California Avocado Festival in Carpinteria, California near downtown Santa Barbara nestled between the Pacific Ocean and Santa Ynez Mountains.

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Official Photos by RPMx Images • Ron J. Bermudez

2021 California Avocado Festival Postponed

For over 30 years, the California Avocado Festival has been a family-friendly free event held on Linden Avenue in the heart of Carpinteria. The board of the California Avocado Festival had every intention of hosting the “Back to The Roots” community centered festival again this fall. With the festival’s requirement to check vaccination cards and limit capacity, holding the festival down Linden Avenue was not possible due to the many arteries that would need to be monitored and controlled by fencing and
security.

We hold safety measures in the highest regard so our community members can enjoy the Avocado Festival safely and continue with our incident-free track record. After looking into compliance with all the COVID restrictions implemented by the state, city, and medical authority, the consensus was to find a feasible alternative for the 2021 festival. For the festival to be possible and complying with all the different agencies’ regulations it would need to be a fenced-in, low capacity event.

The board planned to host this year’s California Avocado Festival on the Linden Field as a gated event. After much consideration, it was decided that hosting a paid entry gated event would change the
character of the festival and not reflect the intentions of the California Avocado Festival as a community based inclusive family-friendly free event that we have enjoyed in the past. This led to the difficult decision to postpone the festival again this year.

The board of the California Avocado Festival is committed to keeping the community at the center of the festival and will continue to support local charities and distribute academic scholarships. In order to make future festivals possible and maintain our current donations, we will be hosting various fundraisers. These include our merchandise booth at the Farmers Market every Thursday in September and a live fundraising event on October 2nd. We will continue in the coming years to go Back to the Roots with more Carp centric music, artisans, food, services and nonprofits. We hope you will continue to support the California Avocado Festival and its community-based mission as we march on to 40 years of Peace, Love, and Guacamole.

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About the California Avocado Festival ®

California's Largest FREE music festival!

The California Avocado Festival Board of Directors would like to thank all who support AVOFEST™! Your support through sponsorship, volunteering, visiting or just coming to enjoy the delicious avocados is the force behind our efforts.

We are a 501c3 created to help support other service organizations, so thank you to everyone for your continued enjoyment of the California Avocado Festival!

Our 33rd ANNUAL CALIFORNIA AVOCADO FESTIVAL was so successful that it surpassed many of our previous accomplishments! In prior years, we have had over 75,000 visitors over the course of the three-day weekend. This year, it was over 80,000!!!

Our participating Non-Profits and Service Organizations were able to generate over $100,000 worth of funds that went back to the community through their initiatives.

Our free doggie day care had over 100 dogs kept happy, cool, and entertained while their owners enjoyed the festival! And once again, we were able to reach our goal of Zero Waste! With special thanks to E. J. Harrison.

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CELEBRATE THE AVOCADO!
We are one of the largest FREE festivals in California with over 80 music acts on FOUR stages. Check out our “Entertainment” tab for more info and line-up updates! You can also find them on our Facebook Page in late August.

Come celebrate the importance of the avocado to the Carpinteria Valley by visiting the Expo Tent! The AvoEXPO TENT is home to Avocado agricultural photos, historical photos, lessons in avocado grafting, FFA restored antique tractors, and the Largest Avocado Contest.

Our FOOD VENUE, will have plenty of avocado dishes so come hungry, and enjoy some avocado creations!!!

FESTIVAL LOCATION

Carpinteria, CA 93013

info@avofest.com

Saturday: 11:00am - 11:00pm
Sunday: 11:00am - 5:00pm

Mailing Address: PO Box 146
Carpinteria, CA 93014

Phone: 805-684-0038