Only because I have to give it 1 at least. This event was poorly planned, once you go in, you cannot leave and come back. There really isn't much to do once you get inside. We arrived at opening, 3:00 and walked all around 2 times by 4:30. Two of the food trucks were already out of items by 4:00. No one knew where you were supposed to exit from, but it ISNT the same place you come in. The clothing sales all seem to be pot or hot rod related. On the bright side, if you want a new bong, they have them here!! Most of the "arts and crafts" booths are for kids only. Glad that we brought the RV as now we are comfortably playing cribbage while waiting for fireworks. I think we are going to walk to one of the local restaurants for dinner now!! We just left @ 7:15 and getting out was a disaster! read more

First off, THANK YOU Ryan C for 2 of my tickets! No kidding I love free stuff, Butt.... There's a reason why this place is getting 2 stars and No Love, the theme of tonight was Lines, lines, Lines... NOT the app but all the dang lines we were in just to do anything that night. So I rsvp'd and got 2 tix from Ryan, but it was also my dad's birthday so I figured why not buy 3 more for the family so we can all celebrate the night at this cool event with good food and a good show? NOT! The only good food we got was "we ran out of GOOD food" and saw kids making out for a "Good show". From the time we got into Angel's Stadium, at 630, there was this huge ass line that wrapped around as long as the line at Indiana Jones in DL. The upside was that it went faster than that. The good thing about the line was that it was to protect us because of the high threat alert that day, so we weren't that upset by it. When we finally got our bags checked and gave my 5 printed online tix to the attendant, all he did was count the 5 papers, he didn't even scan the barcode or even look twice at it.. I could've made copies of the same tix and he wouldn't even know. Then, upon entering the food area, we knew to immediately go get food, but surprise surprise, there was already a huge line at all of the popular food places/trucks. There were 50 ppl deep for middle feast and 50+ ppl deep for Seoul Sausage! The fack!?! Most of the other places were the same.. so we quickly went around and got in a line. My brother went to Seoul and I went to Mama Musubi. After standing in line at Musubi for 15 minutes, we finally ordered and then stood in ANOTHER line to pick up food. BF stood in line for 10 minutes and they said they RAN out of RICE! OMGAWD! How do you run out of RICE?!!? After 15 minutes, the line finally started to move again and we got our items. The musubi was okay and nothing special. Especially since we found out that you can go to Costa mesa and get the same shit and not have to wait in line for half an hour.. I then got a call from my brother saying the line he was standing in for 30 minutes, Seoul, ran out of food! WOW!! By then, everybody was pretty much sick of all these lines, people, and the lack of organization. So somebody decided to leave and take my dad somewhere else to eat for his Bday. Thanks guys, there goes my $15. This place was pretty bad.. LINES everywhere, people all over the place, and people standing in line for places that already ran out of food... Luckily I didn't pay $7 but got it for $5/ tix with an online code. But still, paying $15 for all the lines we stood in, and all the food we didn't eat made this event a huge "Hell No, never again in my book". And Thank GOd we didn't have to pay $10 for parking or else I would've had to flip some tables over. MUY MALO! read more

Save your time and money. Parking was $10 and entry $10. They had a lot of "venue" to work with and did not Utilize the space. Long unorganized lines, nothing to do except loop the booths once and wait for fireworks. Definitely not organized properly. If you still have time walk away or park near the stadium and watch the fireworks from there. Waiting by our car now waiting so we can get our moneys worth and leave. read more

A very poorly organized event. It's hard to get to anywhere because there was too many people. There's not enough food vendors so all of them have very long lines. Parking is $10, and there's no re entry. The firework display was pretty weak and sad. I don't think I will do this event again. read more

