Food festivals in Antwerp worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Antwerp worth planning a trip around, by month.
Bollekesfeest in Antwerp is the city's De Koninck Bolleke beer street festival in the Zuid district, free over four days each late July with music, food trucks and the stem-glass Bolleke pour.
Focus: Bolleke beer, Belgian street food
Tip: Free entry. The Bolleke stem-glass is shared between De Koninck and Antwerp's food trucks.
Antwerpen Proeft in Antwerp is Belgium's largest culinary festival each May at Waagnatie on Rijnkaai. Star chefs, top kitchens and street-food stalls share the floor.
Focus: Top restaurants, star chefs, street food
Tip: Tickets sell out for the weekend. Friday evening is the quieter sitting.
The Antwerp Christmas Market spans Grote Markt, Groenplaats and Handschoenmarkt from early December to early January. Around 100 stalls, glühwein, frites, sweets.
Focus: Glühwein, frites, speculoos, Belgian winter food
Tip: The Ferris wheel returns to Steenplein each year. The hot chocolate stalls cluster near the cathedral.
The HAP food truck festival rolls into Park Spoor Noord in Antwerp on the touring summer circuit with international street food, Belgian craft beer and live music across three days. The next Antwerp edition is the June 2027 date confirmed by Visit Antwerp.
Focus: International street food, beer, music
Tip: The park sits five tram stops north of Centraal. Cash and card both work at most trucks. The festival skips some years at Park Spoor Noord; check hapfestival.be for the current touring calendar.