Every festival with a guide, 1,502 in 55 countries.
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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.
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.
Fiestas de Octubre in Guadalajara is the month-long October fair at Auditorio Benito Juarez, the largest Jalisco festival with food stands, mariachi.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The second largest Renaissance faire in the country, at Crownsville between Baltimore and Annapolis. Nine weekends of meat pies, turkey legs and five taverns.
TipThe taverns pour Maryland craft beer, not just mead.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Marché aux Poissons, more than 200 chalets of hot drinks, festive food and gifts, with an ice rink and a big wheel at the north end.
TipThe food and drink chalets are thickest around Sainte-Catherine and the Vismet; the Grand-Place end is the light show.
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.
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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.
Tallinn Christmas Market on Town Hall Square runs late November through early January, with verivorst, hapukapsas and gluhwine huts under the medieval.
Fete des Lumieres in Lyon is the four-night light festival around the December 8 Marian feast day, with vin chaud, hot chestnut and bugnes carts citywide.
TipHotel rooms sell out three months ahead; book the December 6-7 weekend for the full programme.
Lucia on December 13 in Stockholm marks Sweden's mid-winter feast of light with saffron-yellow lussekatter buns, glögg mulled wine and choir processions.
TipStorkyrkan in Gamla Stan runs the formal cathedral procession; bakeries run lussekatter from late November.
The 24th Hong Kong Winter Food Festival runs 24 to 28 December 2026 in Hall 3 of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre; entry costs HK$30.
TipEntry stops 15 minutes before closing, at 8 pm on 24 to 27 December and 7 pm on 28 December. Children aged 3 or under and people 65 or over enter free.
Mardi Gras in New Orleans runs from Twelfth Night, 6 January, the official start of the Carnival season, to Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, which falls on 9 February in 2027.
TipKing cakes are a seasonal staple at Dong Phuong Bakery in New Orleans East, a James Beard Award-winning Vietnamese bakery founded in 1982.
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Jaipur's Kite Festival fills the sky on Makar Sankranti, 14 January, with Rajasthan Tourism's event at Jal Mahal and kite flying from rooftops, fuelled by gajak, til ladoo and dal pakode.
TipThe 2026 event ran 11:00 to 14:00 at the Jal Mahal embankment, with lanterns and fireworks by Hawa Mahal in the evening.
Thaipusam sends milk-pot processions from George Town to the Waterfall Hilltop Temple, with food stalls and offerings lining the whole Penang route.
TipThe procession route along Jalan Utama is lined with stalls and free refreshment points; go early morning for the main day.
Gasparilla Pirate Festival is Tampa's signature pirate event, when Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla captures the key to the city and parades down Bayshore Boulevard each January.
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Mumbai's biggest cultural festival spans late January into early February, taking over the Kala Ghoda district for nine days.
Carnaval Mérida runs six days along Paseo de Montejo with parade floats, vaquería dances, panucho carts and the city's biggest pre-Lenten street-food fair.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Eight days of snow sculptures across three venues with food street stalls of hot ramen, grilled corn, jingisukan bites and Sapporo Brewery taps drawing eight.
Carnaval do Rio fills Rio de Janeiro with hundreds of street blocos and the Sambódromo parades, fed by thousands of licensed street vendors and 80 stall, food truck and food bike pitches by the Sapucaí.
Lunar New Year in Hong Kong runs 15 days from New Year's Day, with poon choi feasts, nian gao, the night parade in Tsim Sha Tsui and fireworks over Victoria Harbour on the second day.
TipBook poon choi ahead and keep the second night free for the harbour fireworks; in 2027 New Year's Day falls on 6 February.
Tet Nguyen Dan, the Lunar New Year, is Vietnam's biggest holiday: Nguyen Hue becomes a flower street and tables fill with banh chung and banh tet, braised pork, candied fruit and pickled scallion heads.
Chinese New Year lights Kek Lok Si with tens of thousands of lamps while Penang's clan houses host reunion dinners and prosperity-toss yee sang.
TipPlan meals ahead: many family-run stalls close for the first one to three days of the new year, so book restaurants early.
A 50-acre village at Gold Canyon, an hour east of Phoenix, open weekends from February to April. Turkey legs and mead among the jousting and the artisan stalls.
TipGo early in February; by April the Sonoran afternoons are hot in costume.
The Ramadan Street Food Festival turns Al Karama's Sheikh Hamdan Colony and Karama Park into an open kitchen for the fasting month, 100 restaurants serving from iftar to 02:00, dishes from AED 5.
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The February flower festival fills Nong Buak Haad park and the moat road with blooms, parade floats and rows of street-food stalls along the parade route.
The 93rd Fete du Citron is in Menton, about 40 minutes by train from Nice, from 13 to 28 February 2027, with golden fruit parades and citrus displays.
TipMenton is a separate town east of Nice. The organiser says the SNCF station is less than 200 metres from the entrance and recommends the ZOU! trains; on parade Sundays it advises arriving before 11am.
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Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival released lanterns on two nights in 2026, at Pingxi Junior High School on 27 February and Shifen Square on 3 March.
TipFree shuttles ran from Muzha Zoo, Shiding Interchange and Ruifang station; lantern-release vouchers could be reserved online in advance in 2026.
Montreal en Lumiere is the city's flagship winter festival, filling the Quartier des Spectacles with chef dinners, tastings and the all-night Nuit blanche.
Fete de la Violette takes over Place du Capitole one February weekend, with violet-themed market stalls, repotting workshops, perfumes, candy and the Poutou.
TipFree entry; the 2026 edition runs Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February from 10:00-17:00 on Place du Capitole.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Food and Fun pairs international guest chefs with Reykjavik restaurants for five days of exclusive menus built on Icelandic ingredients, the city's flagship.
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The 2026 Taipei Lantern Festival lit two zones, Expo Park and Ximen, from 25 February to 15 March, 17:00 to 22:00, run by the city's tourism bureau.
TipIn 2026 the Expo Park zone had a Transformers theme and the Ximen zone a Pop Mart theme. The 2027 dates are not announced yet.
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The Starkbierfest at Paulaner am Nockherberg in Munich runs 26 February to 21 March 2027: Salvator strong beer, hearty dishes from Florian Lechner's kitchen, live music and a beer garden.
Brunswick Music Festival returns from 28 February to 7 March 2027 in Merri-bek, Melbourne, a week of live music and community celebration; the organiser names no food programme.
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Mărțișor in Chișinău opens spring with the red-and-white token, a city music festival, and market food on Piața Marii Adunări Naționale through early March.
Gracia's sweet festival on 3 March. Colles on horses, carriages and lorries parade down Gran de Gracia and Torrent de l'Olla throwing tonnes of boiled sweets, then ride out to the Collserola hermitage.
TipBring a bag or an upturned umbrella. The morning cercavila runs 9am to 1.30pm; la Bordeta repeats it the following Sunday.
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival runs every March across the CBD and inner suburbs: World's Longest Lunch, masterclasses, restaurant pop-ups.
Marrakech's Eid al-Fitr ends Ramadan with the sweet pastries holiday: family couscous lunch, sellou almond paste, kaab el ghazal cornes de gazelle.
TipMany restaurants close on Eid day; tourist hotels keep service open. Pastry shops triple their cornes de gazelle batches.
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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.
Ireland's national festival runs five days to 17 March, the parade leaving Parnell Square at noon, with food in the programme including the St Patrick's Long Table dinner in Stoneybatter.
TipThe parade starts at 12pm on 17 March; the Long Table sitting at L. Mulligan Grocer costs €55 and sells out early.
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Las Fallas in Valencia (UNESCO World Heritage) runs March 15-19 with 400-plus fallas sculptures across the city, bunyols stalls and street-paella culture.
TipMascletas at 14:00 daily in Plaza del Ayuntamiento. Cremà on March 19 burns every sculpture.
A full week in March when Austin stops being a city you can eat in casually. Downtown queues for everything and the barbecue joints hit their annual peak.
TipFranklin and la Barbecue queue from dawn all week; the east side trailers are the realistic option.
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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.
The National Cherry Blossom Festival, 20 March to 11 April 2027, surrounds the Tidal Basin with BloomFest, the Parade, Petalpalooza and a season of art, music and food.
TipPeak bloom dates rotate; check the NPS site weekly through March. The Saturday Petalpalooza in April is the largest food-stall event.
Alimentaria is Barcelona's biennial food, drinks and gastronomy trade show at Fira Gran Via, next held 20 to 23 March 2028 after its 50th anniversary edition in 2026.
TipAlimentaria is for food and hospitality trade professionals only: there is no public day, under-18s are not admitted and nothing is sold on the stands.
Semana Santa is Seville's Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, with processions and Lenten foods such as torrijas and spinach with chickpeas.
TipLook for torrijas and pestinos, spinach with chickpeas and cod pavias; Confiteria La Campana and Confiteria Rufino both list torrijas.
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Big Ears Festival across downtown Knoxville, the spring music-arts-and-food festival drawing 35,000 attendees, runs 250+ performances and food at venues.
TipPop-up food at Marble City Brewing space and Sweet P's was a 2024 feature; the festival rotates partners year to year.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville runs five weeks of events from late March through the last day of April, leading into the Kentucky Derby on the first.
TipDillard's Spring Fashion Show opens the festival in late March. Thunder Over Louisville lands mid-April; the Pegasus Parade is on the Sunday before Derby.
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Istanbul Tulip Festival across Emirgan Park each April, a flower festival framing pop-up Turkish breakfast cafes, lokum stalls and tea gardens for the spring.
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The Deep Ellum Community Arts Fair replaced the old Deep Ellum Arts Festival: a free three-day street fair, 3 to 5 April 2026, with curated exhibits, concerts and food across six blocks.
TipFree to enter; food and drink purchased inside. Friday evening (6-10pm) is the least crowded of the three days.
Seven spring weekends in the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area at Irwindale, in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles, running since 1963. A giant turkey leg is dinner for most visitors, with ale poured at the taverns set around the grounds.
TipThe run opens on the first weekend of April and closes in mid-May, so the early weekends dodge the heat that builds in the valley by May.
French Quarter Festival, run by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., fills the Vieux Carre with free music and local New Orleans food from 8 to 11 April 2027.
TipEntry is free; the organiser calls it the largest free music event in the United States, with food booths at Jackson Square, Woldenberg Park and JAX Lot.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Jaipur's Gangaur Festival sends a procession from the City Palace through Tripolia Bazaar, Chhoti Chaupar and Gangauri Bazaar each spring, with ghewar the sweet of the season.
TipThe date follows the Hindu calendar: the 2026 procession ran on 21 March and Rajasthan Tourism lists the 2027 edition for April, so confirm before you book.
Weekends at Waxahachie, forty minutes south of Dallas, from April to Memorial Day. Turkey legs and mead across a 16th-century village with themed weekends throughout.
TipIt closes on Memorial Day Monday, so the last weekend is a three day one.
Vinitaly, the wine fair at Veronafiere in Verona, returns for its 59th edition on 11 to 14 April 2027; Vinitaly and the City runs in the old town from 9 to 11 April.
TipVinitaly and the City is the part of the week aimed at the general public, with events, tastings and wine talks in the historic centre.
The Feria de Abril fills the Real in Los Remedios for six days with more than 1,000 casetas, manzanilla and a fried fish supper on the night the lights go on.
TipMany casetas are private and need an invitation; public ones, such as the tourist board's caseta on Calle Pascual Marquez, are open to visitors.
Thailand's April new-year water festival is wildest around the Chiang Mai moat, where vendors set up early with grilled meats, eggs on a stick and drinks.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sake Festival Japan in Tokyo's Ueno Onshi Park is the city's biggest spring sake tasting. Three days of regional and limited brews, tasting tickets.
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival runs over two weekends at the Fair Grounds Race Course; its Food Fair menu has grown to over 200 offerings, most from vendors who have taken part for many years.
TipThe 2027 dates are 22 to 25 April and 29 April to 2 May, 11 am to 7 pm daily; New Orleans chefs cook on the Food Heritage Stage.
Festival of the Arts is a free 4-day event at Bicentennial Park in Oklahoma City, held since 1967 with 30 local food vendors and 300 live performances.
TipFood vendors accept cash and card; the best lunch window is 11:00-13:00 before the afternoon rush.
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San Gennaro Feast in spring at M Resort Henderson is the bi-annual Italian heritage festival, sausage and peppers, cannoli and zeppoles plus rides over five.
TipFree entry under 54 inches tall; Wednesday opening night's $20 unlimited-ride wristband is the cheapest entry, weekday crowds clear faster than Saturday.
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Asian Food Fest at Court Street Plaza in downtown Cincinnati runs two days in late April with 60-plus Pan-Asian restaurants and food trucks, produced by Asianati and the Cincinnati Regional Chamber.
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Lyon Biere Festival at Le Double Mixte in Villeurbanne runs two days each April with 100 craft breweries from France and Europe, food trucks.
TipFriday evening 18:00-23:00, Saturday 12:00-22:00; 25% of breweries are European (Belgium, Germany, England, Italy, Spain).
The Songkran Festival closes Hollywood Boulevard through Thai Town for one Sunday in late April, with more than 40 Thai food vendors, a beer garden, cooking demonstrations, Muay Thai and five stages, free to enter.
TipThe 2026 edition ran 9:00 to 23:00 and sold 1,200 pad thai servings in an hour for a Guinness record; arrive before noon for short food lines.
Neighbourhood associations raise flower-covered crosses in Córdoba's squares and set up temporary bars beside them, serving local tapas and wine for five days around the turn of May.
TipThe bars beside the crosses are run by residents' associations, so prices stay well below taberna level.
Córdoba opens more than fifty private courtyards to the street for a fortnight every May, a UNESCO-listed festival with neighbourhood bars pouring Montilla-Moriles beside the geraniums.
TipSan Basilio wins most of the prizes, so book a table in the barrio weeks before you travel.
The LA County Fair runs through May at Fairplex in Pomona: 17 days of midway rides, livestock barns and a food row where 2026 vendors sold chocolate-covered grapes, corn dogs and $10 value meals to 642,000 guests.
TipGates are open Thursday to Sunday plus Memorial Day, 11:00 to 23:00; 2026 single-day tickets ran $12 to $25 and a season pass $25 to $59.
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Fiestas de San Isidro, Madrid's patron saint festival around May 15, fills the Pradera de San Isidro with the romeria, chotis, lemonade and rosquillas tontas y listas, plus free concerts at Plaza Mayor and Las Vistillas.
TipFree entry. The Pradera programme ran 8 to 17 May in 2026; esMadrid expects the fiestas around 7 to 16 May 2027, with the official programme published in early May.
Rochester Lilac Festival in Highland Park each May draws over 500,000 attendees for 1,200 lilac bushes, food vendors, and live concerts across 10 free days.
TipWeekend afternoons are peak crowd; the park is most beautiful mid-week when lilacs are full bloom but the festival is less crowded. Festival spans 10 days with free admission.
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The Consorzio Violetto di Sant'Erasmo holds its festa at Torre Massimiliana in May, with tastings, culinary advice, guided visits and sales of local produce.
TipLine 13 from Fondamente Nove serves Sant'Erasmo. In 2026 the festa ran on 10 May from 10:00, with a salted artichoke panettone tasting among the highlights.
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Cheung Chau's Bun Festival marks the 8th day of the 4th lunar month, Buddha's Birthday, with a parade of children carried above the crowd and a midnight bun scramble.
TipFerries leave from Central Pier 5; the Bun Scrambling Final runs overnight (24 to 25 May in 2026), and the 2027 dates are not yet announced.
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London Coffee Festival at the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane in east London, trading since 2011, runs four days of specialty coffee tasting.
TipThe first two days (Thursday and Friday) are Industry Days and the public celebration is on Saturday and Sunday; tickets for the 2027 edition are not yet on sale.
The city-pillar merit festival at Wat Chedi Luang in mid-May draws flower offerings, Lanna processions and a local food market of northern snacks and sweets.
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Hamburg Hafengeburtstag in early May is the city's harbour birthday, with three days of Fischbroetchen, beer and food stalls along the Elbe between Hafencity.
TipFree entry; food stalls run the river from Landungsbruecken to Altona. The opening parade on the Friday night is the show.
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World of Beer is a three-day beer festival at Technopolis in Gazi, with hundreds of beers from every corner of the world, street food, live acts and stand-up comedy.
TipThe 2026 edition ran 8 to 10 May and drew 20,162 visitors; the organiser had not announced a next edition when checked.
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The Hollyhock Festival in Kyoto, dating to the 6th century and held annually May 15, runs a Heian-court procession from the Imperial Palace to Kamo Shrines.
Eid al-Adha, marked in Morocco on 27 to 30 May 2026, centres on the family lamb sacrifice, and in Marrakech households share roast lamb, mechoui among the dishes.
TipMost non-hotel restaurants close. Mechoui Alley off Jemaa el-Fna runs at maximum capacity; book a riad meal in advance if you can.
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Festa della Sensa recalls the year 1000, when Doge Pietro II Orseolo's voyage made Venice master of the Adriatic, with a mayoral boat procession to the Lido.
TipThe procession from St Mark's Basin ends at San Nicolò del Lido, best reached by vaporetto; the day also has traditional food and a market of local produce.
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A spring food and chef festival on Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam Food Festival brings restaurant talent for outdoor demos, tasting menus, and meet-the-producer.
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The early-summer lilac-blossom festival at Odori, with the Hokkaido Wine Garden, Lilac Music stage and 400 lilac trees in bloom, plus local vintages by glass.
The Copenhagen Beer Festival, presented by Danish Beer Enthusiasts at Lokomotivværkstedet, runs on 21 and 22 May 2027; tickets include a tasting glass and 10 tokens.
TipMembers of Danish Beer Enthusiasts get 75 kr. off the ticket price, and the festival is open to everyone of age (18 years).
Noche Blanca closes Centro Mérida for two May nights, Yucatecan restaurant pop-ups along Calle 60 and free midnight concerts on Plaza Grande and Santa Lucía.
The Gourmet Festival brings restaurants, wineries and producers to Millenáris for four days of tasting; the next edition runs from 27 to 30 May 2027.
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Taste of Cincinnati on Fifth Street downtown is the city's biggest food festival since 1979, running every Memorial Day weekend, claimed.
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BottleRock is Napa's three-day music, wine and food festival on Memorial Day weekend, drawing 120,000 total attendees across the event. The Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage hosts celebrity chef demonstrations, and local restaurants operate pop-up food stations with real menu items. One of the most significant food-tourism events in Northern California.
TipThe Culinary Stage has limited standing room and fills 30+ minutes before each demonstration. The Thursday pre-festival is the quietest and easiest day to experience the food programme.
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Festival Craft puts national and international craft brewers on the central square at WOW in Gaia for three days in May, with petiscos and street food and the Porto skyline across the Douro.
TipEntry is free and the official cup costs 3 euros in presale or 4 euros on the day.
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Feria del Corpus in Granada runs May 30 to June 6, 2026 with the citys main fair, casetas plating Granadina tapas and the Tarasca parade on June 3.
TipThe Tarasca parade is June 3; bullfights run June 3 to 7 with food stalls active across the recinto until 03:00.
Bord Bia Bloom takes over 70 acres of the Phoenix Park across the June bank holiday, with show gardens, a food hall of Irish producers, food trucks and daily chef demonstrations.
TipTickets start around €30; Thursday, the opening day, is the calmest of the five.
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Smaka på Stockholm at Kungsträdgården in Stockholm is the city's biggest food festival; dozens of restaurant stands and a five-day run in early June.
TipFree entry, pay per dish. The Friday and Saturday lunches are peak; Tuesday and Wednesday are quieter.
The Festival of Embassies returns to Vitezne namesti each June, the largest international street-food event in Prague with nearly 50 embassies serving.
TipRuns 08:00-20:00; bring small change for non-card stalls Check the event site for the year.
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Lyon Street Food Festival at Les Grandes Locos in La Mulatiere runs four days each June with 200+ culinary creations from 20 nationalities and 60 concerts.
Tip4-day pass €20; day tickets €8-10; under 8 free. Mulatiere is 15 minutes by tram from central Lyon.
NorthSide is Aarhus's three-day music festival in Eskelunden park, 10 to 12 June 2027, with a food selection that VisitAarhus describes as 100 percent organic alongside its stages.
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Primavera Sound Porto is a four-day June music festival at Parque da Cidade do Porto; the organiser's page names no food market or chef programme.
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Sapporo's biggest dance-and-music festival, drawing 30,000 dancers in mid-June. Long food-stall runs of grilled lamb, ramen and Hokkaido fried snacks.
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The St. Nicholas Greek Folk Festival fills Greektown each June with souvlaki, spanakopita and loukoumades, four days of Greek food, wine and dancing.
Eight weekends at Larkspur, between Denver and Colorado Springs, with turkey legs and mead in a 16th-century village built under the Front Range foothills.
TipIt sits at 2,000 metres; the afternoon sun is stronger than the air temperature suggests.
Kulturos naktis, Vilnius Culture Night, fills the city's streets and squares with about a hundred free music, theatre, art and cinema events on 12 June 2026; it has no food programme.
TipThe whole Old Town is one open-air food fair from 18:00. The festival map lists every stall location.
The 70th North Beach Festival runs on Father's Day weekend, 20 and 21 June 2026, through the historic North Beach blocks with local artists, small businesses and craft cuisine.
TipSaturday lunch is the peak; the Sunday pet blessing at Saints Peter and Paul is the festival's soft soul.
The Porto Antico's bazaar of cultures: a covered souk on Piazza delle Feste with ten cooks serving Senegalese, Syrian-Lebanese, Indian, Mexican, Tunisian and other dishes, plus theatre, music and talks.
TipThe souk and food stalls are free; theatre shows cost 10 to 12 euros. Evenings are when the kitchens, stage and bazaar are all running.
The Opernplatzfest sets white pavilions before Frankfurt's Alte Oper, local restaurateurs cooking from bratwurst to paella for ten June days.
TipIt is Frankfurt's dressiest street festival; go at dusk when the opera facade lights up behind the cocktail stands.
