2022 San Joaquin Asparagus Festival
Event Information
About this event
The 36th Annual San Joaquin Asparagus Festival takes place May 6-8, 2022
Hours & Days of Operation: Friday & Saturday Noon-9pm, Sunday Noon-8pm*
*LAST DAILY ADMISSION IS 7:45PM ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 6:45PM ON SUNDAY.
ASPARAGUS ALLEY CLOSES PROMPTLY AT 8PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 7PM ON SUNDAY
The San Joaquin County Fairgrounds is located at 1658 S. Airport Way, Stockton, CA 95206.
This years event will introduce more delta grown goodness, Potatoes! Spear-It and Spearita’s good neighbor, “Cousin Spud” will be on hand to honor a plethora of potato dishes, along with potato cannons that shoot up to 100 yds! The festival will be bringing back the Hole in One golf game for your chance to win some amazing prizes.
• FAMILY FUN
• DELICIOUS FOOD
• LIVE MUSIC
• VENDORS
• HOLE IN ONE GOLF CHIPPING CONTEST
• CARNIVAL RIDES & GAMES
• TRACKLESS TRAIN RIDES
• PETTING ZOO & PONY RIDES
• MISS SAN JOAQUIN ASPARAGUS FESTIVAL SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT
• COMMUNITY STAGE & CHEF DEMOS
Every year we have several more Asparagus related dishes to our already outstanding Deep Fried Asparagus and Asparagus Ice Cream, such as, Additional Asparagus dishes that have made their debut at the festival present & past including but not limited to: Bacon Wrapped Asparagus, Asparagus Lumpia, Pulled Pork Sandwich with Asparagus Slaw, Asparagus Chicken Bowl, Asparagus Corn Dogs, Asparagus Polish Corn Dogs, Asparagus Chili Cheese Fries, Asparagus Nachos, Chicken Asparagus Burrito, Steak Asparagus Burritos, Veggie Asparagus Burritos, Asparagus Pasta, Deep Fried Ground Beef & Asparagus Wrap, Steamed Asparagus with Garlic Butter, Crab & Asparagus Balls, Asparagus Churros, Asparagus Fried Rice & LoMein, Mac & Cheese with Asparagus and more! These dishes are located in the Asparagus Plaza, outside of Asparagus Alley, see map on activities page.
In the course of the previous festivals, Asparagus Alley dished out over 10 tons of California grown asparagus between the deep fried asparagus and the asparagus ice cream. The Noceti’s have given back over $650,000 to non-profit groups that volunteered and to the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds since 2015.
Thanks to everyone for a successful event!
MAIN STAGE ENTERTAINMENT - VISIT WEBSITE
FESTIVAL ADMISSION INCLUDES ALL MAIN STAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Parking: $5 Motorcycles & $10 all other vehicles - CASH only
Unlimited Ride Wristbands are available for purchase at the carnival $30 each. Individual ride credits can be purchased for $1 each, rides average 4-7 credits each. Credits will be loaded on a reloadable card at the self serve kiosk. Wristbands will be purchased at the kiosks and loaded onto the reloadable card, you will need to take the card to the redemption area to get wristbands placed on individual. Visit www.MidwayOfFun.com for more information.
REFUND POLICY: NO REFUNDS
TICKET REDEMPTION: Ticket holders may print their tickets or present them on their phones, screenshots of QR Codes are acceptable to scan.
DISCOUNT TICKETS & CARNIVAL RIDE WRISTBANDS: Local Save Mart and Lucky Supermarkets in the Northern California area will have discounted tickets available at any register.