The OC Block Party is theoretically a pretty good idea for a July 4th OC get-to-gether. It needs a lot of fine-tuning though for the second go-around. Best way to do this is probably a quick pro/con list: Pros: -The general venue is an interesting idea - makes for some great photos and a cool atmosphere walking around Angels Stadium for a more fun atmosphere. -The Pocky Sticks crew was on point all night long - they never seemed to run out and no lines to get anything. -The food/dessert vendors seemed like a good mix of strong candidates like Seoul Sausage to Honey & Butter...even though there weren't enough of them (read below) -Although $10, parking was super easy to get in and if you left early enough, easy to get out -A lot of room to walk around inside and the kids area seemed fun. Could envision a bigger carnival area in the future. Think the import cars were an interesting touch and again, could envision more spaces/stages for different events going on. -People were relatively nice to each other. Cons: -Super long lines for food - The selection wasn't bad but there just weren't enough vendors to cope with the crowds. As the other reviews said, lines took about 1-2 hours depending on where you were standing if not selling out. -A bigger area would be nicer like in the stadium itself or another parking lot for more activities, vendors and... -Designated drinking areas inside the festival area - I understand that there are some issues since the event takes place in a parking lot area but it seemed weird to not be able to casually bring in a beer or a cocktail to watch the fireworks and also bring in more options/sponsorship opportunities. Warm beer for $13 was disappointing. -Tech. hiccups - wasn't there for the whole day but when I came around to the main stage, there were some audio issues from bad levels to music glitches -Better and/or more prepared performances - Some of the acts I knew from Youtube or friends but even though I may have been a fan online, some of the acts were really underwhelming or just not prepared. -Parking was $10 - not sure much could be done about this since it's in Angels Stadium but just a heads-up. -The line getting in wasn't absolutely terrible since it moved pretty quick (at least around 7PMish) but surprised there weren't more ways to get in. -The fireworks too were a bit underwhelming. A 15-minute show is fine but one, it needs to be pretty clearly shown where the fireworks are going to be (not a last minute announcement in which a lot of people are just racing over to another side to get the best view) and two, it'd be nice if the fireworks were a bit more engrossing. Needs a lot more organization for the future if there are plans to make more OC Block Parties but think there's potential. read more

Lame lame lame. We arrived super early (at 3) and noticed it was very dead. We ended up checking out a few other events in the area as well before we headed there. Finally went at about 530pm. Line was insanely long to get in, but it went by very quickly. Some people were giving out tickets, others were selling them. We parked in the back in thr industrial business park area and walked two blocks instead of paying for parking (Which I totally suggest doing). There were a lot of people leaving when we got in. There were even more people leaving the same time we were leaving (at 8 pm). It's hard to wait to more hours for fireworks.. Food was good but lines have gotten long. Some ran out apparently. We made our money worth at getting 11 boxes of Pocky :) We're happy...ish. BTW, pocky expires in less than 2 weeks for each box. read more

Don't even bother going here. First disappointment was parking. In order to park at the stadium, you had to pre purchase. Luckily we found parking nearby for the event, $10 and once it was time to leave there wasn't a crowd just to exit. You know it's all about the food at these events that bring the crowds so what an epic failure!! There was not enough food vendors so there were long lines & right when you are close to placing an order they run out of food!! Seriously?!? Too much to drink or eat and now you need to use the restrooms or porta-potty?!?! Another long line and there were only 5 porta-potties?! Better use it when you need to and not when you're bladder is about to burst! There were carnival type games and inflatable slides for the little ones. The 2 stars are for the fireworks and vendors, got to purchase some optical Kahoy frames for a great price!!! The fireworks show was okay nothing spectacular. read more

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Some highlights and not going into detail because everything has been said already. - $10 parking - $10 entrance fee - No where to sir - Everything was packed - Very unorganized Never coming back! Best thing was seeing Vicky Li there. Nuff said (Added another star) read more