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Summerfest, on the Maier Festival Park lakefront since 1968, is the world's largest music festival, with three June-July weekends, 800+ performances and food.
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Fete de la Musique on 21 June turns Toulouse into an open-air stage, with free concerts in squares and along the Garonne and a main stage on Place du Capitole.
TipFree entry; the Capitole pop-up food village runs from 19:00-02:00 with cassoulet, magret and wine stands.
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On the Noche de San Juan every June, Málaga's beaches fill with bonfires and chiringuito grills, sardine espetos and sea-swum midnight crowds.
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São João do Porto, the night of 23 to 24 June, is the high point of the June festivities, with grilled sardines, caldo verde, plastic hammers and fireworks.
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC is the annual cultural festival on the National Mall since 1967, with food stalls themed to the year guests.
TipEach year features one or two host cultures; check the Smithsonian site in May for the 2026 theme and food vendor list.
Festa di San Giovanni on 24 June honours Florence's patron saint with a historical parade, the Calcio Storico final in Piazza Santa Croce and fireworks.
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Panegyri Greek Festival at Cincinnati's Holy Trinity-St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church runs late June, with gyros, baklava, dolmades and live Greek music.
Aizen Matsuri at Aizendo Shomanin in Osaka's Tennoji ward runs 30 June to 2 July, opening the summer with a yukata Hoekago parade, a purification service and festival stalls.
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Japan's most famous festival, July in Kyoto since 869. Yamaboko Junko float parades July 17 and 24; yoiyama evenings of yatai food stalls in Nakagyo nights.
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Hakata Gion Yamakasa runs July 1 to 15 every year with a climax race at 04:59 on July 15. One-ton kazariyamakasa floats parade Hakata, food carts fill.
TipJuly 15 climax starts before dawn. Stake out a spot near Kushida shrine by 04:30.
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Bascarsijske Noci runs through July in Sarajevo's Ottoman quarter, with music, theatre and food stalls every evening since 1996 across Bascarsija.
TipFree entry to outdoor events; the food stalls along Bravadziluk run after 20:00.
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The Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków's Kazimierz runs each summer with concerts, lectures, workshops, Shabbat-themed events and food programming.
TipSome food events ticketed; book early via the festival site. The street concert finale is the headline night.
The Key Lime Festival takes over Key West across the July 4th week with a pie-eating championship, a pie hop and a sip-and-stroll, running since 2012.
TipThe Pie Eating Championship and the Sip & Stroll book out first; the operator has already posted the next edition as July 1 to 5, 2027.
Gent Jazz Festival takes over the Bijloke site in Ghent from 1 to 17 July 2027 with international jazz acts, plus food stalls and bars serving meals, cocktails and Omer beer.
EatArtisan cheese and charcuterie stalls from East Flemish small producers appearing only at the festival fringe.
TipTickets are needed (from about €39). Food and drink are paid by card at the on-site bars and stalls, and there are tables in the garden between concerts.
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Feria de Julio is Valencia's month-long July festival, 1 to 26 July 2026, with free concerts, jazz, fireworks and the Batalla de Flores finale on Paseo de la Alameda.
TipThe Batalla de Flores closes the feria on 26 July at 20:00 on Paseo de la Alameda; fireworks run on Saturday nights.
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Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver is the July 4 weekend art-and-food festival in Cherry Creek North, a 250-artist outdoor market plus a Culinary Arts food.
TipFree admission. The food row runs East 3rd Avenue with food trucks and restaurants; the artist exhibition fills 2nd Avenue.
Seven summer weekends at Sterling, on the Lake Ontario shore between Rochester and Syracuse, marking 50 years in 2026. The food runs from turkey legs and steak on a stake to hot apple dumplings and strawberry shortcake, with ale and wine poured through the village.
TipThe opening Saturday is 4 July, so the first weekend doubles as Independence Day and is the busiest of the run.
Dijon's 80-year-old international folk festival: dance and music troupes from several continents on stages in the Jardin Darcy and Place François Rude, a parade down rue de la Liberté, and wine and food stands.
TipShows are free and run Wednesday to Sunday; the international parade down rue de la Liberté is the best single moment, check the programme for its day.
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Bastille Days at Cathedral Square Park on North Jefferson Street downtown is a free four-day French festival in mid-July with crepes, French wine.
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Taste of Chicago, established in 1980, is the city's free summer food festival on Columbus Avenue in Grant Park; the 2026 edition ran July 8 to 12, 11am to 9pm.
TipAdmission is free. The 2026 edition added a Chef's Stage, a Goose Island Stage and an Eli's Cheesecake birthday celebration.
Windy City Smokeout, a Lettuce Entertain You festival held outside the United Center every July since 2013, pairs country music sets with barbecue from pitmasters across the country.
TipThe 2027 edition runs July 8 to 11. It is a two-time ACM Festival of the Year winner; lineup and ticket news go to its text sign-up list first.
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Bear Paw Festival runs in Downtown Eagle River for five days each July with food vendors, a carnival, a grand parade and a long Anchorage day-trip community.
Bilbao BBK Live is a three-day music festival on Mount Kobetamendi in Bilbao, where the organiser promises a gastronomic offer with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options on site.
TipOutside food and drink cannot be brought in except with a medical note; the organiser's FAQ confirms vegan and gluten-free options are sold inside.
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Kenren's Festival do Japão fills São Paulo Expo every July with dishes from all 47 Japanese provinces, plus taiko, ikebana and tea-ceremony demonstrations.
Corn Hill Arts Festival runs each July in the Corn Hill neighborhood along the Genesee River, combining fine art, live music, and local food vendors on the historic residential streets south of downtown.
TipFree admission on the festival grounds; artist booths run both days. Arrive via Monroe Ave from the South Wedge to walk to the festival without parking challenges.
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The Lotus Festival at Echo Park Lake honours a different Asian or Pacific Islander culture each July, Sri Lanka in 2026, with a food court of local vendors, dragon-boat races, two stages and a beer and wine garden.
TipAdmission is free and food is paid per vendor; the lotus beds bloom in July, so walk the lake edge before the noon opening ceremony.
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Taste of Buffalo at Niagara Square in mid-July is one of America's largest two-day food festivals, with 50+ Western New York restaurants and free admission.
The Galway International Arts Festival runs 12 to 25 July 2027 across the city's venues with theatre, music, visual art and street spectacle; the organiser names no food programme.
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Palermo's Festino di Santa Rosalia honours the patron saint in July, with a procession on the night of 14 July and foods such as babbaluci and watermelon.
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Liwa Dates Festival brings Emirati date farmers to Liwa City, in Abu Dhabi's Al Dhafra Region, each July for ten days of rutab-harvest competitions; 2026 drew about 80,000 visitors.
TipLiwa City is in the Al Dhafra Region, a long drive from the city, so plan a full day; the 2026 edition had over 465 Emirati farmers in 23 categories.
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Concert of Colors in July brings international food and free music to Detroit's Midtown. Detroit's biggest free multicultural fair, ethnic food trucks.
TipFree admission; food trucks line Woodward outside the DIA. The 2026 edition runs 15 to 19 July.
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Picklesburgh takes over Pittsburgh's Sister Bridges each July, a free festival built around pickles. A giant flying Heinz pickle balloon, vendors and pickled.
TipFree; takes over two bridges downtown. Go early before the lunchtime crowd peaks.
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On 16 July, the fishing quarters of El Palo, Pedregalejo and Huelin carry the Virgen del Carmen to the sea by jábega boat, then feast on beach espetos.
Ghent's ten-day city festival in July fills every square and alley with open-air food stalls, pop-up bars and street food from Belgian and world cuisines.
EatStoverij at the Vrijdagmarkt: beef braised in dark beer, ladled over frites in the historic market square.
TipThe festival is free entry; arrive early for the best stall position near Korenmarkt, where the densest food cluster forms.
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Bristol Harbour Festival takes over the docks each July with tall ships, stages and street food traders stretched from Thekla to Underfall Yard.
TipSkip the busiest amphitheatre food lines and eat at the Wapping Wharf containers mid-festival instead.
Festival Napa Valley is a performing arts and food celebration held across multiple Napa city and valley venues each July. The food component includes winemaker dinners at leading restaurants, vineyard picnics and a Gala in the Cave at several major Napa Valley estates. The culinary programme runs parallel to the arts events.
TipThe Gala in the Cave (held inside a working barrel cave at a Napa Valley estate) is the most distinctive food-and-wine experience in the festival. Tickets sell out in March.
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Festa del Redentore marks the end of the 1576 plague with Saturday-night fireworks and a Sunday mass reached over a floating bridge to the Giudecca.
TipFamilies picnic on decorated boats in St Mark's Basin before the Saturday fireworks; the Sunday mass at Il Redentore is reached by a floating bridge across the Giudecca Canal.
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Guelaguetza is Oaxaca's headline festival: indigenous dance from the eight regions, food fairs and the Feria del Mezcal across two Lunes del Cerro Mondays.
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Lowell Folk Festival fills Lowell, Massachusetts, for three July days of free music and global food sold by non-profit community groups, with all food profits going back to them.
TipEvery food vendor is a non-profit and menus are listed by location (Merrimack Street, Boarding House Park, St. Anne's Courtyard and others) on the festival's Food page; the 2027 festival is 23 to 25 July.
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Japan's largest beer garden runs late July through mid-August at Odori Park. 10,000-plus seats divided across five areas by beer brand, one each for Sapporo.
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Pierogi Fest, run by the Whiting-Robertsdale Chamber of Commerce in Whiting, Indiana, ran 24 to 26 July in 2026, with pierogi vendors, Mr. Pierogi, a parade, a beer garden and a wine and cheese garden.
TipFriday and Saturday run 11am to 11pm and Sunday closes at 5pm; coolers of outside alcohol are not allowed.
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Bite of Seattle is the city's free July weekend food festival at Seattle Center: 300+ vendors, craft beer and wine tastings, 50+ musical acts.
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Nice Jazz Fest fills Place Massena and the Theatre de Verdure for three days in late July, with food and drink stands; the 2027 dates are not announced.
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Pioneer Day on July 24, Utah's state holiday commemorating the 1847 Mormon arrival into Salt Lake Valley, runs city parades, BBQ and pioneer-cuisine.
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One of Japan's three great festivals, Tenjin Matsuri fills the Tenma riverbank and canals with over 100 procession boats on July 25 while 3,000 street-food.
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Free-to-enter food festival at Assembly George Square Gardens with Scottish street food vendors and folk music, held just before the Fringe.
TipEntry is free; some programmed events in the Piccolo and Palais du Variete are ticketed. The festival is cashless, and dogs on a lead are welcome until 8pm.
The Merchant City Festival takes over central Glasgow in late summer with a ten-day outdoor food market and a Briggait street-food hall of world flavours and DJs.
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The annual livestock and agriculture expo, the most important Argentine cattle event of the year. Beef tasting, traditional gaucho food, dairy and grain.
Fiesta del Sol, a free, mile-long street festival on Cermak Road in Pilsen from Ashland to Morgan, returns July 29 to August 1, 2027 for its four days of music, food and rides.
TipAdmission is free; ride tickets can be bought ahead through MEGAPASS, and the ticket booth is at Allport and Cermak during the festival.
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Sumiyoshi Matsuri closes Osaka's summer festival season at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine, with a portable shrine procession across the Sumiyoshi bridge and yatai street stalls for takoyaki, yakisoba and kakigori.
The 47th Cheektowaga Polish American Arts Festival is scheduled for 30 and 31 July and 1 August 2027 at Cheektowaga Town Park, celebrating Western New York's Polish heritage.
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Bread Festival (Święto Chleba) in Gdańsk, the 31st edition on 25 and 26 July 2026 within St Dominic's Fair, brings ten Pomeranian bakeries, live music and baking competitions.
TipHome bakers can enter one loaf on the Sunday between 11:00 and 13:00; the public votes for the winners of both the professional and the home-baking competition.
Mainfest brings fairground rides and regional food stands to Frankfurt's Mainkai each summer, ending with fireworks over the river on the final Monday.
TipWatch the Fischerstechen jousting on the water, then stay for Monday's 22:00 fireworks; the 2026 dates were 31 July to 3 August.
Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland, 75 minutes northeast of Portland, runs Wednesday to Sunday over the first full weekend of August, five days at Harbor Park.
Tip75-minute drive from Portland; the Coastal Trolley provides shuttle service. Single-day admission tickets via the operator site.
The Wisconsin State Fair runs 5 to 15 August 2027 at State Fair Park in West Allis, near Milwaukee, famous for its Original Cream Puffs and fair food.
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Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle is the August three-day music and food festival on Pike Pine: 100+ acts across indoor and outdoor stages.
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Foodies Festival's Edinburgh edition at Inverleith Park: a three-day weekend of chef demos, bake theatre, street food, drinks tastings and live music.
TipThe 2026 edition ran on Friday 7 to Sunday 9 August, opening at 2pm on the Friday and 11am on the Saturday and Sunday. Check the festival's site for the next edition's dates.
Valley Fest is a music, food and family festival on an organic farm by Chew Valley Lake near Bristol, with camping, held 29 July to 1 August 2027.
TipBook the long-table feasts separately from entry tickets; under sixes go free, which families should exploit.
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The Indiana State Fair on East 38th Street, Indianapolis runs August 7 to August 23, 2026. A reliable Indianapolis pick.
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Edinburgh International Festival is the city's August arts festival of music, opera, theatre and dance; the Edinburgh Festivals guide lists independent restaurants, bars and cafes by area.
TipThe festival has no food programme of its own; the Edinburgh Festivals food and drink guide suggests a restaurant, bar and cafe in each of 12 areas.
Øya is Oslo's big August music festival in Tøyenparken, next held 11 to 14 August 2027, and its food is a draw in itself: 17 hand-picked vendors across four areas in 2026, pizza to Youngs Thai, over 90 percent organic.
TipWristband exchange at Tøyenparken opens 11:30 on festival days; arrive two hours before your first concert if you have not pre-exchanged.
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Feast of the Assumption on Mayfield Road in Little Italy, the four-day Holy Rosary church festival since 1898 honoring the Assumption of Mary.
The Iowa State Fair in Des Moines runs 12 to 22 August 2027 and draws more than a million fairgoers, with a record 1,218,834 visitors in 2026.
Way Out West is a three-day music festival in Slottsskogen park, Gothenburg, with a vegetarian food offering and a Stay Out West club programme across the city at night.
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Milwaukee Irish Fest at Henry Maier Festival Park in mid-August is the largest Irish festival in the US, with Irish stew, fish and chips, Guinness and 100+.
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Sarajevo Film Festival runs Sarajevo's biggest week each August, with open-air screenings around the National Theatre and pop-up food across Bascarsija.
TipLate-night cevapi runs on Bravadziluk during the festival; book accommodation 6 months out.
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Festa Major de Gracia takes over the streets in Barcelona's Gracia each August: hand-decorated streets compete, every corner becomes an outdoor bar and grill.
TipEvery street has its own decoration theme and bar. The Carrer Verdi and Carrer Joan Blanques are the food anchors.
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Belgrade Beer Fest is one of Southeast Europe's largest beer festivals, held over five days in late August at Usce Park where the Sava meets the Danube.
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Alaska State Fair runs at the Mat-Su Valley fairgrounds in Palmer from late August through early September, with giant cabbage weigh-offs and fair food.
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Aste Nagusia in Bilbao runs nine days from late August, the city's biggest festival with txosna stalls and gastronomic competitions on El Arenal.
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Nine days of neighbourhood festival across eleven decorated streets in Sants, with castellers, correfocs and a food programme: a sopar de germanor on the street and a vermut mariner at the Mercat de Sants.
TipThe residents' dinner and the market vermouth are the two food dates; the fireworks close the week at Parc de l'Espanya Industrial.
Les Rendez-vous de l'Erdre is Nantes's free jazz and boating festival, with restaurant villages at Pont Morand, Quai de Versailles and Quai Henri Barbusse, run by associations and local traders.
TipThe villages sit at Pont Morand, Quai de Versailles, Quai Henri Barbusse and Ile de Versailles, and every stage is free. A booked boat trip on the last Sunday serves six oysters and a glass of muscadet.
La Tomatina in Bunol 38 km west of Valencia is the world's largest tomato-throwing festival, with 100 metric tons of tomatoes and 20,000 ticketed.
TipTickets mandatory since 2013, sell out months ahead through tomatina.es. Trains from Valencia run on the day.
The Minnesota State Fair runs twelve days ending Labor Day, 26 August to 6 September 2027, at the Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights, with an official New Foods list and specialty sips.
TipNew foods announced every July. Sweet Martha's and Pronto Pups are the unmissable stands. Park-and-ride buses from anywhere in the Twin Cities.
Museumsuferfest turns both banks of the Main into one of Europe's biggest culture festivals, with food stalls from around the world on both banks.
TipThe 2026 edition runs 28 to 30 August; eat on the Sachsenhausen bank where the apfelwein Kelterei partners pour.
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The National Buffalo Wing Festival at Sahlen Field brings 60+ wing vendors serving over 30 tons of chicken wings, a Buffalo tradition since 2002.
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Tour de Fat is New Belgium Brewing's costumed bike parade and beer carnival at its Linden Street campus in Fort Collins, returning 29 August 2026.
TipRide a bike in costume like everyone else; proceeds have historically supported cycling nonprofits, and food trucks ring the lawn.
Minnesota Renaissance Festival in Shakopee runs seven weekends from 22 August to 4 October 2026, with turkey legs, scotch eggs, soup in bread bowls, apple dumplings and specialty meads.
TipEach weekend has its own theme, from Highland Fling to Wine, Chocolate and Romance; the closing Oktoberfest weekend adds German-style beers and themed foods.
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Dalkey turns Castle Street into Cuisine de Dalkey for a weekend each August, with village kitchens serving lobster rolls, mussels, crab claws, oysters, chowder and fish and chips.
TipFree to attend and no ticket needed; the Tramyard stalls and the Town Hall craft fair run the same weekend.
Festival Latino in 2026 moves to Columbus Commons and Ohio Theatre on South High Street, the largest Latino festival in Ohio in its 29th year.
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Run by the International Institute of St. Louis, Festival of Nations fills Tower Grove Park on 29 and 30 August 2026 with more than 100 vendors from 80-plus countries, plus performances.
Six weekends at West Newton, south east of Pittsburgh on the Youghiogheny, with roast turkey legs and steak on a stake among the stalls and fresh baked goods sold through the village.
TipEvery food and drink stall is cash only, which catches people out; gates are 10:30 to 18:30 and Labor Day Monday is open.
Notting Hill Carnival in west London, trading since 1966 over the August bank holiday weekend, fills 50 blocks with Caribbean street food, sound systems.
TipSunday is family day, Monday is the main parade. Jerk chicken counters line every block; expect £10-15 per plate.
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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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.
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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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.
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.
Brisbane's flagship spring arts festival turns South Bank's Cultural Forecourt into Festival Village, with food and drink offerings and free and ticketed shows running from first light through to late night.
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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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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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.
Now in its 16th year, Hopscotch is Raleigh's most significant annual music festival, spanning multiple downtown venues over three September days. While music-primary, food vendors throughout the venue network make it a meaningful eating event. Ticketed main programme; day parties free. Attracts 40,000-plus attendees.
Salt Lake Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Cathedral, the largest Greek festival west of the Mississippi and Utah's second-largest cultural festival.
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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.
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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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.
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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.
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.
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati at Sawyer Point and Yeatman's Cove on the Cincinnati riverfront is the German-American festival every September, with bratwurst.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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.
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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.
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BXLBeerFest in Brussels brings together independent craft brewers from Belgium and abroad. Two-day festival at Tour and Taxis with around 30 independent.
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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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Eat Festival in Brussels takes over the Gare Maritime at Tour and Taxis each September on a Thursday-to-Sunday long weekend. Brussels chefs.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
San Gennaro Feast in autumn is the 45th annual celebration of the Patron Saint of Naples at M Resort Henderson, sausage and peppers, cannoli and live.
TipSame vendor lineup as the spring edition; Saturday afternoon (13:00 start) is the friendliest for kids, Friday and Saturday nights run latest at 23:00.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta at Balloon Fiesta Park, held in the first week of October, is the largest balloon event in the world.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Good Food Events, formerly Good Food Month, is Sydney's year-round program of chef collaborations and dinners, including the Festival of Food at The Streets of Barangaroo each October.
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.
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 $3.
London Restaurant Festival has run city-wide festival menus, restaurant-hopping tours and chef masterclasses across London every October for 17 years.
TipFestival menus are booked through OpenTable and go live before the ticketed events. The restaurant-hopping tours sell out first.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Festa della Cortesia in Frascati, held the last week of October, recalls winemakers thanking workers for the harvest, with concerts and fireworks.
TipThe programme includes an exhibition of agricultural machinery and traditional tools. No organiser page with 2026 dates was found; ask Frascati's town hall.
The 49th Feria Nacional del Mole runs 3 to 25 October 2026 at San Pedro Atocpan in Milpa Alta, Mexico City, with mole restaurants and producers, live music, crafts and free entry.
RestaurantWeek Autumn is the second instalment of Poland's biggest culinary festival, with hundreds of Warsaw kitchens offering tasting menus for six weeks.
Restaurant Week Poznań runs twice a year, a spring festival from March into April and an autumn one from October into November, with festival 3-course menus at participating Poznań restaurants across the city.
TipBook early; the Saturday slots at Michelin-listed Poznań rooms usually sell out in the first weeks of the festival window.
RestaurantWeek autumn edition runs across 49+ Wrocław restaurants for six weeks: three-course tasting menus at a fixed price, the easiest route.
TipReservations open three weeks ahead. Friday and Saturday sittings burn within hours.
São Paulo Restaurant Week runs two four week editions a year, pairing over 180 restaurants around fixed price menus from roughly R$ 60, one of Brazil's longest running dining promotions.
The 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mâchon'Week is Lyon's week-long celebration of the mâchon, the traditional Lyonnais snack: more than 80 events in about fifty restaurants, bouchons and wine caves, 11 to 18 October 2026.
