Lowest I can give is 1 star but -1 it should be. Only thing cherry there was a pie eating contest. The photos they use were not there. It was all dirt first of all. Dust everywhere. No cherries or foods with cherries anywhere. The rides shown were not there either. It's a complete bait and switch. Tickets cost 10.00 for 10 tickets and every game you wish to play was 10 tickets. Music was only thing that was advertised correctly. Tons of vendors selling stuff and that was probably the most interesting thing. But all was very expensive. It was like the hillbilly experience with Beverly Hills pricing. Complete waste of money and time. It was more of a traveling flea circus. Very disappointed. I'd suggest driving anywhere but here. read more

No cherry s what so ever Y do the call it the cherry festival if there's no cherries whatsoever more like a carnival over price food not so great Good family time for kids read more

Absolutely false advertisement overpriced rides and food even though the food was good but $48 for 3 items is crazy and $20 funnle cake. We got the wrist bands for children as advertised. Played 1 game and didn't get to ride a a ride because we had pay more money for them to ride 2 rides which was another $48 crazy work all over $300 insane! SMH read more

Beaumont Cherry Festival - Festivals Near Me - Beaumont, California

STOP SUPPORTING CHERRY VALLEY FESTIVAL When you have a festival with a carnival theme and it's supposed to be family oriented, catering to the public to have fun and games. It's not conducive price wise. It's complete waste of time and overpriced, and unfair to the local residence. We have people who want to bring out their families for fun they can't afford to take their kids. the games and rides were overpriced. $10 games eight dollar rides you see more people walking around because they can't afford to participate. No one's gonna buy from the vendors because they spent all budget money trying to have fun.. DONT bring this circus back to Beaumont. We work to hard for this. And next time if you're gonna have music, have a variety of music, not just Mexican music.. STOP SUPPORTING CHERRY FESTIVAL read more

Terrible. Cherry festival should have cherries....no cherry stands. Food trucks using artificial cherry flavoring in food. Paid $21 just to get in. Would never go again. Would never recommend read more

one of the worst festivals. no cherries at all. its a carnival not a cherry festival. no one cherry drinks, food, . falae advertising. the need to call it beaumont carnival. they need to put hours of events no where is there a sign saying times. their excuse its on the website. they have teenagers checking your bagd and scanning you . we went in saw no cherry anything and left. read more

There were no cherries in the festival. No cherry pie, cherry limade, cherry infused food or baked goods... not to mention it was so small they are better off not charging at the gate..... They are better off having an apple festival since they are known for them. In the city of Oak Glen. The only good thing about this place were their vendors. They were very nice, helpful and hospitable. read more

Great food vendors! The thing I always look forward to is the drinks and their appetizers. The rides are fine wosh there were more but its a small area. read more

I've been going here for the last 15 years. It has been my favorite spot. Every year I bring people that have never been. I tell everyone about the cherry festival and how amazing it is, so I hate to even give it two stars. Last year sadly was not an amazing time they were missing so many of the rides. It was a lot smaller with very confusing parking. There was no Ferris wheel and my favorite ride, the zipper was gone, which have all been there at least the last 10 years. It was really upsetting bringing new people and having to explain that this is not how it normally is. I hope it goes back to the way it was and its old location! read more

This is the infamous cherry festival. But there's only one problem. There is not one cherry in this whole area. No one sells cherry's, there's no cherry pie. There's no cherry lemonade. They're not advertising cherry nothing there is literally no cherries. This is a over charged swap meet. Not impressed read more

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Nice family outing to enjoy on a Saturday afternoon. Vendors, lots of food for every age category. Even this 12 year old palate is enjoying herself. Head on out. Only 1 day left. read more

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It feels like a movie set. Don't expect cherries since the name comes from the area it's in. It's very expensive, so either eat before or expect to spend money since it's fair food. It's very expensive for the rides but the tallest one is worth it! read more

Lots of fun! No cherries tho. It was a small town fair. I visited a friend that lives in Beaumont and she took me to the Cherry Festival. It's definitely local, good family fun. read more

