Oct27Tue
L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade Stand's Annual Kickoff
A charitable food festival at Royce Hall in Los Angeles. Details and tickets through Discoverlosangeles.com.
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Oct28Wed
Origins Culinary Series: Oktoberfest with Firestone Walker
A beer pairing dinner at Jamaica Bay Inn Marina Del Rey, Tapestry Collection by Hilton in Marina Del Rey. Details and tickets through Eventbrite.com.
Oct30Fri
Drag Show
A drag dinner theater at Hamburger Mary's Ontario in Ontario. Details and tickets through Viagogo.pl.
Oct30Fri
OC Brewers Guild “Brewers Mash”
A craft beer festival at Heritage Museum of Orange County in Santa Ana. Details and tickets through Heritagemuseumoc.org.
Oct30Fri
Pours in the Plaza Hosted by Temecula Wines
A wine tasting festival at Desert International Horse Park in Thermal. Details and tickets through Deserthorsepark.com.
Oct30Fri
The Vice Wine Winemaker Dinner with Malek Amrani
A winemaker dinner at Classic Club in Riverside. Details and tickets through Eventbrite.com.
Oct31Sat
Classic Club Fall Wine Expo
A wine tasting expo at Classic Club in Riverside. Details and tickets through Eventbrite.com.
Oct31Sat
Saturday Night Drag Dinner Show
A drag dinner theater at Hamburger Mary's Ontario in Ontario. Details and tickets through Stubhub.com.
Nov1Sun
The Annual Cabernet Fest
A wine tasting festival at The Wine House in Los Angeles. Details and tickets through Eventbrite.com.
Nov7Sat
OC Wine Fest
A wine tasting festival at OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. Details and tickets through Ocfair.com.
Nov7Sat
Wine & Paint Night
A painting workshop at Gabrielino Park in Irvine. Details and tickets through Instagram.com.
Nov12Thu
Free Grocery Food Box (Great Park, November)
A City of Irvine free grocery food box distribution at the Great Park, Parking Lot 2.
Nov21Sat
Make It, Take It: Techniques in Food Preservation with UC Master Food Preservers
A hands-on food preservation workshop with UC Master Food Preservers.
Dec10Thu
Free Grocery Food Box (Great Park, December)
A City of Irvine free grocery food box distribution at the Great Park, Parking Lot 2.
Oct26Mon
Nevermore: a Poe murder mystery dinner
An event at The Old Spaghetti Factory in Rancho Cucamonga. Details and tickets through Foothillandvine.com.
Oct17Sat
Beach, Brews, & BBQ
25+ of SoCal's top craft breweries and 25+ pitmasters and restaurateurs come together for a good cause.
Oct17Sat
Fairplex Oktoberfest
The 12th annual Oktoberfest with German beers, hearty eats and live music.
Oct16Fri
Oktoberfest at Old World
Bavarian celebration with German dishes, live brass music and imported beer, indoors and out.
Oct16Fri
Patches & Pins Expo Halloween Food Festival
Free outdoor night festival with 30+ food vendors, DJs, taco and pizza eating contests, a car show and a pin-trading expo.
Oct17Sat
Taste of Santa Ana at MainPlace
A tasting event at the mall featuring local restaurants.
Oct11Sun
Off the Hook Santa Monica Seafood Festival
Seafood from the city's best chefs, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Route 66.
Oct9Fri
OB Oktoberfest
Live music, German food, beer gardens, contests and beachside entertainment.
Oct8Thu
Free Grocery Food Box (Great Park)
A City of Irvine free grocery food box distribution at the Great Park, Parking Lot 2.
Oct8Thu
Passport to Flavor: Chocolate
Taste chocolates from around the world while learning about their history and ingredients.
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Oktoberfest at Old World Village
German food and beer, oom-pah bands and dancing. Family-friendly by day, 21+ on weekend nights.
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Dine LA Restaurant Week
Special lunch and dinner menus at hundreds of local restaurants.
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