California Tomato Festivals in 2026: Where, When and More to Find a Tomato Festival Near You!

Looking for a Tomato festival in March 2026? There is no other listing as complete and current as this list, just updated! Tomato festivals are held through the United States, Canada, Britain, and Australia and much of the world. All the Tomato festivals we can find are listed on this page! If you love tomatoes, look for a festival near you below! And I'm looking for more Tomato festivals! Please write me, if you know of any to add! I update the dates as soon as the festivals publish their information, but you can always click on the links (usually the name of the festival) to see the current information on the festival's own website.

Especially this year, due to Coronavirus, be sure to click on the links (the blue, underlined name of the each festival) to confirm this year's dates on the website for each festival. If they don't have a website, call the phone number provided, but ALWAYS CONFIRM THIS YEAR'S DATES AND TIMES BY EITHER VIEWING THEIR WEBSITE OR CALLING.

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California 2026Tomato Festivals Festivals - Where, When and More Details!

California

Tomatoes are a warm and hot weather crop, and typically are locally harvested from, July to October. There are two general types of Tomato festivals 1) community festivals, usually organized by a church, school, local Chamber of commerce or a town and 2). Tomato festival held at and by a farm

They are different in what they offer, so they are grouped separately. (of course not all states and areas have both. And following the festival listings are links to our easy to follow directions about making Tomato jam, freezing Tomatoes, Tomato pies and much more.

Community Tomato Festivals

Napa County

Napa Valley Tomato Festival - Saturday, in early September
Connolly Ranch, 3141 Browns Valley Road, Napa, CA. This will be a community event to benefit Connolly Ranch Education Center and Napa County Farm Bureau.

Sacramento County

Sacratomato Festival - See their website for this year's date, 4-8 p.m.
Sutter's Fort State Historic Park, 2701 L Street, Sacramento, CA. There will be tomato-prepared foods, artisans, and crafters to celebrate and enjoy tomatoes. The festival includes a farmers market, a bloody mary bar, cooking demos, a children's "tomato patch" area, and more tomato fun. Free.

Solano County

Fairfield Tomato Festival & West Coast Barbeque Championship - mid August (see their website for this year's dates), Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 11 am to 4 pm
Fairfield, California 94533. Phone: 707-422-0103. Email: mail@fairfielddowntown.com. FREE kids activities galore, Gourmet tomato products to sample and buy, Nearly 200 craft and commercial Vendors, Farmers Market with fresh produce and fruit, More than 50 heirloom tomatoes to taste and buy, Tomato eating contest - CASH PRIZES, Tomato tasting, gourmet products. The West Coast Barbeque joins the Festival again. The California BBQ Association will bring 30 cooking teams together for the BBQ cook-off at Jefferson and Texas Streets. Sampling booths available. Click here for more info and entry forms for the BBQ Championship.Over 30,000 visitors attend "Tomato Alley", with over 100 varieties of Heirloom Tomatoes grown in the Suisun Valley. The festival features tomato eating contests, live entertainment, food court, artisans and crafters, cooking demonstrations, a variety of tomato-related vendors, children's activities, and a beer and wine garden featuring award-winning Suisun Valley wines. Wine & Food Pairing, family movie night, car show and concert to the festivities.
Comments from a visitor on April 06, 2010: "Local vineyards, local produce stands, Jelly Belly tours nearby, Budweiser Plant tours are nearby, Western Railroad Museum nearby, Mare Island, Marine World, Benicia State Capitol Park . Fairfield, California is on I-80 about 30 minutes from Sacramento or San Francisco ... located midway between the two. This is an up - and - coming area for wines and Ag, Solano County is adjacent to Napa County ( wine and ag.) and has always been known as a fertile valley area since the Mexican land grants and the Gold Rush era."

Sonoma County

Kendall-Jackson Heirloom Tomato Festival - discontinued
5007 Fulton Road, Fulton, CA. The Kendall-Jackson tomato festival ended after 2017, but they do hold a harvest festival. It has been reported that the Fulton winery replaced the tomato testival with a Harvest Celebration on a Sunday in early October, with tomatoes. It is reported to have "a broader focus on the variety of produce grown at the estate by former French Laundry farmer Tucker Taylor, along with educational seminars on everything from bee hives to cheese and barrel making, chef demonstrations, wine tasting, outdoor painting and live music. " That said, the website appears to be down.
San Francisco Bloody Mary Festival - September, 1-4 p.m.
The Midway, 900 Marin Street, San Francisco, CA 94124. For an entrance fee, you get unlimited tastes of San Francisco's Bloody Marys, local artisinal food samples, music, and more.
Windsor Tomato & Pepper Fest - September, exact date to be announced,
Windsor, CA. Celebrate everyone's favorite fruit and vegetable at this annual event - Free Tasting of over 50 locally grown varieties of Tomatoes, Local restaurants bring out their best at the Salsa Tasting with fresh Chips from Casa Sanchez, Hot Sauce Tasting, Chef Demonstration with The Green Grocer who shows us, "4 ways to preserve Tomatoes" and The all new Tomato Toss & Smash - finally something we can do with all those soft tomatoes! Try your luck at soaking a local caged celebrity with tomatoes - proceeds benefit the WHS Culinary Program.

Yolo County

The Woodland Tomato Festival - Saturday, August from 9 am to 2 pm
Freeman Park, Main Street, Woodland, CA. Yolo County is both a major producer and processor of tomatoes. This festival, goinmg for over 9 years, is known for its unique programming not found anywhere else. From Face Painting, to Heirloom Tomato Tasting ...from tomato Salsa Competition with free samples open to the public, to our beloved Tommy Tomato mascot- this is the premiere Tomato Festival of Yolo County. We hope you will join us year after year as we celebrate tomatoes together and don't forget- Happiness is a Yolo County Tomato!

