Avocado Festival Schedule of Events

9:00 a.m. 19th annual Avocado Festival opens

Food, arts and crafts, farmer’s market, business booths open on Main Street from East Mission to College and on Ivy, Hawthorne, Alvarado and Fig streets.

Chamber of Commerce information booth, Main and Alvarado

Agriculture Center on West Alvarado Street

Avo Emporium with festival items to purchase, Main and Alvarado

California Highway Patrol, Wells Fargo Parking Lot, 212 S. Main St.

Culinary professional contests judging, Old Grove Co., 129 E. Mission

First aid, Wells Fargo Parking Lot, 212 S. Main St.

Gem & Mineral Society Museum, 123 W. Alvarado

Information booth, Main and Alvarado

Kids’ entertainment, kids’ area, Ivy and Main St.

Lost & found, Wells Fargo Parking Lot, 212 S. Main St.

North County Fire Protection District, Wells Fargo Parking Lot, 212 S. Main St.

Paradise Chevrolet, Cadillac display, 414 S. Main

Quality Nissan display, El Toro Market parking lot, 337 N. Main St.

Radio Club, Wells Fargo Parking Lot, 212 S. Main St.

Sheriff’s Department, Wells Fargo Parking Lot, 212 S. Main St.

San Diego Sheriff’s Sub-station, 388 E. Alvarado

Vintage Car Club display, Peter’s Auto Center, 215 S. Main St.

Wish Upon a Butterfly display, 330 S. Main St.

10:00 a.m

Community Stage opens, Bonita Market parking lot, 337 N. Main St.

South refreshment area opens, Scrappy’s, 346 S. Main St.North refreshment area opens, Hawthorne and Main St.

Historical Society Museum opens, 260 Rocky Crest Road

Shuttle service starts: roundtrip, Fallbrook High School to festival venues.

11:00 a.m.

Blue Zone entertainment, refreshment area at Hawthorne and Main St.

Shocks of Mighty reggae entertainment, refreshment area at 346 S. Main St.

Heidi and the Hurricanes, Paradise Chevrolet, Cadillac display, 414 S. Main

Avo 500 Race for elementary school kids, Community Stage, 337 N. Main St. (El Toro Market/Bonita Foods parking lot).

Del Rey Avocado Packing House tours, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 1260 S. Main St.

Vintage aircraft display, Fallbrook Airpark, 2141 S. Mission Rd.

12:00 p.m.

Culinary amateur contest judging, Old Grove Co., 129 E. Mission

12:05 p.m.

Best Decorated Avocado Contest, Community Stage, 337 N. Main St. (El Toro Market/Bonita Foods parking lot)

1:00 p.m.

Art of the Flower — The Show, Art Center, 1 to 4 p.m., 103 S. Main St.

Little Fallbrook Ambassador Contest, Mission Theatre Parking Lot, 220 N. Main

4:30 p.m.

Refreshment areas close

5:00 p.m.

Festival ends