Francisco
http://tastingtable.com/multipart_article/national/103

10/18 - Foie Gras, San Francisco
http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/232888/7a539b8e52/ARCHIVE

10/22 - Landpath's Ranchero Mark West Music Festival, Santa Rosa
http://www.landpaths.org/index.cfm/page/ranchero-mark-west-music-festival-2011--landpaths/

10/22-23 - Diwali Program, Fremont Hindu Temple
http://www.fremonttemple.org/

10/23 - Burgers & Beers for the Animals, Berkeley
http://harvesthomeanimal.givezooks.com/events/burgers-beers-for-the-animals-a-benefit-for-harvest-hom

11/6 - Slow Food Russian River RAFT Dinner and live auction of 4H-raised heritage breed turkeys, Santa Rosa
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/202857

11/4 - 8 - CFSC 15th Annual Conference:
Food Justice: Honoring our Roots, Growing the Movement Community Events
http://cafoodjustice.org/community-ev...

[Melanie Wong]

10/15 - Healdsburg Crush Festival
http://www.healdsburgcrushfestival.org/

10/15 - Food Truck Festival, Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
http://the-mobile-gourmet.com/wordpress/?page_id=253

10/15 - Fort Ross Harvest Festival
http://fortrossinterpretive.org/events/harvest-festival/

10/16 - Lu'au and George and Keoki Kahumoku show, Napa
http://lincolntheater.com/performances/sunday-october-16-5pm-lu-au-and-7pm-show

10/22 - Calistoga Blues Festival
https://calistogachamber.securesites.com/Calistoga_BluesFest2011.html?event_ticketDatesID=3243

10/22 - Pumpkin Fest, Questa Park, Mountain House
http://www.mhpumpkinfest.com/index.html

10/22 - St Helena Hometown Harvest Festival
http://www.sthelenaharvestfestival.com/event.html

10/25 - SF Swappers food swap event, San Francisco
https://www.facebook.com/SFSwappers

10/29 - Cheese Loves Beer, Rohnert Park
https://ucce.ucdavis.edu/survey/surve...

[dined]

9/30-10/2 Milpitas Middle Eastern and Greek: http://www.sjorthodox.org/festival.html

09/30-10/02 San Francisco Oktoberfest: http://www.oktoberfestbythebay.com/
OCTOBER:

1-2 Los Altos: Fall http://www.losaltoschamber.org/fall_festival.html

1 San Francisco Arab: http://arabculturalcenter.org/index.php/annual-arab-cultural-festival?view=event

1 San Jose Japanese: http://www.spiritofjapantownfestival.com/SpiritFestival2011/

2 Redwood City Olive: http://www.olivefest.com/Events.html

2 San Francisco Taste of Russia: http://www.sfsobor.com/

7-8 Oakland Armenian: http://www.stvartanoakland.org/bazaar.html

7-9 Rio Vista Bass Derby and Festival: http://www.bassfestival.com/

8 Berkeley Indigenous People's Day: http://www.ipdpowwow.org/

8 Cuppertino Diwali Festival of Lights: http://www.cupertino-chamber.org/

8-9 Oakhurst Chocolate and Wine: http://www.oakhurstchamber.com/index.php?src=events&srctype=detail&category=A%20Chamber%20Event&refno=2084

9 San Francisco Italian: http://sfcolumbusday.org/index.html

15-16 Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin: http://miramarevents.com/pumpkinfest/

15 Noe Valley Harvest: http://www.noevalleyharvestfestival.com/welcome.html

15-16 San Francisco Armenian: http://www.stjohnarmenianchurch.com/bazaar.html

16 Palo Alto Sukkot Harvest: http://www.paloaltojcc.org/index.php?src=events&srctype=detail&refno=3385&category=Special%20Events&submenu=Special_Events_Root

16 San Francisco Fiesta: http://www.sresproductions.com/fiestaonthehill.html

23 San Francisco Polish: http://www.pacnorcal.org/

30 Oakland Dia de los Muertos: http://www.unitycouncil.org/ddlm/inde...

[Melanie Wong]

10/1 – 20th Annual Women of Taste, Oakland
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1481630597/evmtest_sffood16_1

10/1 – 6th Annual Sake Day, San Francisco
http://sakeday2011.eventbrite.com/

10/1 & 2 – World Veg Festival, San Francisco
http://www.sfvs.org/wvd/

10/2 – La Guelaguetza (Oaxacan festival), Salinas (outside the Bay Area
)http://www.lasoledadbakery.com/

10/2 – Block Party/Sale/BBQ by Ravi Kapur, San Francisco
http://twitter.com/#!/Apro/status/119092309106233344

10/2 – SF Weekly DISH, San Francisco
http://microapp.sfweekly.com/dish/2011/

10/2 - CUESA’s 9th Annual Sunday Supper, A Whole Beast Feast, San Francisco
http://cuesassundaysupper.eventbrite.com/

10/4 to 24 – A Series in Celebration of FOOD DAY
http://www.ecologycenter.org/foodday/

10/8 – Slow Food Picnic, Penngrove
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/198697

10/9 – Field to Jar
http://fieldtojar.eventbrite.com/

10/15 – A Day of Artisan Beef Butchery, Soul Food Farm, Vacaville
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/196451

10/22 – El Cerrito Free Folk Festival
http://www.elcerritofolkfest.org/abou...

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Soul Food Farm
6046 Pleasants Valley Rd, Vacaville, CA 95688

[Melanie Wong]

9/24 - Tomato Bash, organic heirloom tomato tasting, Cupertino
http://www.greensteaders.com/events/2011/tomatobash/

9/24 & 25, Weekend along the Farm Trails, Sonoma County
http://www.farmtrails.org/events/weekend-along-the-farm-trails/

9/24 & 25, St. Thomas More Church 5th Annual International Food Festival, San Francisco
https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?fbid=273222012688763&set=a.263959640281667.76394.263419140335717&type=1&theater

9/25 - Deviants Food Court, San Francisco
http://sanfrancisco.grubstreet.com/2011/09/folsom_street_fair_party_to_fe.html?mid=partnerfeed

9/25 & 10/23 - Local Bites, Cal Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
http://www.calacademy.org/localbites/

9/30 - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass potluck, San Francisco
http://hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2011/potluck.shtml

9/30 - Fairyland for Grown ups, Oakland
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=289548431061877

10/2 - OPEN Ramen Dinner at Chez Panisse, Berkeley
http://openramen.eventbrite.com/

10/15 - Eaters' Choice, Fort Mason, San Francisco
http://m.eaterschoicesf.com/134649&am...

[Melanie Wong]

9/19-25, 5th Annual San Francisco Cocktail Week
http://sfcocktailweek.com/

10/23, Pinot on the River, Healdsburg Plaza
http://www.pinotfestival.com/

[majordanby]

Spice of Life festival
Berkeley, Sept 17th, 11 to 7.

[rln]

The SF Greek Food Festival at Annunciation Catherdral in the Mission is Sept 23-25. Their website has free admission tickets. Love this festival!

http://www.sfgreekfoodfestival.org/

[SteveG]

9/13-9/15 - National Heirloom Expo at Sonoma County Fairground
http://events.pressdemocrat.com/santa...

A friend of mine who works for the Seed Bank, an heirloom seed supplier with a store in Petaluma, encouraged me to attend this. He said it would be the largest ever gathering of heirloom produce, with farmers driving from as far away as the midwest with heirloom specimens of produce. There is also supposed to be a livestock component.

