What a fabulous street fair this is! Formerly the Burlingame Art and Jazz festival apparently, I…read morejust heard about it from a friend, and had to stop by since I was nearby. I was able to park about 3 blocks away, and since it was Sunday, didn't have to worry about staying too long. There's something for everyone here: 3 simultaneous music stages, beer, wine, margaritas, a mysteriously blue dry ice drink, barbeque chicken, links, fried donuts, all kinds of cuisine really, a Farmer's market, even a children's section with half a dozen different rides. Not to mention, a myriad of art booths up and down Burlingame Ave selling everything from new age jewelry and gemstones, to balsamic vinegars and mustards, to oil paintings and hand-glazed tiles to hammocks, wood-carved name tags and teak furniture, to crafted hand lotions and wine fudge. Even a Dunk-a-Cop! Although, I don't think anyone really hates the cops around here... only kids were throwing the balls, and there seemed to be a general mood of sympathy whenever a cop got dunked. The salsa band was hot, and the swing band really got everyone swinging! The latter was fronted by a cute blonde on guitar and one kool kat on keys... I'll have to look them up - their set was pretty tight. Also, for the dog lovers out there, I've also never seen a wider assortment of cute little toy dogs. Just be sure to bring enough cash, you'll be hard-pressed to find any food cheaper than $5, and most entrees are around $10.

Fantastic lively annual summer festival! I was with a food truck vending there and the team…read moreorganizing it was super professional. Loved the live music and everyone dancing.

What a nice Street Festival event during the summer season!…read more This is my second year coming to this event. This year was their 3rd San Mateo Downtown Summerfest! Located in the heart of San Mateo on B Street were tons of different things for children and adults to experience. The festival was on June 20th and June 21st from 10AM-6PM. The Festival is presented by the Downtown San Mateo Association, www.dsma.org . The DSMA produces and/or sponsors promotion and special events, business mixers, open houses, and fundraisers. FOOD AND DRINKS: -Bliss Pops-Popsicles (strawberry, pineapple, toasted coconut, mango habanero, fudgesicle) -Tea & Picklets-sliders, skewers, curry dishes, iced milk teas with toppings -Dragon Papa-Dragon Beard candy, mochi, ginger candy -Endless Summer Sweets-Funnel Cakes, Kettle Corn, Corn Dogs, Cotton Candy -Sweet Delights-burger and fries, pupusas, corn dog, hot dog, philly cheese steak, gyros -Sonoma Teriyaki-Gyros sandwich; Street tacos with chicken, steak or fried fish; Rolled chicken tacos; Quesadilla with chicken, steak or fried fish; Artichoke hearts with shrimp and crab; Fried zucchini/garlic fries.Teriyaki chicken with fried rice, chow mein or steamed vegetable; Teriyaki chicken on a skewer; Teriyaki chicken rice bowl; Sausage/hot dog on bun; Lemonade There was also a vender that was serving wine. VENDERS: Tons of venders that were selling their products: Organic clothing, Kitchen cooking tools and Fresh made Honey. ENTERTAINMENT: Saturday, June 20, 2015 Main Stage at B Street and Baldwin Avenue 12:00 Noon - 1:30 PM Citizen Rhythm 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Tom Finch Group 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM The Bad Jones 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JazzMaTazz (Teen Performing Troupe) 12:00 Noon Core Taekwondo Community Presentation 1:00 PM The Peace and Prosperity Ukulele Orchestra of San Mateo 2:45 PM Curious Blend (Adult Acapella Group) 3:45 PM Accel Gymnastics 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM American Line Dancers Sunday, June 21, 2015 North B Street 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Walking Mariachi Band Main Stage at B Street and Baldwin Avenue 12:00 Noon - 1:30 PM Twice as Good 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Jay Buckaroo Bonet 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM DreamCycle Community Stage at B Street at 6th Avenue 11:00 AM 1:00 PM Scribble Me Happy Art Project 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Core Taekwondo Demo Team 2:00 PM School of Rock Overall, Good set up and tons for the children to do as well! I can't wait to see what next year has in store!

I've been to all sorts of fairs, markets, wine walks, and festivals and this Summerfest was as…read moreclose to a collection of junk vendors as I've ever seen. It was deceptively large, and yet only contained - at most - couple handfuls of true 'art' tents. The rest of the blocks were made up of extremely aggressive sales people for vegetables, cruises, newspapers, and other misc junk. Warm, badly mixed Jamba was being upsold at the large size price for medium sizes drinks, and while they had incredibly helpful people at the information booth, the music on the fifth ave stage was really really bad. The teenager on the base was quite a good player, until she opened her mouth and you caught on she was tone deaf. I sat a block away and finally had to put on headphones. The second stage near first ave was much better, with a vocalist who worked the crowd - it really was a pleasure to listen and she was the saving grace of this event for me. All in all, there really isn't much reason to come to this unless you live nearby - the vendor selection was the worst I've ever seen, so if you stay home, you probably won't be missing much.

This was my first time at this festival…read more I went on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, and it was very hot and very crowded. And it stretched all the way through downtown Millbrae on Broadway. Plenty to see here, lots of different types of vendors, live music, wine, beer, food, and carnival rides and a petting zoo. Also, all the businesses that are open along Broadway add to it, This seems to be a very popular festival, and if you're not going somewhere for the long weekend, this is definitely a great option!!!

Millbrae hosts its annual Art & Wine each Labor Day weekend. I've gone twice, 11 years apart, most…read morerecently for their 2025 event. It's okay-nothing overly memorable and definitely not a lot of actual art. There were some interesting jewelry and craft booths and some prints that caught my eye. Definitely not worth traveling for. We parked at BART, which was free on weekends and about a 15 minute walk to the festiva. Highly recommend not trying to drive too close to park-traffic was chaotic. Overall, it was okay, not great and not worth visiting from out of town.