This was an "interesting" event - a mixture of the fun, interesting, boring, and somewhat lame. I came here because we had complimentary tickets (shout out to OC Yelp for free tix!) and my fiancee and I decided to make the drive up here from San Diego because we had heard good things about this event. Parking was $10 and we decided to start off with the carnival games. The games were pretty standard other than the fact that I managed to somehow win a ninja penguin by the miracle of God. We also won three goldfish, but with an hour and a half drive back, we decided to give them to some of the kids there. And while this was fun, the lines at the food stands were not. Although there was a mixture of good and interesting food, the ones that everyone wanted to try were clearly not prepared for the mass number of people that were coming. We had to wait in line for quite a bit for a chili mango lemonade and to be honest, it wasn't that good - that's the price for being adventurous, I guess. It was too spicy and there wasn't enough mango, flavoring or fruit, to balance it out and we ended up chucking the rest. The rest of the food stands were way overpriced - this was OC after all, and when the restaurants outside of the "night market" were cheaper than the food trucks inside, I feel rather hesitant to drop $40-$60 on food alone. I'm sure the food was quite delicious - but the sheer price will make people think twice about even considering a snack. The car show was a treat for me personally - I love cars and I love mods and there were quite a few cars that were impressive in the work done on the cars. My fiancee, on the other hand, had no idea what any of it was and the fact that I could explain it was really fun :D Besides the other random stores (one store was trying to fleece us with Ktown hats for $20 - who are they trying to fool?) and the random performers during the afternoon, I thought that this was a fun way to spend the afternoon. But this is solely because our tickets were free and we came when the crowd wasn't crazy - wouldn't say it's worth driving up an hour and a half for the "party". read more

I got complimentary tickets and my friends were on guest list for this event. We only paid $10 for parking but I can't get my night back. We got there around 8 pm and there were lines everywhere and metal detectors at the entrance. Is that really necessary? I saw cops bullying people at the entrance giving them a hard time for just standing there. The ticketing staff were also very immature. I didn't eat anything here and I just stood around for three hours. This event was way too crowded. There was barely any room to walk and they didn't even make use of the whole stadium. People were sitting on the floor eating their food.... OC block party was just another car show with coffee shop girls. I was at the Block Party last year and it was much better. Please organize your event better and stop hiring kids and bad security. read more

Meh. So much space but not much to see, eat or do! Therefore lines were way too long to begin with. The popular spots ran out of food around 7pm!! How are you not prepared to feed a large crowd? I don't understand. Disappointing. The fireworks show made up for it, but I definitely won't be back next year! read more

I had really high hopes for the OC Block Party because of all the hype from their instagram. However I was sorely disappointed. At first glance it seemed a lot bigger than their last event (KTown Night Market), since we were going through Gate 2 instead of a make shift gate. Didn't realize there would be legit security with metal detectors and all; but no biggie since it was the 4th of July, so I totally get it. The only thing that sucks is that the bag checkers were VERY inconsistent. The line that I went through moved quickly and I was able to bring in an outside drink. However the line that my boyfriend and his daughter went through, the bag checker told them that they couldn't bring in their bottle waters. (Yes the bottles were sealed) Since when can't you bring in water?!?! Plus it was hot and she's a child! The lady said that it was because the vendors requested that no bottle waters be brought in. Urm okay....then why can't you just make it a blanket statement and say no outside food/drinks. Yet I can bring in my soda but my child can't bring water. I get you want to make sales but wth..? Also the sign that said 'No Re-entry' was behind the metal detectors and it wasn't really advertise that you couldn't leave and come back. If i would of known, I would've brought a jacket with me at the time. However I didn't want to deal with the long lines to get back in again. When we finally got into the venue itself, it had almost the same layout as the KTown Night Market, except there was a car show in the middle--actually no it was more towards the side/back, of the venue. There wasn't as many food vendors as I thought there was going to be. So because of that the lines were SUPER long. Like going all the way back to the car show area for some of them. And that was just to purchase!! You had to stand in another line to pick up your food. So on average it was ~30-45 to buy, then another ~30-40 minutes just to get your food. Yikes! I never had to wait that long at any other type of night markets; and I've been to a lot of them. A lot of the vendors also ran out of food to sell by 8/8:30 PM. The fireworks show itself was pretty cool. It went on a lot longer than I anticipated. And I personally think just based on the fireworks themselves, it's better than Disneyland's 4th of July ones (Note: not their nightly shows, just the one they have especially for the 4th). While the music was good as well, I did wish they would have added some patriotic songs, cause at the end of the day, we're celebrating our Independence Day! Not sure if I would want to try and tough it out with the crowds next year. Hopefully they get more vendors and change their layout. So it would flow smoother. Oh and ps. I understand about being nervous, but a lot of the live acts were just horrible. Hopefully it was a fluke and they really aren't so bad. read more