[Melanie Wong]

9/14 - Heart of the City Farmers Market 30th Anniversary Festival, San Francisco Civic Center, 9-4
http://www.hocfarmersmarket.org/News%20&%20Events.html

9/16 - Martini Festival, Martinez
http://www.themartinifestival.com/

9/17 - 4H Foundation of Sonoma County BBQ Fundraiser, Saralee's Vineyard & Richard's Grove
http://www.4hfoundationofsoco.org/

9/17 - Chef John Lyle Space xxv Heirloom Tomato Tasting, Santa Rosa farmers market
http://santarosafarmersmarket.blogspot.com/2011/09/chef-john-lyle-space-xxv-heirloom.html

9/17 & 18 - Lafayette Art, Wine, Music
http://www.lafayettefestival.com/

9/17 - Is Sustainable Attainable, San Francisco
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/sustainableattainable/

9/17 - Porkapalooza, Santa Rosa
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=286089311405978

9/18 - Berkeley BINGO Behind the Cart Brunch!
http://behindthecartbingobrunch.eventbrite.com/

9/20 - Kitchen Table Talks: Food Activism, San Francisco
http://civileats.com/2011/09/06/kitchen-table-talks-food-activism/

9/20 - Fundraiser at ICHI Sushi, San Francisco
http://ichicatering.blogspot.com/2011...

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ICHI Sushi
3369 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

[dined]

16-18 Concord: Festival of Greece
http://www.stdemetrios.ca.goarch.org/Festival.asp

17 Vallejo: Greek
http://events.sfgate.com/vallejo-ca/events/show/178192585-greek-festival-vallejo

18 San Jose: Polish
http://www.saintalbert.us/e107/news.php

[rworange]

El Cerrito - St John the Baptist Catholic Church

Sunday 9/18 11 am - 4 pm

Annual Parish Fesitval featuring Brailian BBQ and an international food court. Parisiners represent over 50 ethnicities, so there will be a variety, probably Filipino, Chinese, Latino, Nigerian.

Sunday Sept 25th 11 am - 4 ;m

Brazilian Culutural Festival - Music, Brazilian food and beverages. Here's my report on the Brazilian festival from 2009
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/6528...

Saturday Oct 1, 1:30 pm

Annual English Tea - Homemade teas sandwiches, scones and sweets

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St John the Baptist Catholic Church
11150 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito, CA

[Melanie Wong]

9/10 & 11 - 40th Annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
http://www.miramarevents.com/mountainview/food.html

9/16 - Barista Throwdown, San Francisco
http://coffeebar-usa.com/coffee-bar-presents-the-barista-throwdown

9/17 - California Wine Rush, Ferry Plaza, San Francisco
http://www.vinography.com/archives/2011/09/california_wine_month_tasting.html

9/17 & 18 - SJMade and SJEats, San Pedro Square, San Jose
http://sjmade.tumblr.com/#/post/10067732884

9/18 - Moveable Feast, St. Cyprian, Sunnyvale
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=244311315612729

9/22 - Screening of "Lunch Line", Reception, Dinner, San Francisco
http://sfsflunchline.eventbrite.com/

10/1 - 11th Annual Pancake Breakfast, Menlo Park
http://www.thejuniorleague.org/paloalto/npo.jsp?pg=event&eventid=2200

10/7 & 8 - 29th Annual Chocolate Fest, Belmont
http://www.uccbelmont.org/events.html

10/22 - East Side Taco Festival of Innovation, San Jose
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235305406513335

10/30 - Fall Colors, Vintage Car Show, Geyserville Volunteer Fire Dept Pancake Breakfast
http://www.geyservillecc.com/clientPage.php?page=viewBlogDetail&blogCat=Chamber%20Events&blogID=576&blogName=Fall%20Colors%20and%20Vintage%20Car%20Show

11/11 - Dinner Fundraiser, Devils Gulch and Flour + Water, Nicasio
http://www.devilsgulchranch.com/event...

[Melanie Wong]

9/10 - Fiesta de Independencia, Wells Fargo Center, Santa Rosa (Free)
http://wellsfargocenterarts.org/events/0911-fiesta-independencia.html

9/10-11 - Katmandu Fall Festival, Sonoma
http://www.childrensmedaid.org/katmandu-festival/

9/17 - 20th Annual Russian Riverfest
http://www.russianriverkeeper.org/about-us/about-watershed/Riverfest2011.php

9/18 - 35th Almaden Valley Art & Wine Festival, San Jose (Note: Indian fry bread on list of food vendors)
http://www.almadenwine.com/

10/2 - Calabash -- A Celebration of Gourds, Art, and the Garden in Forestville
http://fftfoodbank.org/calabash-0

10/7, 8, 9 - 40th Greek Festival, Castro Valley
http://www.greekfestival.me/

10/9 - Festa Italiana, Santa Rosa
http://www.nbicf.org/

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Katmandu Fall Festival
270 1st St W, Sonoma, CA 95476

[Cynsa]

This was a great event last year - we are looking forward to Sunday, October 23, 2011 in Sonoma.
http://www.shir-shalom.org/winemakers...
KNISHES, KUGEL AND CABERNET:
MY SON/DAUGHTER THE WINEMAKER --- WHO KNEW?

[Melanie Wong]

9/10 - Garin Apple Festival, Hayward (free)
http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-09-06&file=story1.txt

9/17 - St. Helena Bale Grist Mill Harvest Benefit Dinner
http://www.epicuring.com/california/event/grist-mill-fundraiser-dinner-slow-food/

9/18 - One Vietnam Street Eats, Ferry Plaza, SF
http://go.onevietnam.org/streeteats/

10/1 - Tomato Battle, Pleasanton
http://tomatobattle.com/norcal/

[Melanie Wong]

9/9 - Cloverdale Beer Festival
http://cloverdale.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2011/09/events/1st-annual-cloverdale-beerfest/

9/10 - 16th Annual Sebastopol Cajun-Zydeco Festival
http://www.winecountrycajun.com/

9/10 - Cloverdale Volunteer Firefighters Street Celebration, BBQ & Dance
http://cloverdalefiredistrict.com/pdf/cloverdale_street_celebration_09-10-11.pdf

9/10 - Wine Country Big Q, Santa Rosa
http://winecountrybigq.com/

9/10 - Annual Beer in the Plaza, Healdsburg
http://www.sihealdsburg.org/beerintheplaza2011.html

9/16 - Cloverdale Lions Club Abalone Dinner
http://cloverdalelionsclub.com/abalone/

9/17 - Much Ado Renaissance Faire, Sebastopol
http://muchado.sebastopolschools.org/index.html

9/18 - Slow Food East Bay Potluck & Pig Roast
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/196796

9/18-19 - Artisano, Santa Rosa
http://artisano.org/

[dined]

Update Sept 9-11 Weekend:
Oakley Almond
http://www.oakleychamber.com/almond-festival

San Francisco Italian Festival
http://www.sfiac.org/Events/2011FestaColonialeItalianaSeptember10/tabid/2544/Default.aspx

SF Chinatown AUtumn Moon
http://www.moonfestival.org/

SF Ghiradelli Chocolate
http://www.ghirardellisq.com/events/chocolate-festival/chocolate-festival

Fremont Renaissance
http://www.ardenwoodfaire.com/

Pittsburg Seafood
http://www.pittsburgchamber.org/Chamb...

