Avocado Festival - Carpinteria

Let's take the train --- From Simi to Carp!
39th Annual California Avocado Festival

If you are taking the train, purchase tickets using the app or a computer, BEFORE arriving at the station.

Saturday - October 4, 2025
FESTIVAL ENTRANCE IS FREE!

Prior events to the festival:
October 2021
October 2022
October 2024

Train Schedule, $20 each way:
Simi Valley 10:11a Carpentaria 11:32a

Return Train Options
Carpentaria 2:03p Simi Valley 3:37p
Carpentaria 4:50p Simi Valley 6:23p
Carpentaria 7:15p Simi Valley 8:48p

Link to Amtrak

Train Trips
There are no machines to buy Amtrak tickets at the station and they cannot be purchased onboard. If you try to use their website from your phone, it isn’t optimized for phones and you may end up having some obscured buttons. Download the app.

Sign up for guest rewards before you purchase your ticket. Otherwise, if for any reason you don’t receive their e-ticket, you won’t have a number for recalling your purchase and you’ll have to call their customer service number to get it resent.

Meet near the tracks in Simi Valley starting around 9:20 AM.
The first photo attached represents out "approximate" path:
Link to Route

We'll start with a hike (an easy walk, no hiking shoes or poles needed) to Carpinteria Bluffs & Beach with its tide pools & tar pits, then trip around (and back & forth between) Islands Brewery, the Avocado Festival, Rincon Brewery & Giovani's Pizza, other great restaurants, etc. We'll let AMTRAK take us back to Simi Valley at the end of the day!

ALTERNATIVELY: Drive yourself and meet at the Carpinteria station around 11:32a, or look for your hiking friends on the beach-front trails, along Linden Ave, and nearby breweries.

AND: You may be able to book passage from other start locations, e.g. Chatsworth, Van Nuys, Ventura, (but Not Camarillo), etc...

Festival Link
The festival runs from 10a - 10p on this day.

Please comment when you have purchased your train tickets!