The Executive Committee and Staff welcome you to celebrate San Joaquin County Fairgrounds diverse cultural heritage at the 3rd Annual California Tamale Festival. 

The California Tamale Festival celebrates taste and talent by bringing together live music, the arts, great plated foods. The event showcases professional and amateur community talent with live entertainment throughout the one day, professional cooking demonstrations, a custom car show, tamale themed creative displays, arts, and crafts, DJs, and Mariachis and much more!!!

Also, the California Tamale Festival encourages you to “adopt-a-pet” on-site you will have the chance to visit with animal shelters from San Joaquin county.

The California Tamale Festival demonstrates how the synergy of good food, good folks, and good times. We hope to see you at this year’s Festival And please mark your calendar to join us for the 3rd weekend of October