TipBook early for the headline events: the Dîner au Musée des Beaux-Arts on 16 October was already full, and other tickets are announced on the organiser's Instagram.
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.
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.
Running since 1853, the NC State Fair is the city's largest annual event and the most concentrated expression of North Carolina food culture. Deep-fried novelties compete for annual best-in-show honours; the food competition programme covers baking, preserves, and produce. Advance tickets $10 adult, $5 youth and senior; gate $13/$7; under 5 free. Approximately 1 million visitors across the 11 days.
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.
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.
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.
The 22nd Warsaw Beer Festival fills Legia Warsaw Stadium from 15 to 17 October 2026 with Polish and international craft breweries, food trucks, workshops and live music.
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.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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.
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.
SF Restaurant Week in San Francisco is the Golden Gate Restaurant Association's twice-yearly prix-fixe event, held each spring and fall, with 150 rooms.
TipReservations open one week ahead; the most-wanted dinner seatings sell out within 48 hours.
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.
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.
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.
The Saturday morning farmers market operates every weekend from early May through late October across 12 city blocks of the Historic Court District.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Heard on Hurd brings 70 food trucks and three live music acts to downtown Edmond every third Saturday from March through October, 15 miles from Oklahoma City.
TipFree admission and parking in downtown Edmond; check the Eventeny calendar for each month's food truck lineup.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sarajevo Wine Weekend is the city's October food and wine festival, pulling Herzegovinian winemakers and Bosnian gastronomy under one roof for the weekend.
TipThe Herzegovinian Zilavka producers from Mostar and Citluk are the ones to seek out.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Milano Wine Week runs 17 to 25 October 2026 for its ninth edition, with over 100 tastings, masterclasses and talks across Milan's restaurants, wine bars, enoteche and hotels.
TipThe Enoteca MWW at the Dazi dell'Arco della Pace is the meeting point for the public; professional sessions are at the Milan Marriott Hotel. Check milanowineweek.com for each event.
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.
Smorgasburg LA in Row DTLA, Los Angeles is a year-round Sunday food market with 100 vendors. Kuya Lord, Holbox and Bone Kettle launched here.
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.
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.
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.
Taste of Soul closes Crenshaw Boulevard for one Saturday each October, drawing more than 300,000 people to hundreds of soul food vendors and three music stages.
TipPark south of Stocker and walk north; the Obama end fills first. Vendors run out by mid-afternoon, so eat before 14:00.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 Good Food & Wine Show fills the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre for three days in late October with 200 plus exhibitors, Good Eat Street stalls, Cheese Corner, Bakers Alley, wine pavilions and masterclasses.
TipOpen 9am to 5pm Friday and Saturday, 10am to 5pm Sunday; single day tickets start at $49.95 and a three day pass at $99.95.
The 27th Día de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever Cemetery fills the grounds with altars, music, art and culinary vendors on Saturday 24 Oct 2026, ticketed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nine nights of Día de los Muertos on Olvera Street, run by its merchants for nearly 40 years, with a procession, altars and free sweet bread, 25 Oct to 2 Nov.
TipThe novenario procession starts at 19:00; arrive by 18:00 for the Danza de la Muerte and eat at the street's Mexican food stands first.
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.
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.
The Mercatone dell'Antiquariato fills the first stretch of the Naviglio Grande on the last Sunday of each month with about 380 antiques and vintage exhibitors; entry is free.
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.
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.
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.
MTLaTABLE is Montreal's restaurant week, when well over a hundred kitchens across the city offer fixed-price table d'hote menus for lunch, brunch and dinner.
Salon des Vignerons Indépendants at the Halle Tony Garnier in the 7e gathers 419 independent French winemakers over four days each autumn, from Alsace to the Rhône, in its 36th Lyon edition in 2026.
TipEntry €6 with the tasting glass included; students €3, under 18s with an adult free. Thursday opens at 15:00 and is the quiet slot.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Naples' Christmas presepe fair on Via San Gregorio Armeno opens on 1 November 2026, earlier than usual, with nativity artisans' stands in the historic centre.
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.
The Queen Victoria Market Summer Night Market runs on Wednesday evenings from mid November to mid March, with free entry, more than 50 street food vendors and live music.
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
Chicago's Christkindlmarket has also run in Wrigleyville since 2023, at Gallagher Way beside Wrigley Field, alongside its original market on Daley Plaza.
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.
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.
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.
A twice yearly producers' fair at La Palmeraie, west of Lyon, where about 90 winegrowers, oyster farmers and artisan food makers sell direct, with oyster plates, foie gras and grills served at seated tables.
TipDownload the free invitation for two from the organiser's site; entry is otherwise €3, and an INAO tasting glass costs €3 at the door.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sydney Cellar Door is a three-day NSW wine festival in First Fleet Park, The Rocks, 13 to 15 November 2026, with 35-plus wineries, 200-plus labels, oysters, paella and wood-fired pizza.
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.
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.
Cantillon opens its brewhouse for one public brew a year: mashing from 7am, filtration and hopping until 1pm, wort cooking until 3pm, with a guided tour and a tasting included.
TipOnline booking is compulsory; €13 covers the tour and the tasting, and coffee and croissants are free until 08:30.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
A free entry Christmas market at the RDS in Ballsbridge with food and drink stalls, Bavarian style bars pouring mulled wine, a covered ice rink, fairground rides and live entertainment.
TipEntry costs nothing, but the ice rink is ticketed and busiest at weekends; skate on a weekday afternoon.
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 in Lyon launches at midnight on the third Thursday of November every year, with the city's bouchons and wine bars pouring the new release.
TipThe Croix-Rousse natural-wine bars run the strongest Thursday-night programme.
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 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.
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 largest Christmas market fills Plac Defilad below the Palace of Culture with over 100 wooden stalls: grzaniec at 20 zl, hot chocolate at 23 zl, goulash and kebabs from 30 zl.
TipWeekday afternoons are the calm window. The 55 metre observation wheel is 45 zl and queues longest once it gets dark.
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.
Three-day food and wine consumer show at ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour. Cheese, charcuterie, hatted-restaurant chef demos and Australian wine producer stalls.
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.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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 main Christmas market fills Place Carnot by Perrache station with around 80 chalets of artisans, local producers and food stands, open daily from late November until Christmas Eve.
TipHours are cut around the Fête des Lumières (8 to 11 December) for security; go on a weekday lunchtime for the shortest queues at the food chalets.
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.
Jarmark Bożonarodzeniowy in Gdańsk runs late November through Christmas Eve on Targ Węglowy and surrounding squares. 80-plus stalls of smoked sausages.
TipBest weeknight after 18:00; weekends after 14:00 are jammed.
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 each November is HABECO's annual celebration at Quan Ngua Sports Palace, pouring Bia Hanoi, Truc Bach and the premium Hanoi Beer.
TipFree entry; pay-per-pour. Live music both days; the Hanoi Premium tent serves the cleanest pours.
Sapporo's winter illumination on Odori Park with the German Christmas Market (sister-city Munich) and food booths of glühwein, sausages and lebkuchen.
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 market runs along the Miedzymurze wall walk from the Sigismund Column to Waski Dunaj, selling grilled sausage, oscypek with cranberry, bigos, pierogi and grzaniec from 20 zl.
TipGrzaniec and hot chocolate both start at 20 zl. Come after 16:00, when the wall walk is lit and the carol stage starts.
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 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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
For four nights at the end of November the Sablon galleries, antique dealers, chocolatiers and restaurateurs keep their doors open late, with decorated trees and music on the square.
TipCome after dinner: the shops run late and the square is busiest on the Saturday night.
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.
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.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Bucharest's Christmas Market fills Piata Constitutiei in front of the Parliament, expected from 28 November to 28 December 2026, with about 70 chalets of mulled wine, sarmale, cozonac and crafts.
TipFree entry; weekends fill quickly after sundown.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
The Bucharest Downtown Christmas Market sits in Piața Universității, the smaller and more central counterpart to the Constituției market, with traditional.
TipFree entry; food trucks, carousel and a large Christmas tree anchor the central square.
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.
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.
Funchal's Christmas and New Year season runs street events all December, with a market selling Madeira wine and sugarcane honey, dawn masses followed by carne de vinha d'alhos, and a harbour fireworks show.
Navidad y Belenes in Granada lights up Plaza Bib-Rambla and Calle Reyes Catolicos in December with belenes, food stalls and pasteleria specials of piononos.
TipCasa Ysla launches a special Christmas pionono with rum syrup; convent sweets open the turn for ordering.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
A Christmas market planned along the quays of the Oude Haven, with about a hundred stalls of winter food, drink and gifts. The 2025 edition was called off and moved to December 2026.
TipThe organiser has not published the new dates yet, so check derotterdamsekerstmarkt.nl before you plan a December trip.
Gifted runs in the RDS main hall in Ballsbridge each December, pairing 400 craft and design makers with a Christmas Food Emporium of more than 100 Irish artisan food producers.
TipAdult tickets are €15 online, and everything bought on the opening Wednesday carries 10 percent off.
The Gentse Winterfeesten run 3 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 with more than 150 wooden huts from Sint-Baafsplein to Korenmarkt, selling snacks, mulled wine and crafts.
EatWarm jenever punch with Belgian chocolate: the classic winter combination at Sint-Baafsplein after dark.
TipThe village is smallest and most manageable on a weekday; weekends and public holidays draw the largest visitor numbers.
The Melbourne Christmas edition of the Good Food and Wine Show fills the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre for a weekend with 200-plus exhibitors, wine pavilions, live cooking demonstrations and a festive market. The same show runs its main Melbourne edition in May.
A gourmet fair on 4 to 6 December 2026 in the Jan Garemijnzaal at the Belfry, during Winter Glow, with French, Belgian, Greek, Italian and Spanish producers.
TipEntry is free and needs no invitation; buy the tasting glass at the door (€3, or €5 for two) and return it on exit. Tastings are free: you pay only for drinks and bottles you buy.
Salon Saveurs des Plaisirs Gourmands is a gourmet fair at Espace Champerret in the 17th, 4 to 7 December 2026, with about 250 exhibitors and entry from €7.
TipThe organiser says the salon is busiest between 10:00 and 11:00 each day; Friday has a late opening until 21:00. Entry is €7 online and €10 on site.
Winterlit lights the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica through December, a free weekend holiday market ringed by the district's outdoor dining.
TipMarkets run Friday afternoons and full weekend days on three December weekends; pair it with the seasonal ice rink on Arizona Avenue.
Tucson Tamal and Heritage Festival is the December annual tamale festival at Casino Del Sol with dozens of vendors, mariachi music and free public admission.
MAINx24 packs more than 120 events into 24 hours on Chattanooga's Main Street each December, resident-organised since 2007 with a chili cook-off and the city's biggest parade.
TipHeld the first Saturday of December and free to attend; the chili cook-off and parade cluster around late morning, so go early and graze.
The Norsk Folkemuseum Christmas Fair at Bygdøy gathers Norwegian traditional food stalls across the open-air museum on the first two weekends of December. Lefse-baking demos, julegrøt, mulled gløgg and marzipan figures.
The Antwerp Christmas Market spans Grote Markt, Groenplaats and Handschoenmarkt from early December to early January. Around 100 stalls, glühwein, frites.
TipThe Ferris wheel returns to Steenplein each year. The hot chocolate stalls cluster near the cathedral.
South African Cap Classique and imported Champagne are poured on the lawns below the Huguenot Monument on 5 and 6 December 2026, with ten tasting tokens and a keepsake flute per ticket.
TipThe 2025 edition ran in late November and 2026 moved into December, so check the organiser's dates before booking a room in the village.
Oh Bej Oh Bej is Milan's Sant'Ambrogio fair around Castello Sforzesco, on since 1510, with stalls of panettone, torrone, roasted chestnuts and mulled wine, 5 to 8 December.
The Twinkle Light Parade lights up a mile of Central Avenue in Nob Hill on Saturday 5 December 2026 at 5:15 pm, free, with the street closed so diners can eat at Nob Hill restaurants.
Fem el Vermut a Salou is the town's pre-Christmas vermouth route: for about two weeks in December, bars and restaurants pour regional vermouth with a festive tapa from noon to 15:00.
TipThe route runs at lunchtime only, 12:00 to 15:00; around twenty to twenty-five places usually take part, so it is easy to string three or four together.
The San Antonio Tamales Festival gathers local tamaleros each December for the holiday masa-and-pork tradition that defines a San Antonio Christmas.
Castelnuovo Rangone, 12 km south of Modena, cooks the world's largest zampone: a three-metre, 400-kilo pig's trotter sausage simmered for days in a steel vat and sliced for the crowd in the town centre.
TipFree; the cooking takes three days and the giant zampone is sliced on the Sunday. Check the programme link on the Terre di Castelli page for times.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Katendrecht's restaurant square becomes a winter programme for about two weeks in December, with oliebollen, marshmallow roasting, popcorn, light installations and workshops.
TipWalking in is free, but the Deliplein restaurants keep their normal service, so book a table before you go.
The avocado growers of San Pedro Benito Juarez, on the slopes above Atlixco, run a one-day fair of gastronomy, crafts and folklore built entirely around the fruit they farm.
TipIt is a village fair rather than a city event, so go early in the day and treat the drive up from Atlixco as part of it.
The Fierucola dell'Immacolata fills Piazza della Santissima Annunziata on 8 December, 9:00 to 19:00, with crafts, volunteer groups and small organic farms.
TipOpen 9:00 to 19:00; earlier editions had small organic farms selling oil, wine, ancient-grain flours, honey, jams and cheeses.
Épernay's Avenue de Champagne, 30 km south of Reims, opens its great houses for three nights of light shows, champagne bars, cellar visits and Saturday's Habits de Saveurs chef demonstrations.
TipThe avenue festivities and chef demonstrations are free; the €20 food and wine pairing workshops open for booking in late November.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The National Street Food Festival fills Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi each December with 500 street vendors from 27 states, from dahi-jalebi to Kashmiri wazwan.
TipEnter by Gate 14 of JLN Stadium, as in 2025. The 2026 dates were not yet announced when we checked, so confirm on the NASVI site before you go.
Bordeaux Tasting, the Terre de Vins grands crus fair, fills the Palais de la Bourse on 12 and 13 December 2026 with more than 100 winemakers and masterclasses.
TipEntry tickets and masterclass passes are sold separately; book classed-growth masterclasses two weeks ahead.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Saturday farmers market on Noordplein runs Christmas editions in December, with 35 to 45 growers, bakers, butchers and chefs selling direct, plus fire pits and roasted chestnuts.
TipGo early. The bakers sell out first and the market closes at 17:00, before the light goes.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Split Underground is a two-day tasting festival in the cellars of Diocletian's Palace with unlimited tastings, over 200 wines, spirits and delicacies and live music; the 2025 edition ran 12 and 13 December.
TipEntry is by timed slot every 30 minutes from 16:00 to 20:30, and the organiser suggests a visit of up to two and a half hours.
WorldFood Istanbul at Tüyap Fairgrounds in Büyükçekmece, the December industry food fair drawing producers and chefs from across the region.
Fiesta de la Virgen de la Soledad culminates on 18 December at the basilica in Oaxaca, with a calenda on 16 December, mañanitas, fireworks and buñuelo and nieve stalls around it.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Amsterdam's winter festival fills the RAI halls at Europaplein with ice rinks, apres-ski bars and a food hall from mid December into the new year, on one ticket covering the attractions.
TipThe organiser lists 17 December to 2 January without naming a year and other listings give a 12 or 13 December start, so confirm before booking.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The International Istanbul Gastronomy Festival is a Turkish Chefs and Cooks Federation competition with more than 70 medal categories; the 22nd edition ran 17 to 20 December 2025 in Bahcelievler.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
A Christmas and Kings fair dating to 1877, filling the side walkways of Gran Via between Muntaner and Rocafort with 243 stalls of toys, crafts and gifts, plus sweet stands and a churro stall.
TipThe fair runs to 6 January, so it is the last Christmas market standing; go for chocolate and xurros made on site.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Feria de Santo Tomas on 21 December in Bilbao fills Plaza Nueva and El Arenal with rural Basque stalls, talo de txistorra and txakoli.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Denpasar Festival (Denfest) is a four-day street festival at Catur Muka in Denpasar, Bali, with a Jalan Gajah Mada zone for heritage food and coffee stalls.
TipHeritage food and coffee stalls fill the western end of Jalan Gajah Mada; modern food stands sit with the stages on the Puputan Badung field side.
Noche de Rabanos on December 23 fills the Zocalo with oversized radish carvings (saints, dancers, cathedrals), totomoxtle and flor inmortal categories every.
The Hatta Honey Festival brings Emirati beekeepers to Hatta Hall in Dubai's mountain exclave each late December, with more than 50 honey booths in 2025. Free entry.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Vienna's New Year's Eve trail, in its 35th edition, spans eight locations in the old city and the Prater with free entry, stages and over two dozen caterers.
Beyond the October Gourmet Festival, the Kinsale Good Food Circle - Ireland's oldest food festival organisation, founded 1978 - runs seasonal events.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Dine Downtown is Sacramento's January restaurant event: central-city restaurants serve three-course prix-fixe meals for $45 over ten days, with $1 a meal going to a local nonprofit.
TipThe 2026 menus were labelled gluten free, vegetarian or vegan on the organiser's page, and tax and tip are not included in the $45.
SLO Restaurant Month runs through January, when more than 50 San Luis Obispo restaurants roll out prix-fixe menus, happy hours and dining deals.
TipParticipating kitchens and prix-fixe menus change each January; check the current list before booking anything.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Mérida Fest in January marks the city's 1542 founding with two weeks of free Plaza Grande concerts, vaquería dances, panucho carts and Yucatecan food fairs.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
On Epiphany afternoon Malamocco burns the panevin, a wooden pyre seven metres high, and passes vin brule, bagigi and sweets round it while the Befana hands candy to the children.
TipThe pyre is lit in the afternoon of 6 January; dress for the lagoon wind and get there before dusk for a place near it.
Charleston Restaurant Week runs 10 days each January, with a second run most Septembers, offering prix-fixe two- or three-course menus at over 100 participating restaurants.
TipBook your top picks on the operator's site weeks ahead. Menus run alongside the regular menu.
Kansas City Restaurant Week runs each January with over 250 restaurants offering $20, $40, $50 and $65 prix-fixe menus, with 10 percent of every menu sold going to local charities.
TipReservations on OpenTable and Resy open in late December. Tasting menus at fine-dining rooms book first.
Oakland Little Saigon Tet Festival, run by the Oakland Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce, returns on Sunday 10 January 2027 at Clinton Square Park in Little Saigon: lion dances, live music and Vietnamese food vendors, with free entry.
TipThe Chamber has confirmed 10 January 2027 at Clinton Square Park; the public announcement, with times and the vendor list, follows on its events page.
Pittsburgh Restaurant Week runs each January and August across the city. More than 50 restaurants offer three-course, fixed-price menus to spotlight.
TipTwo editions a year, winter and summer. Book the bigger rooms early; tables go fast.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sagardo Berriaren Eguna opens the txotx season in Astigarraga: on 14 January 2026 the guest planted an apple tree at Erribera Kulturgunea and tasted the new cider at Petritegi.
TipFree to attend; in 2026 it ran from 11:30 to 17:00, organised by Sagardoaren Lurraldea. The 2027 date had not been announced when we checked.
The EPCOT International Festival of the Arts runs 15 January to 1 March 2027 with Food Studios around World Showcase and the Disney on Broadway concert series.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Naoussa, the City of Wine is a three-day January celebration of Xinomavro in the town of Naoussa: a Friday wine walk, a Saturday wine fair at the ERIA building and Sunday winery visits.
Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo at Dickies Arena runs 23 days each January with Texas BBQ vendors, Reata restaurant, and a BBQ Pitmasters competition.
TipRodeo general admission starts from around $25; the Bubbles and Bites wine event on the final weekend adds a food-and-wine component.
Internationale Grüne Woche is Messe Berlin's ten-day food, agriculture and horticulture fair; the 2027 edition runs 15 to 24 January at the Berlin exhibition grounds.
Sant Antoni runs on 16 and 17 January across Mallorca, with bonfires in the streets, demons in the parade and sobrassada and botifarró roasted over the flames.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Beer & Cheese Fest, once billed as the Isthmus Beer and Cheese Festival, fills Alliant Energy Center in Madison with 80-plus beer and beverage vendors and Wisconsin cheese samples.
TipEarly entry starts at 1:00 pm and VIP access at 12:30 pm on the 2027 date; the fest is 21 and over.
Center City Restaurant Week in Philadelphia is the two-week fixed-price restaurant promotion each January, with 120-plus Center City rooms on $45 and $60 dinners and $20 lunches.
Sant Sebastià is Palma's own patron festival, and on the night of 19 January the squares fill with bonfires, concerts and grills loaded with sobrassada and botifarró sausage.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Devour Indy Winterfest runs January 19 to February 1, 2026 across Indianapolis. 175 plus restaurants offer prix-fixe menus from twenty to fifty dollars.
Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week is the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington's twice-yearly prix-fixe promotion, each January and August, with 200-plus restaurants across DC, Maryland and Virginia.
TipAugust 2026 dinner menus were $40, $55 or $65 and lunch or brunch $25 or $35; the winter 2026 edition included Bresca and The Dabney. Restaurants are chosen by cuisine and menu on ramw.org.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
NYC Restaurant Week runs prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus Monday to Friday at hundreds of New York City restaurants, twice a year in winter and summer, at three fixed price points.
TipSaturdays are excluded and Sundays optional; restaurants may join for one to four weeks, so check the offer is live on the day you book.
The Tamborrada fills San Sebastian Day, 20 January, from the raising of the city flag in the Plaza de la Constitucion at midnight to its lowering at the next, with drummers in Napoleonic uniform and cooks with barrels.
TipThe children's tamborrada parades at 12:00; the day ends when the mayor lowers the flag at midnight in the Plaza de la Constitucion.
