Fallbrook Avocado Festival Avocado Capital of the World

The Fallbrook Avocado Festival is a fun family event. Plan on arriving early; this place gets crowded with over 50,000 visitors. Enjoy Arts & Crafts, Farmer’s markets, Food Courts, Refreshment Gardens, Live Entertainment, Guacamole Contests, and Children’s Activities.

Contests scheduled for the Avocado Festival include a giant avocado, the best-decorated avocado, and the avocado 500 race. In the refreshment, garden entertainment will be provided by Blue Zone and Mistress of Midlife Crisis bands.

The Avocado Festival celebrates Fallbrook’s heritage as an agricultural community and is most visible at the Fallbrook Historical Museum and the Gem & Mineral Museum. Visitors can tour the Del Rey Avocado Packing House and view miles of Avocado Groves while traveling to the festival.

Fallbrook festival showcases the amazing avocado. With avocados as a primary theme, the food here is one of the most extraordinary parts of the experience—a bewildering array of avocados with dishes ranging from guacamole to avocado chips to avocado pie.

Fallbrook Avocado Festival Parking

Parking can be a challenge due to the popularity of the festival. There is plenty of free street parking that fills up early. Plus, a free shuttle runs the Fallbrook High School parking lot.

Getting There

Fallbrook Avocado Festival is located less than one hour from San Diego and about an hour and a half from Orange County. I-15 (the Avacado Highway) and Highway 76 (Pala Road)

Avocado Nutritional Info

• 1. Avocados are a Healthy, Nutrient-Dense Superfood Nutrient-dense food that provides substantial amounts of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients with relatively few calories. One-third of a medium avocado (50 g) has 80 calories and contributes nearly 20 vitamins and minerals.
• 2. Contains Good Fats The avocado is the only fruit with heart-healthy monounsaturated fat – good fat!
• 3. Sodium-, Sugar- and Cholesterol-Free California Avocados are naturally sodium-, sugar- and cholesterol-free.
• 4. A Unique Fruit, Avocados can act as a “nutrient booster” by helping increase the absorption of fat-soluble nutrients such as vitamins A, D, K, and E.
• 5. Great for Babies and Kids The avocado’s creamy consistency makes it one of the first fresh foods a baby can enjoy.

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