Festivals that Feed your Mind and your Belly
Have you been outside lately?? Well if you haven’t then I’m about to rock your weekend! You could go to Coachella…or I’ve got 5 great events that require a lot less driving and working out.
LA Times Festival of Books
Taking place April 21st and 22nd and completely FREE, The LA Times Festival of Books offers the chance to mingle with your favorite authors and CHEFS! Enjoy panels featuring conversations between Joyce Carol Oates and Michael Silverblatt (Saturday 10:30 AM); listen to poetry fromU.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera (Saturday 10 AM); or take the kids to meet Junot Diaz (This is How you Lose Her) who is now a children’s fiction author (Saturday 4 PM).
Literature make you hungry? Feast away with Natalie Morales (Saturday 11 AM); The L.A. Cookbook crew (Saturday 3:30 PM); or be part of the bigger conversation with Food: the new culture led by Gustavo Arellano and featuring Andrew Friedman, Edward Lee, and Dan Stone (Saturday 2:00 PM).
Taste Walk Glendale
There’s nothing like enjoying some greta food in your own backyard, so for this Glendale resident I’ve always enjoyed Taste Walk Glendale. Taking place May 2nd from 5:30-8:30 PM, this annual fundraiser benefiting arts and youth programs in Glendale features 40 restaurants in downtown which open their restaurant doors with tasty food and beverage offerings. That way if you like the food, you can actually make a mental note to return to the brick and mortar location.
Adult tickets range from $35-$75 and kids 5 and under are FREE!!! No excuse not to go out and experience the best of restaurant row and Downtown Glendale while doing some serious baby wearing!
Taco Madness 2018
Now in it’s 9th year, LA’s longest running Taco Festival is back on Saturday May 5th 2018 from 5 PM-Midnight!
Taking place at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in DTLA, it’s the perfect spot to taste the best tacos, micheladas, and more! Voting for your favorite taco has already opened on L.A. Taco which is one of the event’s proud creators.
Admission to the event is FREE, but the tacos and drinks are not hehe. If you hate lines I recommend the VIP HOUR from 5-6 PM which costs $25 to cut the crowds. Special swag bag also available for the first 100 guests. Lastly parents please leave your under 21 baby tacos at home!
Masters of Taste
Now in it’s 3rd year, the Masters of Taste offers an entire Rose Bowl full of luxury food and beverage offerings! Taking place Sunday, May 6th from 3:00 to 7:00 PM in the Historic Pasadena Rose Bowl, the event features over 40 restaurants, desserts prepared by L.A.’s top Sweet Masters, cocktail tastings from 25 spirit brands and bars, dozens of local brewmasters and wineries, and a premier 50 yard-line cocktail bar featuring top Mixologists from four of L.A.’s most distinguished drinking destinations.
Must have stops include a taste of Gus’s Barbecue from Chef Mike Stern, Kato by Chef Jonathan Yao, the newly opened Mercado from Chef Jose Acevedo, and Redbird from Chef Neal Fraser.
Tickets to this event are only available for guests 21+ and over and can be purchased here. Prices range from $105-$165 and if you’re an EATDRINKLA reader you can get $10 off just by using the promo code below! 100% of the proceeds from the event will directly benefit Union Station Homeless Services.
Never before has there been a better excuse for day drinking 🙂
LA Times Food Bowl
They don’t call it #31daysoffood for nothing. The Los Angeles Times Food Bowl is THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY, and because it’s spearheaded by a media publication it’s just as much about the education as it is about the eating. 25o events spread around the city will feature top chefs talking about responsibility in the restaurant industry, sustainability, and of course just spreading all their deliciousness. Follow this link to browse the intense list of panels, dinners, night markets, and more!
Not sure where to start? Well the launch party on April 30th at Rossoblu is a delicious way prep your palate. Enjoy food stations from Rossoblu, LocoL, Shibumi, Izakaya, Scopa, and be part of the presentation of this year’s Gold and Restaurant of the Year Award!