Asheville Restaurant Week runs two weeks each winter, January 20 to 26 and February 17 to 23 in 2026, with participating restaurants offering special menus or pricing.
TipBook restaurants directly. Cúrate, The Market Place and Posana were on the 2026 participating list; beverage, tax and gratuity are not included in the special pricing.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Taipei Lunar New Year Goods Street fills Dihua Street each winter, run by the city Office of Commerce, with Yongle Plaza events and free shuttle buses.
TipIn 2026 four shuttle buses on three routes ran free to the street, and the smoke-free area was widened; the event ended on 15 February.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Dine Out Vancouver Festival, run by Destination Vancouver, fills almost three weeks each January and February with fixed-price menus at hundreds of restaurants plus food events, from sea foraging to dumpling fests.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Anchorage Folk Festival is an eleven-day January festival of free public folk music, workshops and jam sessions; the 38th edition runs 21 to 31 January 2027 at the Anchorage Museum.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Napa Truffle Festival is the premier US wine-country truffle event: four days of fresh Périgord black truffle-focused events, meals, cooking and dog training demos, a public Truffle Festival Marketplace featuring truffle dishes and fresh Périgord truffles for sale, and an elegant, multi-course Truffles & Wine dinner at a leading Napa Valley restaurant. The 2027 edition is the 15th.
TipThe Truffles & Wine Dinner (Saturday, at La Toque) and the Sunday Dig Truffles? experience have sold out within a day or two of going on sale, so book those first. The Festival Marketplace at Oxbow Public Market on the Monday is free to enter, 11:00 to 15:00.
The Boston Wine & Food Festival, rooted in 1989, is a winter series of chef and winemaker events at the Boston Harbor Hotel, running 22 January to 6 March 2027.
TipOpening Reception in late January kicks off the multi-week programme. Book the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti tasting six months out.
The Vignerons Indépendants salon brings independent grower-producers from the main French wine regions to Hall 10A of Rennes Parc Expo each January.
TipGrowers pour their own wine and ship cases home, so plan the visit around a shortlist rather than walking the aisles; the 2027 dates are 22 to 24 January.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Thorrablot is Iceland's midwinter feast through the old month of Thorri, from late January, with fermented shark, pickled ram's testicles, blood sausage and dried fish served with Brennivin.
Chicago Restaurant Week is the citywide prix-fixe campaign from Choose Chicago, running 22 January to 7 February 2027; in 2026 more than 550 restaurants took part.
TipBrunch and lunch menus are $30, dinner $45 or $60; reservations are recommended, and the week opens with First Bites Bash at the Field Museum.
Wiener Eistraum turns Rathausplatz into a 10,000 square metre ice rink from 22 January to 7 March 2027, daily 10:00 to 22:00, with 75 percent organic food.
Carnevale di Venezia runs from 23 January to 9 February 2027; its organisers name frittelle, castagnole and galani as the season's sweets in the bakeries.
TipBakeries and pastry shops across Venice start making fritters and galani as soon as the Carnival season begins, so look for them from late January.
Birraio dell'Anno returns 23 and 24 January 2027 at Teatro Cartiere Carrara: the 20 nominated brewers pour in three Beer Pass sessions, with four food stands.
TipThe all-inclusive Beer Pass has a limited number of places. Sessions are Saturday 12:00 to 17:00 and 19:00 to 24:00, Sunday 12:00 to 18:00, with the awards from 16:00.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Portland's January seafood and wine showcase at the Expo Center brings 175-plus booths of Oregon Coast seafood, Willamette Valley wine, Oregon cider and distilled spirits over two festival days.
Two days at Vivido in Manifattura Tabacchi where more than 70 growers from Italy and abroad pour their own bottles at Vini Migranti, a growers' wine fair.
TipSunday runs 11:00 to 19:00 and Monday 10:00 to 18:00; the organiser says more details are coming for the 7th edition.
Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur hangs its lanterns before Chinese New Year and its stalls multiply, selling bak kwa, festive biscuits, cooking ingredients and flowers along Jalan Hang Lekir and Jalan Sultan.
TipTraders say the crowds build in the week before the holiday and festive flowers sell out days ahead, so shop early in the fortnight.
Baltimore Restaurant Week runs prix-fixe menus across the city twice a year, a winter edition in late January and a summer edition in late July, each ten days long.
Dine LA Restaurant Week brings set menus from 15 to 65 dollars to Santa Monica twice a year, in late January and mid-August, with rooms like Water Grill and The Lobster taking part.
TipThe Aug 14 to 28, 2026 edition includes Santa Monica seafood houses; book the 65 dollar dinner tiers early on OpenTable.
dineLA Restaurant Week in Los Angeles runs a two-week prix-fixe across more than 375 restaurants twice a year, in winter and summer, with lunch and dinner menus from $15 to $65 and up citywide.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Expo Feria Valladolid, a day trip from Cancún, honours the Virgen de la Candelaria for two weeks each winter; in 2026, its 35th edition, the food area carried a plaque for a chocolomo cook.
TipGo on 2 February, Candelaria day, when tamales are everywhere; entry to the fairground was free in 2026.
Millésime Bio is the world's organic wine trade fair, filling the Parc des Expositions at Pérols every January with growers from every French wine region.
TipIt is a trade fair, so entry is aimed at buyers; the January edition runs across three days.
Providence Restaurant Weeks runs a fortnight in late January and February with 90-plus participating restaurants serving prix-fixe lunch and dinner.
Madison Magazine Restaurant Week, the biannual prix-fixe dining promotion in late January and late July, runs three-course menus across 70 restaurants.
San Diego Restaurant Week runs twice a year for eight days, with two-course lunches and three-course dinners from $30 at 120-plus restaurants citywide.
TipReservations are not required but the popular rooms fill; search the official site by neighbourhood or course to find lunch menus, which are fewer.
Triangle Restaurant Week runs for seven days from the last Monday of January, with restaurants across Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill serving fixed-price two and three-course menus.
TipThe event needs no tickets, passes or reservations; each participating restaurant sets its own menu within the week's price bands.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival ran 26 January to 3 March 2026, with horse lanterns in a ticketed garden zone and free displays on nearby streets.
TipIn 2026 the garden lantern zone cost 80 yuan for adults and 50 for children, while Fuyou Road, Middle Fangbang Road and the Bund displays were free; the 2027 dates are not announced.
World of Coffee Dubai brings the specialty trade to Za'abeel Halls each January: a roaster village, cupping rooms, brew bars and the UAE barista championships.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Chinatown Chinese New Year Festive Fair lines Sago, Smith, Temple, Trengganu and Pagoda Streets from 27 January to 17 February 2026 with festive decorations, traditional snacks and seasonal treats.
TipThe busiest period is the two weekends before Lunar New Year; weekday afternoons are calmer.
The Key West Food & Wine Festival fills five late-January days with ticketed tastings, seafood strolls and chef dinners at venues right across the island.
TipEach event sells its own ticket and the strolls sell out early; the operator lists the next edition as January 27 to 31, 2027.
The Hatta Farming Festival brings Dubai farmers to Leem Lake each winter with winter produce, date varieties and growing workshops on the valley floor.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Feria del Tamal at the Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares in Coyoacan runs late January through early February for Candelaria, with 50-plus producers.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Winterlicious is a city-run prix-fixe dining festival; over 240 Toronto restaurants offer three-course menus at $20-$55 lunch and $25-$75 dinner across two.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
A Taste of AZ Food and Drink Festival returns to Salt River Fields in Scottsdale each January with dozens of Arizona restaurants and drink makers.
TipGeneral admission opens at 13:30 and VIP at 12:00; the 2026 tickets were $99 and $139, and entry includes unlimited food samples and 15 drink samples.
A Mardi Gras-season tasting crawl through Soulard's historic bars and kitchens, this ticketed event is part of one of the largest Mardi Gras celebrations.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Burns Night on 25 January marks the birthday of Robert Burns; Edinburgh restaurants, pubs and hotels hold suppers of haggis, neeps, tatties and whisky.
TipRestaurants set their own Burns Night menus and book through their own pages; the 2026 listings included dinners at Lyla, Ardfern and Montrose.
The world's largest trade fair for sweets and snacks, held annually in late January at Koelnmesse. The public evening events and the confectionery district.
Madrid Fusion Alimentos de Espana is Spain's chef congress at IFEMA Madrid, with its 25th anniversary edition on 1 to 3 February 2027 across two pavilions.
TipPrices for 2027 are not yet published; the January 2026 congress charged €250 for three days or €100 for one day. Tickets are sold through madridfusion.net.
La Poutine Week turns Montreal into a citywide poutine contest each February, with dozens of restaurants competing on wild one-week-only creations.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Nineteen Braga cafes and breakfast spots participate in Amigos do Cafe each February, offering special breakfast and brunch menus with coffee pairings.
TipNordico Coffee Shop and APE Coffee both participate with single-origin filter menus. Participation list is published on the tastebraga.com events page.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Chicago Beer Festival takes over the Field Museum for an evening of samples from more than 65 breweries, with some museum exhibits open; the 2026 edition was February 28.
TipGeneral admission is $60 from 8pm and early admission $75 from 7pm, with limited-release beers in the first hour; tickets are not sold at the door.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Dine Nashville, run each February by the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp, pairs ticketed chef collaboration dinners with a restaurant week of prix-fixe menus and dining deals.
TipThe most popular collaboration dinners sell out, so book them as soon as each one is announced; every dinner is priced and booked on its own.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Chandeleur at Saint-Victor Abbey on February 2 has the archbishop process from the Vieux Port to bless the Black Virgin, then walks to Four des Navettes.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Yoshida-jinja's Setsubun festival in Kyoto runs 2 to 4 February with the oni-yarai ritual and a bonfire, drawing about 500,000 visitors and roughly 800 stalls on the first two days.
TipThere is no parking, so take a city bus to Kyodai Seimon-mae or walk from Demachiyanagi; the busiest stall days are 2 and 3 February.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Brisbane City Council's 10-day festival of Asian culture, 28 events across 17 suburbs in its 14th year in 2026, from a Benny Lam market-style pop-up at Southside Restaurant to Lunar New Year street food on opening night.
Sydney's two-week Lunar New Year food and culture festival across Haymarket Chinatown and the CBD. Banquets, dragon dance, lantern walks and dumpling stalls.
Madeira's Carnival takes over downtown Funchal for the two weeks around Shrove Tuesday, with the Cortejo Alegórico, the satirical Cortejo Trapalhão and around 1,500 costumed participants.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Dublin City Council's Lunar New Year programme spans about nine days across the city, with dumpling making classes, a Chinese banquet, in store tastings at Asia Market and carnival food stalls.
TipThe dumpling masterclasses and the banquet are ticketed separately and fill first; book them in January.
On Fat Thursday Warsaw queues for paczki from before dawn. Pracownia Cukiernicza Zagozdzinski on Gorczewska draws the longest line, frying hand wrapped marmolada doughnuts to a recipe 101 years old.
TipZagozdzinski opens at 09:00 and sells until the last paczek. People start queueing at 04:30, so pick a second bakery as backup.
Carnival week opens with Dijous Gras, the city's eating day, and closes on Ash Wednesday. Between them come the Arribo of King Carnestoltes, neighbourhood rues and the orange-throwing Taronjada.
TipDijous Gras is the one to plan around: bakeries sell coca de llardons, a flat cake of pork crackling and pine nuts, eaten with moscatell or cava.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Samba no Porto fills the Mercado do Bolhão for three days before Carnaval, with live pagode and samba from 13:00 to midnight and Brazilian food on offer.
TipThe cup ticket is 3 euros with a kilo of food donated and 5 euros without. Without one you can be turned away once the market fills.
Carnaval de Cancún opens with the Quema del Mal Humor at Parque de las Palapas, then fills the park with comparsas and food and craft stands for five days, while concerts play at Malecón Tajamar.
TipFrom 13 February the Parque de las Palapas verbena has the food stands; the Pabellón Gastronómico sits with the concerts at Malecón Tajamar.
The Venerdi Gnocolar is Verona's Carnival Friday, with a parade to Piazza San Zeno and gnocchi stands; tradition links it to a famine relief of 1531.
TipIn 2026 the parade ran from Ponte della Vittoria to Piazza San Zeno from 14:15 and the gnocchi stands opened at 10:00; entry was free and the gnocchi sales went to charity.
Banh chung boiling night in Hanoi falls on Tet eve, with Old Quarter shophouses and outlying villages tending overnight pots of square sticky-rice cakes.
TipTran Vu Temple and Tran Quoc Pagoda host public banh chung boilings open to visitors. It happens on Tet eve, the night before Lunar New Year.
Pitti Taste is Pitti Immagine's fine-food trade fair at the Fortezza da Basso, with the 2027 edition on 6 to 8 February under the Speak Food theme.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Degustar Matosinhos Marisco runs on Thursdays in February, when about 35 Matosinhos restaurants serve a shellfish platter for two at a fixed 70 euros.
TipThe platter is served on Thursdays only, at lunch and dinner. The municipality publishes a brochure and a menu page for the participating restaurants.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Taste of Dubai fills the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre for three February days with restaurant pop-ups, chef workshops and live music, on tickets from AED 90.
Tet in Hanoi is Vietnam's biggest food holiday, with banh chung sticky-rice cakes boiled overnight, mut tet candied fruits in every home and a week-long.
TipLunar New Year 2026 falls February 17; the official holiday runs 14-22 Feb. Many street stalls close; book hotel-restaurants for dinner.
Dia Nacional del Pisco Sour on the first Saturday of February is Peru's national pisco-sour day, celebrated since 2003 with tastings on Plaza Mayor.
London's Lunar New Year festival fills Chinatown and Trafalgar Square with lion dances, food stalls and hot food, and is free to attend.
TipThe Trafalgar Square stalls are the easiest food; Chinatown restaurants take walk-ins only very early or very late on parade day.
Rotterdam's official Lunar New Year programme runs about two weeks, and its street day closes the West-Kruiskade to cars for food stalls, market stalls, lion dances and the lion awakening ceremony.
TipThe West-Kruiskade street day is the one to catch; the lion awakening with the mayor starts around 13:15.
The Ditan Spring Festival Temple Fair fills Ditan Park in Beijing for the first week of the lunar new year, with an Earth Worship Ceremony, heritage crafts and food stalls from time-honoured brands.
RI VegFest, Rhode Island's first vegan festival, returns to the WaterFire Arts Center on 6 and 7 February 2027 for two fully vegan days of food, vendors, cocktails and beer.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Arroios marks Lunar New Year with a parade from the Igreja dos Anjos to the Fonte Luminosa, then two days of Chinese food, a crafts fair and stage shows.
TipThe parade leaves the Igreja dos Anjos at 10h00; the fair beside the Fonte Luminosa runs from 10h00 to 17h00 on both days and entry is free.
A late winter faire at Dade City, north east of Tampa, running Saturdays and Sundays with more than eighty vendors. The eating goes from turkey legs and street corn to fried pickles, chili cheese dogs and baked goods.
TipThis one runs in February and March rather than the autumn, so it is the Renaissance faire to catch in Florida's dry season rather than its summer heat.
The Longtan Park Spring Festival Temple Fair in Beijing's Dongcheng District runs through the first lunar week with over 100 food and cultural product stalls, folk shows and parades.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
TapaFest runs alongside the Benidorm Fest song contest each February: in 2026, 20 bars and restaurants sold tapas at €3.50, and voters entered a draw for final tickets.
TipThe fourth edition ran from 6 to 15 February 2026; it moves with the Benidorm Fest dates, which are announced each winter.
Lowcountry Oyster Festival at Boone Hall Plantation runs the first Sunday of February. The world's largest oyster festival, 80,000 pounds of steamed.
TipBuy tickets before they sell out in early January. Bring your own oyster knife and gloves.
San Cecilio in Granada honours the city's patron on 1 February, or the first Sunday of the month, with a pilgrimage to Sacromonte Abbey and free broad beans and salted bread.
TipFree flat bread (salaillas) and broad beans with ham are handed out at the abbey from 12:00.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sommelier fills Tel Aviv's Heichal HaTarbut each winter with Israel's largest wine exhibition, hundreds of labels from local and international producers to taste and buy.
TipAfternoons are reserved for restaurant and wine trade professionals; the public sessions run from 18:00.
Cincy Winter Beerfest fills the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown for one Saturday, 7 February 2026, with afternoon and evening sessions pouring hundreds of local and regional craft beers, the list posted fest week.
TipRegular admission is $60 plus fees for a three-hour session and early admission $70 for four hours; designated-driver tickets are $30.
Ramadan iftar in Marrakech is the sunset meal that breaks the fast: harira, dates, boiled eggs, msemen and chebakia at family tables and at restaurants that serve special Ramadan menus.
TipLocals break the fast at sunset, around 7 pm, so avoid planning anything between 7 and 9 pm; restaurants stay open with special Ramadan menus and the city revives around 8 pm.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The 30 nights of Ramadan transform Mohammed Ali Road and Bohri Mohalla into an iftar food street. Stalls open at sundown and run until suhoor with smoked.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
During Ramadan the lanes of Matia Mahal by Jama Masjid in Delhi cook through the night after iftar: haleem in huge pots, seekh kebabs over charcoal, nihari and shahi tukda.
TipArrive just before sunset to watch iftar at Jama Masjid, then walk into Matia Mahal; Jama Masjid and Chawri Bazar metro stations are a short walk away.
Singapore's largest Hari Raya bazaar, running for over five weeks from late February through the Ramadan period at Geylang Serai. Over 500 stalls of Malay and Muslim food, clothing, handicrafts and festive goods create one of the most atmospheric street-market experiences in the city. The food offerings span kueh, satay, nasi lemak, biryani, grilled meats and an enormous variety of kueh and sweets.
TipThe bazaar runs during Ramadan and peaks in the evenings after the breaking of fast. The food quality is highest at the family-operated stalls.
During Ramadan, Manchester's Curry Mile on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme fills at sundown, with iftar buffets such as Sanam's and dessert lounges serving falooda and knafeh on the pavement.
Lakemba Ramadan Nights is a Thursday to Sunday food bazaar on Haldon Street and The Boulevarde, Lakemba, Sydney, 11 February to 7 March 2027, from 6 pm to 2 am.
Carnaval de Nice fills Place Massena for three weeks every February, with flower battles, illuminated parades and the Carnaval ganses at bakeries.
Kampung Baru Ramadan Bazaar fills the lanes of the old Malay village in Kuala Lumpur every afternoon of the fasting month with ayam percik, murtabak daging and tepung pelita for buka puasa.
TipThe 2026 guides list trading hours of about 16:00 to 19:30; arrive early for the widest choice before the buka puasa rush.
TTDI Ramadan Bazaar sets up along Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, each Ramadan afternoon, mixing nasi kerabu, rendang and satay with Ramly burgers and takoyaki.
TipIt gets busiest in the last hour before buka puasa; come around 16:30 and use the MRT to TTDI rather than hunting for parking.
Pasar Ramadhan Kampung Jawa is a long-running Ramadan takjil market in Denpasar, Bali, selling sate susu, fried snacks and sweets by Masjid Raya Baiturrahmah.
TipThe lane is busiest around 17:00 when offices close, and visitors of all faiths are welcome; in 2026 stalls closed on 16 March ahead of Nyepi.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Phuket City Municipality's Lunar New Year festival closes Old Town streets for three evenings of parades and a City of Gastronomy zone of more than 400 food and drink stalls.
TipThe 2026 edition ran 18:00-23:00 each night; the municipality confirms dates a few weeks ahead, so treat the next edition's days as expected.
Hai Ramadan sets a souq and a nightly iftar under the Al Wasl Dome at Expo City Dubai through the fasting month, with the AED 150 entry redeemable against food.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Fat Thursday (Tlusty czwartek) is the Polish day for paczki, and Cukiernia Paradowski at Wajdeloty 11 in Wrzeszcz, Gdansk's oldest confectionery, opened in 1945 and bakes them.
TipQueue starts at 06:00, lasts past noon. Bring a small box; sellers run out of bags first.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Dream Asia Food Fest is a three-day February festival at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center with 80-plus pan-Asian food vendors, a 60-plus stall anime and merch market, lion dance, taiko and K-pop shows.
TipFriday runs 4pm to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 10pm; tickets are sold online through Tixr.
The Florida Keys Seafood Festival piles Truman Waterfront Park with grilled spiny lobster, stone crab and conch every February, run by the fishermen themselves.
TipThe $10 gate fee funds the Commercial Fishermen's Association; the operator lists the next edition as February 13 to 14, 2027.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
CioccolaTo is Turin's chocolate festival on Piazza Vittorio Veneto: 60 exhibitors, 15 Maestri del Gusto selected with Slow Food. The 2026 edition ran Feb.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Salon des Vins des Vignerons Independants brings independent French winemakers to Strasbourg's Wacken expo each February to pour and sell direct.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Pezinok Wine Cellars open the courtyards of the Association of Pezinok Wine Growers for tasting across the historic Slovak Carpathian wine town.
TipTrains run from Bratislava every hour direct to Pezinok; arrive by 14:00 to walk the full circuit.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Bulgaria's wine saint day. Asenovgrad vineyards south of Plovdiv hold the first pruning ritual; the city's wine bars pour Mavrud through the evening.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Arizona Strong Beer Festival at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale is the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild's big February tasting of more than 500 beers.
TipAdmission covers 24 three-ounce samples and a tasting cup; general admission opens at 13:00 and VIP gets in 90 minutes early.
Trade fair for organic and Demeter wines, Sunday 14 February 2027 (4th edition), 10:00 to 19:00 at the Newcap Event Center, with nearly 140 winemakers.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Portland's citywide Dumpling Week in February, with 40+ restaurants offering $14-or-less dumpling specials, from potstickers to momos to ravioli.
TipNo tickets or pass required, just show up. Reservations recommended at the top-tier rooms. 12th annual in 2026.
Lisbon Food Affair is a trade fair for food, drink and HORECA at FIL, 15 to 17 February 2027, for professionals only; over 200 companies took part in 2026.
