Strait Curbside Food Truck Festival

The Strait Curbside Food Truck Festival brings a rotating lineup of Vancouver Island's mobile eateries to the west parking lot of Nanaimo North Town Centre for a day of casual, family-friendly feasting. Organized by Strait Curbside, the free-to-enter event gathers food trucks and curbside vendors serving everything from savoury street food to sweet treats, so visitors can graze their way through a variety of flavours in one convenient spot. The relaxed, open-air setting makes it easy to wander, sample and find a place to enjoy your finds, and the central-Nanaimo location off Rutherford Road is easy to reach and offers plenty of parking. Running from late morning into the evening, the festival is a popular summer outing for families, friends and anyone looking to support local small businesses on wheels. Admission is free; you simply pay for the food and drinks you choose. It is one of several curbside gatherings the organizers host through the warmer months, and the August date is a reliable favourite. Taking place August 29, 2026, it is a low-key, delicious way to spend part of a late-summer day in Nanaimo.