Upland Lemon Festival

I have lived here in the City of Upland for over 23 years now. Coming to this downtown Upland area during the Lemon Festival is what intrigued me to live in this area. It has definitely changed over the years. Many vendors here. It is a family pass down to come here as my younger daughter came here all three days this year. She took me here on Sunday, which was Father's Day!!! We had some frozen pink lemonade and mini cinnamon pretzel bites from the Wetzel's Pretzels food truck. I love walking around and looking at all the crafts and different things you can buy. We bought a Minnie Mouse hat for my 3 year old granddaughters upcoming birthday party! Next, we bought asada nachos from another food vendor. It was a good portion for $20, which my daughter and I shared. Steep cost, but really good. We definitely were full. The highlight of our going to this Festival was our friend Michelle played on one of the stages there. The band she is in is called the Skinny Ties. They played and sang a cool set of 80's songs, which brought me back some younger memories. My daughter and I had had a blast here as I was truly blessed this Father's Day Weekend! Can't wait to come back here next year!!!

Getting there was easy enough, parking not so much. The festival opened officially at 11AM, we were there at 12. We first checked the free parking lots close to downtown, they were full. There were some close but blocked off and you had to pay something like 20 bucks to park there?! I don't think so.So we ended up further away on another street. Admission was free, which is good if you have a bigger family, so you are not already broke by the time you go through the entrance. There were lots of rides, arts and crafts as well as food vendors, think .... Fries, ice cream, Teriyaki, cheese steak, BBQ, pupusas, tacos and more. BUT ... where were the lemons? It's the lemon festival and there was hardly anything lemon themed. I was expecting more like lemon pie, lemon cookies, lemon candies, even savory dishes incorporating lemons, some creative lemon drinks besides lemonade, more lemon themed decorations ...That was really disappointing. So instead of trying lots of lemon flavored items, we ended up with Philly cheesesteak ($20 bucks each?!) and two drinks from Rad Coffee.The coffee was good but the price for some of the food items was insane. Now, I don't expect it to be cheap at an event like this but what I saw, was wild. I think I saw another reviewer saying something about some single dishes of over 30 and 40 bucks. Say what?! Overall it was more of a county fair, than a lemon festival.Another thing that really needs improvement, are the maps provided on the website. They were too small, pixelated and not downloadable.

The annual Lemon Festival in Upland, CA, is fun for the entire family. My favorite is all the food vendors and live music throughout. This year we had so many carnival rides and vendors that spread over several blocks. Parking was a little hassle but we were able to find a spot near by in no time.

This festival keeps getting larger and larger every year. Parking can be a pain if you want the free parking. There was supposed to be free parking at the city hall lot but there was a group there charging folks. They seemed very shady. There are a lot of food options so go hungry. Can't say the same about the beer though. Stupid heineken booths have shitty lineup and that's all that's available for walking around with at the festival grounds. Luckily there is a liquor store within walking distance that sell local crafts.

Event was free admission and free street parking. It was a fun day with a lot to do and see. A lot of choices of food vendors, albeit somewhat pricey. There's also a lot of entertainment for kids.

Great fun for the family. Friends this festival was so nice. The layout was amazing. The booths and stands were so pretty. You could see that they were very proud small business owners. We wandered around for a few hours and loved the Old Town feel of Upland. The festival sits in a great little area. Plenty of parking and tons of fun shops to explore outside of the booths. We found ourselves wanting food, and this is my only complaint. A lot of the stands removed the prices from their menu. They had no prices posted which was so sketchy. Literally was told an icecream sandwich was 25.00. Hmmmm..nope. We ended up with dole whip, brownies, cookies, popcorn and a teriyaki bowl. Thanks to the booths that were honest with pricing. That practice brought down the whole feel of the festival. Food vendors should not Price Gauge. Be fare and people will buy your food. Other than dishonest food vendors, this was a nice event that we will definitely visit next year.

a free 'concerts in the park' like festival with several stages for band performances. hard to find street parking though, unless you don't mind $20 parking fee.I was expecting more 'lemon' products but only saw 2 booths selling lemonades. There were mostly (2/3) food/drink stalls/booths than products (clothing) booths. we browsed through the booths/stalls and zigzags all the aisles but we're finished about 1.5 hours w/o buying food/drinks.

There's nothing LEMON about this festival! Like many have already mentioned, it was a lot of alcohol and people just sitting or standing around. There were plenty of vendors there, but I didn't see a lot of folks with shopping bags either. It was definitely crowded, but it was not a very fun crowd. It didn't feel very family-oriented to me at all, it was hot and humid through the streets, super stuffy (even though it was set outdoors!). Parking was ridiculous, trying to get people to pay insane prices for parking. I parked about a mile away to avoid all of that. Food selection was overpriced such as tacos, burgers, tappanyaki, and lots of beer and alcohol. There were some food trucks, but way overpriced. Didn't even get to see everything because no idea where the vendors were. There was an event map on their website but it was so pixelated, so you couldn't tell what's what.Ended up leaving early, didn't purchase anything from this event. I really thought this was going to be about lemon cakes, pies, fresh lemonade kind of event, and it unfortunately did not turn out that way. There's so many other drinking events and bars people can go to - this shouldn't have been themed that way. They need a new organizer for next year's Lemon Festival.

Games were very fun and affordable. Food a little pricey but delicious. Awesome music and many vendors. I think it's very fun, I just wish they had some sort of map or better organization because we were looking for specific vendors we saw would be there but couldn't find them. Everyone was spread out every where which was cool but we ended up finding cool things towards the end and people were already closing up.

Very fun but the rides are sometimes terrifying but that the way I like rides recommend