[dined]

9/11 Brazil Independence Celebration
http://www.brazilianevents.com/

[lorring]

http://www.alamedacountyfair.com/ There is a gourmet food truck festival in Pleasanton on 9/17 at the Alameda County Fairgrounds from 4PM to 9PM. There will be food trucks, music, beer, wine, margaritas and plenty of award winning food. Nom Nom, the lobster ShackMobile, Whisk on Wheels, Speedy Panini, Golden Waffle, Munch India, StreetzEatz, That's Sweet, Mayo and Mustard and More!

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Panini Cafe
1457 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117

Nom Nom
, San Francisco, CA

[zippo]

9/20 from 6-8:30 PM Taste of Temescal, Telegraph Avenue between 43rd and 51st, Oakland
Tickets $30, limited to 450

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS donating a taste from their establishments include:
Abesha's, Asmara, Aunt Mary's Cafe, Bakesale Betty, Barlata, Burma Superstar East, Casserole House, Dona Tomas, Good Bellies Cafe, Holy Moly Cafe, Hooper Vintage Chocolates, La Calaca Loca Taqueria, Lanesplitter, Marc 49 Bar, Mariposa Bakery, Mixing Bowl, Peet's Cofe, Pizzaiolo, Pizza Nation, Remedy Cafe, Roundtable Pizza, Sacred Wheel, Scream Sorbet, Sura Korean, Tanjia Moroccan, Taqueria Pico Paco, Tara's Organic Ice Cream, The Avenue, Waffle Boss

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/even...

[chompy]

St. Vartan's Armenian Apostolic Church in Oakland, Annual Bazaar & Food Festival
October 7th & 8th

http://www.stvartanoakland.org/

Highly recommended!

[Robert Lauriston]

Yeah, St. Vartan's has reallly good food, and there's not much Armenian around here.

[Ruth Lafler]

The 54th annual Armenian Food Festival and Bazaar at St. Gregory's in SF is Sept. 16-18: http://www.stgregorysf.org/website%20...

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Armenian Food Festival
825 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, CA

[Spenbald]

St. John's on Olympia off of Clarendon is having their "Taste of Armenia" Saturday and Sunday, October 15 and 16. More info: http://www.stjohnarmenianchurch.com/b...

Coming from Watertown, MA, and happening right down the street from me, this is most welcome!

[SFextra_sour]

It's the big Belmont Greek Festival this weekend . . .
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/437472
http://www.yelp.com/biz/belmont-greek...

We're going 2 days this year. Weather should be great!

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Belmont Greek Festival
900 Alameda, San Carlos, CA 94070

[hhc]

Provence in Berkeley in Kermit Lynch parking lot presented by Cafe Fanny Sat 9/17/11 from 11-4

Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant
1605 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley
Ph: 510-524-1524

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Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant
1605 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702

Cafe Fanny
1603 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702

[rln]

Oops meant aug 27 and 28

[rln]

Saw today that the st. Nicholas church middle east food festival is this weekend, aug 28&29. In diamond heights. I've never been but will check out.

[majordanby]

Garin Apple Festival
September 10th
http://www.ebparks.org/news/082211a

[zippo]

Horses, Hats and Hawkers

Large Off the Grid food truck event at Golden Gate Fields in Albany on Saturday 8/27. 9/3, 9,10 and 9/17. There's a free shuttle bus from the North Berkeley BART station to the track.

According to Off the Grid, "An old school shindig will meet a new one, where young and old can watch and wager on horse races over bloody marys, sigsig tacos and cupcakes. Attendees are encouraged to dress up like they’ve never dressed up before, donning fashionable hats, with extra points for oversized or pillbox styles. A hat hawker will be on hand for those who arrive unadorned."

http://offthegridsf.com/goldengatefields

Off the Grid: Golden Gate Fields
Dates: Four Saturdays: August 27, September 3, 10, 17, 2011
Times: 11am-5pm
Number of Trucks: 30
Location: Golden Gate Fields
First Race: 12:45 pm
Live Music: 12:45 pm
Admission to the Races: $6, kids 17 & under free

[zippo]

quick video some of the 15 food trucks at Golden Gate Fields yesterday, Saturday 9/3. Sundays they have $1 beer and $1 hot dogs.

http://vimeo.com/28565857
http://vimeo.com/28565661

[dined]

Collard Greens Cultural Festival July 23 @ Palo Alto
http://cookedincalifornia.files.wordp...

[ML8000]

July 16th and 17th, Mountain View Buddhist Temple Obon Festival. The teri chicken and corn are usually very good.

http://www.mvbuddhisttemple.org/

[Melanie Wong]

7/9 - 1st Annual Rib-o-Rama to feature Zinfandel and Ribs, Alameda
http://norcalwine.com/index.php/blog/11-tasting-event/516-1st-annual-rib-o-rama-to-feature-zinfandel-and-ribs

7/10 - 57th Annual Enmanji Temple BBQ and Bazaar, Sebastopol
http://www.sonomauncorked.com/wine-country-events/annual-events/enmanji-temple-teriyaki-bbq-and-bazaar/
http://pantry.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/tag/enmanji-buddhist-temple/
I attended this event last year, arriving on the late side, and many of the best treats were already sold out. But I did buy some aged umeboshi made by volunteers. And this is the only place that I've seen Imagawayaki filled with homemade red bean paste. The volunteers are the most well-oiled, organized group I've ever witnessed for big event management. There's even a drive-through to pick up teriyaki chicken orders.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/melaniewong/4817799418/
More photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/melaniewong/tags/enmanjiteriyaki2010/

7/16 - Bay Area Barbecue Championship, Oakland
http://www.bayareabbq.org/EventInfo.html

7/17 - American Lamb Jam, San Francisco
http://www.fansoflambsanfrancisco.com/

[Melanie Wong]

Wouldn't seem possible but teriyaki chicken is even more delicious and juicier this year. More parking too across street from temple. Don't miss the homemade cream puffs. Sunny and 71 degrees in Sebastopol.
http://lockerz.com/s/118960776

[Melanie Wong]

7/1 - Moveable Feast, A truck food festival, 5:30-10p, San Mateo
http://mvbl.org/

7/2 & 3 - Fillmore Jazz Festival, San Francisco
http://www.fillmorejazzfestival.com/

7/10 - CUESA Summer Celebration, San Francisco
http://cuesa.org/events/2011/cuesas-summer-celebration-3

7/17 - 25th Anniversary Sonoma-Marin Pig Feed, Novato
http://www.calwaterfowl.org/web2/departments/fundraisingandevents/Flyers/SonomaPigFeed11.pdf

7/17 - 3rd Annual TASTY Awards, San Francisco
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1722462933/evmtest_sffood13_5

8/13 - Full Moon Barn Dance, Sonoma
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jtrjnpcab&v=001cVDYB6QxH7xelfSwKdLQ2KItEfb8hnJBnmH499ERye3QMmjzpK5WoaYDrdF8zuUcry96VRAJQQ3DI_jZdZUugdcwYpVCrmgnjORoUnt-JrU%3D

8/21 - Family Winemakers Tasting, San Francisco
http://www.familywinemakers.org/tastings/tastings.cfm

9/24 - Pie Ranch Farm Dinner
http://www.pieranch.org/farm-dinner-2...

