596 in 51 countries, soonest first.
Harvest, grape and mushroom festivals, Oktoberfests and the year's best eating. 596 of them across 51 countries, in date order from today.
Fall here means fall where the festival happens. Australia, New Zealand sit in the southern hemisphere, so their fall runs six months across from Europe's. Tropical countries have no four-season year; their festivals follow monsoon and lunar calendars and are listed on the northern convention.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The California State Fair at Cal Expo ran 17 July to 2 August in 2026, its last summer edition; the fair board has voted to move it to the fall from 2027, away from the summer heat.
Two long editions a year rather than one week: 27 March to 3 May and 25 September to 1 November in 2026, with more than 200 restaurants nationally and set menus booked free through the organiser.
TipBook the fine-dining rooms early in an edition, and check each listing's city: the national list mixes Cape Town and Johannesburg rooms.
Tours, tastings and classes from the cities on this page, bookable on GetYourGuide.
Ireland's oldest and most prestigious gourmet food festival, run annually in October by the Kinsale Good Food Circle since 1978. The 2026 edition runs 10-12.
Fiestas de Octubre in Guadalajara is the month-long October fair at Auditorio Benito Juarez, the largest Jalisco festival with food stands, mariachi.
Voroina at the Makedonia Palace Hotel is the annual wine-tasting exhibition of the Winemakers of Northern Greece. Held on a single October day.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Sacramento Greek Festival, its 63rd in 2026, filled 600 and 616 Alhambra Boulevard on 2 to 4 October with Greek food, music and dancing, for $5 admission.
TipCash-free festival; the entrance is on F Street. Hours 11am to 10pm Friday and Saturday, 11am to 8pm Sunday; kids 12 and under free, Friday before 3pm $3.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sarajevo Wine Weekend is a wine and food festival that Destination Sarajevo has listed at the Army Hall in October; its 2026 dates are unconfirmed.
TipCheck the festival's Facebook page for the 2026 dates before you travel; an earlier October edition ran on a Friday and Saturday with a party at Coloseum Club.
London Restaurant Festival has run city-wide festival menus, restaurant-hopping tours and chef masterclasses across London every October for 17 years.
TipFestival menus are booked through OpenTable and go live before the ticketed events. The restaurant-hopping tours sell out first.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Festa della Cortesia in Frascati, held the last week of October, recalls winemakers thanking workers for the harvest, with concerts and fireworks.
TipThe programme includes an exhibition of agricultural machinery and traditional tools. No organiser page with 2026 dates was found; ask Frascati's town hall.
RestaurantWeek Autumn runs 7 October to 25 November 2026 at restaurants across Poland, with Warsaw kitchens serving a premiere three-course menu that comes with a gift.
Restaurant Week Poznań runs twice a year, a spring festival from March into April and an autumn one from October into November, with festival 3-course menus at participating Poznań restaurants across the city.
TipBook early; the Saturday slots at Michelin-listed Poznań rooms usually sell out in the first weeks of the festival window.
RestaurantWeek autumn edition runs across 49+ Wrocław restaurants for six weeks: three-course tasting menus at a fixed price, the easiest route.
TipReservations open three weeks ahead. Friday and Saturday sittings burn within hours.
São Paulo Restaurant Week runs two four week editions a year, pairing over 180 restaurants around fixed price menus from roughly R$ 60, one of Brazil's longest running dining promotions.
The Alba White Truffle Fair runs weekends from Oct 10 to Dec 6, 2026, an hour south of Turin. World Truffle Market in Cortile della Maddalena, Alba.
LISHA's Deepavali bazaar on Campbell Lane runs nightly for a month before Deepavali, with festive snacks, clothing, crafts and decor, 10 Oct to 8 Nov 2026.
TipThe village opens at 19:00, the same hour the Serangoon Road light-up switches on, so walk the lit street and finish at the Campbell Lane stalls.
Nineteen Braga restaurants participate in Bem Comer each October with sustainability-focused menus, highlighting local and seasonal Minho ingredients.
TipThe menus are set at fixed price (typically €20-35 for two courses). Book in advance as tables fill quickly during the three-week window.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Saborea Sin Prisa Granada is the autumn tapas route where around 30 Granada bars pair an exclusive tapa with a mini Alhambra Reserva 1925, ending in a judged final at the brewery.
TipScan the QR code on the plate to see if you have won an instant prize, and visiting three bars enters you in the grand draw for a year of free beer.
This edition has been cancelled by the organiser
Tapapies is the Lavapies tapas route run by the district's merchants, 15 editions since 2011; 2026 was called off and 2027 is planned in a new format.
TipIn 2025 (16 to 26 October) a tapa with a beer cost 3.50 euros at more than 100 bars; check the merchants' association for the new 2027 format before planning a trip.
First edition, 16 to 31 October 2026: Lille-area chefs serve priced tasting menus of seasonal local produce, then a Gourmet Weekend at Palais Rameau-Junia, 23 to 25 October.
TipThe Gourmet Weekend has a producers' market, food court, workshops and a chefs' brunch. Metro line 1 to Republique Beaux-Arts.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Al Dhafra Dates Festival and Auction fills Madinat Zayed, in Abu Dhabi's western region, each October with date auctions, honey and cooking contests; the 2025 edition offered 173 prizes.
TipMadinat Zayed is a long drive west of the city. The 2025 edition was the fourth, run by the Abu Dhabi Heritage Authority; 2026 dates are not yet published.
Seattle Restaurant Week is the citywide two-week prix-fixe event, run each spring and fall: 250+ restaurants pour $20, $35, $50 and $65 menus across Seattle and the eastside.
Brickfields Deepavali Bazaar lines the Little India walkway in Kuala Lumpur for three weeks before the festival of lights, with murukku and vadai sold beside festive outfit and jewellery stalls.
TipIn 2025 the DBKL bazaar ran 29 September to 19 October across 140 stalls; lunchtime is quieter, and the street lights look best after dark.
Savour Kilkenny Food Festival, founded in 2006, runs 22 to 26 October 2026 with a free Festival Quarter market on The Parade, cookery stages, craft drinks and dining events.
TipThe Festival Quarter on The Parade is free, open Saturday 10am to 9pm and Sunday 10am to 6pm. The Castle Park concert (Saturday) and restaurant dinners are ticketed, so book those ahead.
Beitou's hot spring association stages a five-day autumn festival around MRT Xinbeitou Station with a stage, market stalls, Japanese shows and a parade.
TipThe opening ceremony is on 23 October and the parade runs 24 and 25 October; free DIY workshops need online sign-up and hold 30 people each.
Tokyo Ramen Festa at Komazawa Olympic Park is Japan's largest outdoor ramen event, three rotating four-day windows in late October. 36 regional shops.
The Jagalchi Festival takes over Busan's great fish market each October, live-fish games, free tastings and fireworks along the Nampo waterfront.
TipIt keeps to a late-October weekend and the 2025 edition ran 23 to 26 October; evening visits catch the concerts and the fireworks.
Tartòfla is the 43rd international white truffle festival at Savigno, under 40 km from Bologna, on weekends from 24 October to 15 November 2026.
TipEntry to the festival centre is free and it opens 9:00 to 18:00 on festival days; groups are advised to book at Ristorante Tartófla. The programme includes guided truffle-hunting walks and tastings.
Nine days of Día de los Muertos on Olvera Street, run by its merchants for nearly 40 years, 25 October to 2 November, with processions and free sweet bread.
TipTeatro del Barrio presents La Danza de la Muerte nightly at 18:00; the nightly procession ends with a ceremony in the Kiosko.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Culinaria's Tasting Texas Wine + Food Festival is the city's flagship culinary event, a four-day late-October run of chef dinners, wine tastings.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Audubon Park Community Market on Mondays at Stardust Video and Coffee on East Winter Park Road runs weekly with food trucks, produce, prepared food and live.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Vaquería de la Ciudad runs every Monday 21:00 on Plaza Grande Mérida, the city's weekly Yucatán dance with marquesita carts and panucho stalls.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Taste of Seoul is the city government's annual food week, with Seoul Restaurant Week, pop-ups and a Seoul Taste Market on Nodeul Island; the 2025 edition ran 27 October to 2 November.
Autumn Riga Restaurant Week runs late October to early November, the city's longest-standing food festival, with three-course menus across more than 60 participating restaurants.
TipRestaurants apply each year by early September; the Michelin Selected rooms book first.
Dia de Muertos in Oaxaca runs October 28 to November 4, with the Xoxocotlan panteon vigil October 31, comparsas downtown and pan de muerto on every comedor.
FEASTIVAL in Philadelphia is the annual October benefit dinner from Stephen Starr, Audrey Claire and Michael Solomonov, with 70 of the city's best kitchens.
Salon du Chocolat & de la Pâtisserie runs 28 October to 1 November 2026 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Pavilion 5, with tastings and a pastry show.
TipOpening night is Tuesday 27 October from 19:00 to 22:00; the salon then opens daily from 10:00 to 19:00, with tickets sold online.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Aux Vignobles ! fills Halls 4 and 5 of Rennes Parc Expo for four days, gathering independent winemakers and artisan food producers from across France.
TipEntry is €5 and free under 18; the C6 bus and the Bruz TER stop both serve the Parc Expo, which matters because the tasting glasses add up.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Street Food Thursday at Markthalle Neun runs every Thursday from 17:00-22:00 with 20-plus international street food vendors in the 1891 iron hall.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board's Wine and Dine Festival fills the Central Harbourfront Event Space and Tamar Park for four days, with over 300 booths, country pavilions and a Grand Wine Pavilion.
TipDrinks are bought with tasting tokens; the gates stay open past midnight on 30 and 31 October (13:00 to 01:00).
Kilkenny Farmers Market runs every Thursday on The Parade with up to 20 County Kilkenny producers selling farmhouse cheese, smoked trout, organic meat, honey.
Mahon Point Farmers' Market, established in 2006, runs every Thursday from 10am to 2pm outside the main entrance of Mahon Point Shopping Centre in Cork, with over 50 stalls of local, often organic food.
Mondial de la Bière Rio, the Brazilian edition of the Montreal beer festival, takes over the Píer Mauá warehouses in Rio de Janeiro for four days with about 1,500 beers from some 250 breweries.
Ghent's Veggie Thursday runs every week: restaurants add vegetarian menus, markets add veggie stalls and the city embraces plant-based eating.
EatVeggie Thursday market stalls near Korenmarkt: seasonal plant-based products not available on other weekdays.
TipVisit on a Thursday to access the broadest range of the city's vegetarian-friendly restaurants at their most enthusiastic.
MTLaTABLE is Montreal's restaurant week; its participating restaurants serve table d'hote dinner menus at 38, 55, 70 and 90 dollars, and some add a brunch option.
Salon des Vignerons Indépendants at the Halle Tony Garnier in the 7e gathers 421 independent winemakers over four days, its 36th Lyon edition, in autumn 2026.
TipA tasting glass is given to every visitor aged 15 and over; Thursday opens at 15:00, and free École du Vin de France introductions run at the end of aisle E.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Chocoland is a craft-chocolate fair in Naples; NapoliToday lists it in Piazza Municipio from 29 October to 1 November, but no organiser page confirms the 2026 dates.
Modena's chocolate festival, now in its eighth edition: artisan chocolatiers and pastry chefs fill the historic centre with stalls, a chocolate factory demonstration space, show cooking and tastings.
TipEntry is free; go on the Thursday or Friday afternoon, the weekend crowds around Piazza Grande make the tasting queues long.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Hanal Pixán in Mérida is the Yucatán Day of the Dead, October 31 to November 2 with mucbipollo, the Paseo de las Ánimas candlelight walk and the giant Plaza.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Odprta kuhna fills Pogačarjev trg on sunny Fridays from March to October, 10:00 to 22:00; the 2026 season announced 65-plus vendors and 280-plus dishes.
The prefecture's largest autumn food event fills Hiroshima Castle and the surrounding moats with producer stalls, oyster counters and sake bars over one October weekend.
TipEntry is free and the stalls run 10:00 to 17:00, but the castle approaches are shoulder to shoulder by late morning.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Janal Pixan Cancún is the city's Day of the Dead festival: four nights at Puerto Juárez with a boat procession, and the Cena de Ánimas at Parque de las Palapas with altars, food stalls and a pan de muerto contest.
TipFree transport ran to Puerto Juárez from Malecón Tajamar and El Crucero park in 2025; for food, go to Parque de las Palapas on 1 or 2 November.
Tallinn Restaurant Week autumn edition runs from late October into early November across more than 100 city restaurants, with set lunch and dinner menus from each kitchen at a fixed price.
Festival de Vida y Muerte at Xcaret, near Playa del Carmen and a day trip from Cancún, holds its 20th edition in 2026, with 18 food stands run by cooks from Guanajuato and Quintana Roo.
TipTickets are sold by date on the festival site; the gala concert, with Pandora and Flans, is on the night of 31 October.
Eat the Street Hawaii is Honolulu's longest-running monthly food truck rally, held the last Friday of every month behind Restaurant Row in Kakaako.
TipLast Friday monthly, 16:00-21:00. Free entry; cash and card both work at most trucks.
Tsukiji Autumn Festival, 30 October to 1 November 2026, pairs a sale in the Outer Market with a Tsukiji Food Fest at Ichibabashi Park serving seafood, meat, sweets, beer and wine.
TipEntry to the Food Fest is free and you pay for what you eat; it is held in rain and cancelled in severe weather.
Rio Restaurant Week runs twice a year in Rio de Janeiro, with 80 to 100 restaurants from Centro to Barra serving fixed three-course menus priced from R$59.90 to R$149.90 for a month.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Week-long Diwali bazaar at the Blind Relief Association near the Oberoi, with about 250 stalls, food vendors and Café Mast, run by visually impaired trainees.
TipEntry is free; the bazaar opens at 10:30 daily. Café Mast is staffed by the association's visually impaired trainees and proceeds fund their training.
Mexico City's Dia de Muertos parade runs Paseo de la Reforma to the Zocalo on 31 October 2026, then two days of ofrendas, pan de muerto and atole.
The Saturday morning farmers market operates every weekend from early May through late October across 12 city blocks of the Historic Court District.
Forsyth Farmers' Market runs every Saturday from 9:00 to 13:00, year-round, at the south end of Forsyth Park at Bull Street and Park Avenue, with 60+ vendors from within 200 miles of Savannah.
The Texas Renaissance Festival at Todd Mission, northwest of Houston, runs weekends from 10 October to 29 November 2026, plus Thanksgiving Friday, 9 am to 8 pm, with food among the village shops.
TipThemed weekends run from Oktoberfest to Celtic Christmas; the food stalls change with them.
Dia de la Cancion Criolla on 31 October is Peru's day of criolla music and food, declared in 1944; Lima penas fill with anticuchos and pisco macerados.
Dijon's 96th gastronomic fair, one of the oldest in France: about 450 exhibitors over 24,000 square metres, with a dedicated gastronomy hall of producers, wine bars and restaurants open late.
TipEntry is about 7 euros, cheaper online before opening; the gastronomy hall stays open until 11:30pm on nocturne nights.
Queens Night Market runs Saturday evenings from mid-April to late October at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, with global street food under a general $5 limit per item and a few $6 exceptions.
TipMost vendors take mainly cash and there are ATMs on site; the market breaks for the US Open, 23 August to 18 September in 2026, and opens rain or shine.
Eight weekends at Huntersville, twenty minutes north of Charlotte, with turkey legs and mead across a 25-acre village and a hundred food and craft stalls.
TipNovember weekends are cooler and far less crowded than the October opening.
Dia de los Muertos Fort Worth in the Historic Northside is a free community festival at Marine Park around 1 November, with food stalls, mariachis, ballet folklorico performances and altars.
TipThe parade runs 10:00 to 11:30 in the Historic Northside; the festival and its food vendors open at 11:30 at Marine Park.
The Mississippi Farmers Market runs year-round on Saturdays with 32 stalls of local produce, baked goods, and crafts, adding Thursday markets in summer to handle the peak season harvest from Mississippi farms.
TipSummer Thursdays from 09:00-13:00 are less crowded than Saturday mornings; ideal for relaxed shopping.
Nine weekends at Waynesville, halfway between Cincinnati and Dayton. Turkey legs and soup in a bread bowl across a 30-acre Tudor village.
TipThe season opens on Labor Day weekend and the themed weekends run through to the start of November.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Smorgasburg, launched in Williamsburg in 2011, runs Saturdays from 11am to 6pm at Marsha P. Johnson State Park on the waterfront, with 70-plus vendors across its Brooklyn and Manhattan markets.
TipNo pets at the Williamsburg market; on Sundays Smorgasburg moves to Breeze Hill in Prospect Park, entered at Lincoln Road, also 11am to 6pm.
The Ybor City Saturday Market runs every Saturday of the year in Centennial Park, Ybor City, free to enter, with local produce, baked goods, sauces, crafts and other vendors.
A two-day indoor food and drink festival at Cork City Hall in November, showcasing the best of local food, drinks and crafts from Cork and Kerry producers.
The autumn season at Fairburn, half an hour south of Atlanta, runs Saturdays only. Roasted turkey legs, shepherd's pie and Scotch eggs across 32 acres.
TipThe Fall Fling is Saturdays, not weekends; the spring season is the one that runs both days.
Old Town San Diego marks Día de los Muertos with more than 40 altars, a weekend mercado on San Diego Avenue and a candlelit procession to El Campo Santo, with festival days 31 October to 2 November.
TipThe candlelit procession leaves Immaculate Conception Church at 18:00 on 2 November; eat in Old Town before it starts.
Salouween Street dresses Passeig Jaume I for Halloween with food trucks, local restaurant stands, shows and children's workshops; more than 75,000 people came over three days in 2025.
TipIt is a family-scale street party as much as a food event, so expect crowds on the promenade; the food stands run alongside the shows all weekend.
Sip, Savor, Shop by A Taste of AZ is a 21-plus fall tasting on the East Lawn at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, with food samples, drinks and a local market.
TipVIP entry at 12:00 cost $119 for 2026 and general admission starts at 13:30; the ticket covers unlimited food samples and 15 drink tickets.
Smorgasburg LA is a free-entry food market every Sunday from 10am to 4pm at 777 S Alameda St in Row DTLA, with a family-friendly beer garden.
