Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival
- Dates
- Expected August
- Status
- No word yet
- Venue
- To be announced
- Price
- Not announced
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Aug 17, 2026
Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival in Los Angeles, CA is not currently confirmed to be running. It last ran in 2019. Froligo tracks its status, history and similar festivals still happening.
What happened to Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival?
The festival's ninth annual edition took place August 22-25, 2019. No subsequent edition has been announced, and the festival's former web domain (lafw.com) now hosts an unrelated fashion-week event. A separately produced Los Angeles Wine & Food Festival, hosted by Tastemade, began running in Santa Monica in 2024.
It ran from 2011 to 2019, 9 editions in all.
Reported by EatDrinkLA, LAist (Aug 21, 2016).
Similar festivals that are still going ahead are listed further down this page.
What to eat & drink
You must try…
Crowd favourites and signature dishes are being verified. Check back before you go.
The experience
What's special
Los Angeles Food & Wine was for most of the 2010s the city's flagship celebrity-chef tasting festival, best known for its downtown editions that closed Grand Avenue in front of the Walt Disney Concert Hall for grand tastings, night markets, and chef-led dinners. Across a multi-day program it paired dozens of marquee chefs with hundreds of wineries, positioning itself as one of LA's premier culinary events. The festival reached its ninth edition in August 2019, held that year at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, and has not announced an edition since; its former web domain now hosts an unrelated event
What people love
In its active years attendees described a lively, upscale party atmosphere and treated the event as the way to graze across the best new restaurants and top wineries in one place, with the grand tastings and chef dinners drawing the most enthusiasm. Sentiment on value was split: many felt the variety and quality justified the premium ticket, while others complained the marquee sessions were overpriced, ran short on food as vendors sold out, and ended earlier than expected
Last time around (2019)
The most recent held edition was the 9th Annual Los Angeles Food & Wine, August 22-25, 2019, which moved its large tasting events to Barker Hangar in Santa Monica while the dinner series continued at venues across the city. Attendee accounts from that era describe a bustling, celebratory tasting floor and strong restaurant discovery, with the recurring critique that the biggest sessions could feel crowded and that food at some ran out before the session ended. No edition has been announced since, so this 2019 recap sits outside the usual 2023-2026 weighting window as an unavoidable consequence of the festival's dormancy
Music & entertainment
Lineup not yet announced. Email me the day it lands.
Getting there
Nearest airport LAX.
How do I get to Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival?
By car
Most people drive to Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival. The nearest major airport is LAX, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
By bus & public transit
The LAX FlyAway coach runs direct, non-stop from LAX to Union Station in downtown LA, the most straightforward transit link to the festival's historic downtown footprint, no transfers. From Union Station the Grand Ave area is a short Metro/rideshare hop
Book / info →LAX's rail connection changed in 2025: the LAX/Metro Transit Center opened June 2025 as the terminus of the Metro C and K Lines, linked to the terminals by a free shuttle (the automated SkyLink people-mover was still in testing and not open to the public as of mid-2026). From the transit center a rider connects toward downtown LA (the festival's historic Grand Ave footprint) or west toward Santa Monica (the 2019 Barker Hangar footprint) on the Metro rail network
Book / info →Taxi & rideshare
From LAX-it a direct car covers downtown LA or Santa Monica
Book / info →Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
Cost n/a, no current figure; downtown LA garages historically ran roughly $10-$40/day.
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire at LAX
Reference only, the festival is dormant. Were an edition to return, LA is a car-oriented city and fly-in attendees combining it with wider LA/wine-country travel would commonly rent at LAX; for a downtown or Santa Monica event itself, Metro/FlyAway/rideshare are the more practical choices given parking cost and traffic
Search car hire →Live price search coming soon.
Where
Camping & Accommodation
Where can I stay near Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival?
No on site camping. Here is where to stay nearby.
Hotels nearby 3
Airbnb & private camping
Reference only for a dormant festival. Downtown LA and the Westside have very large short-term-rental supply year-round; there is no festival date to key surge pricing to while the event is silent
Search Airbnb →Reference only. Hipcamp private-land camping/glamping around greater LA clusters well outside the urban core (Angeles National Forest, Malibu hills, further out), not a practical downtown-LA lodging alternative, and moot while the festival is dormant
Search Hipcamp →Pricing
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