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Pie Ranch
2080 Cabrillo Highway, Pescadero, CA

[mhuang]

7/3 & 7/4 Grub Town Army - Food Trucks - Half Moon Bay

http://www.grubtownarmy.com/

[Melanie Wong]

7/2 - Breastfest Beer Festival, San Francisco
http://www.thebreastfest.org/

7/4 - Summer Festival, Saratoga
http://happosigh.com/SanbornParkMap.htm

Thru 7/10 - Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton
http://www.alamedacountyfair.com/2011fair/home/index.php

7/16 - Far West Fest, Point Reyes Station
http://www.farwestfest.com/

7/16 - Rootstock Festival, Santa Rosa
http://www.rootstockfestival.com/Site/Home.html

7/24 - 2nd Annual Malaysian Hawker Food Festival, Sunnyvale
http://www.mpba.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=415&Itemid=65&year=2011&month=07&day=24&uid=0ce15d13c68b08eecf9b126031a2a3b7&catids=48|46|45|47|44

8/12-14 - Outside Lands, San Francisco
http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/taste/

[L C]

Sunday 7/3 - SF BBQ Rib Throwdown @Coffee Bar
http://coffeebar-usa.com/the-sf-bbq-r...
$20 gets u beer + 4 samplings + 1 side, then vote for your favorite BBQ ribs.
The contenders:
- Good Foods Catering
- Cathead’s BBQ
- The Jetset Chef
- Gator’s Back Porch BBQ (the real chef Gator or Todd?)

[Melanie Wong]

Heheh, L C! I was just about to post on this, having checked-in with Chef Gator to see if he would be representing. The answer is not his gig, as he'll be out of town, "I'm leaving Sunday to cook for the PGA pro's at the John Deere Classic in Illinois what a great honor. "

That said, I hope to hear some reports from the throwdown, would love to hear a comparison of the various competitors ribs.

[Todd510]

Yeah, We don't boil our meat over here at Gator's Back Porch BBQ. I'll be handling the Southern Pride this weekend.

[Melanie Wong]

Glad to hear your no-boil policy, Todd. At one time you had said you'd issue a statement about Gator's Back Porch BBQ, but none has appeared yet. There seems to be so much public confusion with Chef Gator saying he has exited the business and your jab above, yet despite tweaking of the FB page in recent months, it still lists the Culinary Team as "Chef Glenn Gator Thompson on the Grill. Former owner and chef of Gator's neo soul in Downtown San Mateo. And head chef of Southern Fine Dining establishment Dollie Marie's in San Mateo."

Curious.

[dined]

June 25-26 Sonoma: Lavendar food and wine
http://www.sonomalavender.com/festival.html
July 4 Palo Alto: Chili Cookoff
http://city.palo-alto.ca.us/recreation/news/details.asp?NewsID=951&TargetID=7
July8-10 Brentwood: Corn
http://www.everythingbrentwood.com/br...

[Melanie Wong]

6/25 - 33rd Annual Dia de San Juan (Puerto Rican Festival), San Jose
http://www.wrprc.org/wrprc/

6/27 - Sonoma Wine Meetup, Santa Rosa
http://sonomawinejune.eventbrite.com/

7/9 & 10 - Obon Festival, San Jose
http://www.sjbetsuin.com/

7/14 - 11th Annual Bastille Day Celebration, San Francisco
http://www.milibrary.org/events/bastille

7/23 - Indonesia Day, San Francisco
http://www.indodaysf.com/

[Melanie Wong]

6/18 - Crawfish by the Bay, Emeryville
http://crawfishbythebayfest.com/

6/16-30, SF Pride (but don't look for BBQ at the Fresh Meat Festival)
http://sfpride.org/official-events/
http://www.freshmeatproductions.org/

6/18-19 - North Beach Festival, San Francisco
http://www.sresproductions.com/north_beach_festival.html

6/22 - "Food Stamped" screening & farm tour, Berkeley
http://www.pursueaction.org/focus-on-justice-films-on-food-food-stamped/

7/10 - Bacon Take Down, San Francisco
http://chili-takedown.com/?p=1856

8/6-7 - Fremont Festival of the Arts
http://www.fremontfestival.net/

8/13-14 - Nihonmachi, San Francisco
http://www.nihonmachistreetfair.org/

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North Beach Festival
Columbus Ave Union St, San Francisco, CA 94133

[Savory_Girl]

Are wine events welcome here too or is there a better post for these?

6/22 in SF: South American Superstars: the Wines of Argentina & Chile http://southamerica.eventbrite.com

6/25: Franc or Blanc at Chateau Montelena in Calistoga http://francnblanc.eventbrite.com

9/2-9/4: Sonoma Wine Country Weekend http://www.sonomawinecountryweekend.com/

[rworange]

The Portuguese festas are happening this month. There are dinners with free sopas - huge hunks of beef with bread. St. John the Baptist in El Cerrito is having a Festa masses at 11 am on June 19 and 26th. The bulletin doesn't list the location of the meal, but it is probably the same hall as in this 2009 report

El Cerrito - Where's the beef? Well, 2000 lbs of it was at the Portuguese Festa at St. John's

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/632400

This is a new site about other festas, but often just gives the city and date
http://www.festasonline.com/

Last weekend there was one in San Jose
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_18257336?source=rss

Brazilian Festa Junio is also happening this month

Berkeley - Sat 6/25 8pm Casa de Cultura $10
http://www.brasarte.com/cms/

They happen all over the Bay Area, but this is the only one I've seen advertised so far. My report on a Festa Junio in 2009
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/46568

[CarrieWas218]

Napa Valley Art & Music Festival
http://www.nvamf.org/eventinfo.html

with these eats:
Trinchero Family Estates Wines
Napa Smith Brewery
Chicago Style Hot Dogs
Dim Sum Charlie's
La Texanita
Mark's the Spot
Spencer on the Go
Street Eatz

[Melanie Wong]

6/18 - Cotati Jazz Festival
http://www.cotatijazz.com/

6/17-19 - Gay Wine Weekend, Out in the Vineyard, Sonoma County
http://www.outinthevineyard.com/events/gww2011/

6/19 - Isleton Crawdad Festival
http://www.isletoncoc.org/crawdad.html

7/2 - All American Zin Day, Dry Creek Valley
http://www.familywines.com/aazd.htm

7/3 - Guerneville Independence Celebration
http://sf.funcheap.com/russian-river-fourth-july-celebration-guerneville/

7/4 - 30th Summer Festival and Chili Cook-off, Palo Alto
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/recreation/news/details.asp?NewsID=951&TargetID=7

7/4 - Old Fashioned Fourth of July Parade and Festival, Sonoma Plaza
http://www.sonomauncorked.com/wine-country-events/annual-events/fourth-of-july-on-the-plaza/

7/10 - Petaluma Art and Garden Festival
http://www.petalumadowntown.com/ArtAndGardenPetaluma.aspx

7/10 - 57th Annual Enmanji Temple BBQ and Bazaar, Sebastopol
http://www.sonomauncorked.com/wine-country-events/annual-events/enmanji-temple-teriyaki-bbq-and-bazaar/

7/14 - Bastille Day in Wine Country, Healdsburg
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121483203416&index=1

7/23 - 3rd Annual Hot Graton Nights Car Show & BBQ
http://gratonridge.com/

7/23-24 - Catalan Festival, Gloria Ferrer, Sonoma
https://shop.gloriaferrer.com/SHOP.AMS?LEVEL=MID&CATCODE=EVENTS

7/30 - Fort Ross Cultural Heritage Day
http://www.fortrossstatepark.org/chd.htm

7/29-31 - Gilroy Garlic Festival
http://www.gilroygarlicfestival.com/

8/6 - Petaluma Music Festival
http://www.petalumamusicfestival.org/Fest_Info.asp

8/6-7 - 17th Annual Watsonville Strawberry Festival at Monterey Bay
http://www.mbsf.com/

