More than a decade ago, someone left a short online review of Reyes Adobe Days calling it well organized, small, and educational. That description still holds for the "educational" part. The "small" part stopped being true a while ago.
This October, the festival turns 22, and the version Agoura Hills gets in 2026 is not a single afternoon at one park. It is a four-day run that pulls residents to three different addresses across town, with an attendance estimate north of 10,000 people. If you plan your weekend around "the thing at the Adobe," you will miss half of it.
Four Days, Three Addresses
The name suggests one location, and for most of the weekend that is close to accurate. But the full schedule spreads across the Agoura Hills Recreation and Event Center, the Reyes Adobe Historical Site, and Whizin Market Square, each hosting a piece of the event on a different day.
| Day | Event | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Sept. 24 | Fiesta Luncheon | Agoura Hills Recreation and Event Center, 29900 Ladyface Court | 11 a.m.–1 p.m. |
| Fri, Oct. 2 | Night at the Adobe (21+) | Reyes Adobe Historical Site, 30400 Rainbow Crest Drive | 6–9 p.m. |
| Sat, Oct. 3 | Parade | Starts at Reyes Adobe Road and Lake Lindero Drive, ends at the Adobe | 10 a.m. |
| Sat–Sun, Oct. 3–4 | Festival grounds | Reyes Adobe Historical Site | Daytime |
| Sun, Oct. 4 | RAD 5K and Kids Mile | Whizin Market Square, 28914 Roadside Drive | 8:30 a.m. (5K), 9:15 a.m. (Kids Mile) |
The Thursday luncheon happens clear across town from the Adobe, at the Recreation and Event Center on Ladyface Court, and it comes with its own costume contest and entertainment. If your only mental image of Reyes Adobe Days is the historical site with its pony rides and blacksmith demonstrations, you have already missed one full event by the time the weekend starts.
Friday Isn't Free, and It's Not for Kids
Once the calendar reaches the Adobe itself, the tone shifts. Friday night's Night at the Adobe is a 21-and-over affair, sponsored by Malibu Brewing Company, with live music, craft beer and wine, artisan vendors, and what organizers describe as an immersive art experience woven into the historical grounds. Advance tickets run $20 with no added fees. This is the one evening of the weekend built for adults without kids in tow, and it is also the only ticketed portion of the whole festival.
Saturday morning resets the tone entirely. The parade kicks off at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Reyes Adobe Road and Lake Lindero Drive and covers about a mile before ending at the Historical Site, where the weekend's free daytime programming takes over: historical demonstrations, harvest-themed crafts, a petting zoo, the Wings of Discovery animal exhibit, blacksmith demonstrations, a drum circle, and food trucks running barbecue, Mexican food, and ice cream through Sunday afternoon.
The Sunday That Doesn't Happen at the Adobe
Here is where the map genuinely splits. The RAD 5K and Kids Mile start and finish at Whizin Market Square on Roadside Drive, not at the Historical Site, and the race kicks off at 8:30 a.m., well before most of Sunday's festival activity gets going back at the Adobe. Anyone who assumes the run departs from the Adobe grounds will be standing in the wrong parking lot.
Race-day parking is spread across several spots near Whizin:
- Along Agoura Road, just east of Kanan Road, on both sides of the street
- Agoura Gateway Office Complex, 28632 Roadside Drive
- DIY Home Center, 28750 Roadside Drive
- Whizin Market Square itself, 28914 Roadside Drive
Packet pickup happens the day before, Saturday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fleet Feet Running Center on Agoura Road. A portion of race proceeds benefits the Malibu/Lost Hills Search and Rescue Team, and every finisher walks away with a medal plus two tickets to an upcoming show at The Canyon Club, the Agoura Hills music venue that sits a short walk from the finish line.
Two Grand Marshals, Two Different Eras
The festival's Grand Marshal selection is a small detail, but it tracks how the event's profile has changed. At the 15th annual Reyes Adobe Days, the honor went to Deena Kastor, the Olympic medalist and American record holder who graduated from Agoura High School. It was a hometown pick, built on local roots and personal history with the city.
For the 22nd annual event in 2026, the Grand Marshal is Brittany Hope, an NBC4 reporter who joined KNBC in 2024 and has picked up five regional Emmy Awards for her reporting. She is not a local graduate returning to her hometown. She is a recognizable broadcast presence brought in for a festival that now needs to fill a weekend across three sites and draw a five-figure crowd.
Neither choice is better than the other, but the shift from athlete-alumna to television personality says something about scale. A festival built around neighbors celebrating a neighbor looks different from one built to sustain four days of programming and a crowd that has outgrown the park it started in.
Planning Around It
If you only have room for one piece of the weekend, the Saturday and Sunday festival grounds at the Historical Site are free, family-friendly, and require no advance planning beyond showing up. If you want the full picture, though, treat this as four separate outings rather than one event: the Thursday luncheon at the Rec Center, Friday night at the Adobe for the 21-and-over crowd, the Saturday parade and festival, and the Sunday morning run at Whizin before the festival grounds even open for the day.
That is the version of Reyes Adobe Days that fits Agoura Hills now. It is bigger than the one the small-and-educational review described, and it asks more of your Saturday morning parking plan than it used to. For a city this size, having a festival that needs three addresses and four days to hold everyone is a fairly good problem to have.
Living here means keeping track of the small shifts like this one, the way a weekend tradition quietly expands until it no longer fits in a single park. If you ever want to talk about what else has changed in Agoura Hills, or what a specific street or neighborhood is actually like day to day, Tina Lucarelli has spent years paying attention to exactly this kind of detail across the Conejo Valley. Reach out anytime to request a private consultation and complimentary home valuation, whether you're planning a move or just curious about the market.
