San Diego Ramen Festival 2026

The seventh annual San Diego Ramen Festival is coming on Thursday, December 10, 2026 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm (with a VIP Hour from 5:00pm to 6:00pm).

There will be ramen vendors providing delicious ramen servings to ramen crazy foodies who attend our even bigger and badder ramen festival!

Entertainment, art, premium sake, and more ramen than you can possibly handle – and in 2022, the General Admission tickets sold out months before the event!

This crazy ramen festival will take place at the Handlery Hotel, located at 950 Hotel Cir N, San Diego, CA 92108, in Mission Valley, San Diego.

Keep visiting our website for more news and updates, like performers, vendors, artists, and most importantly, our ramen guys! The ones who will fill you up with awesome ramen goodness! This is the time to Go Ramen Crazy!

General admission tickets are now available and include your first THREE 12-ounce serving of ramen. All additional 12-ounce servings will be $5 and you will have many ramen choices there!

Animals and pets are not allowed at the event, nor is smoking permitted (including e-cigarettes). You may not bring outside food, alcohol, nor any beverage or liquids. We shouldn’t have to include a no weapons warning, but please, no weapons; unless you’re a martial artist and your hands are weapons, then you can bring your hands.

When: Thursday, December 10, 2026 – from 6:00pm – 9:00pm (VIP is 5:00pm – 9:00pm – one extra hour of ramenlightenment)

Where: Handlery Hotel, 950 Hotel Cir N, San Diego, CA 92108

What: Ramen Festival with ramen samples from the best ramen restaurants, merch vendors, entertainment and live performances, and fun fun fun! Go Ramen Crazy!!!

GA: The tickets cost is $30 – includes your first THREE 12-ounce serving of ramen from any vendor, three hours of entertainment, access to specialty vendors, and more!

VIP: Tickets are $110 and include FIVE ramen serving tokens, specialty bento box (in addition to the ramen servings), with complimentary sample servings of Japanese beer and sake, and an extra hour of Ramen Festival without the crazy lines! VIP hour starts at 5:00pm, one hour before General Admission, so you don't have to wait in crazy lines!

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Refund policy - refunds for tickets will be honored until three days before the event (December 7, 2026). No refunds will be given on or after the event date. If you buy a ticket and do not attend the event, you will not be refunded (this applies to you and to whatever situation you explain - no exceptions, there are no refunds on or after the event).

San Diego Ramen Festival reserves the right to use any photograph/video taken at the event, without the expressed written permission of those included within the photograph/video. We may use the photograph/video in publications or other media materials.

San Diego Ramen Festival is dedicated to ensuring our event is a safe environment for all participants. We have a zero tolerance policy for any and all harassment towards fellow attendees, vendors, performers, special guests, event staff, and other event personnel. Anyone attending the event who engages in the following behavior below will have their passes confiscated, and then be ejected from the event without a refund.