{"id":314204,"date":"2026-05-13T20:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/314204\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T20:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:41:12","slug":"the-first-ever-french-fry-festival-is-coming-to-los-angeles-this-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/314204\/","title":{"rendered":"The First-Ever French Fry Festival Is Coming To Los Angeles This July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlisters.com\/experience\/the-los-angeles-french-fry-festival?utm_source=los_angeles_instagram&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=the-los-angeles-french-fry-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles French Fry Festival<\/a> will make its debut on Saturday, July 11th at The Autry in Griffith Park. Presented by Bucket Listers in partnership with Street Food Cinema, the one-day celebration is dedicated entirely to everyone\u2019s favorite crispy indulgence.<\/p>\n<p>From golden shoestring fries and thick-cut steak fries to outrageous loaded creations and sweet dessert fries, the festival will bring together some of Los Angeles\u2019 food trucks, fry fanatics, and culinary collaborations for an all-ages day packed with flavor, games, friendly competitions, and potato-fueled fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Los Angeles French Fry Festival is exactly the kind of playful, over-the-top food experience that Bucket Listers loves bringing to life,\u201d says Derek Berry, President of Experiences. \u201cFrench fries are universally loved and endlessly creative \u2014 and this festival is designed to celebrate every form of fry imaginable while creating a high-energy summer experience that people will remember for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Festival-goers can expect a stacked lineup of curated french fry food truck vendors serving everything from waffle fries, curly fries, tornado potatoes, potato wedges, poutine, sweet potato fries, Cajun fries, beef tallow fries, and more. Guests can also explore \u201cSauce City,\u201d an interactive sauce bar featuring everything from classic ketchup and garlic parmesan to truffle aioli, chili cheese, spicy honey mustard, sriracha blends, and experimental flavors crafted exclusively for the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the food, the festival will feature live entertainment and interactive fun throughout the day including a French fry eating contest, blindfold fry-tasting challenges, cooking demonstrations with a surprise guest chef, french fry flights, sharable fry buckets, and dessert-inspired potato creations.<\/p>\n<p>Held at The Autry in Griffith Park from 11:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., the festival is open to all ages, with children ages three and older requiring tickets. Tickets start at just $22, offer both GA and VIP tickets for both individuals\/groups, and can be purchased for three different time blocks (11:00 AM &#8211; 2:00 PM, 2:30 &#8211; 5:30 PM, 6:00 &#8211; 9:00 PM).<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to purchase tickets, visit<a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlisters.com\/experience\/the-los-angeles-french-fry-festival?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlisters.com\/experience\/the-los-angeles-french-fry-festival?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bucket Listers<\/a> or follow along at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/losangelesbucketlist\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/losangelesbucketlist\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@LosAngelesBucketlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first-ever Los Angeles French Fry Festival will make its debut on Saturday, July 11th at The Autry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[131521,131520,131522,131524,131523,131528,131529,30377,131530,967,24905,131531,47203,131527,131525,131526,48,52,51,26492,47,50,49,330,4201,131519,131532],"class_list":["post-314204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-98-7","tag-987fm","tag-alt","tag-alt-98-7","tag-alt-987","tag-alt-rock","tag-alt-summer-camp","tag-alternative","tag-bleachers","tag-entertainment","tag-foo-fighters","tag-foster-the-people","tag-haim","tag-kevin-and-bean","tag-kroq","tag-kysr","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-la-radio","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-music","tag-radio","tag-the-woody-show","tag-vance-joy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}