TipEntry is for trade professionals only and under 16s are not admitted; the page lists tickets at 30 euros for one day.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Ruta del Cocido Madrileno 2026 ran from 15 February to 31 March across 46 restaurants, each serving its own cocido; no 2027 dates are out yet.
TipPrices in 2026 ran from €14.50 to €75 per person; most tabernas serve cocido only on set days, so book ahead.
Bazar Syawal on Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman is where Kuala Lumpur stocks up for Hari Raya: semperit and pineapple tarts in tins, lemang and ketupat with rendang, alongside baju Melayu stalls.
TipDBKL licensed its 2026 Syawal bazaars from 26 February to 20 March; traffic around Masjid India stays heavy into the night, so come by LRT.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Ramadan Festival on the Abu Dhabi Corniche, run by Experience Abu Dhabi, opened Ramadan neighbourhoods with food trucks, suhoor dishes and a souq nightly from 20:00 to 02:00 in 2026.
TipThe 2026 run was the first in Abu Dhabi city, after editions in Al Ain and Al Dhafra; dates for the next Ramadan had not been announced at the time of writing.
Essência do Vinho fills Porto's Palácio da Bolsa for four days in February, with 4,000 wines from 500 producers, 40 guided tastings and a top 10 of wines.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
VINARIA at International Fair Plovdiv brings Bulgarian and international wineries with the University of Food Technologies and Union of Oenologists each.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Okoshi-yasu Hiroba is the Kyoto Marathon's two-day expo at Miyako Messe, with stalls from well-known Kyoto restaurants, sponsor booths and a tea ceremony, held the days before race day.
TipEntry is open to everyone, not only runners. The marathon itself finishes at Heian Jingu.
Natura fills the Halle de la Trocardière in Rezé, across the Loire from Nantes, with 180 organic producers and artisans over a February weekend.
TipEntry is €5 with under-12s free, and the conferences and workshops on the programme cost nothing on top.
Tucson Rodeo La Fiesta de los Vaqueros in February is the nine-day Western rodeo (since 1925), with Sonoran food vendors, mariachi and the Rodeo Parade.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Salone del Vermouth runs Feb 21-22, 2026 at the Museo del Risorgimento in Turin, the 3rd edition celebrating 240 years since vermouth's 1786 invention.
SLO Craft Beer Fest fills the Alex Madonna Expo Center each February with unlimited tastings from Central Coast breweries in San Luis Obispo.
TipEarly-admission tickets sell out ahead of festival week; buy through My805Tix rather than at the door.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Lithuanian Coffee Festival with Dvaro filled 1,000 sq m of Litexpo in Vilnius on 21 February 2026 with a roasters' fair, live barista finals and workshops; the next date is unannounced.
TipThe championship zone shows the live national barista and brewing finals; check litexpo.lt for the next date.
SANA Food is BolognaFiere's B2B fair for out-of-home dining and specialised food, 21 to 23 February 2027, with 300 exhibitors in the 2026 edition.
TipEntry is for trade visitors; Sunday 21 February is open to non-professional Food Lovers (42 euros). Operator tickets are 20 euros for one day, 30 for two and 40 for three; adults only.
Slow Wine Fair, organised by BolognaFiere and inspired by Slow Food, celebrates wines that reflect the values of good, clean and fair, on 21 to 23 February 2027.
TipTastings are included in the ticket, which also gives access to SANA Food; entry is restricted to adults of 18 and over.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Dine Out Boston runs the city's twice-yearly restaurant week in Boston since 2001. 140 restaurants offer multi-course prix fixe; winter edition February.
TipLunch $27-$36, Dinner $38-$55. Book three weeks ahead on Resy or OpenTable. The marquee restaurants book out fastest.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Cincinnati Chili Week runs late February through early March across the city, with prix-fixe chili plates at Camp Washington, Skyline, Gold Star and indie.
The World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest at NRG Park runs 25 to 27 February 2027 with more than 250 competing teams, and a public admission includes a Chuckwagon brisket plate.
TipThursday is the quiet day; Saturday is the big one. The Chuckwagon serves a free BBQ plate to ticket holders; the bigger team tents are invitation only.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Fur Rondy is Anchorage's eleven-day winter festival, 25 February to 7 March 2027, with sled dog racing, the Grand Parade, the Running of the Reindeer and a Rondy Brew IPA made for the festival.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The South Beach Wine and Food Festival is a four-day February event in Miami Beach with 105-plus events and 500-plus chefs, sommeliers and other experts; 2027 runs 25 to 28 February.
Auburn's Ramadan iftar street fair on Auburn Road, Sydney. Turkish gozleme, Persian kebabs and Pakistani biryani across one weekend, 7pm to midnight.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
eat! Berlin is an eleven-day gourmet festival in which top chefs from Berlin and beyond cook at exclusive venues across the city, from gala dinners to wine tastings, ending in a closing gala.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Simplesmente Vinho is an independent wine salon at the Alfândega do Porto each late February, with over 100 growers from Portugal and Spain and a food area.
TipFriday and Saturday run from 15:00 to 20:00 and Sunday from 11:00 to 16:00. A daily ticket includes the official glass and book.
The Devour Culinary Classic is Local First Arizona's flagship February tasting at the Desert Botanical Garden, bringing together Arizona chefs, makers, winemakers and brewers.
TipThe organiser lists the next edition for 27 and 28 February 2027; sign up on its page for early access to tickets.
Salon International de l'Agriculture runs 27 February to 7 March 2027 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, with livestock and a Products and Flavours sector.
TipThe organiser's food sector is called Products and Flavours, covering France, overseas and other countries; check the 2027 map for its pavilion.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Benidorm's spoon-dish weeks open the year's food calendar: 16 restaurants served a set menu of starter, traditional stew, drink and dessert for €25 in the 2026 edition.
TipThe 2026 edition ran from 27 February to 8 March; the 2027 dates are not yet announced, so check the town hall's Benidorm Gastronómico page from January.
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival is a one-day Atlantic Station event in Atlanta with 60-plus beers, 40-plus bourbons and barbecue: pulled pork, ribs, brisket, chicken and sausage.
TipThe 15th annual edition is on Saturday 27 February 2027; general admission (2pm to 6pm) was $49 plus fees and Wood-Fired VIP (from 12pm) $89 plus fees.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Georgia Conservancy's annual Oyster Roast at Grove Point Plantation serves oysters and clams from Sapelo Sea Farms with live music. Ticketed, late Feb.
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The South Side Soup Contest runs each February in Pittsburgh. Walk East Carson Street sampling soups from 20 local restaurants and vote for the city's best.
TipTicketed crawl along East Carson. Dress warm; the sampling is mostly walk-and-taste.
The Wine Show is Greece's largest annual wine trade and consumer fair, held at HELEXPO Thessaloniki every March. Greek wineries from every PDO region exhibit.
Great Plates of Downtown Fort Collins runs 1-14 March with special menus across Old Town restaurants, raising funds for the Food Bank for Larimer County.
TipCooperSmith's and most Old Town kitchens run multi-course deals; book the big rooms early because the two weeks fill fast.
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The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at NRG Park is the three-week March rodeo and concert series with carnival food, livestock auctions, mutton bustin'.
TipBuy ground passes online ahead of time. Tuesday and Wednesday are the quietest. Try a deep-fried Snickers and a turkey leg.
In its 15th-plus year, Santa Fe Restaurant Week runs around 50 restaurants on prix-fixe menus, $25 to $70 per person.
Charleston Wine + Food runs five days, 3 to 7 March 2027, with dinners, talks and tastings across Charleston and a Culinary Village anchored at Marion Square.
TipBook single-event tickets on chswf.org. The Marion Square grand tasting sells out earliest.
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RestaurantWeek Spring runs a seven-week tasting-menu programme across Warsaw and other Polish cities, with three-course menus from 70 zl by joining kitchens.
The Florida Strawberry Festival runs 4 to 14 March 2027 in Plant City, about 25 miles east of Tampa, an annual fair since 1930 with free entertainment, rides and strawberry treats.
TipPlant City is about 25 miles east of Tampa by road, so plan this as a day trip rather than a city event.
Four days at the Seattle Convention Center in March, the Pacific Northwest's largest convention. Downtown books out and the International District absorbs the rest.
TipThe International District is two light rail stops south and rarely needs a reservation, even that week.
Moomba Festival on the Labour Day weekend in March brings a food precinct to Alexandra Gardens: multicultural stalls, fairground snacks and a river setting.
Bockfest in Cincinnati's OTR runs the first weekend of March, celebrating the German brewing heritage with parade, bock beer pours and Christian Moerlein.
Denver Restaurant Week is the Visit Denver-organised dining event each March, with more than 250 restaurants serving 2- or 3-course prix fixe menus from $25.
TipBook early on the Visit Denver site; top kitchens like Tavernetta and Mercantile sell out the first day. Reservations open in mid-January.
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The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ceremonial start kicks off in downtown Anchorage in early March, with reindeer sausage carts working the 4th Avenue crowd.
Vancouver International Wine Festival at the Convention Centre is the city's reference wine festival since 1979; the 2027 edition has about 90 wineries pouring about 750 wines, with food and wine pairings.
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Busch Gardens Tampa runs a Food, Wine and Garden Festival every weekend from March through May, with global cuisine cabanas and free concert performances.
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Minnesota Monthly's 31st annual Food & Wine Experience filled two floors of Target Field, 13 to 15 March 2026, with 175-plus wine, beer and food exhibitors; 2027 dates are not yet listed.
TipVIP tickets at 16:00 give early access; general admission at 18:00. Sample plates from Spoon and Stable and other Beard-track chefs.
Capitol Beer Fest returns to Capitol Mall on 6 March 2027 for its 17th year, with four hours of brewers, food trucks and live music; all proceeds go to the Runnin' for Rhett youth fitness program.
TipIn 2026 VIP tickets ($85) got in at 11am and general admission ($55) ran noon to 3pm; entrances are on both sides of Capitol Mall at 5th Street.
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Carnaval on the Mile is the 28th annual Coral Gables street festival on Miracle Mile, 6 and 7 March 2027, 10 am to 10 pm, with art, jazz and funk, fine cuisine and three concert stages.
Cincinnati's charity wine festival, founded in 1991, returns to the Cincinnati Convention Center on 6 and 7 March 2026 with three Grand Tasting sessions of unlimited pours from more than 700 wines, plus winery dinners.
TipGrand Tasting tickets are $95 a session, $140 with an hour in the VIP room; Friday runs 19:00 to 21:30 and Saturday has 14:30 and 18:30 sessions.
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The Annual Icelandic Beer Festival builds a four-day March celebration around Beer Day, when Iceland's 1989 end of beer prohibition is marked with tastings.
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Eid celebrations on Mohammed Ali Road peak with sweetmeats and the full biryani menu at every stall. Sheermal bakers fire ovens through the night; sevaiyan.
Tallinn Restaurant Week spring edition runs in March across more than 100 of the city's restaurants, with set lunch and dinner menus from each kitchen at a fixed price.
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CiokoFlo is a four-day chocolate festival in Piazza Santa Croce, with cremini, truffles, macarons and croccante; its second edition ran 12 to 15 March 2026.
TipOpen 9:00 to 20:00 on each of the four days; entry is free.
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Samassi, 40 km north of Cagliari, gives its violet artichoke four days in March: guided tastings, an agricultural fair, artichoke street food through the old centre and cooking demonstrations from Sardinian chefs.
TipEntry to the festival ground is free; the Zampettata del Carciofo dog walk needs registering in advance and charges a small fee.
Oakland Restaurant Week runs every March with 140-plus restaurants serving discounted prix-fixe and specials. The nation's number one food city celebrates.
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The JXN Food and Wine Festival is Jackson's premier annual culinary event, with 40+ chefs, ticketed dinners, tastings, cooking demonstrations every March.
TipAdvance tickets sell out; buy as soon as the lineup drops in January.
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The Altwiener Ostermarkt on Freyung builds a tower of about 40,000 painted eggs and sells Osterpinze, roast Easter lamb and handicrafts before Easter.
TipThe run is tied to Easter, opening about two weeks before it and closing on Easter Monday, so the dates move each year; the 2027 dates are not announced.
Barbecue Expo runs 12 to 14 March 2027 at the Parc Floral de Paris, with live Grill Arena battles between international pitmasters, masterclasses and 16 BBQ street food stands.
TipEntry is free for children up to 12 with an adult, and the street food stands cater for vegetarian and gluten-free diets.
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Vino Dalmacije is an annual wine festival at the AC Hotel Split where Dalmatian winemakers, restaurateurs, wine merchants and sommeliers meet wine lovers; the 2026 edition ran 13 and 14 March.
TipThe 2026 ticket cost €30, sold through the festival website, and the programme included seven wine workshops led by sommeliers and wine experts.
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Gasparilla Music Festival runs a two-day live-music weekend in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park with 30-plus Tampa food trucks and local craft beer.
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The Ueno Sakura Matsuri, 14 March to 5 April 2026, fills Ueno Park with lantern-lit cherry blossom and the Ueno Sakura Festa food area of regional dishes and 100-plus shops.
Gulfood bills itself as the world's largest annual food and drink sourcing event, filling Dubai World Trade Centre and Expo City with thousands of exhibitors. Trade visitors only.
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The Savannah Saint Patrick's Day Parade Committee holds its parade in the Historic District on March 17, with about 280 units, and the Irish season includes the greening of the Forsyth Park fountain.
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Taste Washington is Seattle's March wine festival, anchored by a two-day Grand Tasting at Lumen Field Event Center with over 200 Washington wineries and 75 restaurants.
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The Oyster Festival marks St Joseph's Day on 19 March and ran to 22 March in 2026 in Ston and Mali Ston, with oyster dishes to sample, local wines and traditional singing and dancing.
TipEntry to Ston's town walls was free from 20 to 22 March 2026; Mali Ston is about 55 km from Dubrovnik, roughly an hour's drive.
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WINO at the Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie in Poznań is Poland's dedicated Polish-winemaking fair, with nearly 140 exhibitors of wines, ciders and meads.
TipBuy the entry ticket online; same-day walk-up tickets are limited and the Friday-night session is the most-attended of the three.
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On 19 March, San Giuseppe and Father's Day, Palermo bakes sfincia di San Giuseppe, a fried pastry with sweet ricotta cream, and cooks a spring frittedda.
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Oenorama, held in Athens since 1994, shows about 2,500 wines and spirits from 250 exhibitors; the 2027 show is at Peristeri Exhibition Centre, 20 to 22 March.
TipBuy a ticket online and collect the commemorative tasting glass at the entrance, then taste any wines you like at the stands; there is no limit on how many.
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Hamburger DOM Frühlingsdom fills the Heiligengeistfeld in St. Pauli for a month from 19 March 2027, with roasted almonds, candy floss, bratwurst, potato pancakes and waffle stands beside the rides.
TipFree entry; rides and food paid per item. Friday fireworks at 22:30 are the weekly draw.
Rebel Beer and Cider Fest is the late-winter Oslo craft festival at Rebel on Universitetsgata. Thirty-plus breweries and cider producers, tasting flights, brewer talks and Norwegian street food pairings across two days.
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers' Association coordinates 80-plus sugarhouses opening for tours, tastings and sugar-on-snow during peak boiling season.
e& Beach Canteen turns Nessnass Beach in Jumeirah into a free open air food court for about three weeks each spring, with Dubai kitchens cooking 16:00 to 00:00.
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Expo Manger Sante et Vivre Vert is a large healthy-living fair at the Palais des congres in Montreal, with hundreds of exhibitors, tastings and vendors.
The spring Dippemess descends from Frankfurt's medieval pottery market, now three fairground weeks of rides and food at Bornheimer Hang each spring.
TipThe name comes from Dippe, the local word for the stoneware pots once sold here; food now comes in reusable deposit containers.
Holy Week in Granada brings the torrijas tradition to every pasteleria, the cinnamon-honey Andalusian Easter bread soaked in milk and wine.
TipPasteleria Lopez Mezquita pioneers a vino-soaked variant; Casa Ysla makes the milk-and-cinnamon classic.
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The rural heritage institute holds an Easter market on Krakowskie Przedmiescie with village bread, cheeses, cured meats, honey and fruit vinegars, plus a tent where zur is cooked and given out to taste.
TipThe zur demonstration ends in a free tasting. Babka and mazurek from the village women's circles go first, well before 16:00.
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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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Calle Ocho Music Festival in Miami is the largest Hispanic street festival in the US, closing Little Havana's SW 8th Street between SW 12th and SW 27th.
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London Cocktail Week, the city-wide festival running since 2010, skips 2026 and returns in the week of 15 March 2027 for its 17th edition, with wristbands for offers in bars.
TipThere is no October edition in 2026: the new owners moved the festival to a spring slot because October is crowded with trade shows such as Bar Convent Berlin.
Foodfort is the food and drink programming strand of Treefort Music Fest each March, with chef demonstrations at venues including KIN, street eats at Zoo Boise, a Showdown competition, and local restaurant pop-ups throughout downtown Boise.
Florence counted 25 March as its new year until 1750; the day still brings a historic procession to the SS. Annunziata basilica and a fair of local products.
TipThe fair in Piazza SS. Annunziata is open from 8:00 to 19:30; the historic procession runs from Piazzetta di Parte Guelfa to the basilica.
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Daily from 10:00 to 19:00 in the Ehrenhof of Schloss Schönbrunn, with stalls for Kärntner Kasnudeln, Backhendl, Kartoffelpuffer, tarte flambée and chocolate.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Seven Seas Food Festival runs across spring at SeaWorld San Antonio, with food stalls themed to the world's coasts serving global street food and seafood.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Athens Greek Beer Festival is a three-day showcase of Greek breweries with concerts and street food, held at the old depot in Gazi, Athens, on 27, 28 and 29 March 2026.
TipThe 2026 edition opened at 17:00 on Friday 27 March; the organiser had not announced a next edition when checked.
Great Vegas Festival of Beer in downtown Las Vegas is Nevada's largest craft beer festival, 200,000 sq ft of Fremont closures with 100-plus breweries.
TipEarly Entry tickets buy an hour from 14:00 with rare beers; the Motley Disco VIP tier covers gratuities and the food spread.
The International Cuban Sandwich Festival has run in Ybor City Centennial Park since 2012, with judges and chefs from around the world building Tampa-style.
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The Feria del Tejate in San Andres Huayapam runs every Palm Sunday with 88-plus producers of tejate (declared Oaxacan cultural heritage 2023).
On Easter Sunday the Brindellone cart, drawn by oxen to the Duomo, is lit at 11:00 by the colombina, a dove-shaped rocket sent down a wire from the altar.
TipThe colombina flies at 11:00, at the singing of the Gloria; the Comune publishes the route and the road closures a few days ahead.
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An annual pairing event at the Durham Performing Arts Center that brings together 30+ Triangle restaurants with local and regional breweries for unlimited tastings across DPAC's three floors. Running since 2012, it is one of Durham's most anticipated food events, with VIP early access available and live music throughout.
Hal's St. Paddy's Parade has been Jackson's signature street party for over 40 years, with a free parade from Court Street to Hal and Mal's restaurant, followed by a ticketed afterparty with live music and Southern food.
TipThe parade is free; the official afterparty at Hal & Mal's is ticketed. The parade sets off from Court Street at 1:00 pm and the afterparty gates open at 2:00 pm (2026 schedule).
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A day of lampredotto in the Orto San Frediano, an Oltrarno garden opened for it: the classic panino, lampredotto in zimino or with artichokes, penne al ragu.
TipFree entry. The garden is open from 10:00 to 23:00, with an aperitivo and music from 18:00.
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Annual soul food festival at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center gathering 30+ vendors from Dallas, Houston, Kansas and Arkansas for oxtails and BBQ.
TipFree admission. The convention center location makes parking easier than most Dallas food festivals.
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Festin des Cougourdons fills the olive grove of the Cimiez arenes garden in Nice with gourd crafts, folk dances and Nicois specialities, free of charge.
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The San Antonio Margarita Festival pits local bars and restaurants against each other for the best margarita in town, with each ticket including ten samples.
Dyngus Day on Easter Monday is Buffalo's signature Polish-American celebration, with kielbasa, paczki, polka music and a parade through the East Side.
Fort Worth Food and Wine Festival at Clearfork each April is a four-day nonprofit event with chef collaborations, wine tastings, and Taste of Texas Row.
TipEvents are 21 or older only and sold separately; The Main Event general admission typically runs from $145.
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Užupis Republic Day on April 1 celebrates the 1997 self-declared bohemian republic, with passport stamps at borders, the constitution read and bar food.
TipA whole-day street party; Užupis bars run specials. The constitution wall reading happens at noon.
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Festival Cultural de Tequila is the Tequila-town April fair at Foro Mundo Cuervo, with tequila tastings, agave-spirit workshops and international cultural.
World FoodFest is a four-day consumer food fair in Hall 5B of Singapore EXPO, held 30 April to 3 May in 2026 with free entry, local delicacies and international snacks such as Nyonya pastries.
TipThe 2026 fair ran 11am to 10pm daily; spending S$50 entered a prize draw, and the halal-focused GrandBite @ EXPO ran in Hall 4B at the same time.
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The Foire de Nantes fills the Beaujoire halls each April, its Vins et gastronomie section stacked with cheese, charcuterie, champagne and craft beer.
TipThe fair opens over five days at the start of April; the Vins et gastronomie aisle is one of five themed sections, so start there.
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Sacramento Beer Week, organized by the Sacramento Area Brewers Guild, is an annual ten-day celebration of the region's craft beer, with events at breweries, taprooms and restaurants.
TipBreweries, taprooms and restaurants put on their own events, and the guild hosts a signature beer festival during the week; 2026 ran 24 April to 3 May.
Quais du Polar is Lyon's international crime fiction festival; the 23rd edition runs 2 to 4 April 2027, mainly at the Hotel de Ville, Palais de la Bourse and Chapelle de la Trinite.
TipThe festival food walks book out fast; reserve via the festival website three weeks ahead.
