Explore the Oxnard Banana Festival with Family-Friendly Activities

If you’re searching for a free, enjoyable, and family-oriented activity, the Oxnard Banana Festival is the perfect choice.

The festival offers a variety of activities and celebrates one of the Port’s essential imports – bananas! Visitors can enjoy live entertainment, port tours, a vendor marketplace, arts and crafts, an auto pavilion, music and dance, a kid’s area, recipe contests, and a wide selection of banana desserts. There’s something for everyone to enjoy!

Port of Hueneme Tours

Tours will be available for those attending the festival to view any operations happening at the Port on that day. This is a unique chance to see the Port and Naval Base from the sea as you embark on a tour aboard the Sunfish boat.

Children’s Activities

Kids Zone allows the youth to explore heavy equipment and enter a banana cargo container to experience the vastness of global product import and export.

Banana Festival Food

Local restaurants offer custom delicacies and compete for “top banana” recognition, with a special banana treat from each vendor.

Want to prove that you’re the fastest banana cream pie eater around? Join the Banana Pie Eating Contest! Head to the festival info booth for sign-up details.

Free admission and parking at the beach lots. For information, visit the event website.

Oxnard is known as California’s strawberry and lima bean capital, as it is the gateway to the Channel Islands.

If you’re heading to Oxnard from downtown Los Angeles, it’s around 65 miles away. If you’re traveling from Orange County, it’s about 95 miles. Exit Highway 101 at Highway 1 / Oxnard Blvd to reach Oxnard and continue for three miles. The entrance to the Banana Festival is located at 105 Port Hueneme Road in Port Hueneme, California.

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