Food truck event scene for California

California Event Hub

Food truck events in California

Food-truck-friendly events in California, pulled from the same gated public event feed as the detail pages: real venues, dates, city links, and the vendor checks that matter before you book.

378
Live events
91
Cities
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Event types
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Updated

Browse California events by city

San Diego
46 events
Los Angeles
41 events
San Jose
31 events
San Francisco
21 events
Inglewood
15 events
Sacramento
13 events
Stockton
10 events
Santa Clara
10 events
Moraga
9 events
Berkeley
8 events
Riverside
7 events
Davis
7 events
Long Beach
6 events
Santa Barbara
6 events
Pomona
6 events
Pasadena
5 events
Bakersfield
5 events
Oakland
5 events
Fullerton
5 events
Fresno
5 events
Daly City
5 events
Irvine
4 events
Anaheim
4 events
Palm Springs
4 events
Roseville
3 events
Northridge
3 events
Pleasanton
3 events
Palm Desert
3 events
Napa
3 events
Santa Monica
3 events
Ontario
3 events
Stanford
3 events
Chula Vista
3 events
Arcadia
3 events
Mission Viejo
2 events
Carson
2 events
Vacaville
2 events
Mountain View
2 events
San Clemente
2 events
Concord
2 events
Westminster
2 events
San Luis Obispo
2 events
San Mateo
2 events
Ventura
2 events
Santa Cruz
2 events
Oxnard
2 events
Del Mar
2 events
Lodi
1 event
Solvang
1 event
Upland
1 event
Dixon
1 event
Cerritos
1 event
San Carlos
1 event
Gilroy
1 event
Thousand Oaks
1 event
Campbell
1 event
Atwater
1 event
Huntington Beach
1 event
Ukiah
1 event
Diamond Bar
1 event
San Buenaventura (Ventura)
1 event
Alameda
1 event
Vallejo
1 event
Hayward
1 event
Walnut Creek
1 event
Fontana
1 event
Fremont
1 event
Simi Valley
1 event
South San Francisco
1 event
Manhattan Beach
1 event
Redondo Beach
1 event
El Monte
1 event
Carpinteria
1 event
Grass Valley
1 event
Placentia
1 event
Laguna Niguel
1 event
Bell Gardens
1 event
Canyon Lake
1 event
Livermore
1 event
Murrieta
1 event
Woodland
1 event
Santa Maria
1 event
Santa Ana
1 event
San Bernardino
1 event
Salinas
1 event
Rancho Cucamonga
1 event
Santa Clarita
1 event
Moreno Valley
1 event
Placerville
1 event
Escondido
1 event
Malibu
1 event

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California food truck events FAQ

Does this California event accept food trucks, or only tents and packaged vendors?

Confirm the vendor category directly with the organizer before you plan around a date. Some listed events book food trucks as a headline draw; others cap mobile units, restrict them to a designated lot, or only take tent/table vendors. The event detail page and organizer contact are the source of truth here, not this hub.

What health and insurance paperwork will a California organizer ask for?

Plan on a current California mobile food / health permit for the operating county, a commissary or commercial-kitchen agreement, and a certificate of general liability insurance naming the event or venue as additional insured. Larger events often add a fire-safety or propane inspection and a temporary event permit filed by the organizer. Have digital copies ready before load-in day.

How do vendor fees and load-in usually work?

Ask the organizer for the booth fee (flat, percentage of sales, or both), the load-in and load-out window, generator/power and water access, and the electrical/space footprint you're assigned. Arrive inside the stated load-in window — late arrivals are commonly turned away — and confirm whether you can break down early or must stay through the posted end time.

How does StreetLegal decide which California events show up here?

Only events that pass the same publish gate as the event detail pages appear on this hub — no thin, expired, or unverified rows are padded in to fill space. If an event isn't listed yet, it either hasn't been gated or has already passed.

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