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Updated 9 October 2026 · how we check
Happening now, until 18 OctoberState Fair of Texas, DallasAmerica's longest-running state fair: 2.5 million visitors, 200+ food vendors, Big Tex Choice Awards, Fletcher's Corny Dogs, and Texas BB... Starts 10 OctoberFiera Internazionale del Tartufo Bianco d'Alba, TurinThe Alba White Truffle Fair runs weekends from Oct 10 to Dec 6, 2026, an hour south of Turin. World Truffle Market in Cortile della Madda... City guide, 318 places re-checked this monthCape Town, South Africa318 places we have eaten in, every one with the date we last confirmed it open.

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Festival calendar by month

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1-31 Oct · GuadalajaraFiestas de OctubreJalisco regional 1-9 Oct · Chiang MaiThai Vegetarian Festival (Jay)Vegetarian (jay) 1-31 Oct · LondonLondon Restaurant FestivalCity-wide festival menus and restaurant tours 3-11 Oct · AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque International Balloon FiestaNew Mexican breakfast burritos 3-25 Oct · Mexico CityFeria Nacional del MoleMole (black, red, green, fruity, almond, pine nut) 3-11 Oct · SavannahOktoberfest at Plant Riverside DistrictBratwurst, giant pretzels, strudel, German-style beer 4-10 Oct · HelsinkiHelsinki Baltic Herring MarketBaltic herring and archipelago foods 5-11 Oct · BerlinBerlin Food WeekChef events, food start-ups, tastings 7 Oct to 19 Nov · WarsawRestaurantWeek Autumn (Warsaw)Tasting menus across Polish restaurants 7 Oct to 25 Nov · PoznańRestaurant Week PoznańFestival menus at Poznań restaurants 7 Oct to 19 Nov · WrocławRestaurantWeek FestivalModern Polish, three-course tasting menus 7-18 Oct · GhentFilm Fest Gent 8 Oct to 8 Nov · São PauloSão Paulo Restaurant WeekBrazilian 8-11 Oct · ThessalonikiThessaloniki Beer Festival 8-11 Oct · New York CityNew York Comic ConHell's Kitchen and Hudson Yards restaurants at capacity 8-10 Oct · SavannahSavannah Greek FestivalGreek: pastitsio, spanakopita, dolmades, souvlaki, baklava Expected 9 Oct · LjubljanaOdprta Kuhna (Open Kitchen)Slovenian and international street food 9-11 Oct · ColumbusColumbus Italian FestivalItalian Expected 8-11 Oct · ProvidenceGalbani Columbus Weekend FestivalItalian street food, sausage and peppers, live music 9-11 Oct · GreenvilleBank of America Fall for GreenvilleDowntown food, craft beer and music festival Whole festival calendar

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The world food calendar

Eat the world, month by month.

Every food festival we cover, on one map, on the dates it runs. Pick a month, tap a festival, and see where to eat around it.

  • 1,520 festivals with dates
  • 223 cities
  • 30,562 places on the map
  • 2,786 signature dishes

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Four taps. We weigh every city we cover against your answers and show the three that fit best, with the reasons.

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Street Food1,384 on the map Fine Dining1,848 on the map Bakeries1,488 on the map Wine Bars1,145 on the map Markets720 on the map Coffee Roasters933 on the map Breweries987 on the map Festivals513 on the map

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Cross-city editor rankings. The card shows who is at the top today.

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How this guide is made

Every listing answers one question: where would you send a friend who is going there to eat? Then it has to show its working.

  1. Sourced, then checked. Every place and every festival links the page it was checked against, quotes its address from that page, and carries the date of the check.
  2. Dates as rules. Festivals are stored as the rule they follow (the second weekend of October, the Saturday after Easter), so the calendar rolls forward on its own.
  3. Closures are marked, not hidden. When a place closes, its page says so, and the list moves on.
  4. No paid placements. Booking links earn us a commission. They never decide which places we list.

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