On 2 November Palermo marks the Festa dei Morti: pastry shops sell frutta martorana, children find gifts in the cannistru and the day starts with muffuletta.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Mérida en Domingo closes Plaza Grande to traffic every Sunday for marquesita and panucho carts, danza Yucateca and the city's longest-running weekly food.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
207 Beer Week, run by the Maine Brewers' Guild, is a nine-day statewide celebration of Maine craft beer each November, with events at breweries from Kittery to Fort Kent, Portland among them.
TipMost events drop-in; some special-release tap takeovers require pre-booking via the brewery sites.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Eat Drink SF is the Golden Gate Restaurant Association's November celebration of San Francisco restaurants; the 2025 edition ran 1 to 9 November with a cocktail party and a closing brunch.
TipIn 2025 the events were a cocktail party at Epic Steak on 4 November and a closing brunch at Piccino Presidio on 9 November; 2026 dates are not out.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Bucharest City Hall, through CREART, ran its 2025 Christmas market in Piața Constituției from 29 November to 28 December; 2026 dates are not announced.
TipThe organiser's site, bucharestchristmasmarket.ro, lists past editions; check it and City Hall's pages for the 2026 opening day.
El Paso's Dia de los Muertos celebration at San Jacinto Plaza and the Downtown Arts District features food vendor stalls with traditional pan de muerto, tamales, atole, calabaza en tacha, and other ancestral Mexican foods alongside altar displays and processions.
Thirty Braga pastry shops and cafes offer special dessert menus each November for Tardes Gulosas, showcasing Minho conventual sweets and seasonal pastry.
TipFrigideiras do Cantinho and Docaria São Vicente both participate with exclusive festival pastries.
Huesos de santo, white marzipan tubes filled with egg-yolk sweet, fill Madrid's pastry shops around All Saints on 1 November, sold beside buñuelos de viento.
TipAntigua Pasteleria del Pozo fills its huesos with sweet potato, egg yolk or chocolate, and La Mallorquina sells buñuelos de viento in boxes of 12 or 24.
All Saints on 1 November is the city's autumn eating day. Roast chestnut stalls go up across Barcelona and households eat panellets, marzipan balls rolled in pine nuts or almonds, with sweet potato.
TipBuy panellets by weight from a pastisseria in the last week of October; pine nut and almond are the two classic kinds.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Breizh Bier Session gathers Breton craft brewers in the rehabilitated Grande Halle de la Brasserie Saint-Hélier in Rennes for a weekend of tasting.
TipThe €7 ticket covers entry and a tasting glass, with pours bought on tokens; the Breiz'Hop association ran the 2025 edition on 7 and 8 November.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
In 2025 City Hall ran a Christmas market in Piața Universității alongside those in Piața Constituției and Esplanada Operei Naționale; 2026 is not announced.
TipThe same organiser as the Piața Constituției market (City Hall, through CREART); no 2026 dates are published yet.
Omaha Reubenfest celebrates the city's claim to the Reuben sandwich every first week of November at Crescent Moon Ale House on Farnam Street, with a week of Reuben variations from the classic Blackstone Reuben to creative riffs like Reuben egg rolls and Reuben mac and cheese.
Muertos y Marigolds is the South Valley's grassroots Día de los Muertos parade, in its 34th year in 2026, ending at the Westside Community Center with ofrendas, music and Mexican and New Mexican food vendors.
TipOrder pan de muerto ahead from Golden Crown Panaderia, which bakes it in several sizes for Day of the Dead week.
Bière à Lille runs a week of tastings and brewery events across the metropolis, closing with a weekend of around seventy breweries at Gare Saint-Sauveur.
TipThe closing weekend at Gare Saint-Sauveur is the part worth planning around. Under-18s go free.
Torrone dei morti is the Neapolitan sweet for All Souls on 2 November: a soft nougat of chocolate and nuts in a coffin-shaped block, nothing like hard torrone.
TipIt is sold by weight and can cost well over €30 a kilo; Neapolitans eat it at any time of day.
The Southbank Centre Winter Market, a Christmas market on Queen's Walk by the Thames, fills alpine-style chalets with street food stalls and pop-up bars from early November to early January.
TipVisit London's editors suggest weekday evenings after 7pm for the best atmosphere; Waterloo is the nearest Tube.
Detroit Restaurant Week serves three-course prix-fixe dinners at $36, $56 or $76 across Metro Detroit, 2 to 8 Nov 2026, with $1 a meal going to nonprofits.
TipRestaurants can run out late in a shift and many are dine-in only; go early, and check the official app for waits and carry-out.
TaPalma turns Palma bars and restaurants into a five-day tapas route each November, with the city's tapas competition staged at the Palau de Congressos in the days before it opens.
ENOEXPO is Poland's oldest international wine fair for the HoReCa trade: the 23rd edition runs 4 to 6 November 2026 at EXPO Kraków, with tastings, a wine academy and wine competitions.
TipPrimarily a B2B trade fair with limited public-tasting access; check the official site for day passes.
The 16th Hawaii Food & Wine Festival visits the Island of Hawaii on 16 and 17 October and Kaanapali on 23 to 25 October; its Oahu leg runs 5 to 8 November 2026 at Waikiki venues.
TipTickets are sold per event at hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com; Oahu events move between Waikiki hotels and Kapiolani Community College, so check each venue.
Chiang Mai's great November festival floats krathong on the Ping and lanterns into the sky, with walking-street stalls piling up khanom and grilled snacks.
Fieracavalli, the 128th edition at Veronafiere, runs 5 to 8 November 2026: horse sport and shows, plus a food area called Food Traditions among the halls.
TipA full-day ticket is €26 online (plus an 8% service fee) or €29 at the box office; an evening ticket after 19:30 is €12. Each ticket allows one entry.
HKTDC's wine and spirits fair fills the Wan Chai convention centre for three days each November with fine wines, premium spirits and beers; 621 exhibitors took part in 2025.
TipThe fair opened its final day to the public in 2024 and 2025; HKTDC has not yet said whether 2026 does the same, so check before you go.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Lexington Bourbon Week lines up featured bourbon cocktails across the city's bars each November, a Smiley Pete-run counterpoint to the spring race crowds.
TipWork the featured cocktail list like a passport; the participating bar map posts on the event site each autumn.
San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival each November at Embarcadero Marina Park North, the three-day Icons + Legends, Grand Tasting and Grand Fiesta on San.
Tori-no-Ichi at Tokyo's Otori Shrine Asakusa runs every rooster day of November. Lucky kumade rake stalls, yakitori, yatai food, sake under the lanterns.
The Weihnachtsmarkt Schloss Schönbrunn fills the palace courtyard from 6 November 2026 to 6 January 2027 with about 90 huts of crafts, Punsch, Maroni, food.
Austin Food and Wine Festival is the city's flagship three-day chef tasting on Auditorium Shores in early November, with chef demos, Texas wines.
TipVIP passes include the chef demonstration tents; the Saturday tasting is the densest restaurant lineup.
Diwali in early November fills Mumbai's mithai counters, with shops such as Tewari Bros. Mithaiwala known for festive ladoos, pedas and gift hampers.
Manchester spreads 210 stalls across ten city-centre sites from Albert Square to the Corn Exchange, with mulled wine and hot food from early November to just before Christmas.
TipAlbert Square and Cathedral Gardens stay open to 3 January when the other sites have closed; craft stalls open at 10:00 and food at 11:00.
Orlando Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Maitland runs three days each November, with Greek food, pastries, dance and church tours.
First Friday in the Crossroads has been Kansas City's monthly gallery and food walk since 2001, with galleries open late, food trucks and busy restaurants.
TipFree outdoor event; the busiest months are May, June and September. Park along Grand and walk.
El Paso Winefest, the Rotary Club's 13th annual wine and food festival, runs 6 and 7 November 2026 at the corner of Main and Mesa downtown: a Chef Showdown, then a Grand Tasting of hundreds of wines.
The 34th Reims edition of the independent winegrowers' fair at the Parc des Expositions: 306 growers from the French wine regions pour their own wines and sell them direct.
TipEntry is €6 with a tasting glass offered; the opening Friday runs 11:00 to 21:00, the weekend opens at 10:00 and the last day closes at 18:00.
Three-day German Christmas market at the Germania Society in Colerain Township, with mock turtle soup, wursts, pastries and Glühwein, 6 to 8 Nov 2026.
TipPayment at the gate is card only. Sunday is Family Day with free face painting and the shortest hours, 12:00 to 17:00.
The Night Market strings lights over the 700 block of Bryan Avenue on first Fridays, a free NoLi street party of Lexington food vendors and makers.
TipIt only runs 18:00 to 22:00 and food lines peak by 19:30; arrive at opening and eat in two rounds.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Snowport turns 100 Seaport Blvd into a holiday market each November, with more than 125 small vendors and a 10,000 square foot food hall of about 20 food and drink stalls and holiday bars.
Tip2026 dates were not announced when we checked; the 2025 market ran 7 November to 28 December, with timed weekend tickets in the Seaport Insider app.
Salon Mer et Vigne is a twice-yearly fair at La Palmeraie in La Tour de Salvagny with 91 exhibitors in autumn 2026, with oyster plates and grills on site.
TipEntry is 3 euros on site, or free for two people with an invitation from the organiser's site; an INAO tasting glass costs 3 euros, or 5 euros for two.
Bristol's Christmas Market runs from the start of November through the season in Broadmead, chalets of festive food around the Jager barn bar.
TipThe ski-gondola booths hire out for private groups; weekday evenings dodge the Saturday crowds.
Julemarked Nytorv & Gammeltorv runs from 6 November to 21 December 2026 beside Strøget, with free entry, a free ice rink and free skate rental.
TipTake the metro: the market is a 5-minute walk from Gammel Strand station, and it closes at 20:00 Monday to Wednesday and 22:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Texas Monthly BBQ Fest, the 17th annual edition on 7 and 8 November 2026 in Lockhart, brings barbecue joints from the magazine's Top 50 list together with live music over two days.
TipBuy tickets through Texas Monthly's TM BBQ Fest page well ahead; the fair is in Lockhart, not Austin, so plan the drive.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Dia de Muertos Tlaquepaque in Guadalajara is the two-day Day of the Dead festival on Plaza Hidalgo, with altares, pan de muerto, mole and mariachi.
Essencia do Vinho Lisboa, 7 to 9 November 2026 at the Centro de Congressos: over 400 brands and 3,000 wines to taste, two public days and one trade day.
Galway Christmas Market fills Eyre Square from early November to 31 December with over 50 wooden chalets selling bratwurst, crêpes, pretzels, mulled wine and beer.
November Porc rolls a relay of pork feasts through Parma's Bassa each November, four river towns taking turns around culatello, mariola and spalla.
TipEach weekend belongs to a different town along the Po, Sissa first, Roccabianca last; check the Strada del Culatello programme for the Sunday markets.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Setagaya Pan Matsuri (La Fete du Pain Setagaya) in Tokyo brings 100-plus Japanese bakeries to Setagaya Park each November. Bread market, bread university.
Honolulu Restaurant Week is the November prix fixe celebration across more than 60 Oahu restaurants, presented by Honolulu Magazine, with two- and three-course menus at set prices.
TipReservations open in late October on OpenTable; the higher-end rooms sell out by Halloween.
Oslo's central Christmas market runs in Spikersuppa and along Karl Johans gate from 7 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, closed only on 24 December: gløgg huts, grilled julepølser and bratwurst, raclette and churros.
TipThe Spikersuppa rink beside the market is free to skate on from 11:00 to 21:00 and rents skates for 100 kroner; the gløgg huts are busiest after dark.
Martinovanje, the St Martin's Day Ljubljana Wine Route: Slovenian winemakers and food stalls across the old town. Free entry, tasting on tokens.
TipEntry is free. At the counter you get a souvenir glass and tokens, which pay for the wine samples and dishes at the stalls.
The Louisiana Renaissance Festival turns the Hammond countryside into a 16th-century English village on weekends from 7 November to 13 December 2026, with turkey legs, Cajun seafood and four pubs.
TipThe 2026 days are 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22 and 27 to 29 November and 5, 6, 12 and 13 December; from New Orleans take I-55, then I-12 east to Exit 42.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sanur Village Festival on Mertasari Beach in Sanur, Bali, mixes about 70 local food and craft stalls with a sea-themed lawar contest and a barista contest.
TipEntry was free in 2025. The festival moved from October (2024) to November (2025), so check the dates before planning a trip around it.
San Francisco Coffee Festival is the Bay Area's annual specialty coffee gathering each November. The closest pour-tasting event to Oakland's strong roaster.
The Scottsdale Italian Festival, run by the Italian Association of Arizona, spends a November weekend on Italian food, wine, cooking demos and music in Old Town.
TipThe 2026 edition is November 7-8 at the Civic Center; in 2025 tickets started at $15 in advance and $25 at the door, with kids 12 and under free.
ATX Wing Fest in Austin is the November Austin Chicken Wing Festival at Travis County Expo Center, with 30-plus Austin restaurants pouring wings head to head.
TipVIP tickets get into the early-entry hour with shorter wing lines; arrive early for the wing competition heat.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Puebla pours pulque and seasonal curados over the Day of the Dead weekend, with a community altar, cartoneria craft stalls, poetry and pulquero bands playing into the small hours.
TipEntry is by voluntary donation and the Saturday session runs from two in the afternoon until three in the morning.
Raleigh's International Wine & Beer Oktoberfest, now in its 5th year, brings international wines, beers, authentic cuisine, live music and culture to Moore Square.
TipAdmission is free; wine tasting is 3 samples of 3 oz for $15 and beer tasting is 5 samples of 3 oz for $15.
All Souls Procession in November is Tucson's Day of the Dead community walk, with pan de muerto, food trucks at the Mercado finale and the burning of the urn.
The 18th Oak Street Po-Boy Festival takes over Oak Street in New Orleans on Sunday 8 November 2026, with over 100 versions of the po-boy, live music stages and an art market.
TipEntry is free, but buying a po-boy needs a wristband ($10 in advance, $12 on the day), and part of the money goes to Son of a Saint.
Deepavali turns Penang's Little India into rows of oil lamps and kolam patterns, with murukku, laddu and gulab jamun stacked at every sweet counter.
TipVisit the fortnight before the day itself; the festival bazaars along Lebuh Penang sell sweets and snacks at their freshest.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sanford Food Truck Fiesta brings Central Florida's food trucks to Historic Downtown Sanford on the second Sunday of every month, from 13:00-18:00 year-round.
The Denver Bloody Mary Festival is a one-day tasting at Reelworks Denver where local bars and restaurants such as Bar Nun, The Lobby, Chuey Fu's, Sassafras and Highland Tavern pour their own Bloody Marys. A ticket covers all the Bloody Marys, food and drink tastes from local companies and one People's Choice vote.
TipGeneral admission starts at 12:15 and VIP at 11:30, and the 2026 edition is a Halloween costume party, so dress for it. It is 21 and over.
Congregation Mickve Israel's Shalom Y'all Jewish Food Festival fills Monterey Square on Sunday 8 November 2026, 11:00 to 16:00, with Jewish deli food.
TipFood tickets can be bought online in advance in $10 increments and collected at the CMI office from 2 November or at the Will Call booth on the day.
Now in its 11th year at the Gordon Jewish Community Center, this festival pairs a kosher Nashville hot chicken contest between local cooking teams with Jewish arts, music and vendors.
TipEntry is free, but sampling the hot chicken takes tasting tickets, bought in advance online or on site; the other vendors take cash or cards.
Santa Pauli is a Christmas market in St. Pauli, open from November 9 to December 23, 2026, with hot drinks, daily live music and Santa's Glühweinapotheke.
TipThe main stage hosts strip shows from Thursday to Saturday, from 21:30 on Thursday; Santa's Glühweinapotheke lets guests mix their own Glühwein.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Nizip presses some of the best olive oil in Türkiye, and its November olive festival, run by the district, turns the harvest into a public tasting week. The 2025 edition ran 11 to 16 November.
TipNizip is 45 minutes from Gaziantep and pairs naturally with the Zeugma ruins in the same day.
St. Martin's Day in Poznań is the city's biggest food festival, with a costumed parade down Święty Marcin street to the Imperial Castle on 11 November.
TipPre-order a certified rogal from your bakery of choice a week ahead; the morning-of queues at the central Fawor or Kandulski outlets are over an hour.
Gesina na sw. Marcina is Slow Food Poland's goose campaign, 11 to 29 November 2026, with Krakow restaurants adding at least three chef-written goose dishes to their menus.
TipRoast goose specials run all of mid-November in Old Town and Kazimierz. Book Szara Gęś two weeks ahead.
On 11 November Venetian bakers sell the San Martino biscuit, a shortcrust knight on horseback under icing and sweets, and children walk the streets with pots.
TipThe biscuit is made by Venetian bakers and pastry shops and also at home; Campo San Martin in Castello has the church and a bas-relief of the saint on his horse.
On 11 November, St Martin's Day, Portuguese communities hold a magusto, an outdoor feast of roasted chestnuts and bonfires, with the first wines of the year.
TipÁgua-pé is a mild, low-alcohol drink made by adding water to grape pomace, while jeropiga is a sweeter blend of grape must and aguardente.
Distillery Winter Village, formerly the Toronto Christmas Market, fills the Distillery Historic District with food cabins, raclette, mulled wine and hot chocolate from 12 November 2026 to 3 January 2027.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Independent winemakers from every French region pour and sell direct in the Paris and Bruxelles halls of Lille Grand Palais from 13 to 16 November 2026, a buying salon where you taste at the grower's table first.
TipOpen 10:00 to 20:00 on the Friday and Saturday, to 19:00 on Sunday and 16:00 on Monday; a loading bay behind the hall lets you collect cases by car.
The Norwegian cultural house on Westzeedijk holds its Christmas market over two long November weekends, with volunteer baking, waffles, coffee and Norwegian groceries alongside the craft stalls.
TipTwo weekends only, Thursday to Sunday; come for the waffle counter and the imported Norwegian groceries.
Open-air holiday market just north of Dupont Circle with 35-plus small businesses, mini donuts, candied nuts and hot chocolate, 12 Nov to 23 Dec.
TipMostly a gift market: eat in the neighbourhood restaurants a block away and use the stalls for hot drinks, mini donuts and edible gifts such as European cheeses and spices.
The Wiener Christkindlmarkt on Rathausplatz, which its organiser calls one of Europe's largest, runs 13 November to 26 December 2026, daily 10:00 to 22:00.