8/7 - Bodega Volunteer Fire Dept "Big Event" BBQ & Parade
http://www.bodegafire.org/calendar.html

8/13-14 - Gravenstein Apple Fair, Sebastopol
http://www.gravensteinapplefair.com/

8/14 - Tour d'Organics
http://tourdorganics.organicathlete.org/

8/19-21 - Grape to Glass, Russian River Valley
http://www.rrvw.org/grape-to-glass-2011/

8/20 - San Francisco Streetfood Festival
http://www.sfstreetfoodfest.com/

8/20 - Stumptown Revival, Russian River Beer, Guerneville
http://www.stumptown.com/revival/

8/20-21 - Fairfield Tomato Festival
http://www.fairfieldmainstreet.com/calendar/75/4-20th-Annual-Tomato-Festival.html

8/27 - Taste of Petaluma
http://tasteofpetaluma.org/

8/27-28 - Bodega Seafood, Art & Wine Festival
http://www.winecountryfestivals.com/food.php

9/4-5 - 30th Annual Harvest Wine Celebration, Livermore Valley
http://www.lvwine.org/event/1607/1315108800_1315195200/30th_Annual_Harvest_Wine_Celebration_Labor_Day_Weekend_Sunday_Monday.html

9/10-11 - Tracy Dry Bean Festival
http://www.tracybeanfestival.com/

9/10-11 - 27th Annual Pittsburg Seafood Festival
http://www.pittsburgchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=292

9/11 - Solano Stroll
http://www.solanoavenueassn.org/strol.htm

9/17 - Annual Old Grove Festival & Gourmet Hike, Armstrong Woods
http://www.oldgrovefestival.org/

9/23-25 - Eat Real, Oakland
http://eatrealfest.com/event/Oakland/California/2011/festival-details

9/24-25 - Clayton Oktoberfest
www.claytonoktoberfest.com

10/2 - 14th Annual Arts & Olive Festival, Redwood City
http://www.olivefest.com/history.html

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Sonoma Plaza
475 1st St W, Sonoma, CA

Isleton Crawdad Festival
Isleton, CA, Isleton, CA

Solano Stroll
1563 Solano Ave, Albany, CA 94707

[hhc]

The Crawdad Festival is now in Red Bluff, CA. This yr will be Sat 6/18/11
Crawdad Festival.
Saturday, June 18 10:00a to 11:00p
at Tehama District Fairgrounds, Red Bluff, CA

[Melanie Wong]

Thanks, the Crawdad Festival in Red Bluff is scheduled for June 17-19 in this account.
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/ci_1...

[Melanie Wong]

6/11-12 - Novato Festival of Art, Wine and Music
http://www.novatochamber.com/events/detail?id=305

6/20 - 1st Annual Tailgate Throwdown Featuring Saag's Sausages, San Francisco
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1651643109/efblike

6/30 - San Francisco Magazine Best of the Bay Area
http://bestofthebayarea2011.eventbrite.com/

8/1-7 - SF Chefs 2011
http://sfchefs2011.com/

[Melanie Wong]

6/11, Vinify Collective Wine Tasting, Santa Rosa
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=b5kxvofab&oeidk=a07e3tcux9z75b3c199

6/10 & 11, Monterey Wine Festival and West Coast Chowder competition
http://www.montereywine.com/

6/12, Haight Ashbury Street Fair
http://www.haightashburystreetfair.org/

6/12 - Contra Costa Wine Growers Association Summer Celebration
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Contra-Costa-Winegrowers-Association/137358612976474?sk=info#!/pages/Contra-Costa-Winegrowers-Association/137358612976474?sk=wall

6/22, Spring Wine Walk, Walnut Creek
http://walnutcreekdowntown.com/index.php?option=com_rsevents&view=events&layout=show&cid=18&Itemid=

6/26, Berkeley Juneteenth Festival
http://berkeleyjuneteenth.org/activities.html

7/24 - Festival de Comida Peruana, San Francisco (cuy, anyone?)
http://festivaldecomidaperuana.com/

8/20 & 21 - 29th Annual Hayward Zucchini Festival
http://haywardzucchini.org/default.aspx

9/13, 14, 15 - National Heirloom Exposition, The Heirloom Vegetable and Seed Fair, Santa Rosa
http://theheirloomexpo.com/events/

[Robert Lauriston]

The Peruvian food festival was great. No cuy that I could find. Great music.

We had butifarra (in Peru, not a sausage but a ham sandwich with onion relish, $5), choclo on the cob with cheese and a minty salsa ($5), empanadas criollas (beef with spices, raisins, almonds, etc.), the very last skewer of anticuchos ($7). Probably best to go on the early side.

http://festivaldecomidaperuana.com/

[josquared]

As I found out at the Pista Sa Nayon (which the unseasonal rains put a huge damper on unfortunately) in Vallejo yesterday%3

7/09 & 7/10 - Adobo Festival, Vallejo Waterfront Park, Vallejo, C

9/03 & 9/04 - Adobo Festival, Milpitas Sports Complex, Milpitas, C

http://www.pinoyparinkami.com/adobo-f...

[hhc]

1st Annual Soy & Tofu Festival Sat 6/11/11 from 11-4 SF Japantown Peace Plaza%3

http://soyandtofufest.org/2011/05/31/...

[Melanie Wong]

6/4 - 3rd Annual California Extra Virgin Olive Oil Festival
http://rockridgemarkethall.com/events/details/29-annual-olive-oil-festival.html

Starting 6/15 thru the summer - Cheese Country tours
http://www.artisancheesefestival.com/...

[zippo]

Bites on Broadway

Oakland Tech

45th and Broadway

Fridays, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Runs June 10-October 21

from SFWeekly-

Mobile vendors (many of them part of a new collective) plan to set up Friday nights in front of Oakland Tech in Temescal.

Oakland was a haven for food trucks long before Korean short ribs met the tortilla. And though ― outside Fruitvale ― the city's mobile vending rules won't allow trucks to cluster on city streets like they do in Emeryville, organizers are trying to devise work-arounds. First among them: a weekly food pod called Bites on Broadway, which will set up Friday nights on the plaza in front of Oakland Technical High School on Broadway at 45th Street starting June 10, 5:30-8:30 p.m. "

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2011...

[Melanie Wong]

6/4 - Oak Hill Farm tour http://theoakhillfarmer.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/this-saturday-meet-the-farm/

6/11 - Bay Area Brew Fest http://www.drinkeatplay.com/bayareabrewfest/

6/14 - Toast Marriage Equality (Skrewcap and Orson) http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/801185/2cb3ddaa6e/1470754951/9f39253584/

6/19 - Fort Mason Farmers Market 1st Anniversary Celebration http://www.fortmason.org/events/events-details?id=1912&start=2011-06-19&end=2011-06-19

7/12 - Sonoma in the City Grand Tasting http://www.sonomawine.com/

7/14 - Forks and Corks at the Firehouse http://sonomatasting.eventbrite.com/

7/23 - East Bay Food Fight http://www.eastbayfoodfight.org/

8/5-7 - West of West Wine Festival (whole hog!) http://arestravel.com/4877_attraction...

