What to Know
- California Avocado Festival
- Carpinteria
- Oct. 3-5, 2025
- Free
- Look for a live music, a guacamole contest, and 15 food vendors
THE GREENEST MONTH? It may just be April or May, if we’re talking about sprouting leaves and the world awakening around us. December, too, can take on an emerald hue due to Christmas decorations and all of those fanciful fir trees. But if you’re in Carpinteria around the start of October, the color is most definitely avocado, and we’re not throwing it back to those amazing kitchens of the 1970s, when a darker, deeper green ruled home décor. Rather, we’re singing a love song to the California Avocado Festival, a free party that has been…..