2009 Festival Events
Street Eats
The world’s oldest fast food, curbside dining is at its freshest with the areas top street food trucks and carts selling tacos, Vietnamese sandwiches, barbeque, hot dogs, ice cream and more, all featuring select sustainable and local ingredients. 1
0am – 9pm,
Saturday and Sunday. More info.
Beer Shed
Hot Dog and Beer. Taco and Beer. BBQ and Beer. Let’s face it, pretty much anything and beer. The best of Northern California’s hand-crafted beers under one tent, featuring a rotating series of IPAs, imperials and cask ales. $25 dollars gets you eight generous tastings and your very own souvenir glass. More info.
Good to Go Market
Juicy peaches. Sweet corn. Crunchy sour pickles. Buy the best local produce and hand-made foods straight from the farmers and purveyors in the Bay Area. All products mouth-ready. 10am - 4pm, Saturday and Sunday. More info.
Keeping It Real Dinners
What happens when some of the best restaurants in the Bay Area put together their own special street food menus? Eat Real wanted to find out, so we teamed up with them to raise funds for our non-profit partners. Check back soon for a complete list of dinners! More info.
Curbside Cinema
A grassy lawn, blankets, the smell of fresh popcorn and the sound of lapping waves provide the perfect backdrop for Eat Real’s outdoor food film festival. This is a rare chance to see clips of films currently in production or ones making the film festival rounds! 8pm, Friday and Saturday. More info.
Music
Nothing says festival quite like the sweet sound of music drifting over a crowd. Jazz, Latin Rhythms, R&B, Blues, Urban Cabaret and more will be coming from the stage by the grassy lawn Friday-Sunday. More info.
From Scratch Kitchen
Bay Area chefs show how it’s done with a series of cooking demos, all making delicious fresh foods from scratch. 10am - 4pm, Saturday and Sunday. More info.
Street Stage
Local writers, artists, musicians and activists keep it real and tell it like it is from the Eat Real Street Stage. 10am-6pm, Saturday and Sunday. More info.
Ice Cream Friday
Eat Real gets off to a chilling start on Friday--in a good way! We'll be breaking the festival ice with an helado and gelato extravaganza, showcasing the Bay Area's premiere creameries and frozen dessert purveyors and scooping their specialties under the stars. More info.
Foraging and Canning Exchange
Home processing and neighborhood gleaning and foraging take center stage at the From Scratch Kitchen Friday, August 28th at 6pm. Local experts show how easy it is to can and forage from the comfort of your own home (or neighborhood as the case may be.) And what kind of an exchange would it be if you couldn’t bring your own excess goodies for an old fashioned swap? More info.
Butchery Contest
The knives fly as three teams of local butchers go head-to-head on quarter steers from Marin Sun Farms to see who’s got the fastest and cleanest cuts this side of the Mississippi (ok, Sierra Nevadas.) Teams have just under a half hour to complete the cut list as defined by the panel of expert judges. The butchered meat will be packaged on site and sold through a Bay Area meat CSA. Emceed by Eat Real founder Anya Fernald, this promises to be one cutting edge night. 7pm, Saturday, main Eat Real stage. More info.