[Melanie Wong]

6/2 - Cake Futures http://pantry.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/11939/cakes-futures-cooking-classes-all-the-chocolate-you-can-eat/

6/2 - Early Summer Farm Forum http://clarkwolf.typepad.com/my-blog/2011/03/early-summer-farm-forum-june-2nd.html
http://www.barndiva.com/pdf/summer_farm_forum.pdf

6/3 - Oakland Art Murmur (and street food vendors) http://oaklandartmurmur.org/about

6/4 - Kiss the Cook & the Farmer Too http://www.cookandfarmer.com/invite.html

6/4 - ALBA, Family Farm Day & U-Pick http://www.albafarmers.org/images/family-farm-day-2011.jpg

6/5 - Cochon 555 San Francisco http://www.cochon555.com/menu/2011-tour-dates/65-san-francisco/
http://sanfrancisco.grubstreet.com/2011/05/cochon_555_pork_throwdown_to_h.html

6/12 - Cooking Matters Farmers Market Brunch @ Jack London Square
http://www.pcfma.com/events_detail.php?event_dateid=1418

6/13 - Taste of Mendocino http://tasteofmendo.com/

6/6-18 - Pinot Days http://www.pinotdays.com/Events/Festi...

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Jack London Square
70 Washington St # 207, Oakland, CA

[Columba]

6/12 Filipino Festival & Culture: Past, Present, & Future- Fulton
http://www.filipinocommunityofsonomac...

[Civil Bear]

This weekend (5/27/11-5/29/11) in the Streets of Brentwood:
The 1st Annual Blues,Brews & BBQ's State Championship

30+ BBQ teams will be on hand battling it out and selling samples on Saturday to the public from 12:00PM - 4:00PM.

Link to the event:
http://www.palbbq.com/

[Civil Bear]

This Saturday (5/21/11) at the Weber Point Event Center in Stockton:
The Third Annual Way Out West BBQ Competition

30+ teams will be on hand selling samples to the public from 11:30AM - 4:00PM.

http://www.wayoutwestbbq.com/

This event is in conjunction with the Fourth Annual Taste of San Joaquin:
http://downtownstockton.org/stockton_...

[hhc]

a Flickr friend went to the Himalayan Fair on Sat 5/14, lucky there's still tomorrow Sun 5/15/11. Fresh homemade momo made there. Any reports?

Himalayan Fair
Sun 5/15/11 from 10-5:30pm

Location: Live Oak Park, Berkeley. Free, donations accepted

Website: http://www.himalayanfair.net/

[Robert Lauriston]

The food's been pretty lackluster in the past, not as good as at Tibetan restaurants.

[Melanie Wong]

May 18 - Films on Food, “The Garden”
http://www.pursueaction.org/focus-on-justice-films-on-food-the-garden/
Followed by social at The Bloodhound

May 19 - Deli Summit: The Renaissance
JCC of the East Bay
1414 Walnut Street
Berkeley
http://saulsdeli.com/deli/pressevents/
On the menu from Wise Sons:
House-baked Bialys and Smoked Fish, with chive cream cheese, red onion & capers. Sweet and sour pickles on the side 7 openfaced 10

May 22 - Doof-a-Palooza, Oakland
Play with your organic food
http://www.foodbackwards.com/

[Robert Lauriston]

Mmm, a chance to try Wise Sons without having to get into the city early on a weekend. On the other hand, they're not serving pastrami, and it's not a food festival but a panel discussion. With the entry fee that's $17 to $25 for a bialy and smoked fish.

[hhc]

Taiwanese American Cultural festival Sat 5/14/11 from 10-6p. Taiwanese food booths, cultural performances, marketplace, annual event. Union Square, Post & Powell, SF. FREE. 415-781-7880. http://sftafest.org

Russian-American Fair: Sun 5/15/11 10-5. Russian food & vodka, annual event. live entertainment & crafts for kids. Oshman Family Jewish Community Ctr, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 650-223-8621; www.paloaltojcc.org/russia

Sam's Loberster Fest, Sun 5/15/11 2-5pm. Oyster shucking 7 eating competition, wine tasting, arts, crafts, food booths, activitis for kids. Food & drink tickets $1 ea. American Legion Coastside Post 474, 470 Capistrano Rd, HMB. 650-712-0245. www.samschowderhouse.com

2nd Annual SF Food Bloggers Bake Sale Sat 5/14/11 10-6:
http://bakesalesf.wordpress.com/

[Melanie Wong]

May 12 - Bubbles & Bivalves
http://www.thewatershedproject.org/post.php?postid=216

May 12 - Taste of Potrero
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1290390593/evmtest_sffood11_5t

May 14 & 15 - Cleaning out the cellar sale, Holdredge Wines, Healdsburg
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/276922/e490bace35/1266030111/2050515935/#Cleaning

May 19 & 20 - Free screening of In Search of Good Food and The Greenhorns
Popcorn & food provided by BiRite
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148411041891852

May 21 - Ghirardelli Square Wine Festival
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1241386019/evmtest_sffood11_8t

May 22 - Lagunitas Beer Circus, Petaluma
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...

(Can you tell I'm cleaning press releases out of my neglected inbox?)

[Melanie Wong]

May 9
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) is excited to present—along
with our co-sponsors LiveReal, the California Food and Justice Coalition,
Food First, People's Grocery, and Rainbow Grocery Cooperative—a FREE food
justice event in San Francisco, entitled Growing Food Democracy: Connecting
Global Lessons to Local Action. Please join us on Monday, May 9th at 7:00pm
as we bring together two of the food justice movement's leading authors,
Robert Gottlieb and Raj Patel, and activist Navina Khanna of Oakland's
LiveReal for a stimulating evening of dialogue, moderated by PANNA's senior
scientist Marcia Ishii-Eiteman. The speakers will explore the successes,
tensions and synergies between the local food justice, national food
democracy and global food sovereignty movements; we invite you to join the
conversation!
Growing Food Democracy: Connecting Global Lessons to Local Action

Monday, May 9th, 7:00 p.m.

Women's Building

3543 18th St # 8 San Francisco, CA 94110-1697

near 16th st. BART
Sponsored by Pesticide Action Network, with LiveReal, the California Food
and Justice Coalition, Food First, and People's Grocery. The event is FREE
and open to the public.

May 14 - ¡FiestaVal 2011! in San Francisco
http://www.wearefairmount.com/2011/all-about-fiestaval-2011/

May 14 - Nextcourse, Veggie Fiesta at Mission High School
http://nextcourse.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/

May 21 - Empty Bowls Dinner and Auction for the Redwood Empire Food Bank
http://www.refb.org/empty_bowls/empty_bowls.html

May 28 - Blues, Brews & BBQ in Brentwood
http://www.palbbq.com/

June 4 - Single Vineyard Night
http://www.rrvw.org/singlenight2010/pagecopy/3#more

June 5 - TAPAS Grand Tasting in San Francisco
http://www.tapasociety.org/index.cfm?...

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Rainbow Grocery
1745 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Women's Building
3543 18th St # 8, San Francisco, CA

People's Grocery
909 7th Street, Oakland, CA 94607

Nextcourse
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94102

[Robert Lauriston]

That first thing doesn't sound like a food festival.