Amador County

Amador City Tomato Festival - early September, Noon - 4 p.m.
Feist Wines, 14173 Old Highway 49, Amador City, CA 95601. Phone: (209) 267-8020. Local Tomatoes, Heirloom Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, .Taste organic, heirloom tomatoes from the Feist family garden.Tomato inspired lunch - Live Americana music, Barrel Samples! Also see the Feist Wines website.

Monterey County

Gary Inbsen's Tomatofest (aka the Carmel TomatoFest) - September - see their website for this year's dates.
Carmel, CA. The 17th annual NatureSweet Carmel TomatoFestⓇ, "America's Favorite Tomato Harvest Festival", will be held at 12:30 pm, Sunday, September 14, 2008 at the spectacular countryside setting of Quail Lodge Resort in Carmel, California. What started out 17 years ago as a small get together for my family and a few chef friends, as a 'backyard' tomato tasting event to celebrate my tomato harvest, has grown into an annual fundraiser that attracts chefs, wineries, tomato growers and 3000 tomato lovers from across the United States and other nations. They offer a display of more than 350 heirloom tomato varieties from around the world for the tasting; tomato dishes created by 60 of America's top chefs; a tasting of more than 100 premium wines; an amazing "Salsa Showcase" tasting of 100, commercially available, tomato salsas; an old-fashioned country BBQ; an "International Olive Oil Tasting;" celebrity chef and gardening demonstrations; a tasting of great tomato-related specialty foods; sales of hard-to-find fresh heirloom tomatoes and heirloom tomato seeds; live music and dancing under Carmel Valley's oak covered hillsides. Check out these photos of the Carmel TomatoFestⓇ. Ticket price includes all foods, wines and activities. Children under 12, with parent, are admitted free. Ticket prices for 2008 range from $85 to $175 per person. Come bring the whole family! We have delights for the kids too. Net proceeds benefit youth charities.

Merced County

Los Banos Tomato Festival - October, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
403 F Street, Los Banos, CA 93635. Phone: 209-826-2495. Alternate Phone: 209-704-4384. Fax: 209-826-9689. Email: lbpub@earthlink.net. Open: One day in early October 9 am to 7 pm. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Visa, MasterCard. Click here for our Facebook page. Tomatoes, produce for sale, parking provide free, snacks and refreshment stand, musical entertainment, cooking or fruit/veg judging, restrooms, face painting, There is an admission fee. We will be offering Celebrity Chefs (Ryan Scott from Top Chef and Lou Petrozza from Hell's Kitchen), heritage cooking demonstrations using tomatoes, vendors, entertainment, Tomato Patch kids area, Tomato Alley (food vendors), ag displays showing the importance of tomatoes to our area and Health and Wellness Building promoting the health benefits of tomatoes. Admission is $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for children and seniors (60 and over). Open 9 am to 7 pm Saturday and Sunday.

Imperial County

Niland Chamber of Commerce Tomato and Sportsman Festival - early February every year,
8031 Highway 111, Niland, California 92257. Phone: (760)354-2008. Open: The Annual Tomato Festival will be back after over 7 years. Games, Food, Entertainment, Queen Contest, Tomato Packing Contest, Parade, Pancake Breakfast, "DROP 7"-Friday-Live Music and Dancing "GRUPO FIRME"-Saturday-Live Music and Dancing, Super Bowl XLV Sunday-Free Showing, Raffles & Swap Meet. Vendors are welcome!

Riverside County

Inland Empire Salsa Festival - typically held in mid May, 11 am to 7 pm
White Park, 3936 Chestnut St, Riverside, California 92501. Phone: (951) 274-4908. 2016 prices were $14. There will be salsa tasting, live entertainment, a free kids play area, talent competition and a wine & beer garden. Prixzes awarded for Best Salsa. Bands and live music.

Ventura County

Capay Tomato Festival - mid- July , 3-11 p.m.
23800 Hwy 16, Capay, CA 95607. Held annually on the farm. Heirloom & Cherry Tomato Tasting, Tractor Trailer Rides, Harvest Activity & Make Your Own Herb Salt, Live Music and Dancing, Contest for Best Guest Picnic, Self-Guided Farm Walking Tour, Kids' Activities and Arts & Crafts, Petting Zoo, Olive Oil & Grapeseed Oil Tasting and more! There is also free camping available.
Oxnard Annual Salsa Festival - typically held in late July from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
Oxnard, CA. Phone: (805) 247-0197. Admission and parking are Free. Pets and coolers are not permitted. The event includes salsa food competitions, food vendors, arts & crafts, and plenty of dancing with spicy Salsa bands.

Farm Tomato Festivals

In addition to community and church festivals, some private farms have their own tomato festivals in June. See each farm for this year's dates (they often do not announce them until the end of May). They usually have PYO Tomatoes then, too. Also, scroll down to see the links to recipes, freezing, canning and jam making directions at the bottom of the page.

Ventura County

Boccali Vineyard & Winery Tomato Festival & Wine Tasting - September TBA, 4:30-8:30 pm
Boccali's Oak View, 3277 Santa Paula Ojai Rd, Ojai, CA. This evening event includes delicious samples, live music and wine. Wine tasting tickets are sold at the door for $10.General admission to event is around $25, which includes an all-you-can-eat buffet, non-alcoholic beverages, tax, & tip.