Sep 11,2026
Original Lobster Festival 2026 – Fountain Valley
Split and dripping, whole Maine lobster for less than a restaurant charges for the bisque alone — that is the pitch, and the line moves faster than you expect because everyone ahead of you already knows what they want.
Rolls, bisque, mac and cheese, and whatever variation the vendors talked themselves into this year. It started at Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach and grew until it needed a park to hold it, and the People's Choice competition for best lobster dish drags genuinely serious regional kitchens into a fight over bragging rights. Around the eating: SoCal craft beer and wine, an artisan marketplace, live music across stages, and carnival rides for whoever is too young to care about crustaceans.
Three days in September at the Fountain Valley sports park, sitting centrally in Orange County, with weekend sessions that sell through in advance.
Go with the person who orders lobster every time and pretends it is a special occasion.
Split and dripping, whole Maine lobster for less than a restaurant charges for the bisque alone — that is the pitch, and the line moves faster than you expect because everyone ahead of you already knows what they want.
Rolls, bisque, mac and cheese, and whatever variation the vendors talked themselves into this year. It started at Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach and grew until it needed a park to hold it, and the People's Choice competition for best lobster dish drags genuinely serious regional kitchens into a fight over bragging rights. Around the eating: SoCal craft beer and wine, an artisan marketplace, live music across stages, and carnival rides for whoever is too young to care about crustaceans.
Three days in September at the Fountain Valley sports park, sitting centrally in Orange County, with weekend sessions that sell through in advance.
Go with the person who orders lobster every time and pretends it is a special occasion.
Rolls, bisque, mac and cheese, and whatever variation the vendors talked themselves into this year. It started at Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach and grew until it needed a park to hold it, and the People's Choice competition for best lobster dish drags genuinely serious regional kitchens into a fight over bragging rights. Around the eating: SoCal craft beer and wine, an artisan marketplace, live music across stages, and carnival rides for whoever is too young to care about crustaceans.
Three days in September at the Fountain Valley sports park, sitting centrally in Orange County, with weekend sessions that sell through in advance.
Go with the person who orders lobster every time and pretends it is a special occasion.
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The logic is flawless, mate. A whole lobster for less than a restaurant wants for the soup. The line moves fast because nobody ahead of you needed to think about it either. Fountain Valley. September…
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Split and dripping, whole Maine lobster for less than a restaurant charges for the bisque alone — that is the pitch, and the line moves faster than you expect because everyone ahead of you already knows what they want.
Rolls, bisque, mac and cheese, and whatever variation the vendors talked themselves into this year. It started at Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach and grew until it needed a park to hold it, and the People's Choice competition for best lobster dish drags genuinely serious regional kitchens into a fight over bragging rights. Around the eating: SoCal craft beer and wine, an artisan marketplace, live music across stages, and carnival rides for whoever is too young to care about crustaceans.
Three days in September at the Fountain Valley sports park, sitting centrally in Orange County, with weekend sessions that sell through in advance.
Go with the person who orders lobster every time and pretends it is a special occasion.
Rolls, bisque, mac and cheese, and whatever variation the vendors talked themselves into this year. It started at Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach and grew until it needed a park to hold it, and the People's Choice competition for best lobster dish drags genuinely serious regional kitchens into a fight over bragging rights. Around the eating: SoCal craft beer and wine, an artisan marketplace, live music across stages, and carnival rides for whoever is too young to care about crustaceans.
Three days in September at the Fountain Valley sports park, sitting centrally in Orange County, with weekend sessions that sell through in advance.
Go with the person who orders lobster every time and pretends it is a special occasion.
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