The Tivoli Christmas Market, branded Christmas in Tivoli, runs 13 November 2026 to 3 January 2027 in Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, with snow-covered stalls, festive treats and Christmas rides.
The Spittelberg Christmas market fills the Biedermeier lanes from 13 November to 23 December 2026 with craft booths and culinary gifts, many organic.
Vörösmarty Classic Xmas opens on 13 November 2026 on Vörösmarty tér with Hungarian craft exhibitors, caterers, a Christmas tree and a free children's train.
The Weihnachtsmarkt am Hof runs 13 November to 23 December 2026 with huts for Langos, Salzburger Bosna, raclette and Buchteln, a champagne bar, Zirbenpunsch.
TipFood and drink counters serve an hour later than the craft stalls, so the square is calmest for eating after 21:00.
Art Advent in the Resselpark runs 13 November to 23 December 2026, daily 12:00 to 20:00, with certified organic food served until 21:00 beside a craft market.
The Taiwan International Coffee Show runs four days in November at Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1, organised by the Taiwan Coffee Association and Chan Chao.
TipDoors open 10:00 to 18:00 and close at 17:00 on the last day; regular tickets are NT$200 at the door. A tea expo runs alongside.
The Christmas village in the old general hospital courtyard, a student haunt, runs 13 November to 23 December 2026 with a children's railway and curling.
Expo Tequila Guadalajara is the November tequila trade show at Expo Guadalajara, three days of palenque tastings and Mexican-spirit producer booths.
Taste of Abu Dhabi fills Gateway Park North on Yas Island for three November days with 16 pop-up restaurants, chef-led workshops and live music from AED 60.
TipChildren under 12 enter free, and the Taster package at AED 175 bundles two food and two drink vouchers with entry.
The Great Montreal Christmas Market sets about 40 chalets of Quebec artisans on Jeanne-Mance Street in the Quartier des spectacles, with hot mulled drinks, gourmet treats and free shows into January.
TipUntil 13 December it opens only Wednesday to Sunday, from 15:00 on weekdays; from 16 December it is open every day.
Advent Bazilika fills Szent István Square from November 13, 2026 to January 1, 2027, with nearly a hundred Hungarian artisans and a giant Christmas tree.
TipEntry is free. It opens 11 AM to 10 PM Monday to Thursday and Sunday and to 11 PM Friday and Saturday; on December 24th it closes at 3 PM.
The Christmas market around Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Breitscheidplatz has over 100 stalls, from November 13, 2026 into January 2027.
TipMulled wine, gingerbread and candied fruit scent the air around the church; for heartier cravings there are bratwurst, steak or mushroom stir-fry.
The Taipei International Wine & Spirits Festival is a four-day wine, sake, whiskey and beer fair at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2, run by Chan Chao International.
TipDoors open 11:00 to 19:00, closing at 18:00 on the last day. Regular tickets are NT$200 at the door and concession tickets NT$100.
The Christmas market at Liseberg amusement park in November and December is one of Scandinavia's most celebrated, with 5 million lights, gloegg stalls.
The Altwiener Christkindlmarkt on Freyung runs 14 November to 23 December 2026, daily 10:00 to 21:00, with Advent music on a stage and craft demonstrations.
TipAdvent music starts at 16:30 on most days, and craft demonstrations such as glass blowing and wood turning run on some weekends from 10:00 to 16:00.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Cantillon holds public brewing sessions at its Anderlecht brewery, where visitors see lambic brewed; the brewery sets the dates and posts them online.
TipCantillon's website was down when we checked, so confirm the date, price and booking with the brewery before you plan around the session.
Edinburgh's Christmas Market fills East Princes Street Gardens with around 70 stalls, local and international food and drink among them; free to enter.
TipFree to enter; the LNER Big Wheel stands in East Princes Street Gardens and the 80m Starflyer rises over the market, both ticketed. Hours vary on 17 November, 24, 26 and 31 December and 1 and 3 January.
Museu da Imigração's Festa do Imigrante gathers over 40 nationalities for a free weekend of music, dance and gastronomy at the old immigrant hostel, entry by a 1kg food donation.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Wooden chalets fill Praca D. Pedro IV from mid November with crafts and typical sweets, a Santa house, a free electric train and a parade daily at 17h00.
TipThe electric Christmas train linking points of the Baixa Pombalina is free to ride, and the Christmas parade reaches the market at 17h00 every day.
A one day tasting of the year's first Czech and Moravian wines on the Náplavka embankment, poured only into glasses, with roast goose, goose legs, kaldoun soup and dumplings from a row of food stalls.
TipThe tasting set with glass and winery card is 150 CZK on site; bring your own glass to pay 100 CZK, and come at 11:00 while the goose stalls are still full.
Vilnius Gastronomy Week is the November restaurant week from the Lithuanian Hotel and Restaurant Association, with 50-plus Vilnius restaurants offering.
TipBook early; Nineteen18, Demo, Sweet Root and 14Horses sell out in the first 48 hours.
Foire aux Santons de Marseille on the Vieux Port since 1803 runs every year mid-November to early January, the Christmas-crib fair with regional.
Fierucola di Santo Spirito is an organic farmers' and crafts market on Piazza Santo Spirito, held on the third Sunday of the month, not August, 9:00 to 19:00.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Florence's Christmas market fills Piazza Santa Croce with over 50 chalets selling mulled wine, brezel and strudel; in 2025 it ran 15 November to 21 December.
TipThe market is open every day from 10:00 to 23:00.
Seven simultaneous Christmas markets running from mid November across the city centre, rated among the world's best. The Cathedral-side Roncalliplatz market.
The HafenCity Christmas market on the Überseeboulevard runs from November 16 to December 30, 2026, with Wintergolf, EisstockGaudi and a Winterlounge.
TipOpen daily from 12 to 20:30; closed on Totensonntag, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. From December 1 to 23 an Advent calendar door opens daily at 18:00.
The Fiera dei Presepi on Via San Gregorio Armeno, Naples' street of nativity-figure workshops, opens on 1 November 2026; its full programme is still being set.
Lille's Christmas village fills Place Rihour with chalets from mid November to the end of December, selling tartiflette, oysters, gingerbread and vin chaud under the Ferris wheel on the Grand Place.
TipOpen 11:00 to 20:30, until 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays; 18:00 close on 24 December, shut on the 25th. Metro: Rihour.
Hiroshima's merchants' festival, held since the early 1600s, packs the streets around Ebisu Shrine each 18 to 20 November, with food and drink stalls along Chuo-dori while shopkeepers buy komazarae rakes for luck.
TipThe dates never move, whatever the weekday; the stalls around the shrine and Hondori arcades are busiest after office hours.
The Gänsemarkt Christmas market, a gingerbread village by the Lessing monument, runs from November 18 to December 23, 2026 with Glühwein and roasted almonds.
TipBesides Glühwein, the stalls serve Spanferkel, Flammkuchen, Bratwurst and Feuerzangenbowle, and there is goose on a spit with dumplings and red cabbage.
Weißer Zauber at Jungfernstieg is a Christmas market in white tents on the Binnenalster, open November 18 to December 23, 2026, with a 1899 Ferris wheel.
TipOpen Monday to Thursday and Sunday until 9 pm and Friday and Saturday until 10 pm; closed on Totensonntag, 22 November 2026.
The 28th Slovenian Wine Festival runs 19 and 20 November 2026 at Cankarjev dom; the 27th gathered 140 winemakers and culinarians and 550-plus wine samples.
Beaujolais Nouveau Day marks the release of the new Beaujolais wine, which by law can go on sale from 00:01 on the third Thursday of November.
Avignon's release party for the new Côtes du Rhône vintage: a 6pm parade of wine brotherhoods to Place de l'Horloge, then growers pouring the new wines in the Christmas market chalets until 9pm.
TipThe 6 euro pass buys a glass and five tasting tokens; partner restaurants pour a free glass with any menu that evening.
Polarzauber is the indoor Christmas market in the main hall of Zurich's main station, with over 100 market houses, food stands, bars and experience venues under the Lindt tree, free to enter, and a fondue train.
TipEntry is free. Only the Parsennbahn Fondue-Express, a cheese fondue dinner in a train carriage inside the hall, and corporate and group offers are reserved ahead, at booking.polarzauber.ch.
The Marché de Noël de Nantes takes Place Royale and Place du Commerce from late November, its chalets pouring vin chaud and roasting chestnuts.
TipThe chalets stay open to 21:30 from Monday to Saturday and to 20:00 on Sunday, with shorter hours over the Christmas week itself.
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland mixes rides with a Bavarian Village of chalets and restaurants, a Street Food Village of global traders and a Christmas market, daily from 19 November to 3 January.
TipEntry is by timed ticket; the organiser waives the entry fee when you add £25 of rides, attractions or food to an advance online booking.
The Vinohrady Christmas market on Namesti Miru opens about a week earlier than the central markets and closes on Christmas Eve. The most Czech-feeling Advent.
TipRun by the Vinohrady district; ends 24 December, not after New Year.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The 17th Young Wine Festival turns Old Town Revival houses into a showcase: 46 wineries and 16 artisan food producers across seventeen 19th-century mansions.
Christkindlmarket, first held on Pioneer Court in 1996 and on Daley Plaza since 1997, returns to Daley Plaza from 20 November to 24 December 2026, with vendors of beer, wine, baked goods and meats.
TipIt is open daily, to 9pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 8pm Sunday to Thursday, and closes at 4pm on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.
Munich's Christkindlmarkt fills Marienplatz and the Rindermarkt from late November to Christmas Eve, with Gluehwein, punch and gingerbread under the town hall balcony.
TipThe Christkindltram runs a circuit with mulled wine and gingerbread aboard; the market closes at 14:00 on 24 December.
Tallinn Christmas Market opens on Town Hall Square on 20 November for the 26th time, around what it calls the world's first public Christmas tree.
The Gdańsk Christmas Market runs 20 November to 23 December 2026 on Targ Węglowy, the Royal Route and four nearby streets and courtyards, with free admission.
TipStalls are open 12:00-20:00 from Sunday to Thursday and 12:00-21:00 on Friday and Saturday; admission is free, with food and drink on Targ Węglowy and ul. Bogusławskiego.
Hamburg's Christmas markets fill Rathausmarkt, Jungfernstieg, Spitalerstrasse and Santa Pauli each November and December with Gluehwein and bratwurst stalls.
TipRathaus market is most central; Santa Pauli on the Reeperbahn is the adult, late-night market.
Wrocław's Christmas Market on the Rynek runs from November 21 through January 7: 150+ wooden chalets, a 24-meter Christmas tree, mulled wine, pierogi.
TipOpen daily 10:00 to 21:00 and free to enter; it closes on 24 and 25 December and on 1 January.
Marrakech International Film Festival's 23rd edition (Nov 20 to 28, 2026) screens 82 films from 31 countries; Place Jemaa el-Fna hosts free outdoor.
TipPlace Jemaa el-Fna outdoor screenings are free and bring the city's biggest concentration of food vendors of the year.
Warsaw's Christmas market, in its second edition, returns to Plac Defilad below the Palace of Culture from 20 November 2026 to 6 January 2027 with food stalls, artisan stands and seasonal gifts.
TipEntry is free. Last season it opened 11:00 to 21:00 Monday to Thursday and Sunday, to 22:00 Friday and Saturday; check the 2026 hours before you go.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sfincione Fest is a late-November festival in Bagheria, 13 km east of Palermo, where Sicilian bakeries serve white and red sfincione with show cooking.
Bagna Cauda Day, run by the Astigiani association of Asti, serves Piedmont's anchovy and garlic dip at osterias in Asti, Turin and across the region over two weekends: 20 to 22 and 27 to 29 November 2026.
Free outdoor holiday market at St. Paul's Union Depot on five weekends, with Glühwein, raclette in lefse, pierogi, bratwurst and strudel, 20 Nov to 20 Dec.
TipIt opens Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only. Heated tents sell Glühwein, and on Fridays and Saturdays an after-hours last call runs from 21:00 to 22:00.
Welsh'Fest gives Gare Saint-Sauveur over to the north's cheese-and-beer toast for a weekend, with restaurant stands, masterclasses, concerts and an international welsh contest.
TipEntry is free. Ten restaurateurs cook, and four contests run: Espoir, Amateur, Pro and a team Relais.
The Prater's Wintermarkt at Riesenradplatz runs 20 November 2026 to 6 January 2027, free to enter, with 37 live concerts, rides, food and Winterburg punch.
TipEntry is free and the market stays open until 02:00 on the night of 31 December into 1 January; concerts are mostly Wednesday to Sunday from 19:00.
Sapporo's winter illumination on Odori Park with the German Christmas Market (sister-city Munich) and food booths of glühwein, sausages and lebkuchen.
TwinkleTown fills Smithfield Square in Dublin 7 from 20 November to 31 December with a Christmas market, food and drink stalls, an ice rink and the Twinkle Tavern for winter warmers.
TipEntry is free, but ice skating and the Santo Panto are ticketed, so book those before you travel.
The Christmas village between the two imperial museums runs 20 November to 26 December 2026 with around 70 stalls of traditional crafts and gift ideas.
Chicago's Christkindlmarket has also run in Wrigleyville since 2023, at Gallagher Way beside Wrigley Field, alongside its original market on Daley Plaza.
German-style holiday market run by the German American Chamber of Commerce since 1998, on Auraria Campus, free, with European food, 20 Nov to 23 Dec.
TipWeekdays open at 13:00; the Festival Hall tent stays open to 22:00 after the vendors close at 21:00, which suits a late Glühwein.
Holiday Folk Fair International at Wisconsin State Fair Park since 1944 is billed as the largest indoor international festival in America, with 60+ ethnic.
The Fort Collins Foodie Walk opens downtown culinary shops for free tastings and showcases every third Friday of the month from 17:00 to 20:00.
TipIt is free and self-guided; scan the QR code at each participating shop to enter the monthly gift-basket draw.
Lyon's Christmas market fills Place Carnot with about 80 chalets of artisans, producers and shopkeepers; the 2026 market runs from 20 November to 24 December.
TipOpen Monday to Thursday 11:00 to 20:00, Friday 11:00 to 22:00, Saturday 10:30 to 22:00, Sunday 10:30 to 20:00; hours may be cut around the Fête des Lumières.
Ticketed European-style Christmas market at Seattle Center by the Space Needle, with pretzels, stollen, kartoffelpuffer and roasted nuts, 20 Nov to 27 Dec.
TipDay passes are timed: arrive within your 30-minute slot, then stay as long as you like. Early-season weekdays open only at 16:00.
Pink Christmas is Munich's queer Christmas market at Stephansplatz, open November 20 to December 20, 2026, with a show stage and a popular prosecco bar.
TipParking is scarce, so come by subway, tram, bike or on foot; it is a 4 min walk from Sendlinger Tor. The market is closed on Sunday, Nov 22.
The SoWa Christmas Market fills the SoWa Power Station from November 20 through December 27, 2026, with over 100 makers, artists and specialty food vendors.
TipAdmission is $10 and kids 12 and under are free; the market is closed on Mondays, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Kobo-ichi is the monthly market at Toji Temple in Kyoto, held on the 21st of every month, with stalls of food, crafts and antiques in the temple grounds.
German-style Christmas market at LOVE Park and City Hall with 120-plus vendors, free entry, raclette, bratwurst, strudel and a beer garden, 21 Nov to 27 Dec.
TipThe market is closed 23 to 25 Nov and on Christmas Day. The City Hall Courtyard has seating for 100 next to the carousel, the warmest place to eat.
German Christmas market on Carter Green in Carmel, north of Indianapolis, with raclette, wurst, pretzels, Käsekuchen and Glühwein, 21 Nov to 24 Dec.
TipClosed Mondays and Tuesdays outside the last week before Christmas. Weekend shuttles are free, and the real-ice rink sits beside the huts.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
MICHELIN Guide Food Festival Abu Dhabi gathers chefs from about 20 Michelin Guide restaurants on the Emirates Palace grounds for a November weekend of tasting dishes, masterclasses and live music.
TipThe 2025 edition was the third, with general admission at AED 100 and children under 12 free. Dates for 2026 were not published at the time of writing.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Verona's Christmas market, run with Nuremberg's Christkindlmarkt, fills Piazza Bra, Piazza dei Signori and Piazza Sacco e Vanzetti; the 2025 edition ran 21 November to 28 December.
TipThe organisers had not announced 2026 dates when checked. In 2025 hours were 10:00 to 21:00 Sunday to Thursday and 10:00 to 23:00 Friday and Saturday, with shorter days on 9, 24 and 28 December.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Hanoi Beer Festival is HABECO's annual event at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace, with areas for Bia Ha Noi, Bia Hoi Ha Noi and Hanoi Premium, food and a music programme.
TipThe 2025 edition ran Friday 21 November, 16:00 to 20:00, and Saturday 22 November, 10:00 to 20:00; the 2026 dates are not announced.
Vegan Planet is a two-day fair for vegan food, fashion and beauty at MAK Wien on 21 and 22 November 2026, with cooking shows, talks and workshops.
German Christmas market at the Inner Harbor, held since 2013, with 60-plus vendors, Glühwein, raclette, wurst, schnitzel and a swing grill, 21 Nov to 27 Dec.
TipIt is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays except 21 and 22 Dec. The big heated tent is where to eat on cold nights.
Enóphilo Wine Fest fills the Alfândega do Porto one November afternoon, with about 40 producers pouring more than 350 Portuguese wines from 15:00 to 20:00.
TipPresale tickets cost 19.90 euros until the day before and 25 euros on the day, and the first 100 tickets cost 14.90 euros. Special tastings are announced separately.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Old Town Christmas market lines the route from Sigismund's Column past the Barbican to the Old Town Market Square, with grilled sausage, oscypek with cranberry, bigos, pierogi and mulled wine.
TipLast season (2025/26) mulled wine and hot chocolate each started at 20 zl, and the market opened daily from 11:00; the 2026 edition is not yet announced.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Eixample's Christmas market, about a hundred stalls ringing the square in front of the Passio facade since 1962. One of its four sectors is food: honey, cheese, cured meats, crepes and churros.
TipIt runs at the same time as the Fira de Santa Llucia and is the one of the two with a food sector, plus a sweet stall for children.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The City of Paris has put out a call for applications for a Christmas market on the lower Champs-Elysees, proposed for 22 November 2026 to 4 January 2027.