[Melanie Wong]

Kendall Jackson Winery starts up its first Saturday of month farmstand tomorrow, May 7. This year food trucks are added to the mix.
http://blog.kj.com/heirloom-tomato-plant-sale-farm-stand-food-trucks/

Here's my post from last season,
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/718019

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Kendall Jackson Winery
5007 Fulton Rd, Santa Rosa, CA

[Melanie Wong]

May 7 - Oakland Battle of the Taco Trucks
http://www.oaklandconventioncenter.com/battle/

May 13 - Nomadic Pizza Throwdown, Japan Relief Benefit at Coffee Bar in San Francisco
http://coffeebar-usa.com/nomadic-pizza-throwdown-%E2%80%94-japan-relief-benefit

May 21 - Third Annual Freestone Fermentation Festival
http://www.freestonefermentationfestival.com/press/

May 21-22 - Taste Alexander Valley
http://tastealexandervalley.org/

[Savory_Girl]

This Saturday looks like there's a fun event in Petaluma...details below. Of course there's also the Cinco de Mayo festival in Dolores Park in SF on Saturday too!

The 14th Annual Great Petaluma Chili Cook-Off, Salsa & Beer Tasting
When: Sat, May 7, 1pm – 5pm
Where: Behren's Park, Herzog Hall, Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, Petaluma, CA (map)
More Info: http://www.cinnabartheater.org/chili/

Suzanne
http://www.savorygirl.com

[Civil Bear]

This Saturday in Morgan Hill (5/7/11) 10AM-6PM:

2nd Annual No Bull BBQ Cook Off
at the Community & Cultural Center 17000 Monterey Rd

67 teams from through out the state and western US will be fighting out, many of which will be selling samples to the public in hopes of winning the coveted "People's Choice" category.

[Civil Bear]

http://mhnobullbbq.com/

[Melanie Wong]

Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011. 12:30 PM.
Location: White Plaza near the Claw Fountain, between the Clubhouse and the Bookstore on the Stanford Campus

Stanford Hawai'i Club LU'AU 2011 "Ho‘omoe Wai Kahi Ke Kao‘o: Live in Harmony with Other People and the World Around You" May 14, 2011, White Plaza 12:30 - Live Music & Food 1:00 - Show is Free / Food $5 for Students, $10 Everyone Else

[Melanie Wong]

Now that there's a Gardening board, this is on topic.
The Great Compost Giveaway, Saturday 4/16
http://www.recologysf.com/index.php

[Glencora]

The city of Berkeley gives away compost at the marina every 4th Friday. Never thought of it as a food festival - though I guess the worms in my garden enjoy it.

[Robert Lauriston]

I wouldn't use Berkeley city compost for a kitchen garden, only for landscaping. Who knows what toxic crap my idiot townsfolk put in their green bins.

[Melanie Wong]

Noodle Fest, May 1 in SF Chinatown and North Beach
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/3-minute-interview/2011/04/san-franciscos-noodle-fest-combines-chinatown-north-beach-tastings

Windsor Food Truck Festival
Friday, April 15, 5-9pm
The Plaza on Lakewood at 8911 Lakewood Drive, Windsor, CA 95492 at the end of Lakewood Drive before the gated community.
http://windsorfoodtruckfestival.wordp...

[Melanie Wong]

The 3rd Annual Goat Festival is April 16, 10am to 1pm, at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco
Presented by Cuesa.org and Northern California Makers of Goat Milk Products With Special Guests, Authors and Cooking Demos.
http://www.redwoodhill.com/events

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Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
One Ferry Building, 200 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

[hhc]

Cherry Blossom Festival, SF April 9-10 & 16, 17
http://nccbf.org/

Oyster Bliss XX Sat 4/16 from 11-4 Kermit Lynch parking lot 1605 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley.
www.kermitlynch.com

5th Annual Chocolate Salon Festival, SF Sun 4/17
http://www.sfchocolatesalon.com/

[Melanie Wong]

Crawfish Boil TODAY, Saturday March 26, 1pm to 4pm

Collecting donations for Japan & RSVP to -
https://www.wepay.com/donate/WePay_Crawfish_Boil

The WePay House
2225 Alma St
Palo Alto, CA

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid...

[stilton]

Not a festival per se, but a fundraiser. April 2, Bakesale for Japan. There's events for all over the US, but a lot of them are concentrated in the Bay Area.

http://bakesaleforjapan.com/

[Melanie Wong]

Here's a list of the Bake Sale for Japan sites in the SF Bay Area:

Saturday, April 2, 10am to 2pm

Oakland–Pizzaiolo (5008 Telegraph Ave.)

Berkeley–Gioia Pizzeria (1586 Hopkins St.)

San Francisco (Mission)–Bi-Rite Market (3639 18th St.;)

San Francisco (Fillmore)–SPQR (1911 Fillmore St..)

Marin–Marin Country Mart (2257 Larkspur Landing Circle.)

San Jose–Roy’s Station (197 Jackson St.; email [e-mail])

Belvedere–St. Stephen’s Church (3 Bay View Ave.; email [e-mail])

Napa–Oxbow Public Market (644 1st St., #D; email [e-mail])

Sonoma–The Cheese Shop in Healdsburg (423 Center St., Healdsburg; email [e-mail])

[zin1953]

04/09 @ Yoshi's SF . . . JAPAN RELIEF BENEFIT @ 1-4PM

n afternoon of eating, wine and sake tasting all for a great cause featuring 13 of Bay Area's top chefs, and music . . .

PARTICIPATING CHEFS
* Sho Kamio (Yoshi’s)
* Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani (Terra and Ame)
* Bruce Hill (Bix, Picco and Zero Zero)
* Staffan Terje (Perbacco and Barbacco)
* Ravi Kapur (Prospect)
* Paul Canales (ex-Oliveto)
* Ken Tominaga (Hana and Go Fish)
* Chris Cosentino (Incanto, Boccalone)
* Joseph Manzare (Hecho, Globe and Zuppa)
* Hoss Zare (Zaré at Fly Trap)
* Michael Morrison (Moss Room and Coco 500)
* Yasu Iwata (Delica)

http://sfyoshis2.inticketing.com/even...

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Zuppa
564 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

Boccalone Factory - Not Open to Public
1924 International Blvd, Oakland, CA 94606

Go Fish
641 Main St, St. Helena, CA 94574

Barbacco
230 California St, San Francisco, CA 94111

Zero Zero
826 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94107

[hhc]

Oakland's Greek Festival: May 13-14-15, 2011.
http://oaklandgreekfestival.com

[Robert Lauriston]

There are $1-off coupons on that Web site.

[PekoePeony]

My very favorite foodie event is the Passport to Dry Creek Valley, scheduled this year for April 30 to May 1st. 40+ wineries pouring lots of wine and little eats paired with them. We've gone the last two years and are really looking forward to going again this year!

[Melanie Wong]

Rebuilding Together Oakland's Second Annual Wine Tasting

Featuring local wines from East Bay Vintners:
Dashe Cellars
R&B Cellars
Rosenblum Cellars
Stage Left Cellars
Tayerle
Urban Legend
Rockwall WInery
JC Cellars

Come learn about and support the vital services Rebuilding Together Oakland provides for Oakland's low-income communities, and sample several delicious wines made in our own backyard!

Tickets: $30 (includes 2 tastings per winery)
available at rtoakland.org
MARCH 31, 5:30-8 PM
1171 Ocean Ave. Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94608

http://rtoakland.org/news--events/upc...

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Rosenblum Cellars
2900 Main St # 1100, Alameda, CA

Rock Wall Wines
2301 Monarch St, Alameda, CA 94501

Dashe Cellars
55 4th St, Oakland, CA 94607

[scarmoza]

What: SJ Eats: A Moveable Feast
When: Saturday, April 2nd
Where: Fallon House Parking Lot, Almaden Ave. and Saint John St.
When: Lunch 11:30a to 3:30p, Dinner 5p-9p
Free admission

Follow SJ Eats on Facebook and Twitter for up-to-date information.