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T.O. Food and Drink Fest at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre runs over 200 food and beverage exhibitors, MasterChef demos, mixology classes and a wine.
Ruokamessut, billed as Finland's largest food and drink event, fills the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre for three days in April 2027 with food, drink and wine to try.
TipBuy advance tickets online: they cost less than the door and carry no service fees. The fair is 18+ because alcohol is served; under-18s may enter with an adult.
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The Arizona Arte Agave Tequila and Mezcal Festival fills The Clayton House in Scottsdale for an April evening of agave tastings, cocktails and local taco vendors.
TipThe 2026 festival was a Friday, April 3, 18:00-21:30; the 2025 edition was Friday, April 18, so check the organizer for the next date.
Uncorked: Arizona Wine Festival turns the ballpark at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale into an evening tasting of 100-plus wines with food trucks and a DJ.
TipThe October 10, 2026 tickets were $70 general admission (19:00), $85 early (18:00) and $105 VIP; food is sold separately from the wine tasting.
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Tampa Bay Wine and Food Festival is a four-day festival across Tampa with celebrity chefs, Michelin-star kitchen events and wine pairings at multiple venues.
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Agave Heritage Festival is the four-day Hotel Congress agave culture festival in April, with mezcal dinners, lectures, an agave pit roast and Noche de Mezcal.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Kidumart Breadfest is an open-air bread market in Chaoyang Park, Beijing, with over 200 bakeries in its April run and a second two-weekend edition in September.
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Three Rivers Beer Week runs each April across Pittsburgh. The 40-plus breweries of Allegheny County pour special releases and host events celebrating.
TipSpread across breweries citywide. Plan a route; the special releases sell through fast.
Vinitaly and the City is the Vinitaly programme for the general public, with events, tastings and wine talks in Verona's squares and palaces, 9 to 11 April 2027.
TipIn 2026 the event ran 10 to 12 April: tasting passes cost €18 online until the day before and €22 at the ticket counters in Piazza dei Signori. 2027 prices are not announced.
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Southern Europe's largest craft beer gathering, three days over 7,000 square metres at Fira Montjuic. Hundreds of taps from Catalan and international brewers, gastronomic stands, talks and DJ sets.
TipA one day online ticket is six euros and includes the glass; bring the same glass back if you come on more than one day.
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The Nashville Predators Foundation's Wine Festival and Tasting at Bridgestone Arena, held since 2006, pours wines and spirits from more than 100 vendors.
TipWatch the Preds Foundation page for the 2027 date, promised only as spring; a silent auction of signed Predators memorabilia runs during the tasting.
Comida di Buteco Rio pits more than 150 botecos in Rio de Janeiro, Niterói and the Baixada against each other for a month, each serving one competing petisco at a fixed R$40 while the public votes.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Baltimore Street Food Festival gathers dozens of vendors at Power Plant Live each April, with most bites priced low and larger foodie portions on offer.
The East Nashville Beer Festival, started in 2011, brings unlimited samples from 50 craft breweries to East Park, with live music, wrestling, food trucks and a charity partner.
TipThe festival is 21 and over only, infants included; gates open at noon, the event ends at 5 pm, and the organisers advise a rideshare over driving.
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Cyclovia Tucson is Arizona's biggest car-free block party each spring, with 40,000 attendees along a downtown-to-Amphitheatre route lined with food trucks.
The opening Saturday of Capital City Public Market each April marks the start of the Treasure Valley growing season, with a full line-up of produce, hot food vendors, artisans, and live music returning to the Grove Plaza.
The Houston Barbecue Festival at the Humble Civic Center each April is the 25-vendor unlimited-sample BBQ event from the Houston BBQ team, with 1500 guests.
TipVIP ticket gets you in an hour early and the popular pitmasters' first cuts. General admission at 1pm is fine if you walk to the back booths first.
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Taste of Hillcrest each April in San Diego, the Fabulous Hillcrest taste-pass through 30-plus restaurants, bars and bakeries from chef-driven tastings to ice.
Festa Italiana at Sloss Furnaces Birmingham is the Italian American Heritage Society's annual April event with Italian vendors (cannoli, sausage, gelato).
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The Sazón Latin Food Festival is a family-friendly celebration of Latin American food and music, with vendors representing Caribbean, Central.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Greenville Craft Beer Week runs in mid-April with brewery dinners, tastings and pop-up beer pairings across the city's craft beer scene.
TipTickets sell out for the headline dinners; book early for the Brewers Showcase.
Songkran in Bangkok runs 13 to 15 April as the Thai New Year water festival, with pop-up Thai dessert stalls, traditional khao chae cold-rice dishes.
Spring Riga Restaurant Week runs as the expanded Riga Taste Festival, with three-course menus at €30 to €45 across participating restaurants and a bakery.
TipBook early in the run; popular Bib Gourmand rooms like Milda and Snatch fill up first. Bakery pavilion features the Vecrīga pastry.
Taste of Mississippi brings Jackson's best restaurants together for a competitive tasting event at the Mississippi Trade Mart, with Best Appetizer, Entree, and Dessert categories voted by attendees.
TipA Stewpot Community Services fundraiser; buy tickets in advance as the event typically sells out.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Firenze Gelato Week is ConGelato's six-day trail of tastings at four gelaterie, each with a limited edition flavour; the 2026 edition ran 14 to 19 April.
TipTwo ticket types cover the four shops, Edoardo il gelato biologico, Passera, Barroccino and Badiani: a cup (2 tastes) or a cone or cup (3 tastes). The organiser's page ended the 2026 week with 'see you in 2027' and gives no 2027 dates yet.
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Roma Gelato Week is ConGelato's gelato trail: in 2026 (14 to 19 April) one ticket gave six gelati along one of three routes through Rome's gelaterie.
TipChoose one of three routes (Monteverde-Portuense, Trastevere-Gianicolense or Prati-San Lorenzo) and a cone or cup; the organiser says the next edition is in 2027.
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The Seoul Coffee Festival is Korea's largest specialty coffee trade and consumer event, held annually at COEX in Gangnam. Roasters from across Korea and Asia.
Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival is the largest fine arts event in Texas with 30 food vendors across six food courts and free admission for four days.
TipCard-only payments at most food vendors; beer and wine are sold separately from food vendors throughout the festival footprint.
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Fiesta San Antonio is the city's eleven-day spring celebration of more than a hundred events, where food booths across town serve anticuchos.
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Florence Cocktail Week is the city's April mixology week; its tenth edition ran 16 to 22 April 2026 with masterclasses, guest bartenders and bar events.
Africa in April Cultural Awareness Festival in Memphis runs each April at Robert R Church Park downtown, with food vendors, a parade and music spotlighting.
TipFree admission. The food tent area gets busy by 13:00; arrive at 11:00 for first-out plates.
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Each April the Cable Factory hosts the Helsinki Coffee Festival alongside an Ice Cream and Chocolate Carnival, three days of specialty roasters.
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FoodieLand Food Festival fills Fair Park in Dallas for a spring weekend with more than 200 vendors of global flavours and fair food, plus artisan shops, games and live music.
TipGeneral admission was $12.99 in 2026 (children 5 and under free); the gates opened at 3 pm on Friday and 1 pm on Saturday and Sunday, closing at 10 pm.
En Ol och Whiskymassa in April draws craft beer and spirits enthusiasts to the Swedish Exhibition Centre with over 160 producers pouring across two days.
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St Elias Lebanese Food and Cultural Festival on 8th Street South Birmingham runs every April with Lebanese kibbeh, manakish and the church-grounds food.
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Rossini Festival on Market Square, Knoxville Opera's free Italian-themed street fair since 2002, runs across four stages with 75+ vendors.
TipFree street-fair format; Saturday 10:00-22:00 and Sunday 12:00-19:00. Italian food village near Market Square stages.
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Salon of Beer at the Trnavske myto Market Hall brings 50 Slovak craft breweries, 200-plus beers and Bratislava street food vendors each April weekend.
TipTickets sell out the week of the event; buy in advance via the venue website.
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Münchner Frühlingsfest, the smaller spring sister of Oktoberfest on Munich's Theresienwiese, opens the city's folk-festival season; two beer tents.
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Albuquerque Restaurant Week each spring is the citywide event with prix fixe menus at $33, $44, $66 and $77 at participating restaurants; the 2026 edition ran April 17 to 26.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Glasgow Coffee Festival fills the Briggait for an April weekend of roasters, cuppings and competitions; the 2026 edition ran 18 and 19 April, and 2027 dates are not yet announced.
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Vinski podrum fills the cellars of Diocletian's Palace for two days in April with premium Croatian wines and delicacies to taste, winemakers to talk to and a music programme; the 2026 edition ran 17 and 18 April.
TipVisit Split lists the festival as organised by Slobodna Dalmacija and points to the organiser's page for hours and tickets, so check it before you go.
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Fiesta Oyster Bake has shucked Gulf oysters on the St Mary's University campus for over a century, a two-day Fiesta music-and-food festival run by the alumni.
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The Jornadas del Atún honour Benidorm's almadraba past with bluefin tuna dishes, tapas and menus in 15 restaurants, opened in 2026 by the ronqueo of a 280-kilo fish.
TipIn 2026 prices ran from €3 for the cheapest tuna tapa to €52 for the fullest menu; the next edition's dates are still to be announced.
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The Original Taste is Executive Council Charities' annual food and wine fundraiser at the Scottsdale Civic Center, with Valley restaurants, wine and cocktails.
TipIt is a formal evening; the 2026 edition ran 19:00-23:00 on April 18, and the organizer lists the next date as April 17, 2027.
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La Ola Festival Vegano is a two-day outdoor plant-based fair at Huerto Roma Verde in Roma Sur: vegan food, sustainable makers, workshops and fundraising for animal sanctuaries; 2026 was its seventh edition.
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Syndicate Smokedown at Fort Worth Stockyards each April is an IBCA BBQ competition with 100 or more teams and free pitmaster sampling from noon to 4pm.
TipCompetition BBQ sampling is free from noon to 16:00 for ticketed attendees; live music runs concurrently on a separate stage.
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Four times a year Durham Central Park fills with 40+ food and drink trucks plus local brewery taps for the city's most casual food event. Free admission, family-friendly, dog-friendly, with a DJ, bounce houses and face painting. Rain or shine.
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Manayunk StrEAT Food Festival in Philadelphia is the April Main Street block party in Manayunk, with 70-plus food trucks and the hillside Schuylkill.
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Masters of Taste puts more than 100 Los Angeles restaurants, pastry kitchens and drinks makers on the Rose Bowl field for one April afternoon of unlimited tastings; all proceeds go to Union Station Homeless Services.
TipIt is 21 and over; VIP entry runs 15:00 to 16:00 and general admission 16:00 to 19:00. Regulars include Porto's Bakery.
Zurich's spring festival, third Monday in April. Guild parades through the city, the Boeoegg snowman burned at Sechselaeutenplatz at 18:00 to predict.
A spring craft beer festival at Stadshaven Brouwerij in Lloydkwartier with 40+ Dutch and international brewers plus cheese and bread pairing stalls.
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The Montilla-Moriles regulating council takes over the Avenida del Alcázar for four days each spring, ten bodegas pouring fino through to Pedro Ximénez with free entry to the ground.
TipEntry to the ground is free; you buy a glass and tokens once inside rather than a ticket up front.
Music City Food and Wine Festival fills a late-April weekend in Centennial Park; in 2026 that meant a Friday hootenanny, a Saturday Grand Tasting with a mixology contest and a Sunday Food Faire.
TipBring ID: in 2026 Friday's Southern Fried Hootenanny and Saturday's Grand Tasting were 21 and over, and the Grand Tasting had samples from more than 100 local restaurants.
NC's largest craft beer festival takes over Fayetteville Street in late April, billed as the largest single-state beer festival in the US: up to 80 NC breweries, 45 food trucks, free Saturday entry, $45 Friday tasting.
Dia de São Jorge on 23 April brings a dawn Mass and procession in Quintino, and across Rio de Janeiro bars serve feijoada, as black beans are a food of Ogum, the orixá tied to the saint.
The Vietnam Banh Mi Festival gathers dozens of banh mi and coffee vendors at Le Van Tam Park each April, celebrating the sandwich that carries Vietnam's name with tastings, contests and workshops.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Dublin Coffee Festival at the RDS in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, an annual April weekend of specialty coffee with brewing competitions, latte art.
TipWeekend pass is the value; Friday evening adds an Industry session. The brewing competition runs Saturday.
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Beer Geek Madness is the annual craft-beer festival organised by Browar Stu Mostów since 2014. Held at Wrocław's former tram depot Czasoprzestrzeń.
TipSaturday afternoon is the prime slot; Friday evening sees the biggest international brewers.
The Grüne Soße Festival crowns Frankfurt's best seven-herb sauce in a week of tasting shows on the Roßmarkt, part contest, part cabaret, judged nightly.
TipEvening jury shows at 20:00 sell out; the 2026 title went to a Darmstadt kitchen, which still stings locally.
Salou's rice days, "Per a gustos, els arrossos", put rice at the centre of set menus in 22 restaurants in 2026, the seventh edition, priced from €8.50 tastings to €50 menus.
TipSeveral menus need a minimum of two people and a booking; the organisers publish each restaurant's menu, phone and hours on the AEHT page before it starts.
The Waikiki Spam Jam, in its 22nd year on Saturday 25 April 2026, closes Kalakaua Avenue from 4 to 10 p.m. for Spam dishes from Waikiki restaurants and live entertainment.
TipFestival hours are 4pm to 10pm; the Dine In Restaurant Week of Spam-centric menus at participating Waikiki restaurants runs April 17 to May 2, 2027.
Dogwood Arts Festival across Market Square and Krutch Park, the springtime arts festival celebrating East Tennessee dogwood bloom, runs food vendors.
TipFree festival; food vendors line Market Square and Krutch Park during the last full weekend of April.
More than 50 wine estates pour on the Claremont Cricket Club field in Constantia on 25 and 26 April 2026, with 20 tasting tokens, a sparkling wine lane and a fresh food market beside the marquees.
TipTokens cost one to four each depending on the bottle, so start with the sparkling lane before the premium reds eat the whole card.
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Tallinn Coffee Festival each April gathers Baltic and European specialty roasters at the Kultuurikatel Creative Hub, with cuppings, latte art and barista.
The Breakfast Market runs almost every weekend from April into autumn, Saturdays at Skwer Smiala on Zoliborz and Sundays at Skwer AK Granat on Mokotow, with breakfasts and food from small local makers.
TipSaturdays run 09:00 to 16:00 and Sundays 10:00 to 17:00. Heavy rain cancels it, so check before you cross the city.
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The NYC Hot Sauce Expo, 13th edition in 2026, fills Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, for an April weekend with free hot sauce tastings, food vendors and the Stage of DOOM eating challenges.
TipGeneral admission was $15 in advance and $20 on the door in 2026, children 10 and under free; tastings are free once inside, food and drink cost extra.
Six spring weekends at the Castle of Muskogee, south east of Tulsa, where turkey legs share the stalls with chimney cakes and bacon wrapped venison poppers, and the castle runs its own mead, wine and whiskey tastings.
TipMemorial Day Monday is open as well as the weekends, and gates run 10:30 to 18:00; bring water in your own bottle, since no other outside food or drink is allowed.
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The francesinha festival at the VP restaurant inside WOW offers six builds of the sandwich over one weekend, including chicken, cod, seafood and vegetarian.
TipIn 2025 the 15 euro menu covered one francesinha with chips and a drink, and tickets were sold in presale at the VP and on the day.
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Meifoor Brugge, a funfair going back to a trade fair of 1200, fills 't Zand and the Koning Albert I-park with 90 rides and stalls selling waffles and frites.
TipIn 2026 the fair ran from 24 April to 17 May, with a reduced price day on 15 May, and closed from 13:00 to 17:00 on 14 May for the Holy Blood Procession.
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The NYC Hot Sauce Expo fills Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, for a late-April weekend of free tastings from about 50 hot sauce makers, spicy food vendors, craft beer and eating challenges.
TipBuy online: general admission started at $15 in 2026 against $20 at the door, and children 10 and under enter free with an adult.
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The Festiwal Smaków Food Trucków fills the Forum Gdańsk courtyard with food trucks serving burgers, seafood, langos and Korean chicken over a free spring weekend.
TipEntry is free, Saturday 12:00 to 21:00 and Sunday 12:00 to 20:00 in 2026. The festival has run more than 25 numbered editions, some in autumn at other Gdańsk venues, so check the dates and venue before you go.
Venice keeps 25 April for its patron with a solemn mass in the basilica at 10.30, a rosebud given to a sweetheart, and risi e bisi, the rice and pea soup once served to the doge.
TipRisi e bisi is the dish of the feast, and fritoe, sugar-covered pancakes with sultanas, are eaten while walking around the centre; the main mass is at 10:30 in the basilica.
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The Karlin Street Food Festival is the city's largest one-day street food fair, an annual neighbourhood event on Karlinske namesti with around 40 food stalls.
TipCashless; come hungry, stalls are tightly packed, plates designed to share.
Free one-day Japantown festival honoring Japanese American culture since the 1970s. A nonprofit-run food court serves imagawayaki, yakitori, gyoza, and shave ice alongside live dance performances.
Salon Gourmets is a trade-only gourmet food and drink fair at IFEMA Madrid with about 2,000 exhibitors; the 40th edition runs 26 to 29 April 2027.
TipEntry is for food and drink professionals aged 18 or over, with identification; visitor hours are 10:00 to 19:00 Monday to Wednesday and 10:00 to 17:00 on Thursday.
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Auer Maidult on Munich's Mariahilfplatz in the Au district is the spring edition of the city's three annual Dult markets; 250 vendors, fairground rides.
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The Beers of Japan Festival sets up in the 1F Oval Park at LaLaport Fukuoka, rotating seven breweries through the run, among them The Brewmaster, Kuju Kogen, Skyhop and the sparkling sake from Dassai.
TipTickets per pour. LaLaport Fukuoka leg runs April 25 to May 6 in 2026.
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Charlotte Wine and Food Week is the four-day late-April charitable food and wine festival, with its main events at The Union at Station West and The Casey.
TipThe 2027 dates run Apr 28 to May 1; the festival skipped 2026.
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Craft Gyoza Fes in Tokyo's Komazawa Park is Japan's biggest gyoza-only festival, with 20-30 regional gyoza vendors over 8 Golden Week days. Free entry.
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Kyushu Craft Beer Week takes over Tenjin Central Park in Fukuoka across the Golden Week break, running 11:00 to 21:00 with competition winners, veteran labels and newer brewers pouring in limited quantities.
TipTickets sold per pour. Tenjin Central Park, April 29 to May 5 in 2026.
Mayfest Fort Worth at Trinity Park each spring draws 175,000 attendees with food vendors including Melt Ice Creams, Pecos Pete's, and a Beer and Wine Garden.
TipThursday entry is free for everyone; Fri-Sun adults pay $12, children (3-12) $7, seniors $7. Free parking shuttles run from the Will Rogers Center.
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Niku Fes in Tokyo's Odaiba is the Golden Week meat festival, two dozen restaurants pouring wagyu sushi, A5 steak, Philly cheesesteaks and craft beer over 12.
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Sudamja is the eleven-day feast of Saint Domnius, Split's patron, from 30 April to 10 May in 2026, with Taste of Split at Prokurative and SlatCroFest in the cellars of Diocletian's Palace.
TipSudamja Day is 7 May, with a procession and Holy Mass on the Riva and an evening concert; Taste of Split ran 2 to 6 May and SlatCroFest 1 to 3 May in 2026.
Funchal's Flower Festival fills Avenida Arriaga and Avenida do Mar with parades, floral installations and street stalls for around a month from late April, with two allegorical parades on separate May Sundays.
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Richmond Night Market opens Friday to Sunday nights from late April to September on River Road, with over 100 food booths serving more than 500 dishes, plus retail stalls and live stage shows.
The Asheville Herb Festival at the WNC Agricultural Center in Fletcher has over 80 herb vendors selling plants for garden and home, plus food trucks and a free plant hold area.
TipFree admission and free parking. Friday and Saturday 8:30am to 5pm, Sunday 10am to 3pm (24 to 26 April 2026). The festival calls itself the largest herb festival in the United States and Canada.
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The Gijang Anchovy Festival, now in its 30th year, fills Daebyeon Port each April with free raw anchovy tasting, fishing-boat rides, an anchovy song contest and a fireworks show over the sea.
TipThe 30th edition ran 24 to 26 April 2026; the free raw anchovy (meochi-hoe) tasting was held at midday at the promotion committee's restaurant, and fishing-boat rides ran from 11:00 to 16:00.
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Lone Star Smokeout is a three-day barbecue and country music festival outside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with a dozen-plus pitmaster teams.
TipThe festival is in Arlington, not in Dallas city. Dates move: 2 to 4 May in 2025, 24 to 26 April in 2026. Three-day passes are sold on lonestarsmokeout.com, so check the site for the next edition.
Cagliari's great procession leaves Stampace on 1 May and walks the statue of Sant'Efisio to Nora and back over four days, honouring a plague vow made in 1652, with tracas ox carts, costume and feasting along the route.
TipThe 1 May departure fills Via Roma from early morning; the return on the evening of 4 May is quieter and easier to watch.
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Dia de la Cruz in Granada celebrates the May Crosses around May 3 with around 100 flower crosses across the city, each backed by a parish bar pouring tapas.
TipMay 2 to 3, 2026; the Plaza del Carmen flamenco stage is the central programmed event.
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Blas na Bealtaine in May is Galway month-long food festival celebrating local produce; chefs, farmers and producers collaborate in a city-wide programme.
Dubai Restaurant Week hands more than 125 kitchens a fixed menu for 17 days each May, AED 125 for two courses at lunch and AED 250 for three at dinner.
El Mural de los Poblanos gathers moles from beyond Puebla each May, pouring its own 26-ingredient house recipe alongside mole de Xico and mole de Quimixtlan from guest cooks.
TipEach mole is served with its own accompaniment, from short rib to turkey and bean tamales, so order across the flight rather than one plate.
