The 2nd Annual San Joaquin Tamale Festival returns to Stockton on September 10th and 11th from 10am – 8pm, for two days of family fun! Hosted by the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds, this festival was created to celebrate music, community, culture, good food, and of course TAMALES!! The San Joaquin Tamale Festival brings together the spirit of live music, locally-inspired cuisine, a beer garden for sampling, and wines from California. Enjoy live entertainment for adults and kids on both the main stage and community stages. Arts and crafts fair, live cooking demonstrations, classic car show, carnival rides, and much more! Don’t miss the petting zoo, train ride, mechanical dinosaurs, super heroes, and so much more at the Tamale Festival’s Kid’s Zone. There will be something for everyone! Go to SanJoaquinTamaleFestival.com for event updates and more details.Event InformationThe Executive Committee and Staff welcome you to celebrate San Joaquin Valley’s diverse cultural heritage at the Second Annual San Joaquin Tamale Festival.The San Joaquin Tamale Festival celebrates taste and talent by bringing together live music, the arts, great plated foods, and California wines. The event showcases professional and amateur community talent with live entertainment throughout the 2-day event and on two stages, professional cooking demonstrations, carnival rides, a custom car show, tamale themed creative displays, arts, and crafts, DJs, and Mariachis and much more!!!This year we celebrate “giving back to our community” as the San Joaquin Tamale Festival is proud to sponsor a 5K Run benefiting the Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in Sacramento.Also, just as last year, the San Joaquin Tamale Festival will encourage to “adopt-a-pet” by bringing the City of Stockton Animal Shelter Services, Wags and Whiskers of Modesto, ready for you to adopt a pet!!!!!The San Joaquin Tamale Festival demonstrates how the synergy of good food, good folks, and good times make the San Joaquin Valley the seat of Northern California cultural events and an All-American destination to kick off the festival. We hope to see you at this year’s second Festival for a two-day celebration. And please mark your calendar to join us for a two-day celebration every second weekend in September in the years to follow.