Expected a lot more cherries at the cherry festival, turns out there's no cherries in sight no cherry lemonade, no cherry pie, not even a cherry on top of some sundaes I saw floating around. Actually I take that back I was able to secure a small ziplock bag from the local high school cheerleading group. In reality it's just an overpriced carnival with bunk carnival food! read more

My family and I enjoy the Cherry Festival every year, Always Great Professional Entertainment with a variety of music. Food, Booths and rides re great also. We will miss Brenton Wood this year!!!! read more

I came mostly to see Jodee Messina perform this evening. The show was great! Now for the festival itself, parking was a hot mess but I managed to get a spot on the large grassy area now deemed a parking lot. The food - mostly fast food concessions with the funnel cake stand being the most popular and longest line. I ordered some tater tots and beef chili from a not so busy vendor. It was pretty tasty - crunchy tots and flavorful chili. Despite being called the Cherry Festival, I didn't see much cherry wares - some pre-made slices of pie - but no punnets of fresh cherries etc. This festival looked more like a mini-local fair, which is great for groups and large families wanting to go out and have some family fun. Plenty of covered seating under the big tents. One child got separated from their parent and the event team were working overtime to get them to their parent. Overall, it was an underwhelming festival with the lack of cherry goods. Only great part was the show towards the end of the night. read more

So overly pricey. Can't believe how expense everything is in this place. To walk in 4 people $50. Once your in, gotta pay per band. Starts at $17, that's like 3 rides. To throw 3 balls is $10 dollars. Just walking n I'm at 100 dollars. Crazy. read more

They need to rename this fair for what it is--a local city fair. We spoke with the only booth that had cherries and he stated that all of the cherry groves have been cut out and removed of Beaumont, so there aren't any growers to bring cherries in. He brings from his own personal three acre property, and was a very nice gentleman, but said he won't be doing it much longer. Once he's gone, it doesn't seem that there will be any local cherries available at this "Cherry Festival". read more

This was the year of the 100th cherry Festival. I figured I had to go seeing as I graduated high school on the occurrence of the 50th cherry Festival. The Cherry Festival was a little Small Town Event. All the usual sell this and that Barker's that we're pushing their products all religions or events leading to the Midway with a nice collection of rides that kept all the people screaming for more as they purchase their tickets and got thrown around in these rides. Great fun for that age group. Additionally all the balloon popping sharpshooting and other games of skill and luck we're spread around the Midway so that you could win that big fluffy teddy bear. All in all a nice little small town event. I liked the Historical Society and their pictures of a Time long gone by. It was a fun weekend. Thank you Cherry Festival read more

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I'm very sad to report that the Beaumont Cherry Festival fails. I anticipated picking ripe cherries in an orchard. I looked forward to a slice of cherries jubilee, which Escoffier invented for Queen Victoria. I skipped breakfast so that I'd have room for pancakes, muffins, cobblers, pies and Julia Child's Cherry Clafouti made with freshly picked, locally farmed cherries. I excepted to taste cherry varieties beyond the common Bing like the Balaton, Lambert, Morello, Rainier, Royal Ann and Montmorency. Farmers around Beaumont grow cherries, but I learned that the recent drought devastated local production. Nevertheless, I was disappointed that not a single local farmer (or for that matter _any_ cherry farmer) came to explain cherry production, varieties or recipes. The sole cherry booth sold only Bing and Rainier cherries grown hundreds of miles to the north. The hometown festival even charged an entrance fee of $7.00! In fact, high prices for everything ruled. A single licorice rope cost $5.00. The plus side included entertainment and rides. Tribute bands played Neil Diamond, Kiss, Jefferson Airplane and others, with covered seating out of the hot sun. Rides and games for kids occupied a large portion of the grounds. But this was advertised as cherry festival, not a tribute carnival. As others noted, this event seemed more a carnival than a hometown festival. Even the parade disappointed. Yes, it featured many beautiful horses, as well as the expected abundance of local politicians and church groups. Although drum and dance groups marched and performed, the parade included not a single marching band! I wonder if vacation started for the local high schools. So I'm sad, surprised and disappointed that the Beaumont Cherry Festival rates only one star. read more