They’re planning for a mix of 20 trucks and carts; 10 during lunch/10 during dinner.
Here is a list of some of the trucks/carts involved:
Treatbot
MoGo BBQ
The WOW
Sam’s ChowderMobile
CurryUpNow
Chairman Bao
Kara’s Cupcakes
Bill’s Beer Steamed Hot Dog Cart
HapaSF
Roli Roti Gourmet Rotisserie

By the way, the second SJ MADE Vendor Fair is happening the same day as SJ Eats. Support your local artists and vendors! (SJ MADE is from 12pm to 8pm, San Pedro Square.)

http://sanjose.metblogs.com/2011/03/1...

[Melanie Wong]

Food as Medicine
Cuisine, Curatives & Culture
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
6:30 – 9:00 pm
San Francisco Ferry Building, 2nd Floor
http://www.asianculinaryforum.org/

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Far West Fungi
1 Ferry Bldg # 34, San Francisco, CA

Mama Tong
Oakland, Oakland, CA

[hhc]

Chahar-Shanbeh Souri "Persian New Year Festival" in Berkeley 3/15/11 from 6-10p:
http://www.anotherbullwinkelshow.com/...

[hhc]

SF Celebrity Chef Crab Cracking Festival in Union Sq, SF from 12-3 Sat 2/26/11:
http://sf.funcheap.com/celebrity-crab...

[L C]

This weekend Feb. 12-13th there's a bunch of wine festivals:

6th Annual International Alsace Varietals Festival, cost: $65, 1-4pm
http://www.avwines.com/
14th Annual Wine & Chocolate Weekend, cost: $45, 11am-4pm
http://www.lodiwineandchocolate.com/
2011 Madera Wine Trail's Wine & Chocolate Weekend, cost: $25 ($20 in advance), 10am-5pm
http://www.maderawinetrail.com/
http://www.facebook.com/maderawinetrail

Then next weekend on February 19th, one of the most popular wine events is the public tasting of winners from The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (the largest American wine competition) - cost $65.
http://www.winejudging.com/

[Keesey]

Eat Real Festival returns at Oakland's Jack London Square from Sept 23 - 25. It's been a huge success these past 2 years. More and more food trucks keep popping up in the Bay Area.

www.eatrealfest.com

It's also expanding in LA and they probably have 10x more food trucks than here.

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Jack London Square
70 Washington St # 207, Oakland, CA

[hhc]

SF Russian Festival Feb 11-13, 2011 - Adults $10pp
http://www.russiancentersf.com/festival

My old review, pics no longer available:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/369894

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Russian Festival
2450 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94115

[hhc]

SFoodie's throwing a bake-sale benefit for the City Clinic.

"On Sun., Feb. 13, we at SFoodie are throwing our first-ever benefit, a bake sale called One Love: Because You Are Your Own Valentine. Instead of blowing the bank on some stilted play for romance, be good to yourself. Head on over to La Victoria from noon to 4 p.m. and pick up a collection of baked goods from some of SFoodie's favorite pastry shops:

Tell Tale Preserve Co., Goody Goodie, Pinkie's Bakery, Mission Minis, Sweet Adeline Bakeshop  they and others are donating treats suitable for celebrating the fact that you are, in fact, your own best Valentine. Munch on site with a cup of La Victoria's La Paz coffee, or pack some up to go.

Thanks to the generosity of everyone involved, 100 percent of all sales will go to the San Francisco City Clinic, which provides free or low-cost sexual and reproductive health services to everyone."

One Love Bake Sale
When: Sun., Feb. 13, noon-4 p.m.
Where: La Victoria Mexican Bakery and Cafe, 2937 24th St. (at Florida)
bake sale is CASH ONLY

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Sweet Adeline
3350 Adeline St, Berkeley, CA

Pinkie's Bakery
1196 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA

Mexican Bakery
1170 E William St, San Jose, CA 95116

La Victoria
131 W Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113

Tell Tale Preserve Co.
33 Maiden Ln, San Francisco, CA 94108

[lrealml]

The chocolate festival is April 17th ....I have never missed one; they are too good...
And yes you can get sick on too much chocolate, so be careful.
Today is the last day for discounted tickets.
http://www.sfchocolatesalon.com/

[Pius Avocado III]

Yesterday I noted but did not check out the 8th annual Bodega Bay Clam Chowder Day; not a festival per se, it seems a $5 donation gets you a map with ten participating restaurants dispensing, according to the Press-Democrat, "spoons and cups of hot clam chowder." (Spoons???) Not sure what additional charges there were at each restaurant.

One to keep in mind for next year- did anyone partake?

[Melanie Wong]

I didn't know about it until it was over. Spud Point Crab Company won again this year.
http://yourtown.pressdemocrat.com/2011/02/bodega-bay/and-the-winner-is%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6/

Here's a link to my own taste-off results the weekend before,
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/765410

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Spud Point Crab Company
1860 Westshore Rd, Bodega Bay, CA 94923

[cmvan]

March 25 to 28 - the 5th Annual Artisan Cheese Festival in Petaluma!!
www.artisancheesefestival.com

[Bryan Gros]

Beer Week, Feb 11-

http://www.sfbeerweek.org/

[hhc]

Vietnamese Tet Festival: Sun 1/30/11:
http://vietccsf.org/viet/

[Eat.Choui]

Thank you this! I'm so going!

[emsness]

http://www.goodfoodmonth.org/
Going on now for the next month!

[Melanie Wong]

To celebrate New Immigrant Food Week and as part of Good Food Month, La Cocina is sponsoring the Salsa Showdown on Saturday, 2/12, at Cafe Cocomo. The public is invited to come taste from 5-7pm, then there will be dancing starting at 8pm. There's no charge but because the venue is a club, you have to be over 21 to attend. The entrants include pros (e.g., Nopalito, La Espiga de Oro, Azalina) as well as amateurs sharing their family recipes. I'm one of the judges. The competitors were asked to prepare for 100 people, so get there early if you want to sample.
http://sfsalsashowdown.tumblr.com/

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La Cocina Community Kitchen
2948 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Cafe Cocomo Bar Grill & Night Club
650 Indiana St, San Francisco, CA 94107

[zippo]

Saturday, April 2

East Bay Cambodian New Year Festival
11 am – 6 pm
Cesar Chavez Educational Center: 2832 International Boulevard, Oakland

"The alcohol-free celebration will include, free Cambodian food, Karaoke, traditional dancing, a fashion show, games, and family friendly activities."
http://sf.funcheap.com/eastbay-cambodian-year-oakland/

Cambodian New Year Festival 2011
10 am – 5 pm
Tenderloin Children’s Playground: 570 Ellis Street, San Francisco
http://sf.funcheap.com/cambodian-year...
Cambodian New Year Festival 2011
10 am – 5 pm
Tenderloin Children’s Playground: 570 Ellis Street, San Francisco

The festival promises to be a fusion of both traditional celebrations and modern customs. The day will start out with a Cambodian monk will give the customary blessings. There will be traditional food, games, a giant jumper, Cambodian dancing, break dancing, and poetry readings. Moreinfo here.

[zippo]

sorry, meant to put this in another spot. can't figure out how to move it.

[Melanie Wong]

Did you attend the Cambodian festival(s)? I'd love to hear about them if anyone did.

[zippo]

unfortunately didn't. I first ran across the notices for the festivals that morning and would have loved to see the Oakland one but just couldn't get over there. hopefully next year.