The annual Fisk och Skaldjursfestivalen at Feskekorka in early May celebrates the West Coast harvest with live shellfish from local boats, oyster shucking.
La Louche d'Or turns Wazemmes into an open-air dining room every 1 May, a soup contest cooked on the pavement by families, schools and neighbourhood associations.
TipThe pots go up around Place de la Nouvelle Aventure and Rue des Sarrazins. Judges award Golden, Silver and Bronze Ladles, and children cook for the Mini-Louche.
Dallas's dedicated margarita and Tex-Mex festival, gathering the city's best bartenders and restaurant groups for competitive margarita judging and unlimited.
TipBuy the unlimited-tasting ticket tier; the value-for-money versus per-drink pricing is significant. Bring sunscreen; the venue is predominantly outdoor.
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Romanian Mici Day on 1 May is the citywide Labour Day mici tradition: every brewery garden, park grill and market terrace fires the small minced-meat.
TipObor terrace, Berăria H and Hanu' Berarilor are the biggest public mici spots; book or queue early.
Free three-day downtown festival each May with over 150 art vendors, 75 musical acts, and dozens of food vendors serving ethnic cuisines and fair classics.
Annual two-day arts and food festival in the Blue Dome District with over 200 artisan vendors, food trucks, mobile chefs, and live music in the historic entertainment district.
Las Vegas Indian Food and Cultural Festival (Mela) at Clark County Government Center Amphitheater is the Vaisakhi Mela revival, pani puri, samosas.
TipTickets are $14.41 for 9-plus, under-8 free; cash for the food stalls is faster than the QR-pay queues, henna artists run all afternoon.
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The Beijing Craft Beer Festival fills Shougang Park in Shijingshan over the May Day holiday with over 800 craft beers, a market of more than 40 food brands and electronic music.
Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo each May in Old Town San Diego, four decades of free Mexican-American food, Ballet Folklorico, Lucha Libre and main-stage music.
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Juicy Burger Fest gathers more than 40 burger brands from cities across China at WeiboIN in Chaoyang Park over the May Day holiday, with free entry and stage activities.
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Shanghai Burger Month is Nomfluence's annual May event: in 2026, 15 restaurants each debuted a new burger, with a free passport stamped per burger ordered.
TipCollecting six or more stamps in the free Burger Passport entered the 2026 prize draw (over 20,000 yuan in prizes); the 2027 edition is not announced.
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Hakata Dontaku runs May 3 and 4 in Golden Week and is Japan's largest festival, drawing over 2 million people. Procession of three gods of fortune.
TipFree to attend. Food stalls run all weekend; arrive before midday on either day.
Oak Cliff's largest annual street festival, filling the Bishop Arts District with authentic Mexican food vendors, margarita competitions, live mariachi.
TipThe street closes to traffic from N Bishop Ave to W Davis St. Arrive at 11am for the best vendor selection before crowds peak at 2pm.
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Taste of Split turned Prokurative square into an open-air stage for Split and Dalmatian flavours from 2 to 6 May 2026, with a cake contest, a chef show, a wine masterclass and a soparnik workshop.
TipOn the opening Saturday, 11:00 to 13:00, Split restaurateurs and hoteliers serve traditional dishes at the Splitska trpeza for voluntary donations.
Detroit Cinco de Mayo Parade and Fiesta runs Mexicantown's biggest food day. The 2.4-mile parade from Patton Park to Clark Park, then block party along West.
TipParade kicks off noon Sunday from Patton Park along Vernor Hwy to Clark Park. Mexicantown food stalls follow on West Vernor.
Hiroshima's biggest festival takes over Peace Boulevard for three Golden Week days with parades, stages and about 130 food and drink booths from Hiroshima and overseas lining the side lanes.
TipThe booths run roughly 11:00 to 18:30 each day, and Peace Memorial Park adds candle illuminations on the evenings of 3 and 4 May.
Films With A View is Pllek's open-air cinema on its city beach in Amsterdam: a film every Tuesday evening from May to the end of September, with the restaurant and terrace bar alongside.
Gent Smaakt is a five-day culinary festival in the centre of Ghent over the Ascension weekend: chefs cook under the Stadshal, the Korenmarkt turns into a street food festival, and Klein Turkije, Goudenleeuwplein and Poeljemarkt carry local producers and young chefs.
EatThe chefs' stands under the Stadshal, then street food on the Korenmarkt.
TipThe festival spreads over several squares a few minutes apart; start under the Stadshal and walk on to the Korenmarkt and Klein Turkije.
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Festival TREK opens its touring season in Rotterdam's Vroesenpark in May: four free days of food trucks and mobile kitchens serving crepes, poffertjes, dim sum, burgers and vegan dishes.
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Taste of Roma is a chef tasting festival; its tenth edition ran 6 to 10 May 2026 at the Gazometro in Ostiense with more than 20 Rome restaurants.
TipIn 2026 doors opened 18:00 to midnight Wednesday to Friday, plus 12:00 to 16:00 on Saturday and Sunday; tickets are sold at ticket.tasteofroma.it.
Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen is Mikkeller's annual beer festival at Øksnehallen, with 100-plus breweries across four sessions and up to 800 beers.
Fonteyn Wijnfestival fills Janskerkhof in Utrecht with an outdoor wine festival across three days each May: Utrecht wine shops and Dutch winemakers pour wines from around the world, with live music and snack stalls.
TipWine is poured in a festival glass with a deposit paid at your first bar order and refunded when you return it; tasting sessions are booked with your entry ticket, and Friday opens at 16:00.
The Genuss-Festival brings over 100 Austrian food producers to the Stadtpark for tastings and warm dishes on 7 to 9 May 2027, Mother's Day weekend.
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Friday Nights at OMCA runs Off the Grid food trucks every Friday evening at the Oakland Museum of California. DJs, lawn games, and rotating Bay Area trucks.
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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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Senhor de Matosinhos romaria lasts three weeks, with a procession from the Bom Jesus church, a pottery fair and stalls of sardines, caldo verde, farturas.
TipBetween the fire of puppets on the Tuesday afternoon and the fireworks on the Saturday night come the fairground, farturas, grilled sardines and caldo verde.
On the Friday of the Ascension weekend Vaucluse growers set up a wine village on Place du Palais in Avignon, pouring from 16:00 to 01:00 with music.
TipThe next day the same growers open their own cellars across the Vaucluse for tastings; the organiser's site lists the cellars taking part.
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San Antonio Flavor, the Current's tasting event, gathers thirty of the city's favourite restaurants for one evening of bites and Texas drink pairings.
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The Kimisis Theotokou Greek Festival turns the Greek Orthodox church on 18th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn, into a weekend of Greek food, pastries, live music, raffles and games.
TipLive Greek music plays on Friday and Saturday; in 2026 a soft opening ran on Thursday 30 April, the day before the festival proper.
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Athens Street Food Festival marked its tenth year at the old OSY depot in Gazi over three May weekends in 2026, with food stands and pop-up dishes.
TipPresale tickets were sold ahead of the 2026 edition; the organiser had not announced a next edition when checked.
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Fête du Pain is the bakers' festival around Saint Honoré on 16 May. In Paris a pop-up bakery stands on the Notre-Dame forecourt for ten days; entry is free.
TipEntry is free, but the breads, turnovers and sweets baked on site are sold; the national best traditional baguette contest is held on the parvis each year.
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The strawberry sagra at Sa Segada in the Alghero countryside runs one weekend in May, with food stands, a charity strawberry cake, music and children's races.
The Burren Slow Food Festival in Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare, is a free one-day artisan food fair with producers and chef demonstrations, held on a Sunday in May near Galway.
Second Sunday on King closes King Street between Queen and Calhoun to traffic from noon to 5 PM on the second Sunday of every month, with shops, makers, music and food vendors.
TipFree to attend. Parking guidance is on the organiser's site (2nd Sunday on King Street).
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Heir to the old Festa del Grillo, this Ascension Sunday fair lines viale Lincoln and piazzale Kennedy in the Cascine with over 200 stalls, incl. brigidini.
TipThe stalls run for almost 1.5 km along viale Lincoln and piazzale Kennedy.
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Tel Aviv EAT turns Charles Clore Park into a four day beachfront food festival each May, with dozens of restaurants, food trucks and chef collaborations by the Mediterranean.
TipThe festival runs 18:00 to 23:00 only, so plan an evening visit rather than an afternoon one.
A medicinal herb fair held every 11 May on Carrer de l'Hospital in the Raval, where it has stood since 1817. About fifty stalls sell honey and its derivatives, jams, candied fruit, herbs and flowers.
TipOne day only, 9am to 9pm. Smaller Sant Ponc fairs run the same day at Placa de Sarria and two days earlier in el Farro.
Chattanooga Pizza Week sets a flat price for featured pies across more than a dozen pizzerias, from Community Pie to Fiamma, with an app-based vote crowning the city's favourite.
TipThe 2026 edition ran 11 to 17 May with $14 featured pizzas and $7 lunch slices; download the organiser's app to log check-ins and vote.
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The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis runs each May at Liberty Park, the centrepiece of Memphis in May with global BBQ teams.
TipFriday is the easier day to walk through the team tents. Saturday is the finals and most crowded.
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Rollende Keukens turns Amsterdam's Westerpark into a food-truck park each May, 110-plus mobile kitchens, Ascension-week opening, free entry.
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Antwerpen Proeft in Antwerp is Belgium's largest culinary festival each May at Waagnatie on Rijnkaai. Star chefs, top kitchens and street-food stalls share.
TipTickets sell out for the weekend. Friday evening is the quieter sitting.
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The night market takes over the old platforms of Warszawa Glowna station from May to September, split into zones for Asian food, Italian sandwiches, comfort food and sweets around a central bar.
TipFriday and Saturday run to 01:00, Sunday closes at 23:00. Arrive before 19:00 if you want a table on the platform.
Ireland's most celebrated boutique food festival, held annually in May on the Ballymaloe House grounds in East Cork.
Sanja Matsuri is Asakusa Shrine's grand festival, held 14 to 16 May 2027 with a procession, the binzasara dance and portable mikoshi shrines carried through Asakusa's streets.
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The 6th Belgrade Burger Festival runs 14-24 May 2026 at Kalemegdan. International guests Holy Burger (Brazil) and Maijard (Amsterdam) join Belgrade.
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The Memphis Greek Festival at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church on North Highland in Memphis runs a Friday and Saturday in early May with souvlaki.
TipAdults $5; ages 5 and under free. Lines run shortest right at the 11:00 open.
FoodieLand, the night market built on independent food and merchandise vendors that began in Berkeley in 2019, returns to Cal Expo in Sacramento on 14 to 16 May 2027.
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TAPT in Amsterdam's Flevopark is the Amsterdam Oost stop on the annual TAPT craft-beer tour, 60-plus brewers across two days, food trucks alongside.
Great American Foodie Fest in Las Vegas is the three-day West Coast food carnival at Desert Breeze Events Center, 100-plus vendors from birria tacos.
TipGeneral admission is $10 with unlimited 3-day reentry; the VIP tasting tickets ($45 to $85) cover the tasting samples, the rides ticket separately.
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The Festival Internacional Gastronómico turns Málaga into a food capital each May, gathering flavours from more than fifteen countries at the Málaga Forum.
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AVL Beer Week, organised with the Asheville Brewers Alliance by volunteers from the local beer industry, offers tastings, festivals, dinners, talks and tours across Asheville.
TipEvents are listed on the AVL Beer Week calendar and ticketed or free event by event. The 2026 edition ran 15 to 29 May.
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Cleveland Asian Festival in AsiaTown each May, the free pan-Asian community festival with food vendors, dance and culture, anchors the Asian food calendar.
Italian Market Festival in Philadelphia is the May weekend South 9th Street block party with 100-plus vendors, live Italian music and the 30-foot greased.
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South Manchester's biggest food festival, held at Wythenshawe Park each May. International cuisines, chef demos, live entertainment over a long weekend.
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Vinhos a Descobrir Lisbon Edition at the Olissippo Oriente hotel: a May weekend tasting more than 300 Portuguese wines poured by their producers.
TipA ticket covers one day, the tastings and an official glass that is handed back at the exit; in 2026 doors opened at 14:30.
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Taste of Tribeca, founded in 1994, brings chefs from more than 50 Tribeca restaurants to Duane and Greenwich Streets for one Saturday each May, produced entirely by parent volunteers from PS 150 and PS 234.
TipOne ticket buys six tastings: $65 early bird online or $75 on the day in 2026. All proceeds fund arts and enrichment programs at the two schools.
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Cuba Nostalgia is the annual Cuban heritage festival at the Miami-Dade Fairgrounds, with walk-through recreations of El Floridita, La Bodeguita del Medio and Tropicana plus exhibits and Cuban food vendors.
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EEEEEATSCON, The Infatuation's food festival built like a music festival with restaurants as headliners, fills Barker Hangar in Santa Monica for a May weekend with about 25 kitchens from LA, New York and New Orleans.
TipGeneral admission starts at $25 with food bought per dish; Chase cardholders get in at 11:00, an hour before the noon opening, when lines are shortest.
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The Feria del Mole at La Parrilla on Avenida Yaxchilán in Cancún reached its 31st edition in 2026: a buffet of 16 moles from around Mexico, poblano to tamarind, at 435 pesos.
TipIn 2026 Quintana Roo residents got two buffets for one with an INE card; drinks are extra, and the buffet stops at 18:00.
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Kilkenny Beer Festival at Sullivan's Taproom on John Street pours 10 Irish craft brewers across a May weekend with live DJs, pub food and reusable cups.
TipThe €5 cup deposit is refundable on Sunday close. Saturday 13:00-16:00 is the smoothest window for tasting flights before the evening crowd.
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The Ninth Avenue International Food Festival fills Ninth Avenue from 42nd to 57th Streets in Hell's Kitchen for a spring weekend; the organisers call it New York's oldest continuing food festival.
TipBoth days run 10am to 6pm along 9th Avenue between 42nd and 57th Streets; the festival is produced by the Ninth Avenue Association.
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A weekend of plant based cooking in the Jardim do Torel, 16 and 17 May 2026: 24 chefs, Michelin stars among them, and food trucks serving seitan burgers.
TipIn 2026 each lunch or dinner session cost 25 euros with 20 of it spendable on food and drink; children up to 12 paid no entry, only what they ate.
Arizona Restaurant Week runs spring and fall editions when 270-plus Valley and statewide restaurants serve multi-course prix-fixe menus at fixed price tiers.
TipSpring runs in May and fall in September; book the higher-tier menus at top rooms before they fill.
Running since 1979, Artsplosure is Raleigh's premier outdoor arts festival, held on Fayetteville Street each May. While primarily an arts event, the food truck component attracts dozens of vendors and the festival's scale (40,000-plus visitors over two days) makes it one of the city's most significant food gatherings of the spring season. Free admission.
Eastern Market Flower Day in May has been Detroit's unofficial start of summer since 1967. 150+ flower vendors, live music, food and the largest single.
TipFree, runs 7am to 5pm; busiest in the morning. Arrive early, parking is tight.
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International Biscuit Festival on Market Square, the spring downtown Knoxville festival celebrating the Appalachian biscuit, anchors May's food calendar.
TipThe free street-fair Saturday format runs across Market Square in mid-May; biscuit-eating contests draw the biggest crowds.
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Fort Worth Margarita Festival at Cullen Yards each May features 10 margarita samples, live music, taco vendors, and a six-hour ticketed session.
TipGeneral admission from around $37 includes the sampling package; VIP entry at around $47 includes early access from 11:00.
Budapest Beer Week is a craft beer festival from 17 to 23 May 2027, with all-you-can-taste sessions on 21 and 22 May at Dürer Kert and a free Sunday Encore Day.
TipThe tasting sessions come with an official branded tasting glass, and partner venues give 10% off draft beers all week during official events.
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Mikkeller Beer Week fills Copenhagen's bars with tap takeovers, bottle releases, pairings and tastings around the Mikkeller Beer Celebration in May.
The FoCo Food Truck Rally parks a rotating cast of local trucks and free live music at City Park in Fort Collins every summer Tuesday evening.
TipThe 2026 season is 19 Tuesdays, 12 May to 15 September, from 17:30 until dusk; leashed dogs are welcome and the truck list posts weekly.
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A late-spring ramen showcase at Odori Park, with Hokkaido and national ramen masters pouring miso, shoyu and shio bowls across two weeks in May.
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Twenty-one Braga restaurants create Roman-inspired menus for five days each May during the Braga Romana festival, drawing food tourism across the Minho.
TipBook restaurant tables a week ahead: participation is limited and the Roman menus sell out quickly during the festival week.
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The Thessaloniki Street Food Festival turns the TIF-Helexpo forecourt into a food park for five evenings each May, with street food stands and live music; the 9th edition ran 20 to 24 May 2026.
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Taste of Paris is a four-day food festival under the Grand Palais glass roof, where chefs serve signature dishes in tasting portions at two daily sessions.
TipTickets are dated to one lunch or evening session; for 2026 dated tickets started at €25 and VIP tickets at €65. The 2027 edition is not announced.
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A self-guided Braga craft beer snack tour each May: participating venues offer a €5 beer-and-snack pairing from a stamp card collected at Letraria.
TipPick up the stamp card at Letraria on Rua Dom Gonçalo Pereira before 20:00. Most participating venues are within a 15-minute walk of each other.
One of North America's largest fan conventions fills the Orange County Convention Center for four days, and badge holders get discounts at restaurants along International Drive.
TipFlash a badge or wristband at partner restaurants such as Kavas Tacos + Tequila on International Drive, which takes 10% off food for the weekend.
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Living Traditions Festival at the Civic Center is the Salt Lake Arts Council's free multicultural festival, with over 20 cultural food vendors each May.
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Utrecht's largest street food festival in Griftpark, with eighty-plus food trucks of international street food and Dutch food producers. Five days of live music, craft beer bars and a Saturday farmers section.
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The Festa Medievale e del Vino Soave, run by the Pro Loco, fills the old town on the third weekend of May with a parade, a medieval banquet and wine and food stands.
TipIn 2026 the Pro Loco food stands opened at 19:00: the Isola del Gusto in Piazza Foro Boario served meat dishes and risottos, the Piazzetta del Soave in Piazza Mercato dei Grani fish.
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Spoleto Festival USA runs 17 days of opera, theatre and music across Charleston's historic venues from late May into early June; 2026 is the 50th season.
TipThe 2026 season ran 22 May to 7 June; the organiser says updates for 2027 will follow on its site.
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Sydney's annual food and light festival. Vivid Fire Kitchen relocates to Barangaroo Reserve in 2026 with 60+ chefs cooking over open flame across 23 nights.
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Hot Luck Festival in Austin is Aaron Franklin, James Moody and Mike Thelin's Memorial Day weekend live-fire food and music festival, with chef collaborations.
TipThe Al Fuego pit night at the Hi Sign distillery is the festival's loudest live-fire showcase; book ahead.
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Vivid Sydney's open-fire dining program on Stargazer Lawn, Barangaroo Reserve, in 2026. Free entry, Australian chefs cooking over open flame across 23 nights.
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The Asian Festival at Franklin Park on East Broad Street draws over 100,000 Memorial Day weekend for food vendors, dragon-boat events and a marketplace.
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.
Tremont Greek Festival at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church on West 14th in Tremont, the four-day Memorial Day weekend festival since 1973, runs gyros.
Rio Wine and Food Festival spreads ten days of tastings, masterclasses, a sommelier contest and a wine fair across Rio de Janeiro, closing with a weekend of producers' stands at VillageMall in Barra.
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Foire Internationale de Bordeaux at the Parc des Expositions is the 10-day spring fair with 800 exhibitors and a major Gastronomie section, the Salon de.
TipTickets around €8 online; the gastronomie pavilion is the strongest, with Aquitaine producers and tastings.
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St. Louis County Greek Festival at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church runs Memorial Day weekend, 22 to 25 May in 2026, with authentic Greek food, live music, folk dancing, church tours and a vendor market.
TipAdmission and shuttles are free; the festival is cashless, held rain or shine, and open 11 am to 8 pm Friday to Sunday and 11 am to 3 pm on Monday.
Córdoba's feria fills thirty hectares of El Arenal beside the Guadalquivir with casetas, and unlike Seville almost every one of them admits the public freely.
TipThe lighting ceremony opens the ground on the Friday night before the first full day of the feria.
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Vogalonga, first rowed in 1975 against powerboat wakes, is a non-competitive regatta of about 30 km on the lagoon; its 50th edition set off on 24 May 2026.
TipBoats gather in the Giudecca Canal from 8:30 and the 9:00 start is marked by the traditional cannon shot.
Girotonno turns the Genoese-founded island town of Carloforte into a tuna festival for eleven days from late May, with an international chefs' competition, live cooking and a Tuna Village on the quay.
TipThe Tuna Village on Banchina Mamma Mahon serves 12:00 to 15:00 and 19:00 to 22:00; Carloforte is reached by ferry from Portovesme or Calasetta.
La Fête du Vin Bio takes over Montpellier bars, wine shops and restaurants for a fortnight from late May, with grower tastings and pairing evenings.
TipRun by Sudvinbio alongside Toulouse; the programme lists which venues pour on which night.
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Tivoli Food Festival is Tivoli Gardens' annual culinary celebration, with Danish chefs, workshops, live cooking demos, tastings and communal dinners.
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Running since 1968, Bimbe is one of Durham's oldest annual festivals and celebrates African American culture with Southern and Caribbean food vendors, live music, arts and crafts, and activities for families. Free and open to the public; draws between 5,000 and 10,000 attendees.
Chattanooga Beer Fest pours unlimited samples from about 31 breweries at the First Horizon Pavilion each May, a capped 1,300-ticket session with food trucks and live music alongside.
TipThe 2026 edition ran Saturday 23 May and every year since 2021 has sold out; buy the $48 advance ticket rather than gambling on the door.
Recco, 25 minutes by train from Genoa, has celebrated its cheese focaccia since 1955: the consortium's bakers hand out thousands of hot slices in the town centre all day, with a one-kilo eating challenge.
