Street & Food Festivals, and Some Cooking Classes

Includes all street festival or festivals with food I attended from 2005 onward (excluding ones I went to while on vacation). Regarding farmers markets, I don't usually write up a report or list them unless it was my first visit to that particular market or it was otherwise notable in some way.

2011

Martinez BBQ Festival (officially King of County BBQ Challenge and Music Festival) - 2011-06-19

2010

Jewish Street Festival (Palo Alto) - 2010-10-10
Hawaiian Day Festival (Redwood City) - 2010-09-12
Mountain View Festival - 2010-09-11
Belmont Greek Festival - 2010-09-05
California Avenue Farmers Market (Palo Alto) - 2010-08-18
Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival (Morgan Hill) - 2010-05-30
Mountain View Farmers Market - 2010-05-23
Los Altos (rotary club) Art Show - 2010-05-16
San Mateo Farmers Market - 2010-05-15

2009

Autumn Moon Festival (Chinatown, SF) - 2009-09-20
Heart of the City farmers market (SF) - 2009-09-20
North Beach Festival (SF) - 2009-09-19
South Beach Festival (SF) - 2009-09-19
Egyptian Festival (Hayward) - 2009-08-21
Redwood City Indian Family Day - 2009-07-12
Hawaiian Festival (Newark/Fremont) - 2009-07-11
Burlingame Farmers Market & Green Fair - 2009-05-17
Asian Heritage Street Fair - 2009-05-16
Buddha's Birthday Festival (SF) - 2009-05-16
San Mateo Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival - 2009-05-09
Medieval Fantasy Festival (Vacaville) - 2009-04-19
Bonsai Show (Palo Alto) - 2009-04-18
Menlo Park Sidewalk Fine Arts Fair - 2009-04-18

2008

Polish Festival (SF) - 2008-10-12
Excelsior Street Festival (SF) - 2008-10-05
International Food Festival (SF) - 2008-09-27
Armenian Food Festival (SF) - 2008-09-21
Glendi Ethnic Food Fair (Santa Rosa) - 2008-09-20
Burlingame Farmers Market - 2008-08-24
Golden Gate Renaissance Festival - 2008-08-17
Belmont Farmers Market and Much More - 2008-08-10
Pistahan (Filipino) Festival (Yerba Buena, SF) - 2008-08-09
Charles Chocolates Tour (Emeryville) - 2008-06-07
Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival (Berkeley) - 2008-05-31
San Mateo Farmers Market (again) - 2008-05-24
Immigrants Day Festival (Redwood City) - 2008-05-07
Japantown Cherry Blossom Festival (SF) - 2008-04-20
Chilean Cultural Festival (SF) - 2008-04-06
Clement Street Dim Sum Stroll (Inner Richmond, SF) (not a festival) - 2008-01-21

2007

Google Culinary Internship - 2007-09-20
Concord Greek Festival - 2007-09-16
Armenian Food Festival (SF) - 2007-09-15
San Mateo Farmers Market (again) - 2007-09-15
Belmont Greek Festival - 2007-09-02
Mountain View Farmers Market (again) - 2007-09-02
Arab Cultural Festival (SF) - 2007-08-26
Bay Area Barbeque Cook Off (Pleasanton) - 2007-08-18
San Mateo Country Fair - 2007-08-14
Indonesian Day Festival (Union Square, SF) - 2007-08-11
Pistahan (Filipino) Festival (Yerba Buena, SF) - 2007-08-11
Aloha Festival (Presidio, SF) - 2007-08-05
Alemany Farmers Market (SF) - 2007-08-04
Palo Alto Promenade - 2007-07-20
Fillmore Street Jazz Festival (SF) - 2007-07-01
Israel in the Gardens (Yerba Buena, SF) - 2007-06-03
Union Street Festival (SF) - 2007-06-02
Carnaval (Mission District, SF) - 2007-05-26
Mountain View Festival and Farmers Market - 2007-05-20
Himalayan Fair (Berkeley) - 2007-05-19
San Mateo Asian American Heritage Celebration - 2007-05-12
Norway Day (SF) - 2007-05-06
Cinco de Mayo (SF) - 2007-05-05
Japantown Cherry Blossom Festival (SF) - 2007-04-14

2006

Another Visit to the Ferry Building (hidden in a post amid many other adventures) - 2006-11-18
Dia de Los Muertos Festival (Oakland) - 2006-11-05
Festival of India (SF) - 2006-10-28
SF Croatian Festival - 2006-10-21
Northern California Renaissance Faire - 2006-10-08
Hayward Greek Festival - 2006-10-07
Armenian Food Festival (SF) - 2006-09-17
Belmont Greek Festival - 2006-09-03
Ferry Building (yet again) - 2006-08-26
San Mateo Farmer's Market - 2006-08-19
Ferry Building (yet again) - 2006-07-08
Ferry Building (again) - 2006-07-01
Italian Street Painting Festival (San Rafael) - 2006-06-11
Live Oak Fair (Berkeley) - 2006-06-11
Dia de Portugal Festival (San Jose) - 2006-06-10
Celtic Festival (Fremont) - 2006-06-10
Light Vietnamese Cooking Class - 2006-04-29
Japantown Cherry Blossom Festival (SF) - 2006-04-23
French Cooking Class - 2006-04-22
Ferry Building and its Farmers Market (SF) (not a festival) - 2006-02-25
Inner Richmond (SF) (not a festival) - 2006-01-28

2005

Scharffen Berger Tour - 2005-11-05
Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival - 2005-10-16
Clement Street Festival (Richmond District, SF) - 2005-10-09
Hayward Greek Festival - 2005-10-08
North Berkeley Spice of Life Festival - 2005-10-02
Armenian Food and Dance Festival (Oakland) - 2005-10-01
Middle Eastern Food Festival (SF) - 2005-09-25
How Berkeley Can You Be? Parade and Festival - 2005-09-25
SF Greek Festival - 2005-09-18
San Bruno Avenue Festival (Portola district, SF) - 2005-09-18
Belmont Greek Festival - 2005-09-03
Castroville Artichoke Festival - 2005-05-22

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