TipThe notice asks for a full market of chalets selling quality products on a Christmas theme; any police closures, such as on 31 December, must be respected.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Marseille's Christmas market sets about 40 wooden chalets along Quai de la Fraternite on the Vieux-Port, with festive food and gifts, beside the Foire aux Santons on the Quai du Port.
Frankfurt's Christmas market fills the Römerberg and beyond with over 230 stalls, hot apple wine and Bethmännchen through Advent and into Christmas week.
TipSkip mulled wine once for the hot apfelwein, the local move; the marzipan Bethmännchen travel home better than most market sweets.
Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt market runs between the concert hall and the two cathedrals from late November to New Year's Eve, with roasted almonds, chestnuts and mulled wine among the stalls.
TipEntry has carried a small charge in recent years; berlin.de had not published the 2026 hours or price when this was checked.
The Charlottenburg Palace Christmas market runs from November 23 to December 27, 2026, with around 100 vendors, roasted almonds and free admission.
TipOpening hours are Monday to Thursday from 1 pm to 10 pm and Friday to Sunday from 12 noon to 10 pm; the market is closed on December 24.
The Christmas market at the Rotes Rathaus runs from November 23, 2026 to January 3, 2027, with an ice rink around the Neptune Fountain and a Ferris wheel.
TipSanta Claus arrives three times a day, at 4:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.; the market is closed on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
The Christmas market in Spandau's old town runs from November 23 to December 22, 2026, on the market square and from Spandau Town Hall to St Nicholas' Church.
TipGifts come from all continents, such as perfumes from the Middle East, Christmas decorations from Poland or clothing made from Peruvian alpaca wool.
The Historical Christmas Market on the Rathausmarkt runs from November 23 to December 23, 2026, with around 80 stalls and a flying Santa Claus.
TipOpen daily from 11 to 21; Santa Claus floats over the market daily at 16, 18 and 20, and the market pours its own organic Rathausmarkt Glühwein.
The Lucia Christmas Market at Kulturbrauerei runs from November 23 to December 22, 2026 with a Nordic touch: Swedish glögg, Finnish glögi and moose sausage.
TipOpen Monday to Friday from 3 to 10 pm and Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 10 pm; Santa Claus drops by every day and the afternoons suit families with children.
The Fleetinsel Christmas market lies on a canal between the Alster and the Elbe and runs from November 23 to December 23, 2026, with Glühwein and gift stalls.
TipA generously covered area means the after-work Glühwein can be enjoyed even in Hamburg's drizzly weather.
The Festa del Calamar, Salou's squid festival since the 1970s, sends local boats out for a week-long fishing contest from the Club Nàutic, then serves squid to the town on the breakwater.
TipThe popular tasting on the Espigó del Moll cost a symbolic €2 in 2025, the 50th edition; restaurants run squid menus in the Jornades del Calamar alongside.
Loy Krathong in Bangkok lights the Chao Phraya with floating banana-leaf krathongs each November full moon, with river-pier food stalls at Asiatique.
Tollwood Winter Festival on Munich's Theresienwiese is the city's alternative Christmas market, with international vegetarian street food and a daily concert.
The Marché de Noël de Reims fills the Promenades Jean-Louis Schneiter with about 150 chalets of regional specialities and gifts, a minute's walk from Reims Centre station.
TipEntry is free. In 2024 the chalets opened Tuesday to Thursday 11:00 to 21:00 and Monday from 14:00, and a 50-metre Ferris wheel stood on Place d'Erlon.
Dozens of stalls on náměstí Republiky Square sell Christmas goods and treats from November 25 to December 24, 2026, in the area facing V Celnici Street.
TipThe stalls stand facing V Celnici Street and sell sweets, Advent calendars and nativity scenes among other goods; the organiser's page is in Czech.
Bratislava Christmas Market on Hlavne and Hviezdoslavovo squares brings dozens of stalls of Slovak lokse, klobasa, vianocna kapustnica and varene vino.
TipThe Hlavne market is the main one; the Hviezdoslavovo branch is calmer and has the better lokse stand.
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Les Nocturnes du Sablon is a four-night event at the Sablon in late November; its 34th edition in 2025 had 15 chalets, jewellers and chocolatiers.
TipThe 2025 edition ran Thursday to Sunday; the dates of the next one are not yet announced, so check lesnocturnesdusablon.com.
Marche de Noel du Capitole on Place du Capitole runs from late November to late December with around 100 white chalets in front of the Capitole town hall.
TipVisit weekday afternoons to avoid the weekend crowds; the foie gras chalet and the vin chaud stand are the canonical buys.
Menjars del Nostre Poble closes Benidorm's food year with four days devoted to its most traditional, deep-rooted cooking; the second edition runs from 26 to 29 November 2026.
TipIt is the newest of the six Benidorm Gastronómico events, added in 2025 and run by the town hall with the ABRECA hospitality association.
Eat & Drink Festival Christmas fills Olympia London on 26 to 29 November 2026 with artisan producers, festive street food, drinks tastings and chef demonstrations in the Christmas Kitchen.
TipAdvance adult tickets start at £16 on weekdays and £18 at weekends, and Kensington (Olympia) station is beside the venue. Entry also covers the Ideal Home Show Christmas.
Montreal Christmas Village fills Place du Marché Atwater from November 26 to December 24, 2026, with 59 exhibitors from Quebec and free family programming.
TipOpening days change: until December 20 it is Fridays 4PM to 8PM, Saturdays 11AM to 8PM and Sundays 11AM to 6PM; December 24 closes at 3PM.
Strasbourg's Christkindelsmarik, held since 1570, fills the old town from late November with mulled wine, bredele, pain d'epices and grilled sausage.
Brussels strings its Christmas market from the Grand-Place to the Marche aux Poissons, with 238 chalets, an ice rink, curling and a giant wheel.
TipPlace de la Monnaie has chalets with dishes as well as gifts; the interactive map at map.plaisirsdhiver.be shows every chalet and attraction.
The Riga Old Town Christmas Market runs on Doma Square from late November to early January, with 80 traders selling piparkūkas, mulled wine and smoked meats.
TipOpen daily through the run; weekends are busiest. The piparkūkas gingerbread and gluhwine stalls are the food anchors.
Skansen's Christmas market, held since 1903, opens Friday to Sunday on four weekends with about 70 stalls selling Christmas bread, herring, smoked fish and sausages, plus glögg and kolbullar.
TipThe market is inside the open-air museum, so it costs Skansen's normal entry; children and young people up to 15 get in free.
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Ljubljana switches on its festive lights on Friday 27 November 2026; Old Town stalls with handmade gifts, local delicacies, mulled wine and hot tea follow.
TipThe lights come on the Friday before Advent, 27 November in 2026; other festive activities in the Old Town run until early January.
Tuomaan Markkinat, Helsinki's oldest outdoor Christmas market, fills Senate Square from late November to 22 December around an old carousel and a licensed food court.
TipThe organiser publishes a stall-by-stall list of vegan and gluten-free food each year; ask the stallholder to confirm before you order.
The Jarmark Bożonarodzeniowy on Kraków's Rynek Główny runs from late November into early January, with 100-plus stalls of grilled oscypek, mulled wine, gingerbread and Polish sweets.
TipEntry is free and the stalls trade from 10:00 to 20:00, with some food stalls open later; try the smoked oscypek cheese with cranberries and a mulled wine.
Riga's Old Town Christmas Market fills Doma laukums beneath the cathedral from 27 November 2026, with artisan gifts, Latvian gingerbread, hearty dishes and mulled wine.
TipThe piparkūkas stalls cluster on the Dome Square's western edge; arrive before sunset on weekends to beat the queue.
Aarhus Julemarked fills the old Ridehuset riding hall on Vester Allé with craft and Christmas stalls from late November to 20 December, with gløgg, warm æbleskiver and risengrød at the cafe. Entry is free.
TipEntry is free and you can come back as often as you like; note that it closes on 20 December, not on Christmas Eve.
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Seville Christmas: lights, the Belen at the Town Hall, Plaza de San Francisco, markets, a Nativity Scene Fair by the Cathedral. 2025 lights: 27 Nov to 6 Jan.
TipIn 2025 the lights burned 18:30 to midnight, until 01:00 on 24 and 31 December and 5 January. Entry to the lights is free.
Salon Aux Vignobles brings 190 growers and producers to the Beaujoire park in Nantes each November, from Loire whites to charcuterie and chocolate.
TipEntry is €5 on the door with an obligatory €2 INAO tasting glass, and under-18s go in free; the run covers the last weekend of November.
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Advent in Split runs from late November to 7 January across Pjaca, Obrov, Đardin, Mertojak and Prokurative, where an ice rink sits beside the food stalls.
TipFritule are sold near Obrov, the ice rink is on Prokurative, and on Đardin an Advent candle is lit every Saturday.
Bordeaux's Christmas market fills place des Quinconces for a month with about 120 chalets, an alley of food terraces serving vin chaud, chestnuts and tartiflette, and a big wheel, daily to 21:30.
TipIt is open on 24 and 25 December too, 11:00 to 21:30, and entry is free.
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Madrid's Christmas market fills Plaza Mayor with about 100 red stalls of nativity figures and novelties; the 2025 edition ran 27 November to 31 December.
TipIn 2025 the market opened 10:00 to 21:00 Sunday to Thursday and until 22:00 on Fridays, Saturdays and holiday eves; the 2026 dates are not yet announced.
Prague's flagship Christmas market runs on Old Town Square from late November to early January, with mulled wine, klobasa, fried cheese sandwiches, kolache.
TipOpen daily 10:00-22:00; the cheapest mulled wine is on the back side of the tree.
The Vilnius Christmas market runs from late November to late December in Cathedral Square, with wooden huts selling mulled wine, gingerbread.
TipOpen Mon-Wed 12:00-20:00, Thu 12:00-21:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-22:00, Sun 11:00-20:00. Tree stays through January 6.
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Barcelona's oldest Christmas fair, held in front of the cathedral since 1786. Around 215 stalls sell nativity figures, moss, tio logs and greenery, with music stalls selling simbombes.
TipThe four sectors here are pessebres, greenery, crafts and music, not food: buy neules and torro at the Sagrada Familia fair or a Gothic Quarter pastisseria.
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Portugal's largest Christmas market takes over Parque Eduardo VII from late November to early January, with a handicraft and food market of traditional sweets, hot drinks and street food beside the ferris wheel.
TipAdmission is free, and the ferris wheel, ice rink and Santa House share the grounds with the market.
Map of Flavours (Chartis ton Gefseon) is Northern Greece's largest wine exhibition, run by Wine Plus; the 23rd edition is at the Ioannis Vellidis Congress Centre, 28 to 30 November 2026.
TipSaturday and Sunday run 12:00 to 20:00; Monday afternoon (12:00 to 16:00) is aimed at the trade, with free entry for professionals.
The Taste festival series reaches Cape Town on 28 and 29 November 2026, putting more than 120 dishes from city restaurants under one set of marquees at Green Point Cricket Club.
TipEarly bird entry passes start from R400 on the festival site, so buy ahead rather than leaving it to the weekend itself.
The Wenceslas Square Christmas market joins the Old Town one with festive Czech food stalls every winter, late November to early January. The lower square.
TipThe upper square is under reconstruction in 2025 to 2026; head to the lower stalls.
Libros al Gusto is the gastronomy space of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, with culinary talks, book presentations and a cookbook shop; the 40th FIL runs 28 November to 6 December 2026.
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An 800 square metre tent at Campo Pequeno holds about 80 brands over two pre-Christmas weekends, from design and crafts to gourmet food and wine.
TipIt opens for two separate weekends rather than straight through; check the dates before travelling.
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Porto's Christmas market fills the Jardim de João Chagas at the Cordoaria from late November, with sweets, charcuterie, wine, crafts and food vendors.
TipThe 2025 edition ran from 29 November to 30 December, and the municipal programme around it adds concerts, workshops, dance and theatre.
Dijon's Christmas season: a chalet market from Place Darcy down rue de la Liberté, gourmet chalets and a rink on Place de la République, and a nightly sound-and-light show on the Palais des Ducs.
TipThe market opens weekdays from 10am and Mondays from 2pm; Friday and Saturday nocturnes run to 21h at Darcy and 22h at République.
Salón Vinos Naturales Madrid is the natural wine fair run by the growers' association PVN: open tasting of more than 400 wines, with the producers pouring, at the Museo del Ferrocarril.
TipTickets are €12 for Sunday, €6 for Monday or €15 for both days, and include a personalised PVN glass. The fair runs 10:00 to 18:00 both days.
Moomba Festival on the Labour Day weekend in March brings a food precinct to Alexandra Gardens: multicultural stalls, fairground snacks and a river setting.
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival runs every March across the CBD and inner suburbs: World's Longest Lunch, masterclasses, restaurant pop-ups.
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Pasifika Festival is Auckland's annual Pacific Islander culture festival at Western Springs Park. 11 island village zones each with food, dance and craft.
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Polyfest is the world's largest secondary school Polynesian festival, held over four days at Manukau Sports Bowl, Auckland. Pacific Islander food villages each day.
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Auckland Food Expo returns to Eventfinda Stadium on the North Shore on 20 and 21 March 2027, with makers, tastings, demonstrations and workshops across food and drink.
TipBook online early: adult tickets step up from free to $5 to $10 at the door as the date nears, children under 12 enter free, and parking at the stadium is free.
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Buddhist festival at Fo Guang Shan Chung Tian Temple in Priestdale over the May Day long weekend, with dragon and lion dances, tea ceremonies, more than 100 events, a Saturday night laser show and vegetarian feasts.
Queensland's longest-running cultural festival and Australia's largest Greek festival, started in 1976 and drawing up to 50,000 to Musgrave Park over a weekend of Greek food, music and dancing.
TipChildren under 13 enter free with an adult and seniors and pensioners pay $5 at the door with a valid card; the 2026 tickets and schedule came out on 19 March.
Vivid Sydney Food is the food strand of Vivid Sydney, the festival of light, music, minds and food that returns from 28 May to 19 June 2027.
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Vivid Fire Kitchen is Vivid Sydney's free open-fire food program; its 2026 edition moved to Barangaroo Reserve and sold over 250,000 dishes and drinks.
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Visit Sacramento's Tower Bridge Dinner, first held in 2013, serves hundreds a locally sourced dinner by regional chefs along the Tower Bridge; the 2026 dinner was on 6 September.
TipTickets go only to those drawn in an annual random drawing for the chance to buy them; Visit Sacramento announces it and the chef lineup in its newsletter.
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Chicago Gourmet, the Illinois Restaurant Association's festival in Millennium Park, brings together award-winning chefs, master sommeliers, winemakers and spirit producers.
TipProceeds go to the Illinois Restaurant Association Educational Foundation; in 2026 the events ran at the Harris Theater Rooftop and the Pritzker Pavilion stage.
The Rheingauer Weinmarkt, or Rheingau Wine Festival, lines Frankfurt's Freßgass' with over 600 Rheingau wines each September, with winegrowers pouring and nearby restaurants serving food.
TipThe next edition runs 1 to 10 September 2027; the Freßgass' links Opernplatz and Hauptwache, so work along it and talk to the growers.
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Visit Sacramento's 2026 farm-to-fork evening was the California Grand Tasting on 11 September at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, with 30 plus restaurants and 25 to 30 wineries.
TipIn 2026 Visit Sacramento merged Legends of Wine and The Grand Tasting into this one evening; it is 21 and over, so bring a government photo ID.
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Singapore's flagship annual food festival, running for three weeks across the island with pop-ups, chef collaborations, hawker showcases and long-table dinners. The 2025 edition ran September 4 to 24 under the theme 'Have You Eaten Yet?', drawing visitors to Dempsey Hill, Robertson Quay and citywide venues. The Singapore Tourism Board-backed event celebrates both hawker heritage and fine-dining innovation.
TipSignature ticketed events sell out in advance; monitor the STB website from July for 2026 ticket releases.
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The Sagra della Porchetta di Ariccia, held in the Castelli Romani town on the first weekend of September since 1950, celebrates the town's porchetta.
TipStands compete for the best porchetta stand award, and the weekend adds a flag-throwers' parade and sack races in the village. Check the dates before you travel.
A six-day food and drink festival in Midleton, East Cork, celebrating the region's exceptional agricultural and culinary heritage. Running 2-7 September.
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Burcak season runs early September through mid-October when partly fermented Moravian wine hits Prague. Wine bars, Naplavka and the Botanical Garden's St.
TipDrink burcak fresh; it does not travel and the season is roughly six weeks.
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La Festa Italiana, run by the American Italian Heritage Society at Il Palazzo over Labor Day weekend, offers about 30 varieties of Italian food, cooking demonstrations, evening dance bands and kids' activities; the 2026 edition was the 42nd.
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Sarajevo's Bee Festival is an open-air fair of honey and medicinal herb producers on Trg Oslobodjenja, held up to three times a year; dates are not announced.
TipProducers sell honey, natural teas, oils and creams made from medicinal herbs, so it suits buying gifts directly from small producers.
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Chicago German-American Oktoberfest is a German food and beer festival in Lincoln Square at Lincoln and Western Avenues, the historically German heart of the neighborhood.
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Randolph Street Market Festival at 1341 W Randolph Street in the West Loop gathers more than 200 antique, vintage, art and fashion dealers, with food and music.
TipTickets are sold online; the September 2026 edition had 125 indoor and 75 outdoor dealers and ran rain or shine.
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Taipei Restaurant Week is a September promotion by the city Office of Commerce and Flavor guide, with NT$1,200 and NT$2,600 set menus in partner restaurants.
TipSay "Taipei Restaurant Week" when you book. In 2026 nineteen restaurants offered the NT$2,600 Design Taipei menus and over 150 offered NT$1,200 menus.
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The Columbus Greek Festival on Labor Day weekend at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral on North High Street is the city's largest cultural food fest.
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WorldFest in Louisville runs four free days of international food, music and culture on the Belvedere Plaza over Labor Day weekend, the city's premier.
TipWalk-in, free admission. 60+ cultural booths from 30+ countries; bring cash for the food stalls.
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Meatopia London is a live-fire festival at Tobacco Dock, 3 to 6 September, where chefs from the UK, Europe and beyond each cook one dish over wood or charcoal.
TipThree sessions per day (lunch, afternoon, evening). Friday evening session is the built chef session; Sunday lunch is family-friendly.
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Bieres et Saveurs de Chambly calls itself Quebec's largest craft beer festival, supporting local microbreweries, cideries and artisan producers over Labour Day weekend.