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Not impressed at all. I don't even know what all the hype about this place is about. Personally, I did not recognize most of the food trucks. On top of it, the food wasn't even that good. Most of the items here were over priced, and the portions, not worth what was being charged. Basically, we were paying approximately $5 for what should really cost $1. Some of the lines seemed to be very long, and even when other people surrounding us received their food, they did not seem impressed. Sometimes, we regretted having already waited 10 minutes in a line, and then seeing someone walking away discouraged. The lobster balls, which was supposed to be phenomenal, were actually really bad. It had more breading than anything else, and it did not even taste like lobster. Lobster is supposed to be a high end thing, and the way it was breaded, and the sauce that was drizzled on it, all made it seem everything less of it being lobster. In all honesty, you could have put chicken or beef, or whatever in lieu of the lobster, and the taste would have been the same. The Korean food truck's $5 Bibimbop was by far, the worst. The guy outside promoted what looked to be a huge bowl of Bibimbop. The pictures on the truck & even the fake bowls of Bibimbop, all portrayed a hearty bowl of rice with beef. We received everything shy of that. We did, however, receive a big bowl, full of nothing. There was less than one inch of rice in the bowl. Beef seemed scarce, and the vegetables, even more scarce. With the 3 centimeters of rice on the bottom, the few morsels of meat, and the lightly sprinkled vegetables, all of those contents did not even reach the half way inside the bowl. And yes, that is coming from the optimistic side of the coin. There were a ton of people there, which I personally felt bad for. As we were leaving, we noticed that it seemed like there was over an hour's worth of a line. Too bad these people will be waiting in line for nothing. I highly suggest taking yourself elsewhere. For the amount of cash we spent today, we could have had a gourmet meal elsewhere, and would have been full. I was more impressed with the OC Night Market, and so was my boyfriend. Time to find a place to eat that is actually worth our money. read more

First off, the line to get in was very long. It sucked you can't even bring in a bottle of water, especially when the line to get drinks and foods are at least 1 hour long. It took me 1 hour to get a bottle of lemonade for $8. The lemonade came with ice that glows in the jar, which I thought was a nice touch. I didn't bother to get any food due to the long lines. The event was poorly planned out! All the lines overflowed randomly everywhere, it was hard to find the end of the lines for each booths. People was pushing their way through each line just trying to walk around the event. I don't understand why it had to be that way when they clearly had the whole parking lot to work with. I would have enjoyed this event a little more if it was free to get in (saw a lot of people with free tickets *sad*). I had to pay $5 for a ticket (using their coupon code) and $10 for parking. Feel sorry for those that paid full price for this event because it totally wasn't worth a single penny. The only thing I enjoyed was the free record art the school was giving out. Despite the hour and a half wait to get one, it is a pretty cool art to put up on my wall. They advertised free Rockstar drinks which I never got one because they were totally out by the time I got in. The Pocky they gave out was about to expire and some were already stale even though it haven't expired yet. There wasn't a place to sit and watch the fireworks, so I just went to my car and waited for the fireworks there. The fireworks was mediocre. I saw people in the plaza across the street who saw the fireworks for free. I should have just done that! I would not return to this event. I should have just sat outside Disneyland and watch their fireworks. It would have been free and a much more elaborate show. read more

I also got free tickets for being yelp elite (thank you to Ryan C!). I saw online that parking was $10, so it didn't bother me, and I found FREE STREET PARKING right across the street around 6pm. Like other Yelpers mentioned, the small number of vendors made for some very, very long lines. The music was pretty varied. I guess they tried to cater to everyone. The fireworks were kind of lame, but I'd just gotten back from Vegas... read more

