Join Us for the 2025 Taste of Oceanside!
Get ready to savor the best of our local culinary scene! The Taste of Oceanside returns for another incredible year, inviting you to experience an unforgettable weekend of flavors and fun.
Join us for our exclusive VIP event on Friday, October 3rd, for an elevated experience before the main event. Then, mark your calendars for the main Taste of Oceanside event on Saturday, October 4th, where you can explore a diverse array of delicious bites and refreshing sips from businesses across our vibrant community.
Don't miss out on this signature Oceanside event!
Tickets are limited, so secure yours today and prepare your taste buds for an amazing journey.
Showcase Your Business
Strut Your Stuff as a Taste Participant
Calling Oceanside businesses to join the Taste of Oceanside 2025. This is your chance to put your best Taste or Sip in the spotlight and wow over 1,200 attendees. It's an excellent opportunity to attract new customers, build your brand, and gain valuable exposure in the community. We are looking for restaurants, breweries, coffee shops, distilleries, and dessert shops to host a Taste or Sip site. Retail locations can also host a partner Taste or Sip at their location, brining in foot traffic and highlighting your retail offerings.
How it works:
On Saturday, October 4, 2025, from 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, participants will stroll through Oceanside, stopping at your location to sample your featured "taste" offering. It’s an easy, fun, and effective way to get your product in front of a massive audience.
Not Located Downtown? We've Got You Covered!
This year, we're expanding the opportunity with "Taste Hubs" located within the downtown event footprint. These hubs will feature a collection of operators from across Oceanside, so you can still participate and gain exposure without being in the core downtown area.
The process is simple, complete this application below and our team will reach out to finalize the details.
Stroll around downtown - or take the Taste Trolley - and
nibble tantalizing food samples along the way.
Add beer and wine to your ticket and sample local beer
and wine inside our downtown stores and offices.
FOOD TICKET ONLY (all ages): $45.00
FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMBO TICKET: $60.00
(includes beer and wine tasting - 21 years of age and older)
LIMITED TO 1000 TICKETS.
THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT THREE YEARS IN A ROW!
Experience the 2025 Taste of Oceanside!
Taste of Oceanside VIP Experience
Friday, October 3 | 5-8 p.m. | Pacific Garden at Mission Pacific Beach Resort
The festivities kick off on the evening of Friday, October 3, with the exclusive Taste of Oceanside VIP Experience from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Attendees will enjoy this event curated by Michelin-starred Chef Roberto Alcocer of Valle and friends featuring exclusively prepared bites, curated drinks, and live music. The VIP combo ticket also includes admission to Saturday's main event, ensuring a full weekend of gastronomic enjoyment.
Taste of Oceanside
Saturday, October 4 | 1:30-5 p.m. | Downtown Oceanside
On Saturday, October 4, from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm, attendees will stroll Downtown Oceanside and sample signature bites, sips, and sweets as we host 50+ local restaurants, breweries, and wineries representing all of Oceanside. This year's new addition of "Taste Hubs" will highlight South O, Inland and Harbor businesses.
Your ticket includes a souvenir tasting cup, spork, and event map.
Explore downtown Oceanside on foot or hop on the free ‘Taste Trolley’ to taste and sip your way through Oceanside’s exciting food and brew scene. For those 21 and older, the food and beverage combo ticket offers the chance to sample sips from the community’s vibrant craft breweries and wineries at participating stores and offices.
With only 1,200 tickets available and the event selling out three years in a row, early ticket purchase is highly recommended.
TICKET PRICING
Tickets will be available for purchase starting August 8.
TASTE OF OCEANSIDE VIP EXPERIENCE
Friday, October 3 & Saturday, October 4
ADVANCE (Through 10/2/25)
Friday + Saturday: $150
Friday Only: $100
DAY OF (10/3/25)
Friday + Saturday: $175
Friday Only: $125
TASTE OF OCEANSIDE
Saturday, October 4, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
ADVANCE (Through 10/3/25)
Adult food + beverage (age 21+): $65
Adult food only: $50
Child food only (age 12 and under): $20
DAY OF (10/4/25)
Adult food + beverage (age 21+): $75
Adult food only: $60
Child food only (age 12 and under): $30
Committed to Oceanside
Taste of Oceanside will continue to promote zero waste in Oceanside by giving a commemorative spork and reusable tasting cup to each attendee. Provided by event sponsor Green Oceanside, the commemorative Taste of Oceanside spork and branded cup will eliminate the addition of over 20,000 plastic items to the landfill.
"Taking Action for the Community and Planet"Green Oceanside is a city-run environmental campaign established to educate residents, businesses and visitors about how to be better stewards of the earth. Programs such as Zero Waste, Watershed Protection, and Water Efficiency provide opportunities for the public to actively protect and benefit the local environment.
On Saturday, October 4, two TASTE TROLLEYS will be making a continuous loop throughout downtown.
Step on – step off.
It couldn't be easier to get your Taste of Oceanside!
(Trolleys are handicap accessible.)
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CHECK-IN INFORMATION
Check-in details will be available the week before the event.