Best Community Fairs and Festivals

These community fairs, festivals and events  were voted the winners for 2025 Best of Bay Area Parent reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.

East Bay

Gold: Alameda County Fair. This family-favorite features carnival rides, racing pigs, live entertainment, food and more. Pleasanton. annual.alamedacountyfair.com.

Silver: Oakland Zoo Glowfari. Oakland. oaklandzoo.org.

Bronze: San Ramon Art and Wind Festival. San Ramon. sanramon.ca.gov.

Peninsula 

Gold: Redwood City Lunar New Year Celebration. Celebrate with food, decorations and performances. Redwood City. historysmc.org/lunar-new-year.

Silver: Foster City Summer Days. Foster City. fcsummerdays.com.

Bronze: San Carlos Art & Wine Faire. San Carlos. cityofsancarlos.org.

San Francisco/Marin

Gold: Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival. Coinciding with the blooming of the cherry blossoms, this spring festival features a parade, performances, demonstrations, food, cultural programs and arts and crafts. San Francisco. sfcherryblossom.org.

Silver: North Beach Festival. San Francisco. northbeachfestival.org.

Bronze: Marin County Fair. San Rafael. marinfair.org.

Silicon Valley

Gold:  Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival. Features cultural exhibits and performances, Japanese cuisine, Taiko drums, martial arts, traditional Japanese dancers, arts and crafts and more. Cupertino. cupertinocherryblossomfestival.org.

Silver: St. Marys Country Fair. Los Gatos. stmaryscountryfair.org.

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