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DC JazzFest is Washington's five-day jazz festival, 2 to 6 September 2026, with its signature weekend of concerts at The Wharf's District Pier, beside the waterfront restaurants.
TipThe Wharf concerts are on the last two days, Saturday and Sunday; eat at The Wharf's restaurants, which the venue promotes for festival visitors.
Dragon Con is Atlanta's Labor Day weekend science fiction, fantasy and comics convention, next held 2 to 6 September 2027; membership includes Consuite snacks, and meals are in downtown restaurants.
TipBook downtown tables well ahead or eat in Midtown; the host hotels are impassable by early evening.
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Four days of gaming over Labor Day weekend fill the convention centre and every restaurant between downtown and Capitol Hill with it.
TipPike Place is ten minutes downhill and serves breakfast long before the show floor opens.
Scandinavia's largest food festival runs three days at Tangkrogen on the Aarhus bay in early September. More than 350 exhibitors, 50 restaurants and live.
Belgian Beer Weekend fills the Grand-Place for three days in early September with 50+ breweries and 500+ beers. Entry is free; tastings use a prepaid card.
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Old Man Gloom has burned annually since 1924; the 50-foot marionette goes up at Fort Marcy with food vendors lining the field and 60,000 watching live.
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The Festival del Prosciutto di Parma ran its 29th edition from 4 to 6 September 2026 in Langhirano and Parma, continuing as Prosciutto di Parma in festa on 10 to 13 September, with Finestre Aperte opening curing houses.
TipBook Finestre Aperte producer visits early; the free street programme in Langhirano needs no ticket, some tastings do.
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Fiesta de Santa Fe has run since 1712; the Plaza turns over to food booths over Labor Day weekend with chicharron burritos, frybread with honey and green.
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Hamtramck Labor Day Festival on Joseph Campau runs the Polish food festival in metro Detroit. Pierogi, kielbasa, golabki, paczki and Polish beer over three.
TipFree admission; live music, carnival rides and 20 food vendors line Joseph Campau.
Modra Vintage Festival celebrates the Small Carpathian wine harvest with the procession of must, young wine, Slovak food and Modra ceramics in early.
TipTrains and buses run frequently from Bratislava; the festival peaks Saturday afternoon with the procession.
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Montilla, forty-five minutes south of Córdoba, marks the Montilla-Moriles harvest with grape-treading, a named honorary capataz and bodega tastings across the town every September.
TipThis runs in Montilla rather than in Córdoba city, so plan it as a day trip with the train or a car.
The port festival fills the quays along the Nieuwe Maas for three days each September, with food plazas of local and international cooking beside the ships, water shows and a makers market.
TipThe festival area and the ships are free; the harbour excursions are ticketed and go first, so book those ahead.
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Warsaw restaurants cook at open stalls on Plac Centralny for three days, with zones for Polish vineyards, cheese and crafts. Entry is free and you pay only for what you order.
TipIn 2026 the food zone closed at 23:00; Friday opened at 16:00 and ran to 02:00 like Saturday, with a silent disco after 22:00.
Four days of Polish food and music at the Copernicus Center over Labor Day weekend, 3 to 6 September 2027: pierogi, kielbasa, cabbage rolls, potato pancakes and Polish beer.
TipKids 12 and under get in free; Friday opens at 4:30pm and the other days at 11:30am, rain or shine.
The Braderie takes over every street in Lille on the first weekend of September, 33 hours of flea market and moules-frites, with restaurants piling shells outside.
TipRestaurants compete for the tallest pile of empty mussel shells on the pavement. Rue de Gand is where that contest is fiercest.
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The North Carolina Apple Festival fills downtown Hendersonville over Labor Day weekend, 4 to 7 September 2026, with a street fair that includes 14 local apple growers and the King Apple Parade on Labor Day.
TipThe King Apple Parade is at 2:30pm on Labor Day, and the street fair opens at 10am on the Friday. The city parking deck charged $10 per day in 2026.
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Three hours south of Santa Fe, this Hatch festival (running since 1971) fills the Chile Capital of the World with eating contests, roasters and parade floats.
Taste of Madison on Capitol Square, the Labor Day weekend festival since 1983, sets up 80-plus restaurants around the Capitol with live music and Wisconsin.
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Toulouse a Table is the city's annual gastronomy festival, with the headline Banquet Cassoulets at Grand Rond on the first September weekend.
TipThe 9th edition of the Banquet Cassoulets at Grand Rond runs 5-6 September 2026; book ahead via the festival site.
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Beer Love Fest runs nine September days across Montpellier bars before a weekend finale on the Promenade du Peyrou, 60 breweries and over 600 beers.
TipThe week happens in partner bars around the city; only the final weekend is up at the Peyrou.
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The Moldovan Wine Festival filled Kiseleff Boulevard on 5 and 6 September 2026 with over 40 wineries from the Republic of Moldova, a food court and live jazz.
TipEntry is free; tasting packages of 5 or 10 tastings were sold separately, and the Școala Vinului masterclasses cost 150 lei in 2026.
New England's longest-running Renaissance faire, in its 45th season, on a wooded site at Carver well south of Boston. Spit-roasted turkey legs are the thing people queue for, and the pubs and taverns are set through the village rather than in one food court.
TipTwo dates fall outside the weekend pattern, Labor Day Monday on 7 September and the Monday holiday on 12 October. Gates are 10:30 to 18:00.
Seven weekends at Bonner Springs, west of Kansas City, where the giant turkey leg is what most people queue for. Apple dumplings, giant pickles, soup in a bread bowl and candied pecans fill out the stalls, and the pubs pour mead, cider and local stouts.
TipThe season opens on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend and adds two Mondays, 7 September and 12 October, so a weekday visit is possible.
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Castelfranco Emilia, 13 km from Modena and the town that claims the tortellino's birth, runs its 45th sagra: hand-rolled tortellini in capon broth from stands in Piazza Bergamini nightly, plus a historic parade.
TipStands open at 7:30pm and for Sunday lunch, closed Monday. Castelfranco is one regional-train stop from Modena; go on the final Sunday for the parade.
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The Sagra del Tortellino Tradizionale fills ten days of September in Castelfranco Emilia, with Piazza Bergamini stands serving tortellini in capon broth.
TipThe food stands open from 19:30 every evening and on Sundays also at lunch; the 45th edition ran 4 to 13 September 2026 and was closed on Monday 7 September. No later edition is announced.
Arleux, south of Lille near Douai, has feted its smoked garlic on the first weekend of September since 1962: a braderie through the village, 5,000 litres of garlic soup over two days, plaiting contests, a garlic queen.
TipThe garlic soup is served from 10:00 on the Saturday; buy plaited smoked garlic from the growers early in the day, it keeps all winter.
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The Hatch Chile Festival turns the village of Hatch, New Mexico, into a chile fair each Labor Day weekend, with roasters, chile-inspired food, a parade and live music, a drive from El Paso.
The Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden fills Labor Day weekend with taiko drumming, sumo wrestling and more in the Japanese Garden.
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A two day beer and bite festival in the Museumpark with around sixty beers on tap, wines and cocktails, and food trucks serving loaded fries, pizza, burgers, Mexican food and charcuterie boards.
TipTickets are cheapest in the early rounds, and the bars take cards only, so leave the cash at home.
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Festa des Vermar has marked the Binissalem grape harvest since 1965, half an hour from Palma, running most of September with a grape battle, treading contests, fideus de vermar and the Fira del Vi pouring DO Binissalem wines.
Le Marché à Manger is the Rennes food market that takes over La Criée on the first Sunday of the month with a dozen cooks and food trucks trading from 11:00.
TipEntry is free, plates run about €7.50 and desserts €4; disposable packaging is banned, so bring your own container or take a reusable one on deposit.
Regata Storica is held on the first Sunday of September: historical boats in period dress parade down the Grand Canal, then rowing races end at Ca' Foscari.
TipIn 2026 the historical water parade left at 15:10 along the Grand Canal and the races ran from 16:00, all ending at Ca' Foscari; the next edition is Sunday 5 September 2027.
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Festa de San Gennaro has run since 1973 on Rua San Gennaro and Rua Lins in the Mooca, its weekend street stalls serving handmade pasta, focaccia and polenta.
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Craft Beer Revolution Festival took over the Berăria H terrace by Herăstrău Lake on 5 to 7 September 2025, with dozens of craft brewers; no 2026 date is out.
TipEntry was free in 2025; check berariah.ro for an announcement of the next edition.
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The Festival de la Tomate has run at Clapiers north of Montpellier for nineteen editions, showing over 250 tomato varieties beside a full producer market.
TipFree tastings run from 10:00 and the growers' market is the reason to arrive early.
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eat:Bedminster brings the South West's eat:Festivals circuit to East Street, filling Bedminster with producer stalls and street food in May and September.
TipIt is free entry and family-focused; combine with North Street's bakeries for a full BS3 food day.
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Bizerkeley Food Fest is Berkeley's vegan food festival at Civic Center Park, with more than 70 plant-based vendors, free samples and cooking demos; the sixth edition ran on Sunday 6 September 2026.
TipGeneral admission was $8.24 in 2026 and free for Berkeley residents and EBT cardholders. The festival runs noon to 6pm and benefits California Pitbull Rescue.
The West Indian American Day Carnival ends on Labor Day with the parade down Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, and stands along the route sell jerk, oxtail, bake and shark and curry shrimp.
TipBring cash and go before 13:00, when Eastern Parkway fills; in 2026 Yah Suh Nice smoked its jerk at the Nostrand Avenue corner.
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A ten-day festival in September celebrating the food, producers, landscape and people of West Cork. The 2026 edition runs 6-15 September across towns.
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Vinòforum is Rome's wine and food fair; its 23rd edition ran 7 to 13 September 2026 at Piazza di Siena in Villa Borghese with 3,200 labels and chef dinners.
TipOpens at 19:00 and closes at midnight (01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays); standard entry includes a glass and ten wine tastings. 2027 dates are not announced.
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Verde Cool is Braga's Vinho Verde month, run September into October: 46 local bars and restaurants serve a glass of Vinho Verde with a regional petisco for €5, and visitors collect a stamp at each stop.
TipThe organiser, Associação Empresarial de Braga, lists each edition on aebraga.pt; the old tastebraga.com page now shows the 2017 edition.
Festa della Rificolona is Florence's paper-lantern festival on 7 September, the eve of the Nativity of Mary, with a procession to Piazza SS. Annunziata.
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The Budapest Wine Festival fills Buda Castle Palace with Hungarian and guest wines; its 35th edition ran 9 to 12 September 2026 for over 29,000 visitors.
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Festa di Piedigrotta is Naples' feast of the Nativity of Mary on 8 September at the Basilica di Santa Maria di Piedigrotta, with festivities until 13 September.
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Atlanta Food & Wine Festival is a four-day September celebration of Southern food, wine, beer and spirits, with walk-around Tasting Tents, Whiskey & Fire and over 200 chefs.
TipThe signature Tasting Tents are walk-around events at The Home Depot Backyard; Whiskey & Fire and the burger and fried chicken events are ticketed separately, and the organiser has not yet announced 2027 dates.
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Riga Food, the Baltics' largest food industry exhibition, runs 9 to 11 September 2027 at the Kipsala exhibition centre, with product tasting and chef and pastry demonstrations open to the public.
TipAdult tickets are €10 (€8 in pre-sale); the PRO ticket at €20 covers all three days for trade visitors.
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Istanbul Coffee Festival at Tepe Nautilus in Kadıköy, the city's biggest specialty-coffee gathering with roasters, barista showcases and Turkish coffee.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Street Food Festival from Marseille Provence Gastronomie at the foot of the Cathedrale de la Major runs three evenings on a 6,000 sqm esplanade.
Hopscotch is a three-day music festival across downtown Raleigh, held 10-12 September in 2026; the organiser has not yet announced the next edition.
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Festival TODOS, the intercultural festival, held its last Arroios edition on 10 to 13 September 2026, with food from several countries at communal tables.
TipThe 2026 communal tables were on the Saturday afternoon at the Mercado do Forno do Tijolo; check festivaltodos.com for where the next edition goes.
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Taste of Times Square, the Times Square Alliance's annual tasting evening, returned on Wednesday 9 September 2026 with tastes of signature dishes from over 30 district restaurants and live Broadway performances.
TipRegister a wristband with a credit or debit card at the event to buy tastes, most $5 and a few $10; in 2026 advance sales saved 20%.
Salt Lake Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Cathedral, the largest Greek festival west of the Mississippi and Utah's second-largest cultural festival.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Denver Food and Wine Festival runs a mid-September weekend with Colorado wine producers, chef demonstrations and a Larimer Square grand tasting event.
TipTickets sell out by August for the Grand Tasting; the seminar series runs cheaper and pairs well with the Frasca Food and Wine evening.
Knoxville Greek Fest at St George Greek Orthodox Church, the 47th-edition Greek food and culture festival in September, draws 20,000+ visitors for gyros.
TipFriday 11:00-22:00, Saturday 11:00-22:00 and Sunday 11:00-17:00; food village is the main draw, traditional dancing on stage hourly.
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Goombay Festival, hosted by the YMI Cultural Center, takes place each September in Asheville's historic East End, with live performances, DJs, local vendors and food; the 2026 edition ran 11 to 13 September.
TipThe Goombay 5K runs through the historic East End ($25 registration, in person or virtual), and the Welcome Station is at Market Street and Court Plaza. Pair with a stop at S and W Market on Patton Avenue.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
One of Switzerland's largest folk festivals, three days at Albisguetli over September 12-14, 2026. Funfair, rides, food stands, the shooting competition.
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The Lebanese Food Festival at St Anthony Maronite Church runs three days in September. Forty-plus years of Lebanese kibbeh, baklava and dancing on the church.
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The New Mexico State Fair at Expo New Mexico ran September 10 to 20 in 2026, with Navajo tacos, fry bread and green chile cheese curds among the foods named in its food guide.
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The South End Art Hop fills 1.5 miles along Pine Street September 11-13, 2026. SEABA is the organiser; food trucks at every block and the Pine Street.
Yiasou Greek Festival at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Dilworth has been Charlotte's annual Greek food fair since 1978, with food booths.
TipAdmission is $5; children under 12 free with a parent. Greek food, gyros, baklava and Hellenic dancing.
The Vienna Coffee Festival returns to the Marx Halle on 10 to 12 September 2027, with roasters, machine makers and tastings; 2026 drew 10,000 visitors.
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The Maryland Seafood Festival runs 11 to 13 September 2026 at Sandy Point State Park near Annapolis, with a crab soup cook-off, oyster shucking and crab cake and crab picking contests.
Omaha Restaurant Week runs for ten days each September with 50-plus participating restaurants offering prix-fixe three-course dinners at set prices, making it the best window to visit Omaha's fine dining scene.
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Two ticketed sessions in the Ring Hall at the RDS in Ballsbridge, pouring more than 180 beers from 35 plus Irish and international breweries, with festival food stalls and acoustic sets.
TipEntry is via Gate T on Simmonscourt Road; the ticket includes a sampling glass and pours are paid per measure.
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Brussels Food Festival takes over Boulevard du Souverain in Auderghem each September, with about 30 stands and food trucks, four bars and free entry over three days.
TipEntry is free with no registration; in 2026 Friday ran 18:00 to 22:30, Saturday 11:00 to 22:30 and Sunday was the family brunch day, with a Kids corner on weekend afternoons.
The N.C. Mountain State Fair runs ten days, 10 to 19 September 2027, at the WNC Agricultural Center in Fletcher. The 2026 fair drew 153,260 visitors and included the Got to Be NC Whole Hog Cookoff.
TipAdmission is required; the fair sells tickets through its website and runs themed days with admission deals.
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Italy's first official Oktoberfest, running since 2005, pitches its tent on Piazza della Vittoria: Hofbräu beer, canederli, pretzels, schnitzel, pork knuckle and spätzle, with bands nightly and family weekends.
TipWeeknights open at 6pm and weekends at noon, both until 2am; weekday early evenings are the only time you can sit without a wait.
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The Bruges Beer Festival fills the BMCC on Beursplein; its 18th edition on 12 and 13 September 2026 had around 50 breweries pouring some 350 beers.
TipEntry is free. You buy a starter package: Big Time (€35, 10 BABcoins, booklet and 15 cl glass) or Little Sips (€14.50, 2 BABcoins and a glass) at the venue.
The 15th annual Rhode Island Seafood Festival lands September 12-13 at India Point Park in Providence. Lobster rolls, chowder, oysters from across the state.
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The Original Pittsburgh Taco Festival runs each September at the Stacks at 3 Crossings in Pittsburgh. Dozens of taquerias, tequila and a taco-eating crowd.
TipTicketed; gold tickets get early entry. Tacos and tequila across dozens of vendors.
The Kulaťák farmers' market on Vítězné náměstí turns into a one day beer festival with more than 25 small Czech breweries pouring hundreds of beers into returnable glasses, plus street food and live music until 20:00.
TipAdmission is free; the farmers' market runs 8:00 to 14:00 and the breweries pour until 20:00, so arrive mid afternoon for the widest choice of taps.
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The St Clare's Vineyard wine harvest festival at the Prague Botanical Garden in Troja, also written St Claire's, is the city's longest-running annual wine festival: live music, burcak and Moravian young wine.
TipBook online; the festival lasts a single weekend in mid-September.
Seven weekends in Rotary Park at Wentzville, west of St. Louis, where the turkey leg is the thing people queue for among the food stalls set through the village.
TipColumbus Day Monday on 12 October is open as well as the weekends, and gates run 10:00 to 18:00 rain or shine.
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The ernte.dank.festival, run by the Ökosoziales Forum, fills the Heldenplatz with farmers, food retail and gastronomy; it ran 12 and 13 September in 2026.
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Benidorm's cocktail contest has bars pour two competition drinks each, one with alcohol at €9 and one without at €7, with a public vote; the 2026 edition had eight bars.
TipCamarote Club, La Terrasse and Malaspina were among the 2026 entrants; the 2026 edition ran from 11 to 20 September and next year's dates are not yet set.
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El Grito San Antonio is the city's main Mexican Independence Day party at Historic Market Square, with Mexican music, folklorico dancers, food and craft vendors and a civic ceremony at 8 pm.
TipIn 2026 the day ran noon to 11 pm on 12 September with the cultural programme from 6 pm and the Grito ceremony at 8 pm; entry is free.
