The Los Angeles Bread Festival is back! Get ready to carbo load as Grand Central Market hosts the third annual Los Angeles Bread Festival on June 3rd and 4th. The free, two-day event is a celebration of Southern California’s artisanal bread renaissance and an invitation to the public to experience the many expressions of L.A. bread at its best.

The centerpiece of the festival is a pop-up marketplace showcasing local bread bakers, as well as bread-centric workshops and demonstrations. Among the bakers setting up shop at the pop-up marketplace will be Antigua Artisan Bread, Bub & Grandma’s, Challah Hub, Ensaymada Project, Los Angeles Bread Bakers, Red Bread, The SpeakEasy Bakery and The Underground Bakery. Jam and nut butter purveyors include IndieJams, M. Greenwood Jams, and Spread the Love. Find the ingredients and equipment to make and display your bread from The King’s Roost and The Wooden Palate.

Back by popular demand, “Feel the Churn Butter Aerobics” will get the crowd’s heart racing with a butter-making workshop. Other family-friendly events include demos and workshops led by Grand Central Market vendors including Clark Street Breadand Olio Wood-Fired Pizzeria chef Brad Kent. Additional workshops led by guest bakers will cover artisan bread making at home, beginning bread making, pita, biscuits and challah plus community bread baking hosted by MOMO Wood-fired Bread Oven.

Throughout the weekend, Grand Central Market vendors will provide an eclectic offering of special, one-time only bread menu offerings.

Feel the Churn Butter Aerobics takes place on the Hill Street Platform. Community Bread Bake takes place in the lower level of the Market parking structure. All other demos and workshops take place downstairs in the Food Lab.