Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival | |
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Status | active |
Genre | Food and drink festival |
Frequency | Annually |
Venue | Disney California Adventure |
Location(s) | Anaheim, California |
Country | United States |
Years active | 2006–2010, 2016–2020, 2022– |
Inaugurated | 2006 |
Activity | Wine, Food Tasting, Social Events |
The Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival is a food and drink festival that takes place each spring in Disney California Adventure in the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The festival includes a number of themed kiosks, each featuring food and beverages from a particular aspect of California cuisine. Other offerings include wine and beer tastings, seminars, and cooking demonstrations. This event was inspired by the similar but much larger Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.
The festival has been held annually beginning in 2006, excepting the years 2011-2015 when Disney California Adventure began a period of major construction and 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic induced closure of the park. The festival was shortened to only two weeks in 2020, also as a result of the pandemic. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The inaugural event featured two food service locations, the Bountiful Valley Farmers Market and Lucky Fortune Cookery, with 12 food offerings, each offering wine pairings and beer samples. The Golden Vine Winery patio hosted culinary demonstrations, wine, beer, and spirits seminars, guest sommelier education, a wine shop, and event merchandise shop. [6]
The 2010 event ran daily from April 16, 2010 through May 31, 2010 with the theme "The Art of Flavor". The 2010 edition featured the Taste of California Marketplace with ten food offerings and wine and beer seminars at the Festival Showplace, located in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot section of the park. Chef demonstrations took place at the Chef's Showcase Stage, situated in Sunshine Plaza. [7] Exclusive dinners, wine tastings and cooking school sessions could be attended at an additional cost. [8]
The festival was not held due to park construction projects and the Diamond jubilee taking place in 2015.
The revamped 2016 edition of the festival ran from April 1, 2016 through May 1, 2016 on weekends and featured eight Festival Marketplace kiosks situated along the Disney California Adventure parade route. The eight themed booths served dozens of selections of California-inspired cuisine included By the Bay, The Brewhouse, The Farm, Gold Rush, LAstyle, The Vineyard, ¡Viva Fresca!, and Wine Country. Beverage seminars and demonstrations by celebrity chefs could again be attended for an additional cost. [9]
The 2017 festival ran daily from March 10, 2017 through April 16, 2017. The newly expanded lineup of fifteen themed booths included Nuts About Cheese, Uncork California, I Heart Artichokes, Garlic Kissed, Olive Us, Bacon Twist, Lemon Grove, Seafood ... Sustained, Onion Lair, Off the Cob, Sweet and Sourdough, LAstyle, Wineology, The Brewhouse and Paradise Garden Grill Beer Garden. [10]
The 2020 California Adventure Food and Wine Festival began on February 28, 2020 and was scheduled to run until April 21, 2020. As part of the festivities, the Soarin' attraction returned to its original ride film of Soarin' Over California. However, on March 13, 2020 the festival ended early, caused by the closure of the park as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The festival was cancelled for the 2021 spring season due to the closure of the park, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2022 edition of the California Adventure Food and Wine Festival began on March 4, 2022 and ran until April 26, 2022. The lineup of booths includes Avocado Time, Berry Patch, California Craft Brews, Cluck-a-Doodle Moo, D*Lish, Garlic Kissed, Golden Dreams, I Heart Artichokes, LAStyle, Nuts About Cheese, Peppers Cali-ente and Uncork California. [11] The festival again features culinary demonstrations, winemaker receptions and seminars and live entertainment and the return of the Soarin' Over California attraction. [12]
The 2023 festival began on March 3, 2023 and ended on April 25, 2023, as part of the Disney 100 Years of Wonder celebration. The food kiosks, live entertainment, food and drink demonstrations, seminars and Soarin' Over California attraction had all returned from the year prior. The booth lineup was unchanged from 2022.
In 2024, the festival was scheduled to run from March 1, 2024 until April 22, 2024 and once again featured the Soarin' Over California ride film. Winemaker receptions and food and beverage seminars are being offered. The kiosk count has been reduced from 12 to 10. An Earth Eats booth featuring vegetarian dishes has been added and Avocado Time, Berry Patch and I Heart Artichokes have been dropped from the lineup. [13] [14]
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