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Hokkaido's largest food festival, ~300 stalls across seven themed venues in Odori Park, from ramen to soup curry, meat dishes and Hokkaido sweets.
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La Fête du Champ à l'Assiette, at La Basse Cour on the Prévalaye farm in Rennes, is a pay-what-you-want day of peasant farming: producer market, cooking workshops, bread tasting and music.
TipThe 11th edition (Saturday 12 September 2026) focused on bread and cereals; the 2025 edition ran three days, 12 to 14 September. The site is a working farm reachable from the centre along the Vilaine.
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A week of food events across Greater Avignon: chef surprise dinners, a food-truck contest, a giant raclette, farm and workshop tours and the Opéra Bouffe dinner show on the Opéra Grand Avignon stage.
TipThe Place des Gourmands market night and the food-truck contest are free; the 170 euro Opéra Bouffe and 38 euro chef dinners need booking.
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Pig Island, 17 years old in 2026, brings New York chefs to Snug Harbor on Staten Island for one September Saturday to cook whole hogs, belly bites and country ham, with craft beer, hard cider and spirits included.
TipCome at the start, as some restaurants run out of food later in the day, and bring picnic blankets, chairs and water; the event runs rain or shine.
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Dijon's stop on the regional Fantastic Picnic day: buy a ticket, then build your own picnic course by course from local producers set up on the parvis of the Cité de la Gastronomie, 10:30am to 3:30pm.
TipTickets are sold in advance on the Cité's HelloAsso page; it runs 10:30am to 3:30pm, and you assemble the meal yourself from the stands.
The Solano Stroll is one of the largest street festivals in the East Bay, closing Solano Avenue between The Alameda and Colusa Avenue for a Sunday of vendors, performers and food. Local Berkeley and Albany restaurants set up outdoor booths; food vendors line the street alongside craft sellers and community groups. The festival draws 150,000-200,000 visitors annually. Gioia Pizzeria, Zachary's and other Solano Avenue restaurants typically have street presence.
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GastroAntep spreads roughly 400 events over nine September days and about 50 Gaziantep venues, with chef workshops, a taste street and free concerts across the city.
TipFestival Park holds the main programme, but the taste street and workshops move around the city.
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Mumbai's most beloved festival runs 10 days from new moon. Sweet shops across the city sell steamed coconut-and-jaggery modak, Lord Ganesh's favoured.
Mid-Autumn Festival lands on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, with mooncakes gifted across the city, the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance in Tai Hang, lantern displays and moon-gazing crowds in Victoria Park.
TipOrder mooncakes early; the classic filling is sweet paste around a whole salted egg yolk, and pomelo shares the table. The day after is a public holiday.
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Open Mouth is Hamburg's annual food festival in mid September, centred on the Oberhafenquartier with talks, tastings and pop-ups celebrating Franzbroetchen, Labskaus and contemporary north German cooking.
TipHamburg Beer Week runs alongside; combine the two for a single week's food and drink trip.
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Tet Trung Thu in Hanoi turns Hang Ma into a lantern-and-mooncake corridor every autumn, with traditional toys, paper masks and pop-up mooncake stalls.
TipMid-Autumn falls on 15 September in 2027. The 2026 market ran on Hang Ma Street up to 25 September; the 2027 market is not announced.
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Portland's flagship food festival every September, four days of cooking demos, themed dinners, the Night Market and the Smoked! outdoor BBQ event downtown.
TipTickets release in May for the September festival. Book hotels 4-6 weeks ahead; the city sells out.
Lan Su Chinese Garden's Mid-Autumn Festival in downtown Portland celebrates the harvest moon with mooncakes, lion dances, lantern lights and an evening.
TipDate follows the lunar calendar. The evening Moonlight Market is timed-ticketed and sells out fast.
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Reeperbahn Festival is Hamburg's four-day club music festival and conference around St Pauli; tickets for 2027 are on sale, and the organiser names no food programme.
TipWristbands open most venues; standalone food stalls take cash and card.
For the Mid-Autumn Festival, Cho Lon's Luong Nhu Hoc street sells lanterns, masks and lion heads, and baked and sticky mooncakes come in sweet and savoury flavours, with lion dances and lantern parades.
Penang marks Mid-Autumn with mooncakes and lanterns, and the state's Penang Mid-Autumn Festival at the Esplanade in George Town brings lantern displays, costumed parades, performances and a food bazaar.
TipThe state lantern festival at the Esplanade falls on a weekend night near the festival, not always the day itself: in 2026 it was Saturday 19 September.
The Mid-Autumn Festival at Thean Hou Temple fills the hilltop courtyards of the Kuala Lumpur temple with glowing lanterns, mooncake tasting tables and lantern-making workshops for families.
TipThe temple usually extends its opening hours for Mid-Autumn, and families arrive early to walk the courtyards before the lanterns are lit.
Mid-Autumn Festival in Taipei means mooncakes, pomelos and barbecue at five designated riverside spots during the four-day holiday from 25 September 2026.
TipBarbecue is allowed only at designated riverside spots such as Dajia and Daonan; grilling elsewhere can bring a fine of NT$2,400 to 6,000.
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Eat Drink SLC at Tracy Aviary in Liberty Park, the local-chef and local-farm benefit dinner series, runs two September evenings with chef-led tastings.
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati at Sawyer Point and Yeatman's Cove on the Cincinnati riverfront is the German-American festival every September, with bratwurst.
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euphoria runs four days every September in downtown Greenville: Michelin-recognised chefs cook multi-course dinners, wine seminars, music. Founded 2006.
The Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City runs 11 days each September with more than 80 food vendors selling fried classics and annual novelty foods.
TipBuy a Mega Pass for unlimited rides and arrive at opening (10:00) for shorter food lines before the afternoon crowd peaks.
Kapana Fest turns the creative district into open-street food, street art and music. Plovdiv's flagship neighborhood festival, free-entry, music until late.
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Rio Gastronomia, run by the newspaper O Globo, fills the Jockey Club in Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, with more than 35 restaurants and botecos, chefs' classes, a producers' fair and concerts over three weekends.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Three-day gastronomy festival across 47 venues in Reims, with a village and growers' champagne market at the Porte de Mars, chef demonstrations, masterclasses, producer markets and grandes tablées.
TipVillage demonstrations are open access and the talks are free with online registration; ticketed tables such as the Maison Krug meal sell out, so book early.
Veganmania on the Donauinsel, at the U6 between the Floridsdorfer and Brigittenauer bridges, runs 17 to 19 September 2027 with free entry and vegan food.
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The Feast of San Gennaro, first held on Mulberry Street in 1926, fills 11 blocks of Little Italy for 11 days each September, 17 to 27 September in 2026, with sausages and zeppole sold by street vendors.
TipIn 2026 the Solemn High Mass was on Saturday 19 September and the Grand Procession on Saturday 26 September, both at 2pm.
Modena's philosophy festival fills the piazzas with free lectures, and its cucina filosofica programme has restaurants in Modena, Carpi and Sassuolo serving eight themed menus of hand-made pasta and local dishes.
TipAll lectures are free; book the philosophical menus directly with the restaurants listed on the cucina filosofica page, as tables go quickly.
Prague 2's wine harvest festival opens on Friday at náměstí Míru and moves on Saturday into the Grébovka vineyard park, with over a hundred wineries pouring burčák and new vintages beside food stalls and concerts.
TipSaturday in Havlíčkovy sady is the main day; climb to the Viniční altán gazebo for the vineyard view and go before noon to beat the burčák queues.
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Tocati in Verona is a free street-games festival in the squares of Veronetta; the 24th edition ran 18 to 20 September 2026 with Irish live cooking sessions.
TipIn 2026 the festival opened 17:30 to 20:00 on Friday and 10:00 to 22:00 on Saturday and Sunday, free to enter; six Irish live cooking sessions ran over the weekend.
Festival Latino de Lexington fills the courthouse plaza with Latin American food vendors, music and dance across two September evenings, a downtown fixture since the early 2000s.
TipIt runs late, from 17:00 on Friday and 16:00 on Saturday to 23:00 both nights; come hungry and work the vendor rows between stage sets.
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Oktoberfest at the Rochester Public Market on Friday 18 September 2026, 5 to 9 p.m., is a free family-friendly evening of German food, beer, live music and games, with Rohrbach's Brewing.
TipHarvest Festival runs on the regular Saturday market day with extended programming. Arrive early for the best selection of apple varieties from Finger Lakes orchards.
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PVDFest fills downtown Providence with food trucks, artisan markets, parades and live performances across two days each September; a city-led free festival.
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TILF, the Taiwan International Wine Tasting Lifestyle Festival, filled Warehouses 2 and 3 at Songshan Creative Park with over a thousand wines and spirits.
TipIn 2026 it ran 11:00 to 19:00; the organiser gave away 1,000 free VIP tickets for two (market price NT$400) through its site. The 2027 dates are not announced yet.
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Hotel Tapa Tour turned 29 four and five-star Madrid hotels into nine tapas routes; the 11th edition ran 17 to 27 September 2026, with no 2027 dates yet.
TipIn 2026 each of the nine routes could be walked without booking; the guided in-house experiences were booked separately. Watch hoteltapatour.com for 2027.
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Cous Cous Fest in San Vito Lo Capo, on the Trapani coast, is an international couscous festival with a chefs' world championship, cooking shows and tastings.
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The Cooper-Young Festival in Memphis runs one Saturday each September around Cooper and Young, drawing 130,000 people for food, crafts and live music.
TipPark on side streets early; the main strip closes to traffic. Brunch at Beauty Shop before the crowds.
Roncesvalles Polish Festival closes Roncesvalles Avenue for North America's largest Polish cultural celebration; the 20th edition runs September 19 to 20.
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Hessen Haus turns its beer hall over to Oktoberfest for more than two weeks from mid-September, pouring Hofbraeu, Paulaner, Warsteiner and Spaten from Germany in litre steins or Das Boot, with over fifty biers on tap alongside giant Bavarian pretzels, bratwurst, schnitzel and spaetzle.
TipThe run is continuous rather than weekend-only, so a weekday visit avoids the stein-hoisting crowds; the kitchen keeps its regular menu alongside the festival dishes.
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Adams Avenue Street Fair each September in San Diego's Normal Heights, Southern California's largest free music festival with 300 vendors, beer gardens.
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Eastern Market After Dark in September turns the Detroit produce market into a night market with food trucks, artist pop-ups and gallery sheds for one night.
TipOne night only; live music, food trucks and gallery pop-ups across the market sheds.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
H Street Festival in Washington DC is the neighbourhood street festival on H Street NE every September, with 150 food vendors, 14 stages and a one-day.
TipMaketto and Toki Underground run pop-up stalls on the street; the main music stage at 8th and H is the festival anchor.
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The West-Vlaamse Snorrenclub's Brugse Mosselfeesten serve mussels and oysters on the Vismarkt with live music; the 2026 edition ran on 19 and 20 September.
TipEntry is free. In 2026 the festival ran from Saturday 11:00 to Sunday 22:00, with performances on both days until 22:00.
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A gin and spirits salon in Hall Bruxelles of Lille Grand Palais on 19 and 20 September 2026, 12:30 to 20:00, where distillers and importers pour tastings; the 2026 edition is built around mixology and cocktail workshops.
TipEntry starts at €16.40 through the venue's ticketing; it is an over-18 event, so bring ID, and eat before you go.
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The Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri, held for over 300 years, sends wooden danjiri floats racing through Kishiwada's streets; the September festival is 19 to 20 September 2026, with another in October.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
TV Osaka YATAI Fes is a free-entry food festival of stalls serving dishes from across Japan, held at Osaka Castle Park on 18 to 23 September 2026 with stage acts and draught beer.
TipFood and drink are paid while entry is free. The 2025 edition was on the Great Lawn of Tsurumi Ryokuchi, so confirm the venue on tv-osaka.co.jp/tvofes before you travel.
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Oktoberfest, the world's largest folk festival, has run on Munich's Theresienwiese since 1810; six brewery tents pour 6 million litres of beer over 16 days.
Vermont Cheesemakers Festival, the Vermont Cheese Council's 13th annual tasting day at the Breeding Barn at Shelburne Farms on 20 September 2026, sold out, with cheesemaker panels and alcohol sampling.
TipTickets sell out, so buy early; all festival traffic uses the south gate of Shelburne Farms, and there is no ATM on site, so bring cash.
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Boston Local Food Festival runs every September on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in downtown Boston since 2011. 100 local food vendors, chef demonstrations.
Tip11:00-17:00. Free to attend; food sold individually. The Greenway runs from the North End to South Station; the festival fills the Wharf District section.
This edition has been cancelled by the organiser
Globalquerque, the world music and culture festival on Civic Plaza in downtown Albuquerque, is suspended: its organisers, Avokado Artists, held a free 20th edition on 20 September 2025 and announced no festival after it.
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Meat and Wine Fukuoka pours 30 wines from 11 countries alongside Kyushu wagyu, hosted in Daimyo Garden City Park with restaurant participants from Imaizumi.
TipTickets via the event site.
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World Paella Day on 20 September is Valencia's paella celebration; in 2026 the World Paella Day Cup final at La Marina brings twelve cooks from different countries and €6 portions.
TipMost paella restaurants run special menus. The World Paella Day Cup is the international chef competition.
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(H)eerlijk Brugge is Stad Brugge's and the Brugs Food Lab's free family food festival in the Koningin Astridpark; the 2026 edition had over 20 stands.
TipIn 2026 it ran on Sunday 20 September from 11:00 to 17:00, with three free workshops, including edible flowers, and activities for children.
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West Midtown's restaurant week, first held 20 to 26 Sep 2026 by Livable Buckhead and local chefs, with prix-fixe menus at 32 restaurants such as Bacchanalia.
TipMichelin-starred Bacchanalia's four-course prix fixe is the most sought-after table of the week, so book it first.
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Eat Real Festival runs three days at Oakland's Jack London Square in late September with sustainable food vendors, craft beer and a craft fair.
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In its 35th year, the Wine and Chile Fiesta pairs New Mexican, national and international vintners with Santa Fe's chefs across five days of tasting.
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Austria's largest customs and Oktoberfest returns to the Kaiserwiese in the Prater from 23 September to 10 October 2027, with beer tents and live bands.
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Bratislava Music Festival across late September and early October pulls food vendors into the Old Town squares alongside the city's main concert programme.
TipConcert tickets sell ahead; food vendors on the squares are accessible without a concert ticket.
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Feria del Elote Zapopan in Guadalajara metro is the late-September corn festival on Plaza de las Americas, with elotes, esquites, tejuino and pozole stalls.
The Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival, the world's longest running oyster festival, fills the Claddagh each September with shucking championships and a seafood trail.
America's longest-running state fair: 2.5 million visitors, 200+ food vendors, Big Tex Choice Awards, Fletcher's Corny Dogs, and Texas BBQ at Fair Park each.
TipBuy tickets in advance for $3-5 savings. Arrive on a Tuesday or Wednesday for the shortest lines.
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Terra Madre Salone del Gusto returns to Turin 24 to 28 September 2026, marking the 16th edition and Slow Food Italy's 40th anniversary. Piazza San Carlo.
The two balsamic vinegar consortia open more than 40 acetaie across Modena province for a weekend of loft visits, tastings and side events, with the main open day on Sunday and activities in the historic centre.
TipCheck the participating acetaie list on the event site and plan two or three near each other; they are spread across the whole province.
The Asheville Greek Festival has been hosted by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church since 1986, with Greek dishes prepared by the church's Yia-yias.
TipAdmission is $5 per person, sold on site only; children 12 and under are free. Friday and Saturday, 11am to 9pm (25 and 26 September 2026). No refunds for inclement weather.
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Las Vegas Greek Food Festival at St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church is Nevada's largest food festival per National Geographic, with roasted lamb.
TipGet there early Friday for the roast lamb (sells out by Saturday night); guided church tours run hourly, Greek dance starts at 19:00 each night.
Plaza Art Fair on Kansas City's Country Club Plaza runs the last weekend of September with 240 artists, three music stages and 20 featured restaurants.
TipFree entry, free parking in Plaza garages. Friday 17:00-21:00, Saturday 10:00-21:00, Sunday 11:00-17:00.
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The Atlanta Greek Festival is paused for building work until September 2027; in 2026 the cathedral sells a Greek Feast drive-thru on 25 to 27 September on Clairmont Road.
TipSouvlaki and gyro plates run heaviest at lunch; baklava and pastry sales run all weekend. Parking gets tight by 18:00.
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Glasgow Cocktail Week runs eleven days across the city's bars, with a wristband for cocktail discounts, masterclasses, trails and pop-ups; 2026 ran 24 September to 4 October and 2027 is not announced.
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The sustainable food festival inside La Merce. On the Passeig dels Tillers in Parc de la Ciutadella, 14 neighbourhood restaurants serve 28 dishes of organic seasonal produce, half of them vegetarian.
TipFree and unticketed, with show cooking and tastings from the early evening; dishes are five euros and drinks two fifty.
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Austin Taco and Margarita Festival is the three-day September celebration at Fiesta Gardens, with taquerias, food trucks and creative taco innovations.
TipVIP tickets get you into the early-entry margarita lounge; bring a hat, the Fiesta Gardens lawn is full sun.
Beermad is Madrid's craft beer fair; the 2026 edition ran 25 to 27 September on Avenida del Planetario with 50 breweries and over 200 beer styles.
TipEntry was free. In 2026 Friday ran 17:00 to 23:00, Saturday 11:00 to 23:00 and Sunday 11:00 to 19:00.
Festival in the Park at Freedom Park is Charlotte's free three-day arts and food fair on the last weekend of September, with a beer garden and concessions.
TipFree admission. Beer garden runs inside the park; nothing alcoholic leaves the grounds. Park onsite fills early, walk in from Dilworth.
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IngenuityFest at IngenuityLabs on Hamilton Avenue in Midtown each September, the three-day art-and-tech festival, runs a large food village of Cleveland food.
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The City of Vienna's free Wiener Weinwandertag opens four marked vineyard routes in Ottakring, Neustift to Nussdorf, Strebersdorf to Stammersdorf and Mauer.
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BXLBeerFest gathers about 30 independent craft breweries at Tour and Taxis; the 2024 edition ran 28 and 29 September with a 22 euro two-day ticket.
Taste of Fort Collins packs Washington Park with food vendors, artisan stalls and headline stages; the 2026 edition moved from June to 26-27 September.