This is the 96th year of the Cherry Fest. The park has had a lot of improvements done to it over the past few years. It's a good place to take the kids that's not totally expensive...if they don't go on the rides. If you park at Wal Mart on the south side of the 10, and take the shuttle in, you get your entry ticket less $1.00 LOTS of fair grub. Topical prices. read more

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Don't waste your money or time!!! This was the worst! Drove a hour 45 mins to get here and there were only 3 stands selling cherries in cups. NO CHERRY PIE, NO CHERRY SUNDAYS, No cherry NOTHING!! VERY DISAPPOINTING to say the least. What a big waste of time!! NEVER AGAIN!!! read more

This events name needs to be changed. Nothing cherry in site. It's like a local swap meet/carnival. Totally expected to taste and eat everything cherry but not available. Waste of our time to drive out here. read more

What a great time !! We had 2 big bags of Cherries. My friend had a Cherry Sundae. Saw Dennis Quaid Sing, Good Day

Definitely more for the the Beaumont residents. We are a tight knit community and this represents us as the close community that we are, and how important family is to us. read more

We drove over an hour to go there following the website address no signs out to direct you. Drove around for half hour and left. They need to advertise better and provide address of event rather than their office. We found one sign pointing nowhere. Poor organizational skills. read more

Nothing spectacular about this event. My family and I were looking forward to consuming lots of cherries and cherry infused foods. We were extremely disappointed. There were absolutely no cherries at this event!!! It was just your basic fair with greasy food and loud music. Not sure why it's referred to as the "Cherry Festival." Will not be returning. read more

This should be call the Beaumont Festival because they had one cherry vendor. For this being the 98th annual Cherry Festival... it SUCKS! I should have read the reviews before driving all the way out to East Jesus Nowhere. Beaumont FAIL! read more

I was happy to hear that parking was free, however, it was literally on the grass/dirt of the park. When I came back for my car, it was covered in dirt and dust--totally annoying. The admission booth only accepted cash, which was a little cumbersome, but the cost to get in was low, so we were ok. We went in around 115, the festival opened at 12pm, unfortunately the ATM was out of cash. Turns it we really didn't need it because all the both in the festival accept debit/atm cards--go figure. Glad we were able to avoid the $4 ATM fees. we went into the festival excited to buy cherries, cherry pie, chocolate covered cherries, deep fried cherries--there was none to be had. There was one other table selling cherries in small baskets for $5. it was truly disappointing. I did find one other booth selling cherry pies, however it was store bought. I had several children with me, so we went over to the ride area; the kids under 6 had a great time, everyone else was quickly bored. The midway games were cash only, and the prizes were nothing to write home about. All in all I would say skip it unless you live in the area and feel like going to a close to "cherry free" cherry festival. read more

Not very big, the parking was kind of crazy, there was no organization, just park anywhere. Carnival rides looked fun, but not for me. My favorite part was the food, funnel cake tasted weird, eggrolls from the Chinese food vendor was the bomb! For a cherry festival, there wasn't a lot of cherries, it was kind of whack. First year and last year for me. read more

I would have given this rating a zero if it was available. It was definitely not handicap accessible. It was so crowded that you could barely move. The area was to small to accommodate so many young and rude people. And they had maybe 2 booths that sold cherries which were very expensive. I'm so happy we took the time to check it out because, this will be are last trip to the Beaumont Cherry festival.... what a joke!!! read more

What a disappointment a cherry festival with NO cherries! This is simply a carnival but don't be expecting to find any cherries....

The cherry festival in 2017 was a waste of time and money for the $7 entrance fee per person. I and a friend were in and out of there within 15 minutes max. There were very few booths and only one booth contained cherry products to purchase which consisted of pies or a drink only. There was very little to see or purchase. The "festival" was quite a disappointment, and we were looking forward to attending it. Don't waste your time or cash. read more

What cherries? There were no cherry orchards. There was a single small booth selling cherries. Parking was an unorganized disaster. Our vehicle was boxed in. It was super crowded with nowhere to sit down. There was an entire section selling junky stuff. It was more a like a swap meet full of lowlifes than a festival. Absolutely zero charm. This is the worst festival I have ever attended. read more