Knott’s Boysenberry Festival: New foods and tickets (2023)

The Knott’s Boysenberry Festival is Knott’s annual food-inspired event that celebrates the park’s historic roots by highlighting the little berry that started it all, the boysenberry. The Knott’s Boysenberry Festival dates for 2023 have been extended for a full extra week starting March 10, operating daily through April 16, 2023.

Guests will have the opportunity to indulge in a tantalizing lineup of dishes ranging from savory foods with a boysenberry twist to one-of-a-kind specialty desserts and drinks that you can only find at Knott’s Berry Farm during this time of the year.

New Knott’s Boysenberry Festival Food Offerings

In addition to the numerous food and drink offerings, the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival offers a wide selection of local crafters, live music, musical stage shows and fun activities for guests of all ages to enjoy.

This year’s event will introduce entirely new food offerings featuring a selection of more than two dozen food and drink items. A few new items to note include:

• Crab Sushi Roll with a Boysenberry Aioli                
• Chicken Dumplings with a Boysenberry Wonton and a Teriyaki Dipping Sauce
• Boysenberry Horchata
• Chicken Cordon Bleu with a Boysenberry Cheese Sauce
• Trio of Sausage with Peppers and Onions on Boysenberry Polenta
• Spring Fling Salad with Shrimp and a Boysenberry Vinaigrette
• Boysenberry Filled Donut Open Faced Chicken Sandwich with an Aioli Drizzle
• Deconstructed Lemonade with Blackberries, Loganberries, and Red Raspberries
• Boysenberry Rocky Road Brownie
• Boysenberry Pie Bars
• Boysenberry Slushy Mudslide (alcoholic)
• Boysenberry Seltzer
• Prosecco with Hibiscus and Boysenberry
• Boysenberry Sweet Tea with Vodka

Boysenberry Festival Tasting Card

A great way to indulge in the new boysenberry food items during the festival is by purchasing a tasting card priced at $55 .

The tasting card will offer six tastings from a selection of 30 boysenberry-inspired dishes and drinks. A variety of signature boysenberry items will also be available for purchase a la carte. Tasting cards are available at Knotts.com or at the theme park. 

Knott’s Boysenberry Festival menu

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Knott’s Boysenberry Festival Merch

Guests can also create over 75 unique boysenberry-inspired creations with limited edition merchandise found throughout the park.

This year’s new merchandise includes a selection of packaged food items perfect for take-home souvenirs like the new boysenberry microbrew BBQ sauce, boysenberry crème brulé coffee, boysenberry brownie cookies, boysenberry pepper bacon spread and boysenberry balsamic grilling glaze.

The Berry Market, located in the California Marketplace, also features signature boysenberry items like the refreshing boysenberry sarsaparilla and our classic jams and preserves.

Unique boysenberry-inspired artisan products will also be available at the Boysenberry Festival Craft Fair returning with 30 local craft vendors. Each crafter features its own boysenberry-themed items.

Knott’s Boysenberry Festival Entertainment

Knott’s Boysenberry Festival also offers endless entertainment throughout the park. From musical performances to fun interactive games, there is something for every member of the family to enjoy.

Guests are invited to join Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts Gang in the musical stage show Snoopy’s Boysenberry Jamboree! The show is sure to have families dancing and singing along at the Calico Mine Stage

Knott’s pays tribute to its past at the legendary Bird Cage Theatre with a special presentation of the brand-new comedy melodrama, Riverboat Revenge. All aboard for this boysenberry bon voyage!

Get in on the fun with some of the craziest and messiest games in Calico. Try your berry best in our Boysenberry Fun and Games, including the wildly entertaining Boysenberry Pie Eating Contest.

Young ones and young at heart are invited to cozy up to the cutest critters on the farm, including horses, sheep, goats and other furry friends. Old MacDonald’s Barn pays tribute to one of the farm’s original attractions.

Pull up a chair as our blues trio, the Boysenberry Blues, conjures up some of the smoothest tunes performing at the Boardwalk BBQ patio.

You can also grab a seat (and a plate!) at Fireman’s BBQ, where various musical duos take the stage with a selection of bluegrass and country tunes, they will have your toes a-tappin’ and your hands a clappin’!

Enjoy the sounds from South of the Border in Fiesta Village as the Mariachi Angelitas present a lively show filled with rich history and tradition.

Grab a slice of history in our museum History of the Boysenberry dedicated to the berry that started it all!

Knott’s Boysenberry Festival Tickets

The Boysenberry Festival is included with admission to Knott’s Berry Farm or with a special Knott’s Hotel Boysenberry Package that includes overnight accommodations steps from the park, a tasting card, parking and more.

Additional costs apply for food tasting experiences within the event. Knott’s will have extended hours on select days March 10 – April 16, allowing guests extra time to take advantage of the limited-time offerings.

Knott’s Boysenberry Festival Season Pass

The best way to savor every day of the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival and all of the other Seasons of Fun is with a 2023 Season Pass! Get unlimited visits, food and merchandise discounts, plus so much more! For more information about Knott’s Berry Farm, please visit knotts.com or download the Knott’s Berry Farm app for your smartphone. Join the conversation using the hashtag #BoysenberryFestival

Knott’s Berry Farm
8039 Beach Boulevard
Buena Park CA 90620

Boysenberry Festival
Select dates: March 10 – April 16, 2023

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Where to stay in Buena Park

• Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel – our first choice because it’s literally within the resort. Your hotel stay also includes parking and if you book the Snoop room, Snoopy himself tucks you in (plus, you get two Snoopy plushies).
• Courtyard by Marriott Anaheim – within walking distance to Knott’s Berry Farm (only half a mile away). Hotel stay includes free self-parking.
• Fairfield Inn & Suites Anaheim Buena Park – one mile away from Knott’s Berry Farm. Hotel stay includes breakfast and free self-parking.

Originally published on February 22, 2023. Last Updated on March 12, 2023 by Pattie Cordova