California Festivals
Carpinteria Avocado Festival
October 6-8, 2023
On Linden Field
800 Linden Avenue
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Free, avofest.com
Music Line Up 2023
- Flight 805
- Ojai Dept of Rhythm
- Worlds Safest Band
- Cornerstone
- South on Linden w/ The Vonettes
- Brassacals
- Fuzzy Deluxe
- Rincons
- The Last Decade
- Beau James Wilding Trio
- Guitar Witt & Friends
- Moondawgz
- The 192s Band
- Skamakazie!
- JT & the Zydeco Zippers
- The Kicks
- Buena Onda
- Mestizo
- Will Breman
- Whiskey Business
- The Upbeat
- New Vibe
- Heart & Soul
- JAMS
- Strong Arm Contest
- Sophie Holt
- No Simple Highway
- Shaky Feelin'
- Logan Livermore
- Echoswitch
- Jackson Gillies
- Nate Creager
- Cate School Rock Band All Stars
- Dusty Jugzs
- Spoonful
- Caught Red Handed
Avocado dishes you can buy & try
One of the largest FREE festivals in California with over 80 music acts on FOUR stages.
AvoEXPO TENT features photos, avocado grafting exhibit, FFA restored antique tractors, and the Largest Avocado Contest.
Carpinteria, California -- Avocados are the primary agricultural industry along the Central California coast north and south of the city of Santa Barbara. The fruit is a delicious, nutrient-rich, soft green fruit you can eat inside the firm shell and around the huge seed, or scrape out of its natural container and slice on salads, tostadas, Mexican dishes, make into chilled soups, throw as topping onto a hot pot of chicken soup, and prepare a thousand ways.
Best Guacamole Contest gets anywhere from 10 to 50 entries and judging is based on presentation, taste and originality. Check the website for details about the contest.
Largest Avocado Contest gets some whopper avocados you won't normally see on the average home tree. Winners have previously weighed in at over 3 pounds!
Now that you know that this fruit is so versatile, you'll understand that the Avocado Festival is about contests for best recipes, contests surrounding the fruit, and the usual fair stuff. You can look at art, buy gifts from crafts vendors, and buy a variety of foods ranging from sausages to gyros at the annual event that includes bands and entertainment during three days of fun.
Held each year in October in in Carpinteria, the event attracts thousands who come to enjoy festivities you'll find in an annual fair and other such events.
The festival area is along Linden Avenue near the beach and parking is incredibly tight so the best method of getting a ride is to do the shuttle park & ride that runs the event weekend from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., doing a constant loop. The catch: $10 fee to Park N Ride. If you think you can find free parking, it will be really tough, but good luck! To get to parking, exit Linden and follow the signs to Park 'N Ride.
Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.