Wow, what a fun event! Haven't reviewed it until now because I had bookmarked it wrong, but it was…read moresuch a blast. Loved all the tasty foods, and the incredible wines... The sparkling sake was such a fun surprise! We got to know DTSM so much better, and ending at the shoe store with the orthotic saleslady was a great choice-- both my fiance and my friend's boyfriend got brand new orthotics that they love! Vino, nibbles, and shoe inserts... What more could you want??!

Such a blast! I received tickets to this even as part of a Yelp promo and I am SO happy that I had…read morethe opportunity to attend. I would gladly buy tickets to this wine walk in the future. The way that the wine walk was structured was that wineries were hosted by different facilities around San Mateo. The facilities ranged from an eye glasses shop to a chocolate shop - really provided a great scope of different places you can go in San Mateo. There was a TON of great food, but the stand out place was Sharona's... my goodness if I lived in San Mateo you would need a forklift to get me out of Sharona's. Wine + Chocolate = taste bud magnificence.

Today was a beautiful sunny day to attend the 22nd annual Festa Italiana di San Mateo (aka. Festa…read moreItaliana Community Street Fair). It deserves 5 stars because of how well this community event is organized. Plenty of space to stroll around, several dining areas, tons of crafts vendors (more than 100), 3 live music stages, martial arts demos, multiple food stands in every section (never have to wait long for food), beer & wine drink stations everywhere (with REAL glassware, cool!), trash bins every 20 feet, 2 playgrounds for kids, and LOTS of free parking (because it's on a Sunday, although u need to come early to find a spot). The festival includes a parade and Bocce tournament. There's also a car show: 3 sections filled with old cars, renovations/replicas, and pimped up cars on display. Don't expect to find any culinary must-have foods, but if u dislike festival foods (lemonade, kettle popcorn, fried foods, pizza, hot dogs, pastas, beer/wine, and ice cream) u can go into any of the dozens of nearby restaurants instead. New visitors might not know about "Spaguetti Alley", a popular spot for spaguetti with meatballs ($6). They have umbrella covered tables and live performances of Dean Martin songs (I think, not sure.). My favorite festival foods are the fried asparagus ($5), pork kebabs ($7), and grilled sausages ($5). Although I often prefer to have a cheap lunch at a Japanese restaurant instead, like Himawari or Oidon. Good fun for the family! I'll upload my pics later.

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Coming to this Festival for the fist time I had no idea what to expect as in all honestly I only…read morereally came because I knew Japacurry Truck was going to be here! That said I am glad I did come because it was a nice way to spend the Sunday afternoon - Food stalls, Karate, Origami and Calligraphy demonstrations, Costume contest, J-Pop Dance, Taiko and merchandise stalls to name just some of what was going on. It was definitely an enlightening experience and only being it's 7th year I'm keen to come to more in future years. *Parking was super easy to find at the parking lot across the street. .

I love most of the festivals in San Mateo because they always have a lively and friendly…read moreatmosphere. This festival has that same feel, but I can't really say it's worth the price. It costs to enter this festival which seems to have almost all of the same vendors as any of the other free ones downtown. The commemorative cup that came with the entry fee was plastic and felt pretty cheap. Beers cost $8 each!?!?!? While the selection was wide, they were required to pour into their own 12oz cups and not allowed to pour into the commemorative ones. The food vendors each seemed to have one or two special bacon items. The prices were all a bit inflated. I made a wrong move and bought a bacon hot dog because I was so hungry. It was poor quality and not filling. If you love bacon and beer, I recommend saving your money and going to Safeway or Draeger's.

Bacon + Beer! A match made in heaven. I was looking forward to checking it out, but unfortunately…read morethe event was a major disappointment. For an event that's advertised as a bacon and beer event, I was surprised that it had a relatively small beer selection and a reasonable amount of the vendors did not have anything bacon related. The beer they did have was nothing special and there were not too many bacon treats that grabbed my attention. The event had a $15 entry fee, which seemed like a rip off once inside. There does not seem to be many food festivals in San Mateo so I hope this event will improve in the future. Side note: We did try MealBoxesEtc. food truck at the festival, and their curry bacon mac n cheese was amazing!

I wouldn't recommend going to Moreland Pumpkin Patch if you're planning on doing the family walk…read more It was quite expensive at $15 per person, even for my 2yo. We lined up at our 730pm check-in time and waited 35 minutes in the cold and were only halfway through the line. We left because it would have been another 25-35 more minutes to get through the line. However, the staff was great and the carnival games were fun. Nice to have all of the thoughtful decorations as well, our child loved playing with all of the pumpkins.

This patch is cute…read more The haunted trail costs $15 per person and there are scheduled appointment times to go in, however the line backs up and you have to wait at least 30 minutes past your appointment time before entering. We did not enter the trail until 720pm, and that is after getting in line at 640pm. Just be aware. Which is fine, my family had fun and the actors inside are funny and well rehearsed. However, since we waited so long, we got out of the trail around 750pm. My kid wanted to play the carnival games, which close at 8pm, so we bought some tickets to play, and were out to the carnival by 752pm, they had already taken everything down and had only a few simple games still up. My kid was bummed, but I figured since there were no refunds, I could go back and get a snack instead with my tickets. I was denied and told to come back next week to redeem the tickets. I know this is all for a good cause and it really isn't too big of a deal, but it is silly that I literally bought the tickets within a minute and then walked back after the carnival being closed and then denied to even use the tickets on anything else and then told to come back next week. They were told not to sell any tickets since they were closing up the carnival early, but I guess it wasn't communicated well. I guess we will be back to use up the tickets next weekend...?