Cow Palace Arena & Event Center

Attended "The Great Dickens Xmas Fair" this weekend and had a blast! 8 family members total and the facility was perfect! Had my 84yrs old Mother in her wheelchair attend with us and we were pleased with the service and facility amenities provided for handicapped attendees. The crew that serviced the Shuttle feature were extraordinary to and from our parking. Thanks to the whole Cow Palace staff!

I've attended the Charles Dickens Faire here. It's a wonderful holiday event. The whole area is set up as Old Victorian London town with vendors, shops, stages,etc. There are actors and shop owners dressed up in that era and do reenactments. This is a paid event, you need to buy tickets and also pay for parking ($20 per vehicle). It's fun to also dress up in period costumes and enjoy the festivities. Some vendors only accept cash. If needed there's are atm machines located indoors.

It was such a wonderful event of christmas. The participants were perfecsional, love the detailed settings of the shops, the customs. The only downside was that the place gotten too crowded in the afternoon, we had to leave early because it was getting hard to breath, or move around with too many people in a limited space.

Grand National Rodeo 2025. Amazing experience! Good show and program, the place is full of tradition is well maintained.

A very large Arena with two additional halls. It can take up to 12000 guests and is popular with bands and gigs. It has large parking lots but early arrival is advised. It could do with an update though.

Very old but very cool. Huge indoor space, tons of parking outside. The staff was friendly and seemed to really care about what they do. The bathrooms and facilities worked but are definitely dated and older. Also, given the fact that there was millions of livestock in and out of this building for many decades it didn’t seem to smell weird or anything like that. Also also, it is very cool that Elvis and the Beatles both played here. The Beatles played their first live show in America at the Cow Palace. The acoustics inside were ok, good, but not great. I would be very curious to see a full sized/ big scale / sold out concert here.

American street fast food festival. This is an analogue of the European season of booths with street food, sausages, a variety of beer, mulled wine, grog and attractions (carousels, swings, slides, fear rooms and much more). And at this festival, fast food prevails, very little beer (perhaps Christmas festivals will have mulled wine, but yesterday it was cold and it would be very appropriate to take mulled wine). I liked the place where the festival is held - such a cozy and nice area between the hills. We do not recommend taking grilled oysters - burnt and only sprinkled with parmesan. other sauces, in general, kill the concept of "oyster". A set of 12 oysters - $ 47 thrown away. Delicious deep-fried squid, Japanese waffles with filling and everything else is also very good. Convenient logistics public transport. Many tents with jewelry, clothes. I'll give it a 4. I recommend visiting for a good mood.