It was the bomb diggity. The oc block part, I had low expectations but this place was awesome. Loud music, 2 concert stages, tons of games, dozens of food trucks with unique flavors of food and lots more. Also there was a really big car show on the other side. Entertainment for days. Lots of giveaways and prizes. read more

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Big disappointment! The lines for porta potties were ridiculously long. I almost pissed my pants. The lines for any good food were also way too long. I passed cause I didn't wanna wait. I did wait in line for the beer and that took forever! Since I arrived, there was a lot of confusing on where the line began to get in. Stood in long as line only to see a lot of people cutting to the front of the line. It took security a long time to stop that. As far as the firework show, meh, I've seen better. It was not worth going there. It was first and last time for me. read more

Ahhh! Another night market for Orange County. However, this night market was ridiculously priced. Before getting ANY food, or even getting into the event, the event ate and devoured our money away! The event takes place at the Anaheim Angels Stadium, so therefore, parking ended up being $10. And before getting into the event, admission prices were $10. In total, that's $30 we paid in order to get in! That's ridiculous! Even the 626 night market wasn't this crazy expensive! After paying to get in, we found some places we wanted to try. However, as usual for any night market, the lines were long, and they curved and some even ran out of food! Standing in line took about 30-60 mins to just order and receive your food. Anyways, this night market was a disappointment... I wished I attended the 626 night market in Santa Anita instead. read more

Like others have chimed in, there weren't enough food vendors probably because they were at the 626 Night Market. We got there around 4pm,but there wasn't enough content going on to keep us there until the firework show. By 6pm, we were done. A hot tip is if you're attending for the food, come early as the lines are small. The was also a Hot Import Nights car show going on which took up most of the real estate. It was a bit confusing if we were there for a car show with some food booths, or a block party with a car show going on. Luckily we had some comp tickets to the event, but did have to pay $10 for parking. Will we be back next year? The jury's still out. read more

Very disappointed in this event. They had very little to do. A couple stages with DJs were set up and there was a car show (not classic cars). They had some decent food trucks but all of the good trucks had really long lines. They had a few carnival games and some booths selling different things. They did not allow alcohol outside of the stadium gates...which is where the majority of things were happening. My husband and I left after being there less than an hour. read more

Lines were ridiculous!!! They had so much parking lot space and crammed it all into such a small area. It's obvious that all they cared about was cramming as much people as possible into a small area. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Complete waste of time and money. read more

The first and last time we're ever going to the OC Block Party! Since entering the stadium to get into the venue, there was no organization at all - tons of people line up to go through 4 detectors. We've gone to many Angels games and nothing beats the cue you had to go through just to enter this event. But that's not even the worst part! We had to spend the whole time lining up just to order and pick up our food. It took us 3 hours from start to finish - just for the food. Organizers really need to invite a lot more food and beverage vendors because what they had just wasn't enough for the amount of people attending. Also, check the expiration on your free Pocky. Ours is expiring in a week. The one star was for the decent fireworks show. read more

All kinds of fun entertainment including two dance areas, a car show with lots of custom paint jobs and beautiful interiors, a kids arcade and food trucks galore. The fourth of July fireworks were amazing. read more

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Thank you Ryan C and Yelp OC for the two free tickets. I feel bad for leaving a low review for an event that I was given free tickets to, but this event was a disaster! I was initially excited to get confirmed for this event and told my parents about it and they purchased tickets. Parking at the stadium was easy but the line to get in was unbelievably long but went by fairly quickly. Grabbed some free matcha green tea pocky sticks and some Yelp swag as we walked in, which was nice! We arrived around 7pm and went straight to the food trucks. All the lines were super long so we decided to go for Seoul Sausage! Big mistake! Took us 2 hours to get food, basically our whole time there. All they had left was spicy pork sausage, and a few groups behind us, they were completely sold out! I felt so bad for those people who waited almost as long as us to leave empty handed and there was nothing they could do about it. Our sausages were good but mine was kinda dry and it was definitely not worth the 2 hour wait. At least we had fun complaining in line with the people in front us, bonding over the ridiculous line. The music playing helped the wait a bit. As soon as we finished eating, we headed to the car to watch the fireworks to make a quick getaway. Fireworks were great but only 15 minutes! I definitely regret coming to this event, and feel really guilty for bringing my parents and BF here to celebrate July 4th! Like what everyone said, they need way more food vendors, and it would have been nice to be inside the stadium, which is really how I thought it was going to be. Further, we had no interest in any of the HIN stuff and I think it was a bad idea to mix what is supposed to be a family event with a HIN event. Too many girls walking around in their thongs and bikinis, no bueno for the kids! read more

