In mid-March 2020, in line with other Cedar Fair parks, the park was indefinitely shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Knott's Scary Farm and "A Knott's Family Reunion", the park's 100th anniversary celebration, were postponed to 2021. By late June, Knott's Marketplace, including Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant, had reopened with health guidelines in place. In July, the park began presenting "Taste of Calico", a weekends-only outdoor food festival inside the park's Calico Ghost Town, also with strict safety measures in place. By August, the event was renamed "Taste of Knott's", expanded into Fiesta Village and the Boardwalk, and scheduled to run Fridays through Sundays until September 13.