TipSingle-day passes run about 27 dollars and children under 12 enter free; the 2026 headliners are Modest Mouse and Lil Jon.
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Richmond VegFest is the city's plant-based food festival, hosted in Byrd Park every September with free admission, vendors, music and family activities.
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Street Bouche Festival takes over the university campus in September with thirty-plus food trucks of world street food, Alsace beers and natural wines.
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Cocktail Street fills the Grande Halle de la Villette for three days in late September with about forty brand bars, over a hundred cocktails and street food.
TipEntry is free and each drink is paid for. In 2026 it ran Saturday 12:30 to midnight, Sunday 12:30 to 22:00 and Monday 10:00 to 20:00.
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Fouace et Muscadet en fête takes over La Haie-Fouassière outside Nantes for a September weekend of fouace bakers, oyster bars and Muscadet growers.
TipThe Sunday runs 10:00 to 18:00 around the vendangeurs races, with the artisan market, oyster bar and tastings on the same streets.
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A weekend devoted to focaccia genovese on Piazza delle Feste at the Porto Antico: bakers from Genoa and Liguria bake live, with tastings, show cooking, workshops and talks on the art of white bread.
TipFree entry from 10am; the live bakes and tastings run in slots, so check the schedule board when you arrive and taste early.
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The Italian American Club of Greenville runs an annual festival: house-made pastas, cannoli, espresso, live music, dancing. Long-running community event.
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Les Houblonnades gathers regional brewers and Douaisis producers at the Arkéos museum park, with a medieval buffet, a night market and brewing lessons.
TipEntry is free and it starts from 17:00. Douai is about half an hour from Lille Flandres by train.
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The Pigtown Festival closes Washington Boulevard each September for the city's only pig races, plus a pie-eating contest, local food vendors and craft beer.
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Athens Coffee Festival, at Technopolis in Gazi, bills itself as Greece's biggest coffee festival, with 200-plus brands and micro-roasteries and seminars.
TipThe 2026 edition ran 26 to 28 September; tickets were 5 euros in advance and 6 euros at the door, with a 3 euro happy hour ticket for the first hour each day.
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The Carro Matto, part of Bacco Artigiano in Rufina, brings about 1,500 straw-covered flasks of Chianti Rufina to Florence on an ox cart for a blessing.
TipFrom about 14:30 the cart meets the historic Florentine parade at Piazza San Giovanni, the wine is blessed on the Duomo steps and then offered in Piazza della Signoria.
Ciao, Summer! is Horse & Dragon Brewing's festival of low-ABV session beers at its Fort Collins taproom; the next is on Sunday 26 September 2027.
TipFestival and ticket details are expected around mid-August 2027 on the Horse and Dragon Brewing website; tickets come from the brewery directly.
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Findlay Market's Fall Food Fest is a tasting walk through the Over-the-Rhine market, with autumn dishes and drinks from a wide range of vendors and live music. The 2026 edition ran on Sunday 27 September, and the market announces each year's date on its events page.
TipTasting tickets are sold in bundles, 8 for $25 or 18 for $45, one ticket per sample; collect them at the market on the day.
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La Merce is Barcelona's flagship Patron Saint festival around 24 September: open-air calçotada stands, vermouth stations and the human tower competitions.
TipPick up the programme at any kiosk; major food stalls cluster on Avinguda de la Catedral and Plaça Reial.
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Culinary Zinema at the San Sebastian Film Festival is its food section, run with the Basque Culinary Center: five gastronomy films, each paired with a themed dinner from 22 to 25 September.
TipIn 2026 most dinners cost 90 euros and one 16-person table cost 175 euros; tickets went on sale on 28 August, so book as soon as the section is announced.
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The World Gourmet Festival in Bangkok at Anantara Siam runs each late September with visiting Michelin-starred chefs cooking guest dinners and pop-up tasting.
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The world's largest barbecue competition in Kansas City brings 500-plus teams to the Kansas Speedway over five days from late September into early October.
TipBBQ Garden Saturday-only ticket includes samples plus games from KC pitmasters. Day passes for the Open Contest Sunday are the public-friendly entry.
The Phuket Vegetarian Festival fills Ranong Road with yellow-flagged jay stalls for nine days: no meat, dairy, eggs, garlic or onion, served beside dawn shrine processions.
TipStreet stalls near Jui Tui Shrine open from about 06:30; many Old Town family kitchens close or go jay-only for the week.
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Bourbon and Beyond bills as the world's largest bourbon, food and music festival, the four-day Louisville event with 100+ bourbon participants across five.
TipBuy tickets months ahead. The Big Bourbon Bar is the festival's central tasting tent.
For nine days each ninth lunar month, hundreds of Penang hawker stalls hang yellow flags and go vegetarian, from mock-meat nasi kandar to char kway teow.
TipLook for the yellow flags: they mark stalls serving the festival's vegetarian menus, many of which exist only these nine days.
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Eat Festival is a chef-led food showcase: its 13th edition ran 26 to 29 September 2024 at the Gare Maritime; in 2026 it joined the Bright Brussels Festival.
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Matstreif fills Youngstorget in central Oslo with local food and drink producers from across Norway for two days each September, with food stalls, tastings and a drinks tent where you meet the makers.
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Fort Worth Oktoberfest at Trinity Park each September features a Paulaner bierhalle, Hacker-Pschorr Biergarten, and German food at the Food Haus.
TipParking is at 1501 University Drive; entrance to the festival grounds is near the Van Zandt Cottage off Farmhouse Way.
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Key West Brewfest pours more than 50 breweries at the Southernmost Beach Resort each autumn, a Sunrise Rotary fundraiser for its scholarship fund.
TipThe organisers list the 2026 festival week as September 30 to October 4, with the grand tasting itself on October 3 at the Southernmost Beach Resort.
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San Gennaro Feast is the 46th annual Italian heritage celebration at Rio Las Vegas, with sausage and peppers, cannoli, carnival rides and live music.
TipIn 2026 the gates opened at 13:00 on Saturday and ran to midnight Friday and Saturday. Tickets are good for one day; children 54 inches and under are free.
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Slice of Our Markets is the Ecology Center's September fundraiser: a guided tour of the North Berkeley Farmers' Market followed by a farm-driven pizza dinner at Vintage Berkeley.
TipTickets were $65 in 2026 and the menu is built from that day's market produce; proceeds support Market Match and the California Alliance of Farmers' Markets.
Oklahoma City's Asian Night Market Festival at Military Park draws 80,000 attendees for two evenings of Asian food, live music, and a pho eating contest.
TipFree admission; take the OKC streetcar to avoid parking hassles in the Asian District.
The Albuquerque Greek Festival, also called the Grecian Festival, at St George Greek Orthodox Church each October serves roast lamb, souvlaki, gyros, pastitsio and baklava, with church tours, bouzouki music and dancers.
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Oklahoma City Greek Festival at St. George Orthodox Church runs each fall with souvlaki, roast lamb, spanakopita, and live music from Greek folk bands.
TipFriday before 17:00 is free admission; arrive early for the best selection of pastries, which sell out fast.
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PINT Bockbierfestival, run by the beer association PINT, fills De Hallen Studio's in Amsterdam West each autumn with more than 40 bock beers in two sessions.
St James Court Art Show in Old Louisville runs the first October weekend with 600+ artists across 17 mediums and a full lineup of food vendors.
TipFree admission. Walk the Victorian-mansion streets; food vendors line the perimeter.
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Early-October wine festival across Plovdiv Old Town: Bulgarian wineries pour in Revival houses with food pairings, tastings open to the public throughout.
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For nine October days, yellow-flagged jay stalls take over Warorot and the Chinese quarter, serving meat-free curries, mock-meat noodles and vegetable plates.
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LA Greek Fest welcomes over 15,000 guests a year to Saint Sophia Cathedral for Greek food, wine, music and dancing; the 2026 edition ran 2 to 4 October.
TipIn 2026 hours were Friday 17:00 to 22:00, Saturday 12:00 to 22:00 and Sunday 12:00 to 21:00; the event was cashless, with a kids' zone and hourly cathedral tours.
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The Original Greek Festival at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Houston is the early-October Greek food and culture weekend on Yoakum Boulevard.
TipSaturday evening is the lively shift with live music and dance; the pastitsio and loukoumades are the canonical orders.
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Portland Night Market is a free evening market at Alder Block in Buckman, with more than 175 brands, makers and merchants and food carts, held on select Friday and Saturday nights.
TipEntry is free, but once capacity is reached only Fast Pass holders get in ($12 plus fees, sold on Eventbrite). Food and drink is sold from carts and tables inside and outside the warehouse.
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Feria Sabores de Nuestra Tierra is a gastronomic and agri-food fair at FERMASA in Armilla, on the edge of Granada, with wine tastings, showcooking and workshops on 2 to 4 October 2026.
TipThe fair is in Armilla, outside the city centre, so allow travel time from Granada. Entry is €3, free for children under 10, and it shares the site with the Feria General de Muestras.
Ziua Națională a Vinului in Chișinău is Moldova's two-day wine harvest on Piața Marii Adunări Naționale, with 100+ wineries pouring, folk stages.
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The Southern Smoke Festival in Houston is Chris Shepherd's October chef tasting fundraiser at Discovery Green, with national chef bites, top bartender pours.
TipTickets sell out within a week of announcement. The VIP tier is worth it for the indoor air-conditioned hospitality area.
Oaktoberfest in the Dimond runs in Oakland's Dimond district the first weekend of October. Two hundred local craft brews, German food, five live music stages.
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Asheville Oktoberfest, run by the Asheville Downtown Association, fills Coxe Avenue in the South Slope Brewery District with 20-plus local breweries pouring fall beers, plus distilleries, wineries, German-inspired food trucks, oompah music and games.
TipA Prost Pass ($25 in advance, $35 on the day in 2026) includes a commemorative tasting glass and beer tastings from participating breweries; 21 and over to buy a pass or drink. Food is sold separately. Held 1pm to 5pm on a Saturday.
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Four October days at Campo Pequeno styled as a Portuguese Oktoberfest: beer kiosks, street food stalls and a Beer Party with live bands on the opening night.
TipThe ticket buys only the cup; beer is paid for at each kiosk, and coming back on another day costs 2 euros if you bring your cup.
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Creole Food Fest brings chefs of the African diaspora to Pier 3 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, for an afternoon of unlimited tastings of Creole cooking from Haiti to Barbados and Venezuela.
TipAdmission is free, but tastings need a ticket ($40 to $100 in 2026); the 2026 edition was set for 15:00 to 20:00 on Pier 3.
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Highball Halloween takes over High Street in the Short North on 3 October 2026 during Hops on High, with a costume couture fashion show, free admission, live performance and food trucks.
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The Creole Food Festival's New York edition, its eighth in 2026, holds a Grand Tasting at Pier 3 in Brooklyn Bridge Park with chefs from the Caribbean, Africa, Latin America and the US South.
TipThe 2026 Grand Tasting ran from 3pm on Saturday 3 October; the Sunday brunch at Art Falls Gallery in Harlem was a separate ticket.
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The Grub Fest's 2026 Legacy Edit, marking twelve years of the festival, fills the NSIC grounds in Okhla on 3 and 4 October with food brands and night concerts.
TipGates open at 13:00 at NSIC Estate; buy passes through the organiser's site, and plan on the evening concerts in the Grub Arena.
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The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta at Balloon Fiesta Park, held in the first week of October, is the largest balloon event in the world.
Cyclovia Tucson Fall opens three miles of Tucson streets to walking, biking and rolling on 25 October 2026, with free activities and food vendors along the route.
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The 49th Feria Nacional del Mole runs 3 to 25 October 2026 at San Pedro Atocpan in Milpa Alta, Mexico City, with mole restaurants and producers, live music, crafts and free entry.
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Sant'Erasmo celebrates mosto, unfermented grape must, on the first Sunday of October, with a mass, blessed farm carts, pressing demonstrations and tastings.
TipLine 13 from Fondamente Nove reaches Sant'Erasmo; the day opens with a mass and the blessing of the farm carts, and regattas mark the programme.
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Kanelbullens Dag every October 4 in Stockholm celebrates the national cinnamon-bun day; bakeries city-wide push the kanelbulle to the front counter.
TipVete-Katten, Fabrique and Lillebrors all run limited-edition variations. Arrive at 09:00 to avoid the 11:00 queue.
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The Warsaw Bread Festival fills the rural heritage institute on Krakowskie Przedmiescie with sourdough bread, chleb mecinski from the Traditional Products List, sekacz, potato kiszka, pierogi and racuchy.
TipIn 2026 the programme ran 13:00 to 18:00 with bread, butter and rogal workshops, folk bands and a market, then a dance to live music until 21:00.
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Organised by All About Beer Magazine and running since the mid-1990s, the World Beer Festival at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park brings 75+ breweries and 200+ beers to the ballpark with separate NC Beer, Cider and Belgian gardens. The Friday pre-festival Seasonal Beer Showcase is worth attending separately.
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Atlantic Antic, Brooklyn's oldest and largest street festival, closes Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the waterfront on an autumn Sunday, 4 October in 2026, with restaurant tastings, craft vendors and music.
TipIt runs noon to 6 pm, rain or shine; walk from the Fourth Avenue end toward the waterfront.
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Taste of North Park each October in San Diego, the 50-restaurant October taste-pass through North Park with 15 beverage sips, live music and craft beer.
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Scenic City Wings lines Chattanooga's wing kitchens up under the First Horizon Pavilion for a taste-and-vote Sunday, with proceeds supporting the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
TipAdmission is complimentary and the 2026 date is 4 October; the In the Hot Seat interview series puts local personalities through escalating heat live.
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The Atlantic Antic closes over a mile of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn for a Sunday street festival of food, music and shopping, run by the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation.
TipThe date moves between late September and early October (5 October in 2025, 4 October in 2026), so check the organizer's page before you go.
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Pignan gives over the château park for a day each October to olives and olive oil, the Mediterranean crop that defines the garrigue west of Montpellier.
TipEntry is free and the day runs 10:00 to 18:00; Pignan is under twenty kilometres from the city.
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Plant Riverside District holds Oktoberfest on October 3 to 4 and 10 to 11, 2026, with smoked bratwurst, pretzel-wrapped franks, strudel, a Beer Journey tasting passport and games such as pretzel fishing and keg bowling.
TipThe Beer Journey passport is $15 for eight Oktoberfest beers, tasted four 2 oz pours at a time. The Savannah Wiener Dog Races are a separate event on Saturday, October 31.
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San Sebastian Gastronomika is the city's international chefs' congress at the Kursaal; its 28th edition, 5 to 7 October 2026, marked fifty years of New Basque Cuisine.
TipEntry is by registration on the congress website; the dates of the 2027 edition had not been announced when we checked in October 2026.
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Held since 1743, the Baltic Herring Market brings around 40 fishers and producers to the Market Square each October to sell herring straight from the boats.
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Berlin Food Week runs a week of chef events, workshops and tastings across the city each October, anchored by the House of Food showcase at Bikini Berlin.
TipThe House of Food market at Bikini Berlin runs Friday and Saturday, 9 to 10 October; OkSoberfest, the alcohol-free drinks festival, is at the Kulturbrauerei.
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Global Food Week brings food producers, farmers and hospitality suppliers to ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi each October; the 2026 edition, its third and largest, runs 6 to 8 October.
TipIt is a trade show built for buyers and producers, so register as a visitor on the organiser's site before going; it is not a tasting festival.
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Durga Puja turns Chittaranjan Park in Delhi into a Bengali food fair: free bhog of khichuri and labra at the pandals, plus rolls, fish cutlets and Kolkata biryani at the stalls.
TipBhog is served at the pandals from 13:00 to 14:00; the Anondo Mela food stalls run on Panchami and Shashthi evenings, and cars are restricted from Shashthi.
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The Greek Festival at Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral on 19th Street South Birmingham runs every October with the canonical Greek food.
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Each October anniversary of the 2014 Markthal opening, the venue hosts an expanded open market in the building and spilling onto Blaak square with special.
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The Lille Street Food Festival fills the EuraTechnologies site with around fifty stands of restaurateurs, food trucks, brewers and wine merchants over four days.
TipEntry is free and payment is cashless, so load a card at the gate before you queue for food.
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Taste of Carmel gathers over 60 local restaurants, wineries and craft beverage makers in the Carmel Mission courtyard for one early-October evening.
TipThe Chamber has run it for 38 years; the 2026 edition falls on 1 October, general admission $200, and online sales close on 29 September.
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Film Fest Gent is Ghent's international film festival, in its 53rd edition from 7 to 18 October 2026, with screenings at Sphinx Cinema, Kinepolis and other city venues; it has no food programme.
EatFestival pop-up kitchen at Portus Ganda: a seasonal Flemish menu running only during the twelve festival days.
The Columbus Italian Festival at St. John the Baptist on East Lincoln Street in Italian Village runs the second weekend of October, with Italian food.
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The Taipei International Beef Noodle Festival is a three-day beef noodle contest and market run by the Taipei City Office of Commerce at Yuanshan Expo Park.
TipEntry was free and food and goods were paid, with nearly 80 stalls open 10:00 to 16:00 in 2026. The 2027 dates are not announced yet.
Fall for Greenville closes Main Street for three days every October: 50+ local restaurants, 80+ musical acts, craft beer and wine. Free entry.
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Wine Vision by Open Balkan is billed as the largest wine fair in Southeast Europe, drawing regional Balkan producers to the Belgrade Fair halls each October.
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Zola Predosa, near Bologna, fills its piazza each October with mortadella tastings, shows and free factory visits; the 18th edition ran 9 to 11 October 2026.
TipIn 2026 the stands opened Friday 18:00 to 24:00, Saturday 11:00 to 24:00 and Sunday 9:00 to 22:00. The free Sunday factory visits (9:00 to 12:00) need no booking; a free shuttle runs to the plants.
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Chalk the Block is an arts festival in downtown El Paso each October that incorporates a significant food vendor component, with local restaurants, street food trucks, and craft drinks lining the blocked-off streets alongside live art creation.
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Dia de la Comunitat Valenciana on 9 October marks Jaume I's entry into Valencia in 1238, with a civic procession, a mascletà and the Sant Donís mocadorà of marzipan fruit.
TipPublic holiday in Valencia. Restaurants book up for the lunchtime paella; reserve 3 weeks ahead.