This is a really awful event. $10 parking, $10 admission, no seating, and sad layout of everything. We came in, walked around, and realized that we were only paying for the fireworks. There's a few carnival games, food trucks, and 2 stages for 'music'. Nothing to do and most people are just sitting around. read more

I'm Asian so I can talk my shit. But what does Hot Import Nights and HTown Night Market have to do with Independence Day??? This event was marketed as a July 4th party and the only thing that made this event July 4th were the fireworks. Our kids were unimpressed with them btw (because they're spoiled by Disney and so am I lol). Oh and we got to watch the fireworks behind the canopies for the picnic table seating while standing in line for 2 fucking hours. Ridiculous. The car show was pathetic. I couldn't remember one car that impressed me. I think the car shows of our days were 100 times better. This was also marketed as a family event and they're having bikini contests? These bikini girls are being asked to describe themselves and I shit you not one airhead said she was a mermaid. Thank you OC Block Party for giving our girls such an enriching, positive, and respectful learning experience (insert eye roll here). Smdfh. Had I known you were going to promote Neanderthal events like this, I wouldn't have suggested this place. Nowhere in the marketing material did it mention this. Back to the ridiculous wait times. We stood in line for Mama Musubi for about 1.50 hours just to order then we had to wait another 45 minutes just to pick up our order. We loved our musubis so this negative review had nothing to do with them but paying $49 (for 7 tickets online pre-sale), $20 for parking for two cars, $25 each kid for wristbands for the bouncy houses, and then $150 for food?? We could've gone to a 4 star restaurant and relaxed!!! This event was very poorly planned. Crowd control was non-existent, the lines to get in were poorly managed, 5 porta-potties (???), and there weren't enough food trucks to feed the crowds. Places were selling out halfway through the event!! We were better off going to 626 Night Market on a regular day. This event was a joke. Waste of our night and money. More Asians trying to cheat other Asians out of their money. Shame on you. read more

I didn't want to be the only bad review but then I read a few and realized I wasn't the only one who felt the way I did. Parking was fine, 5 bucks and easy to find a spot. Honestly this and the very very cool car show were the only positives. Otherwise the line to get in was super confusing, the lines for food were tooooooo long and the music was waaay too loud. Not enough food trucks for the amount of ppl they let in. We went for the fireworks show but we got so hungry that we had to leave. I guess get there early if you wanna eat but that means you got a loooooong day ahead of you. The car show was definitely the best part. So many models and so much creativity. Despite that, I still wouldn't return. read more

This is a little painful to write because I wanted this event to be so much better. This was something new and I thought this year I would check out the OC Block Party instead of going to the beach or other places. I actually won 5 free tickets to this event through Instagram and Yelp. For our group of 8, we purchased 3 extra tickets ($7 each) and went in one car so we only had to pay for parking once ($10). That was already $31 more than I wanted to spend so I was really hoping that this event would be worth the money. What a huge waste of space. Half the event was taken over by cars. I mean not that I mind going to a car show but this wasn't the place for it. This was the FOURTH OF JULY. I mean I expected something more patriotic! Car shows with half naked women dancing in front of 3-7 year olds is not patriotic at all and inappropriate. It was so ratchet too with the music being way out of line. I at least expected the food to be more AMERICAN. Basically everything was Asian, and honestly there wasn't enough food trucks or food vendors. We came around 7:30PM and there were over 1 hour waits for the food trucks and sadly many of the food trucks had sold out of food by then. Completely disorganized. After waiting over an hour for food, we hoped that the fireworks would make up for it. And it somewhat did but it was nowhere close to "spectacular". It was off beat from the music and the finale was so weak. It was so sad because the event promised it to be something that it wasn't. Overall, the whole event was a disappointment. I mean granted I won most of the tickets but this really wasn't an event that ANYONE should have to pay for. It had nothing to do with Independence Day and was just a waste of time and money. Plus, we couldn't even go inside the stadium! What's the point of that! 1 star for the mediocre fireworks, and the other star is for the free 90 boxes of Pocky my group walked out with. 2/5 read more