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EurHop Roma Beer Festival's 12th edition ran 9 to 11 October 2026 on Via Ciro il Grande with over 800 beers from 100 breweries; no later edition is set.
TipThe 2026 edition opened Friday from 17:00, Saturday from 12:00 and Sunday from 12:00 to midnight; tickets were sold online. See eurhop.com for the next dates.
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The Sacramento Turn Verein, founded in 1854, holds its 57th Oktoberfest at its hall on J Street in 2026, with German beer, hearty food, live music and dancing over two days.
TipTickets are $25 online or $30 at the door, $5 for kids 12 and under, with $2 food and drink tickets; Friday runs 6pm to 11:30pm, Saturday 3pm to 11:30pm.
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Winemarket is Winelab Academy's wine festival at Ridehuset in Aarhus: about 200 wines from the country's wine retailers to taste freely in one of two Saturday sessions.
TipTickets start at 295 DKK plus booking fee for a 12.30 to 15.00 or 15.30 to 18.00 session; you get a tasting guide and a wine glass to keep. Over-18s only; the April 2026 session sold out early.
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The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, established in 2006 and presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, brings live blues, BBQ vendors and an arts market to Lafayette Square Park.
TipAdmission is free; while it is a barbecue festival, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options are also available in the food market.
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The Great American Beer Festival, the Brewers Association's premier US beer competition, goes outdoors at Denver's Levitt Pavilion on 10 and 11 October 2026, with a PAIRED beer-and-chef pairing area.
TipTickets release on the Brewers Association site each summer and sell out in minutes; check the GABF judging competition results for medalists to taste.
Saijo's sake festival takes over the brewery district in Higashihiroshima each October, pouring several hundred labels from across Japan among the brick chimneys.
TipThe tasting hall is ticketed while the street stalls are free, and Saijo is about forty minutes by train from Hiroshima Station.
Taste of Brunswick on the second Saturday of October crowns the World Championship Brunswick Stew Cook-off. Free admission, free parking, 27 stew teams.
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Wine Over Water has poured unlimited tastings beside the Tennessee River for three decades in Chattanooga, with proceeds funding Preserve Chattanooga's historic preservation work.
TipThe 2026 edition runs 10 October in Renaissance Park during bridge renovations; tickets include a charcuterie box and glass.
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Anuga World Food Trade Fair is the biennial food and beverage fair at Koelnmesse in Cologne, with ten specialist trade shows under one roof; the next edition runs 9 to 13 October 2027.
TipAnuga admits professional visitors only, so it is a trade fair rather than a public tasting event.
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C'è Più Gusto is a two-day food festival at Palazzo Re Enzo in Bologna with chef talks, tastings and masterclasses; the 2026 edition ran 10 to 11 October.
TipEntry was free with registration on the festival site and places were limited; the Saturday sessions of 2026 were sold out. Sunday ran 10:00 to 13:30 and 13:30 to 19:30.
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The Barbacoa & Big Red Festival celebrates San Antonio's signature weekend combo at the Freeman Coliseum grounds, a two-day October gathering of barbacoa.
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Vinhos a Descobrir Harvest Edition brings small Portuguese wine producers to the Forte de Gaia over an October weekend to meet the people who make the wines.
TipThe organisers also hold a spring edition in Porto, in April in past years.
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Meet the Makers walks the artist-owned galleries of Carmel-by-the-Sea for one October evening, pouring Monterey County wine and craft beer alongside light bites from local food makers.
TipBlue lanterns mark the participating galleries; the walk starts in Devendorf Park at 16:00, the tasting ticket is $50 and gallery touring itself is free.
FoCo Fall Fest closes Old Town Square and nearby streets in Fort Collins on 10-11 October 2026, free entry with 100-plus vendors, food trucks and bars.
TipEntry is free and surrounding streets pedestrianise for the weekend; treat it as an eating crawl between the vendor rows.
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Brew in the Lou, a benefit for the Lutheran Elementary School Association, fills Francis Park on 10 October 2026 with craft beer, spirits, wine and cocktail tastings, local food vendors and live music.
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A free two-day autumn festival run by Lyon nature in the Parc de la Tête d'Or, with a squash market, a Kazakh squash meal, concerts and children's workshops.
TipThe 2026 edition ran from 10:00 to 18:00 on 10 and 11 October and was free; four-legged animals were not allowed on the site.
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The Foire Internationale fills the Pérols exhibition park for eleven October days, with a guest-country food pavilion that in 2026 goes to Canada.
TipThe guest-country village is the food draw; tickets go on sale in early September each year.
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On 21 November Venice crosses a yearly bridge over the Grand Canal to the Salute basilica, and castradina, a smoked mutton and cabbage soup, marks the feast.
TipCastradina is traditionally eaten on the eve of the feast and is still made in Venetian homes and restaurants, so ask when you book; stalls of sweets surround the basilica on the day.
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The Yaowarat Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok runs nine days each October aligned to the first nine days of the Chinese ninth lunar month, with stalls flying.
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Organised by Black Brew Culture and Proximity Brewing, Blacktoberfest has grown into one of the top-ten US beer festivals by USA Today's ranking. The three-day Old East Durham event features 20+ breweries, 6 Black-owned wine and spirits brands, 30+ food and retail vendors, and live music across a main Saturday event with Friday and Sunday extensions.
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Navratri, the nine nights of autumn, is observed across Mumbai with garba dancing and faraali fasting foods such as sabudana khichdi, kuttu roti and sabudana vada.
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Mâchon'Week is Lyon's week of the mâchon, the traditional Lyonnais morning meal, with events in over 50 venues; the latest edition ran 11 to 18 October 2026.
TipSome events sell out: the Dîner au Musée des Beaux-Arts on 16 October 2026 was listed as complet on the organiser's site.
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Hramul Chișinăului on October 14 is Chișinău's feast day, with a street-food zone on Bulevardul Ștefan cel Mare and folk stages on Piața Marii Adunări.
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The Galbani Columbus Weekend Festival has run on Federal Hill since 1986. Italian food vendors stretch from Dean Street to Sutton Street on Atwells.
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New York Comic Con, in its 20th year in 2026, fills the Javits Center at 429 11th Avenue for four days in October; the restaurants of Hell's Kitchen's Ninth Avenue lie a few avenues east.
TipThe organiser advises picking up badges on the Wednesday to avoid long weekend lines; leave time to walk east to Ninth Avenue for a sit-down meal.
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The Thessaloniki Beer Festival at TIF Helexpo runs across four September days with 30+ beer kiosks and over 150 labels covering lagers, IPAs, stouts, wheats.
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The 75th Savannah Greek Festival, hosted by St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church, runs October 8 to 10, 2026, 11 am to 9 pm, with pastitsio, spanakopita, dolmades, souvlaki and baklava. Admission is free.
TipOnline pre-orders were open on the festival's site, and admission was free all three days in 2026. The page lists diples, kataifi and melomakarona among the pastries.
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Tucson Meet Yourself in October is the free three-day folklife festival downtown, called Tucson Eat Yourself by locals, with food from 50-plus cultures.
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The Goombay Festival fills Petronia Street with Bahamian food stalls, junkanoo drums and dancing each October, Key West's opening act for Fantasy Fest.
TipVendors run noon to midnight on both days and entry is free. Goombay opens Fantasy Fest, so its October weekend moves with the parent festival.
Benidorm's rice weeks fill restaurant menus with local rices, dry, creamy and soupy, made with bay fish, mountain meats and huerta pumpkin, ñora and spinach.
TipThe 2025 edition had 24 restaurants with menus from €25 to €60; the 2026 edition runs 16 to 25 October, each menu a starter, a rice, dessert and a drink.
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The municipal markets' own food fair, in its fifteenth edition in 2026. Traders from Barcelona's market halls sell fresh local produce at Les Glories that visitors grill free on site, alongside producers and cooks.
TipBuy from a market stall, then cook it on the free barbecues in the same enclosure. The 2026 guest region is Jeonbuk, South Korea.
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The NC State Fair, held since 1853, runs 15-25 October 2026 at the State Fairgrounds, with fair food and baking contests. Advance tickets $10 adult, $5 youth.
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Dia Mundial del Pan on 16 October celebrates Peru's 400-plus bread varieties; Lima panaderias run pan chuta and pan de yema specials all day.
The Mayor of London's free Diwali festival in Trafalgar Square, with a main stage, 200 dancers and vegan and vegetarian food stalls, Sunday 25 Oct 2026.
TipArrive at 13:00 for the opening dance and to eat before the stalls get busy; no ticket or booking needed.
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Piazza Grande becomes a three-day showcase of Modena province's small producers: Parmigiano Reggiano, balsamic, cured meats, pastry and wines to taste and buy, with stands cooking lunches and dinners until midnight.
TipFree entry from noon; the Chamber of Commerce stand runs guided Tradizione e Sapori tastings, ask for the day's slots when you arrive.
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Salon Vinomédia gathers independent growers at the Fleuriaye congress centre in Carquefou, on the edge of Nantes, for three October days of tasting.
TipThe Nantes edition lands in mid-October; the same organisers hold sister salons at Lyon, Rouen, Blois and Dieppe through the autumn.
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The 35th annual Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival is in Newport, about 34 miles south of Providence, on 17 and 18 October 2026, with lobster rolls, stuffies, chowder, clams and oysters.
TipNewport is about 34 miles and 45 minutes by car from Providence, so this is a day trip. The festival runs 11 am to 6 pm on both days.
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Three days of Portuguese wine at FIL in Parque das Nacoes, 17 to 19 October 2026: over 7,500 square metres, commented tastings and showcookings.
TipSaturday and Sunday are open to everyone from 15h00 to 21h00; the Monday session is for trade visitors only.
The flagship annual Santa Barbara County wine event, now in its 42nd year, bringing together over 70 wineries alongside regional restaurant food pairings, live music, and educational programming. In 2026 the festival debuted a new location at Folded Hills polo ranch in Gaviota.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Taste of Soul closes part of Crenshaw Boulevard for a Saturday each October with soul food and live music; the 21st edition was on 17 October 2026.
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Mundo Mezcal, an agave festival in the Campo Marte restaurant gardens in Polanco, gathers mezcal producers each October; the 2026 guest state is Tamaulipas, alongside Michoacán, Guanajuato, Sonora and others.
Chattanooga Oktoberfest fills the First Horizon Pavilion with a biergarten, Bavarian cooking, stein hoisting and oompah bands each October, a free-entry weekend now in its 25th year.
TipEntry is free but all beer and merchandise sales are card-only on site; the 2026 edition runs 17 and 18 October.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Fushimi's annual sake festival in Kyoto, mid-October weekend. Tasting tickets cover 25+ local breweries plus food stalls; the city's biggest sake gathering.
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Taste of Atlanta runs two days each October in Atlanta with over 80 restaurant tasting stations, chef demos and live music. Held since 2002.
TipBuy tasting tickets in advance for a discount. The chef-stage demos are the under-the-radar draw; VIP gets early entry.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Arizona Taco Festival fills Salt River Fields each October with taco makers, agave-spirit artisans and live music across a two-day weekend.
TipIt runs two days in October at Salt River Fields; buy tickets ahead, as prices climb at the gate.
The Arizona Taco Festival fills Salt River Fields in Scottsdale for two October days of taco makers, chef judging, agave spirits and live music.
TipTickets are single-day and hours are 11:00-18:00; the VIP Agave Show is 21 and over, and kids 12 and under get in free.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Édes Napok is a free open-air chocolate and sweets festival in Budapest; its 2025 edition ran 17 to 19 October on Vigadó tér and the Danube promenade.
TipEntry is free and you pay only for what you taste and buy. The festival moved in 2025 from Szent István tér to Vigadó tér, so use the new site.
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Wine Fest, run by The Fives Hotels in Playa del Carmen, south of Cancún, reaches its 11th edition on 17 October 2026: more than 80 wine labels, grill and cheese stations and live music.
TipGeneral admission was MXN 1,890 for 2026; the date has moved between December and October, so check the ticket page before the drive.
Tampa Pig Jig is the city's annual BBQ and country music festival in Julian B Lane Riverfront Park, with award-winning BBQ teams and a national music lineup.
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The Main Street Block Party with Day of the Dog closes Santa Monica's Main Street on Sunday 18 October 2026, noon to 6 pm, with live music, local businesses, food and drink and a beer and wine garden.
TipIt pairs with Day of the Dog, so expect half the crowd on four legs; the beer garden wristband line moves fastest early.
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Milano Wine Week runs 17 to 25 October 2026 across Milan, with over 100 events on wine hospitality, sommellerie, training and new ways of talking about wine.
TipPublic meeting point: Enoteca MWW at the Dazi dell'Arco della Pace; professional events are at the Milan Marriott Hotel. Check each event on milanowineweek.com.
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Harvest on the Harbor is Portland's Maine food festival, held 15 to 17 October 2026 at Maine Studio Works, with the Maine Lobster Chef of the Year contest and Maine OysterFest sessions.
TipTickets must be bought in advance and are non-refundable. The lobster chef contest is on Friday and OysterFest has two Saturday sessions.
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NYCWFF runs four days of walk-around tastings, dinners and the Burger Bash at the Seaport, with the Rooftop at Pier 17 hosting the signature events. Lee Schrager launched it in 2008; net proceeds go to charity.
TipThe Blue Moon Burger Bash on the Pier 17 rooftop opens the festival on Thursday night; ticket prices include all food and drink, and every event is 21 and over.
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Blue Moon Burger Bash, presented by Pat LaFrieda Meats, opens NYCWFF on the Thursday night on the Rooftop at Pier 17, where city chefs build burgers from LaFrieda's custom blend and compete for guests' votes.
TipGeneral admission was $215 in 2026, early entry $270 at 18:30, food and drink included; the event runs 19:15 to 22:00 and is 21 and over.
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The Warsaw Beer Festival, WFP22, filled Legia Warsaw Stadium on 15 to 17 October 2026 with breweries, cideries and mead-makers, food trucks, workshops and live music.
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Atlixco's autumn corn fair follows the summer Elotada and leans harder on the harvest itself, with regional gastronomy stalls built around the maize grown in the valley below Popocatepetl.
TipThe venue moves year to year, so check the Atlixco events calendar before travelling rather than assuming the convention centre.
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The Jekyll Island Authority presents the Shrimp and Grits Festival on October 23 and 24, 2026, in the Historic District, with shrimp and grits dishes, food trucks, live music and an artists market. Admission is free.
TipFriday runs 4 to 9 pm with fireworks at about 7:15 pm; Saturday runs 10 am to 9 pm. Parking passes cost $5 more during the festival. Jekyll Island is in the Golden Isles, reached by causeway.
The annual Aarhus craft beer festival at the Godsbanen cultural centre brings together 75 Danish and international craft breweries for a two-day tasting.
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The Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival, running since 1992, fills Nacka Strandsmassan on 23 and 24 October 2026 with more than 100 exhibitors and guided tastings.
TipFriday and Saturday public sessions. Tickets sell out two months ahead.
Free three-day Día de los Muertos festival at Hemisfair, started in 2013, with 80-plus altars, two processions, food and artisan vendors, 23 to 25 Oct 2026.
TipSaturday runs longest, 10:00 to 23:00. The official app maps the food vendors and lets you vote on the altars.
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More than 60 independent growers from Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, Yonne and Jura pour their wines at the Parc des Expositions and sell at domaine prices, with cheese, foie gras and Hiroshima sake stands alongside.
TipGo Friday afternoon for unhurried tastings; growers sell by the bottle, so bring a bag or arrange shipping at the stand.
The 27th Día de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever Cemetery is on Saturday 24 October 2026, with music, altars and culinary vendors; ticketed from age 5.
TipOutside food and drink are not allowed, so plan to eat from the culinary vendors. Everyone 5 and over needs a ticket from ticketweb.com/HF.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Czech Republic's largest coffee festival fills the Křižík Pavilions at Výstaviště Holešovice with roasters from across the country and abroad, unlimited cupping, barista workshops and talks.
TipBuy the ticket on GoOut in advance; tastings are unlimited inside, so skip breakfast coffee and arrive at opening for the quietest cupping tables.
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Vadevermut Madrid, the 10th edition, is on 24 and 25 October 2026 at MEEU in Chamartin station: 270+ vermouth brands, tastings, gourmet stalls, live music.
TipSessions are split: Saturday 11:00 to 16:30 and 17:00 to 23:00, Sunday 11:00 to 15:00 and 15:30 to 20:00. Metro Chamartin (lines 1 and 10) is at the door.
Festival Parrillero del Caribe is a two-day grilling festival in Puerto Morelos, south of Cancún: 14 grill stands, 18 tastings, chef contests and live music at its fourth edition in October 2025.
TipEarly-bird tickets were MXN 150 for 2026 against MXN 250 at the gate; children under 12 enter free.
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The USA TODAY Wine & Food Experience is a single-afternoon tasting at High Street in Phoenix, with food from local chefs, wine, beer and spirits, music and mixology for one admission price.
TipThe 2026 tasting ticket is $75 through 23 October and $80 after; the 2025 edition was on 8 November, so the date moves from year to year.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Ohio River Foundation's Cincinnati Coffee Festival brings regional roasters, tea merchants, bakers and chocolatiers into Music Hall on 24 and 25 October 2026, with sampling, brewing demos and a latte art throwdown.
TipTickets go through the Cincinnati Arts box office; the demonstrations and latte art throwdown run to a schedule, so check it before choosing your day.
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Maine Veg Fest is the Maine Animal Coalition's free plant-based food day, now in its 21st year, at the East End Community School with thirteen vendors, three food trucks outside, samples and meals for sale indoors, speakers and live music at noon.
TipFree to enter, with food bought from the vendors; the day runs 11:00 to 15:00, and the vegan cheese and meat making talk is a draw for cooks.
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The Hakka Village Market brings about 80 Hakka brands in four categories to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall arts plaza, open 09:00 to 19:30.
TipThe market runs Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 October 2026; the organiser planned about 20 food brands among the 80 stalls.
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Zeeco Oktoberfest Tulsa fills River West Festival Park for four October days with bratwurst, schnitzel, Bavarian cheesecake and strudel, and over 200 taps of German and local beer.
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Kyoto's Festival of Ages, October 22 each year since 1895. 2,000-strong period-costumed procession from the Imperial Palace to Heian Shrine with food stalls.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Viini ja Ruoka expo fills the Messukeskus convention centre each October with hundreds of wine, spirit and food exhibitors, a four-day tasting fair.
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