Worst....event....EVER!!! Yelp really should make an option for ZERO stars, 'cuz this event (if you can call it that) did nothing else but irritate me and convince me that all the organizers cared about was cramming as many people as they could into the event and not care if anyone had a good time. Parking was $10. The event was EXTREMELY poorly organized. You didn't know where to park, where the entrance was, where to line up, etc. It was just chaos. We got free tickets but that didn't make up for the time I lost from my life. We've been to this event before and thought it was pretty decent. But this time, they eliminated a HUGE section of food vendors and replaced them with import cars! The cars took up so much space! Basically turned this event into a car show. So, the food selection has become A LOT smaller. But, I think attendance has grown because it's the 4th of July. So, either the food vendors just completely ran out of food, or the ones who were still around had 2 hours lines. The entertainment was horrible. Not enough food vendors. Lines were ridiculously long. Horribly disorganized and chaotic. It was just a headache x 10. There was no need for so many import cars. Ridiculous. They should've just stuck with the original formula and had a bunch of food vendors. BTW, my girlfriend and I just gave up and left hungry and thirsty without buying a single thing. Not a drink...not any food...nothing! The lines were just wayyyyy too long. We will not be returning if they keep pulling this. Super lame. Really put a damper on her 4th of July festivities. read more

it was fun. tight.I wasnt expecting all the asian food trucks ...since it was fourth of july.. like ya know i was thinkin more of american food, but it was aight. I was down to try new food :) lonngggg lines tho read more

Nothing to do with 4th of July at all!!! If you like Asian food, which I do, it's mediocre at best. Car show, well I guess I'm past the age group that gives a rats butt for the cars here, they're nice but not my style which is the only reason this event gets a (2). read more

Perfect event for family & friends! This year it's held on 4th of July (today). Mix of the best food trucks, artists, and entertainment. Lots of vendors have free giveaways. My favorite vendor is artist missmindful (find her on IG). The event is held at the Angel Stadium parking lot. This year HIN (hot import nights) are collaborated with the oc block party to have the most variety and eventful event. The same company that puts out the fireworks for disneyland will be showing fireworks as well on this parking lot! The event just started and already tons of people are flowing in!! read more

This is the worst event I have ever been to and it's not even worth it even if it was free. We went to the Ktown night market last year at angel stadium (which was not on July 4th) which we enjoyed so we wanted to go again this year. We've been to multiple night markets so we went into this knowing there would be lines. This year the import cars took over half the event space. There were not enough food vendors to accommodate the number of people. Only 5 food trucks and maybe 10 food stands. Every line was at least 2 hours long. We got there at 6:30 pm and some vendors already ran out of food. You couldn't even get water anywhere without waiting in some ridiculous line. After circling the place a few times, we decided to leave and get dinner elsewhere. What a waste of our night and July 4th holiday! read more

I attended this past weekend with my daughter and boyfriend, and we were highly disappointed! This event was made to look and sound waaay better than it turned out to be. I was so irritated because it was so badly put together. Especially when they claimed it had been a year in the planning. It was unorganized and very mediocre. I thought there would be tons of food trucks... Nope only 5. And the one I wanted to try had a huge long line that I stood in for 20 minutes without moving ahead at all. I gave up. It seemed to me that there were way more people than quality food there. The lines were ridiculous, even for the bouncy houses for the kids. Wasted a good amount of time there since I purchased the 20 dollar wrist band for unlimited play for my daughter. Plus there was a no re entrance/ no outside food or beverage. Needless to say everything was pretty expensive. I payed 10 dollars for 2 glasses of lemonade at one point! Then stood in another huge line later for a draft beer for me and my bf who payed 25 dollars for 2 beers. Fucking ridiculous... Pardon my french here folks but that was just robbery. The entertainment was sad and there was nowhere near enough tables in the seating area. The highlight of the night was the fireworks show but even that wasn't worth the wait. At least I stopped by the yelp table and got a free bag, thanks yelp! But overall the whole experience was a let down and we will definitely never again attend! I hope they majorly improve their events because it is unfair to the patrons who wasted their time, MONEY, and energy attending this event. read more

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Needs a lot of work ! Event was crazy packed.. Prices for food was crazy ! And lines were so long . Wouldn't attend another event here .. Horrible read more

I was very appreciating of the free tickets to this event. We got there pretty early at around 4:30 and parking/entrance wasn't that chaotic. First thought we had was to eat since our guts were eating our guts. We went for the lobster, mama musubi stands, and for desert honey and butter macaroon ice cream sandwiches. I fell in love with mama musubi rice balls but the lobster wasn't really worth it. There weren't many food trucks/eating options and the venue space itself was quite small. They had so much room to work with I wish they would have utilized it all. As you walked in you could see a lot of people sitting down where ever shadow was present. We walked around the whole place 2 times. We ended up leaving early at around 6 and decided it was best to just head home. There was no way I could wait around until 9 for the firework show. I still think this was a great place to come by and check out during the day. They should definitely add: More seating areas More food trucks/vendor shops More carnival games read more

Worst experience ever. Do not go here for food. 2 hour wait. Not well organized. Never again!!!!!

First off, let me start by saying I am grateful that we didn't pay a single penny for the tickets to this event. Staff members at the Angel Stadium were handing them out after the Angels vs Yankees game on Monday the 29th. And by grateful I mean this event isn't worth neither 7$ and most definitely not 10$. It was extremely disorganized, the food selection was poor and pretty much repetitive and too damn expensive, the "singers" were pretty awful (there were a few couple that definitely deserve the recognition) but for the most part, pretty darn bad! And don't get me started on the staff holding the event... ALL OF THEM had 0 to no knowledge about what they were doing there. Seriously any question we asked, they had no answers too, THANKFULLY the Angel Stadium staff members were there as well and knew all answers. And no re entry? That was extremely pathetic, considering the website and the entrance to the event had no form of information on it.. Including the staff working the event. They literally had to ask close to 15 people to get the answer, if not you were only going to find out at the very exit where there's finally a sign that informs you about how there is no re entry. I personally wouldn't recommend the event at all, and myself wouldn't go again. The only thing that made the whole experience semi-good was JUST and ONLY the fireworks, but from what I heard, it is the same people that do the Disneyland fireworks so no surprise there, they do an excellent job. But I also watched those from the comfort of my own car since the inside was just boring.. and last, but never least.. it was 4th of July.. It's America's independence and there wasn't anything that represented red/white and blue there besides the fireworks.. So perhaps work on that next time. I think perhaps with better management and people with better and bigger ideas the event could succeed in the future.. but for now, it isn't worth the hype. read more

Worst organization ever. Long lines, OK foods and can't even take your drinks to the main event. Supper expensive. Should of not charged for gate. For this sorry of an excuse of an event. Not even American food. Just Asian and "vegetarian" food. The guests we where here are starving. And waited over 1 hour to get mediocre food at a gourmet price. And parking was $10. So it was $20 to even get in here. Just to only accept cash only at the gate and parking. But credit almost everywhere else. Would never come here again. Even if it was free. read more

For being an American holiday there's not a whole bunch of American things to do or eat. No hot dogs, hamburgers, or even bacon psh! All the cars they have here are all imports. Nothing American about this event so far. If you drink be prepare to bring some mula! read more