TipFree; trains from Genova Brignole are packed after 11am, so go early. The 2027 edition is Sunday 23 May.
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Paris Beer Festival is a week of craft beer; its 13th edition ran 25 to 31 May 2026 and closed with a Grand Final of over 60 breweries at Ground Control.
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The Richmond Greek Festival runs four days at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral each May. Free admission, authentic Greek food.
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Ubud Food Festival fills Taman Kuliner in Ubud, Bali, each late May or early June, with a free food market, cooking demos, talks and ticketed chef events.
TipThe food market is free to enter; Special Events, Chef's Table sessions, masterclasses and food tours need an extra ticket, so book those ahead.
The Memphis Italian Festival runs three days at Marquette Park in East Memphis at the corner of Park and Mendenhall, with the grape stomp, gravy contest.
TipKids 10 and under and active military free. Thursday night is the cheapest entry and least packed.
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Five weeks of international street food on the Hardturmbrache in Zurich-West, May 27 to June 28, 2026. Around 50 food stands, free entry, paid workshops.
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Tast a la Rambla on Plaça de Catalunya runs over four late-May days: 36 Barcelona restaurants and pastry shops serve six-euro tasting plates with a token system.
TipBuy tokens at the entry booth (one euro per token); show-cookings and chef workshops run alongside the tasting stalls.
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The Busan International Food Expo fills BEXCO with regional producers, tastings and food-tech, the trade fair where the city's pantry shows up.
TipThe 2026 edition ran 27 to 30 May; the organiser offers online visitor pre-registration on its site.
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Howth Maritime and Seafood Festival at Howth Harbour in Co Dublin, an annual free entry seafood festival with chef demos, oyster bar and boat tours.
TipFree entry; chef demos run on the West Pier stage. DART from Connolly Station; arrive 11:00 to beat the lunch queue.
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The Bizkaiko Pintxo Txapelketa runs late May to mid-June across Bizkaia bars in Bilbao, with the winner representing the province at Madrid Fusion.
Three-day Greek food and culture festival at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church since 1969, held the last weekend of May. Authentic homemade food from family recipes, imported Greek wine, live music, and folk dancing. $5 admission.
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Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend, organised by Põhjala Brewery at Kultuurikatel since 2015, runs a buffet-style tasting of 370 beers from international breweries.
Sabor Salou turns Passeig Jaume I into a three-day street food market each May, with 56 stands in 2026 serving tapas, rice dishes, seafood, burgers, sweets, wines and local beers.
TipThe 2026 edition opened with a 20-metre hazelnut and ratafia tiramisu sold at €1 a portion, with the takings going to local charities.
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Memorial Day weekend at Pike Place Market, 22 to 24 May 2026, closes Pike Place to traffic for shopping and seasonal outdoor dining, with Can Can Culinary Cabaret dinner shows.
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Miller Lite Carb Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the Friday before the Indianapolis 500. A reliable Indianapolis pick.
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The Greater Pittsburgh Food Truck Festival runs each May in Pittsburgh. Dozens of food trucks, live music and drinks across a multi-day open-air gathering.
TipTicketed and busy; go at off-peak hours to skip the longest truck lines.
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TLV Cocktail Festival is The Alchemist's yearly cocktail fair in Tel Aviv, two evenings with more than 22 cocktails poured from 20 bars, mixology workshops and a closing party.
TipThe date and hall move each year: August 2024 at the port, July 2025 at Expo Tel Aviv, May 2026 at L1, so check the organiser's page first.
The Paseo Arts Festival is a free Memorial Day weekend event in Oklahoma City's Paseo Arts District with 20 food vendors and three beverage tent locations.
TipFree parking is available throughout the Paseo neighborhood; arrive before noon Saturday to avoid the main afternoon crowd.
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Salon Sauvignon Ljubljana 2026 was held on Friday 29 May at Križanke, with 58 entries from four countries; the organiser has announced no 2027 date.
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Cantine Aperte is the Movimento Turismo del Vino weekend when member wineries open their cellars; the 2026 edition was Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May.
Oslo Vegetarfestival in Kubaparken next to Vulkan and Grunerlokka is a two-day late-May festival of plant-based food courts, classes and chef talks.
San Jose Made's largest annual outdoor market with 250-plus local makers, artists, chefs, and bakers. Food trucks and artisan food stalls complement live entertainment including K-pop performances.
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The Parma Street Food Festival fills Parco Ducale with more than thirty food trucks each spring; the 2026 edition ran 29 May to 2 June, entry free.
TipEvenings add live music and DJ sets to the food-truck rows; entry is free and the park itself stays the point.
The city's medieval weekend, successor to the Fêtes Johanniques: a historic market with taverns and food stalls around the cathedral, Place Royale and Place du Forum, plus a costumed parade.
TipEverything is free; the interactive map on the city site locates the stalls and taverns, and the 2027 dates appear on the same page.
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The K-Food Festival on the Jamsu Bridge over the Han River is a one-day picnic-format event with food trucks, kimchi-making and traditional craft and performance stages.
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Wine Affair Lisboa is an evening tasting of about 150 Portuguese wines on the Hyatt Regency Lisboa patio; the 2026 edition ran 30 May, 17:00 to 22:00.
TipIn 2026 tickets were €15 until 29 May and €25 on the day, each with the official glass; snacks and cocktails cost extra.
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Tastes of Bed-Stuy is a charity food and drink crawl in Brooklyn: a ticket buys a menu and map of participating Bed-Stuy restaurants and bars, starting from Peaches on Lewis Avenue.
TipPick up tickets at the will-call table and farm market outside Peaches on Lewis Avenue from 13:00; tickets were also sold on the day in 2026.
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Philly Beer Week in Philadelphia is the 10-day citywide craft beer celebration in late May and early June, with 2,000-plus events across taprooms.
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Santos Populares fill Lisbon in June: arraiais in Alfama, Graca, Mouraria and Bairro Alto with grilled sardines and caldo verde, plus the 12 June Marchas.
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Festas de Lisboa fill all of June with arraiais, concerts and film screenings, and the Marchas Populares parade down Avenida da Liberdade on 12 June.
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Las Vegas Restaurant Week, run by Three Square Food Bank, brings 12 days of $20 to $120 prix-fixe menus at about 300 restaurants each June, with a fixed share of every meal going to the food bank.
TipMenus drop on the website two weeks before; book the Strip-resort lunches first, the casual rooms hold day-of reservations on Resy and OpenTable.
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The New Orleans Oyster Festival, launched in 2010, has been held over two days in early June at Woldenberg Riverfront Park, with the P&J Oyster Shucking Competition and an oyster eating championship.
TipPast editions were free and open to the public, with paid VIP passes; the festival's own site no longer answers, so confirm a date before planning a trip.
Bite30 Orlando is the Orlando Weekly restaurant week, with multi-course dinners at a fixed $38 per person across 50-plus Orlando-area participating.
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Buenos Aires Celebra Italia is the city's free Italian community fair on Avenida de Mayo, with 50-plus stands of regional dishes, tiramisu, live music and dance, held in June.
Scenic Rim Eat Local Month runs through June an hour from Brisbane, a council-run programme of more than 150 events: long lunches in vineyards and paddocks, farm tours, workshops and the Winter Harvest Festival.
TipEvents are spread across farms and vineyards, so plan on driving; the programme lists more than 60 on-farm experiences alongside the ticketed lunches.
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An annual street food festival at the Tanzbrunnen venue on the east Rhine bank, gathering food trucks and pop-up kitchens from across Germany and Europe.
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WestFest is Glasgow's West End festival each June, a month of events that opens with an Ashton Lane street party of outdoor barbecues, street-food stalls and pop-up bars.
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Midsommarfest, Andersonville's annual celebration of Swedish tradition that began as a parade in the 1960s, closes Clark Street from Foster to Gregory for a June weekend of four stages and local food.
TipAdmission is a $10 suggested donation; in 2026 opening ceremonies were at 11am on Saturday at the Swedish American Museum stage at Foster and Clark.
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Cologne's Wine Week, two weeks of German wine on the Neumarkt in the old town, moved there from the Heumarkt. Growers from the 13 regions pour by the glass.
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Marrakech Comedy Festival (formerly Marrakech du Rire), June 4 to 6, 2026, hosts French, Moroccan and international comedians at Palais des Congres with food.
TipNew format from 2026: hosted by Malik Bentalha, broadcast on Disney+. Tickets via festival site, often sells out two weeks ahead.
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PrideFest Milwaukee at Henry Maier Festival Park in early June is one of America's largest LGBTQ pride festivals with three days of music, food vendors.
Toukasan opens yukata season each June, when the Inari rites at Enryuji Temple spill onto Chuo-dori and hundreds of yatai stalls feed crowds of around 450,000 over three nights.
TipGo after dark on the Friday or Saturday, wear a yukata if you have one, and graze the stalls along Chuo-dori rather than sitting down anywhere.
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Whiskey Live Dublin at the RDS in Ballsbridge, Ireland's premier whiskey festival, two days of distillery stands, masterclasses and rare-bottle pours in June.
TipGeneral admission and masterclass packages available; book masterclasses early as they sell out first.
Carmel-by-the-Sea Culinary Week takes over the village each early June with curated menus and offers at more than 30 restaurants plus ticketed parties.
TipThe sixth edition ran 5 to 13 June 2026 and the seventh is set for 4 to 12 June 2027; each runs nine days from a Friday, with offers at 30-plus restaurants.
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Tallinn Old Town Days, held since 1982, fills the medieval centre each June with about 300 concerts, street theatre, fairs and tours across three days; 2026 ran 5 to 7 June.
Taste of Omaha is the city's largest annual food festival, held at Heartland of America Park every Memorial Day weekend with 60-plus local and national restaurant vendors, a beer garden, and live music across three days.
Premiers Vendredis, or First Fridays, is Canada's largest food-truck gathering, drawing over forty trucks to the Olympic Park esplanade in Montreal.
The Beelitzer Spargelfest fills Beelitz's Stadtpark on the first weekend of June with asparagus dishes, a market, music stages and the Asparagus Queen; entry is free.
A ten day citywide wristband run by DublinTown: about 40 bars and restaurants, Bar 1661 and Fidelity among them, pour signature cocktails at €7 to €10 for wristband holders.
TipWristbands are sold online at about €18 and must be collected in person before your first drink.
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Ribfest Chicago closes Lincoln Avenue between Irving Park Road and Hutchinson in North Center each June, 5 to 7 June in 2026, for 20+ food vendors and live music, its 26th year.
TipEntry is a suggested donation; take the Brown Line to Irving Park, because cars parked in the CVS and Fifth Third Bank lots are towed.
Taste of Charlotte is the three-day uptown Charlotte food festival on Tryon Street, with samples from dozens of restaurants and live music every first.
TipFree admission. Festival coins buy samples from booths and can be purchased on site or via the festival app.
Railbird pairs headline music with the Bourbon Hideout's hand-picked barrels at Red Mile, Lexington's June weekend of Tyler Childers-grade Americana.
TipThe Bourbon Hideout tastings sell separately from admission and cap daily; book both when the lineup drops.
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Festiwal Kulinarny Delicje fills Wrocław's Rynek for three June days with cooking demos, workshops, expert talks and the Delicja of the Year contest.
TipThe Delicja Contest results announce Sunday afternoon; arrive Saturday for the full programme.
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The Summer Belgrade Wine Salon takes over the Royal White Palace in June, Serbian and regional producers pouring for the trade under the Dedinje gardens.
Tampa Bay Margarita Festival celebrates National Margarita Day with 20+ Mexican restaurants competing for the best margarita and best taco titles.
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The Georgia Peach Festival, in its 40th year in 2026, runs 5 to 6 June in Fort Valley and 13 June in Byron, billing itself home of the World's Largest Peach Cobbler.
TipFort Valley is the main site for the first weekend; the organiser also lists a Byron day the following Saturday.
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The Majornas Beer Festival in June is hosted at Majornas Bryggeri on Karl Johansgatan with guest breweries pouring alongside the host, presenting a mix.
Sabor del Barrio in San Diego's Barrio Logan, the Barrio Logan Association's June Chicano-food taste with 35-plus restaurants, lowriders and free trolley.
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Vinhos Verdes Essencia Festival is the dedicated Vinho Verde wine festival each June in the Soares dos Reis museum gardens, with tastings, chef-led show-cookings and banquets.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Open Streets Minneapolis closes a city avenue to cars on summer Sundays since 2011. Each Sunday a different street, with food trucks, bike rides and pop-up.
TipLyndale, Lake Street and Franklin avenue editions are the food-truck-densest. Calendar at the Our Streets Minneapolis website.
Asheville VeganFest, a Vegfest Expos production, brings plant-based vendors to downtown Asheville. The spring edition was listed for Sunday 7 June 2026 and a fall edition is on 25 October 2026.
TipThe fall edition lists a $10 suggested donation, noon to 5pm, rain or shine; check Vegfest Expos for the spring edition's admission.
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An annual free outdoor festival on City Plaza in downtown Raleigh featuring 120-plus food vendors representing 50-plus countries. Now in its second decade, this is the most diverse single-day food event in the city. Free admission; individual vendor pricing per item.
Fishermen's Day, Sjomannadagurinn, fills the Reykjavik Old Harbour each June with grilled langoustine and cod stalls plus a blessing of the fishing fleet.
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Identita Golose is Italy's international chef congress at Allianz MiCo in Milan: the 2026 edition ran 7 to 9 June with more than 155 speakers and 80 masterclasses.
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A June week in Campo San Francesco della Vigna, run by the quarter's traders association, cooking bigoi in salsa, lasagne and fried fish with polenta under nightly live music.
TipDinner is served in the campo every evening; the procession of the saint through Castello falls on 13 June.
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Festas de São João do Porto is the city's June programme, from the Cascata Comunitária at Bolhão to concerts, a rusgas parade and the 23 to 24 June night of sardines and fireworks.
Alguer Wine Week fills Alghero's old town and Fertilia with Sardinian wine tastings, masterclasses, live music and winery bus tours over one week each summer.
The New Orleans Wine and Food Experience, NOWFE, brings hundreds of wineries and restaurants together each year and has raised more than $1.5 million for local non-profits; NOWFE Week 2027 runs 9 to 13 June.
TipTickets are sold per event on the organiser's Events and Tickets page; the 2026 restaurant line-up included Antoine's, Bayona and Restaurant August.
A citywide cocktail festival in June bringing guest bars from around the world into Singapore venues for collaborative one-night stands and residencies. The 2026 edition brought 20 international bars into the city across two weeks of pop-ups, masterclasses and competitive bartending events. One of Asia's most important cocktail industry gatherings.
TipFollow @sgcocktailweek for the full programme announcement, typically in March-April.
Tuen Ng, the Dragon Boat Festival, falls on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month; Stanley holds its international races that day, and Cantonese zongzi hold pork belly and salted egg yolk.
TipThe Shangri-La Stanley International Dragon Boat Championships run on the festival day itself (19 June in 2026); in 2027 Tuen Ng falls on 9 June.
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Taste of Dublin on Merrion Square in Dublin, an annual June multi-cuisine open-air festival with chef demos, twenty Dublin restaurants and producer.
TipStandard entry from €19.50; the Häagen-Dazs VIP Suite at €52.50. Thursday afternoon is the calmest session.
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Brina is a Ljubljana cocktail and mixology festival; the June edition ran from 11 to 14 June at Križanke, with its main tasting event on the 13th.
Holy Rosary Catholic Church's Italian Street Festival in Indianapolis runs the second weekend of June. A reliable Indianapolis pick. An Indianapolis favorite.
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Festival Internacional de Musica y Danza in Granada runs June 11 to July 12, 2026 with more than a hundred shows at the Alhambra and Generalife.
TipPre-concert dinners at Carmen Mirador de Aixa or El Trillo are the standard; the Generalife runs flamenco evenings.
The Columbus Arts Festival fills the downtown riverfront on the second weekend of June with visual arts, music, fashion and food; the 2026 edition ran 12 to 14 June.
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Polish Fest at Henry Maier Festival Park in mid-June is the largest Polish festival in the US, with pierogi, paczki, kielbasa, polka music and Polish.
Bristol Craft Beer Festival takes over the Harbourside on 11 and 12 June 2027 with craft breweries pouring across the two days; pre-sale tickets open on 1 October.
TipSessions sell out ahead; the We Are Beer team has already opened a 2027 mailing list, so book the June weekend early.
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The Eobang Festival restages Suyeong's old fishing cooperative on Gwangalli Beach in Busan, net hauls, folk games and seafood rows on the sand.
TipDates shift with the season and ran 12 to 14 June in 2026; check the city calendar before travelling.
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Fairchild Mango Festival in Miami runs each June at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, with chef brunches, mango tastings and rare-variety.
São João da Feira de São Cristóvão turns the Centro Luiz Gonzaga in Rio de Janeiro into a June arraial of forró, Northeastern trios, quadrilha dancers and typical festa junina food every weekend.
Marquette Waterfront Festival at Yahara Place Park, the east-side Marquette neighborhood June festival, runs live music, craft beer and Wisconsin food.
Taste of Little Italy closes College Street between Bathurst and Shaw for an Italian-Canadian food and music festival, the BIA's three-day celebration each June.
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Festiwal Pasibrzucha is Wrocław's largest free food and culture festival, set at the Partynice Horse Racing Track. Over 60 food trucks serving cuisines.
TipFree shuttle bus from central Wrocław Sat-Sun; the racetrack is a 15-minute tram otherwise.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Nine days in the park behind the Sant'Antonio church on Pellestrina, where the gastronomic stand serves the island's own fish dishes, with takeaway, alongside live music and a lottery.
TipThe stand opens at 19.30 and only on five of the nine nights, so check the programme before crossing the lagoon.
Norway's first gin festival, held in Oslo since 2016, gathers producers, importers and bartenders at Samfunnssalen by Youngstorget on 12 and 13 June 2026 to taste London dry, sloe, Navy Strength and Old Tom gins.
TipEach ticket includes ten tasting tokens priced off Vinmonopolet list prices, more sold on site; age limit 20, last pours 15 minutes before a session ends.
The Allentown Art Festival on Allen Street is Buffalo's largest summer street festival, with food kiosks throughout the Allentown neighborhood every June.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sausage & Cider Fest tours the UK pairing bangers with cider and live music, and its calendar currently lists Bristol for a 2027 edition of the party.
TipThe organiser's site lists Bristol 2027; wait for dates rather than trusting resold tickets.
Huîtres et Vins at the JOST hotel rooftop in Montpellier: six oysters and a glass of white wine for €14 from 18:00 to 23:00, walk-in, on summer Mondays and some autumn evenings.
TipNo reservation is needed; check the hotel's agenda page for the current day, as an autumn date falls on a Tuesday.
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Port Chef turns Tel Aviv Port into an open air food fair each June, with restaurants pairing with visiting chefs on one time dishes served from street food stalls by the sea.
TipDishes run ₪25 to ₪45 each, so it works well as a graze rather than a single sit down meal.
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Bloomsday Festival on 16 June in Dublin, the annual James Joyce Ulysses literary festival, with Edwardian breakfasts and the Gorgonzola sandwich at Davy.
TipDavy Byrnes serves the canonical Gorgonzola sandwich and Burgundy at lunch. James Joyce Centre runs the breakfast; book a week ahead.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Holy Cross Greek Festival runs each June in the South Hills of Pittsburgh. Homemade Greek food, pastries and dancing at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox.
TipGo for the spanakopita, gyros and loukoumades made by the parish. Free admission.
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Dia Mundial de la Tapa en Lavapies is a croqueta route: its sixth edition, 16 to 21 June 2026, had over twenty bars each serve their own croqueta at €1.50.
TipEach bar served its own croqueta at €1.50, including seven vegetarian and vegan options in 2026. EnLavapies organises it; 2027 dates are not yet announced.
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Porto Beer Fest pours about 600 beers from more than 50 brewers across five June days in the Jardins do Palacio de Cristal, with street food kitchens and free entry to the gardens.
TipEntry is free but you drink only from the official cup, about 5 euros. Tasting pours are 2 euros, so a cup pays for itself quickly.
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Taste of London has run five days of tasting plates from the city's best restaurants in Regent's Park each June since 2004, alongside 150 artisan producers.
TipWeekend tickets sell out a fortnight ahead; weekday lunch slots are easier. The chef demonstration arena is the marquee programming.
The Emmett Cherry Festival celebrates the Gem County cherry harvest each June in Emmett City Park, northwest of Boise, with food vendors, a pie eating contest, a bake off, a parade and free entry.
The Rochester International Jazz Festival runs 9 days each June in downtown Rochester, drawing 200,000 attendees and 1,700 performers to 350 concerts near the Eastman School of Music.
TipA $35-$55 Club Pass covers all indoor club venues for one night. Purchase online; top venues such as Harro East and Montage Music Hall sell out in advance.
Benidorm's tapas and pinchos contest, the seed of its food-week calendar, had 19 bars selling competition tapas at €3.50 in 2026, judged by a jury and a public vote.
TipIn 2026 La Fava won the jury prize and Taberna Andaluza the public vote; keep receipts, because votes are registered against a purchase ticket.
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Bite of Amsterdam at Amstelpark each June brings the city's leading kitchens to one ticketed festival, signature plates as samplers plus masterclasses.
Bierpassie Weekend turns Antwerp's restored Handelsbeurs off the Meir into a beer hall for three days each June, with brewers pouring more than 200 Belgian specialty beers. Entry and the beer talks are free.
TipOrder the starter pack (tasting glass, two tokens, catalogue) online before the end of May for the early-bird price; every beer costs one token.
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Wianki nad Wisla (Wreaths on the Vistula) is Warsaw's solstice festival, drawing tens of thousands to the Vistula boulevards for a folklore picnic.
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Tollwood Summer Festival turns Munich's Olympiapark into a 30-day multicultural festival of international cuisine, music and craft markets; 90+ percent.
Summer SOULstice closes Santa Monica's Main Street each June for a free festival of local food, beer gardens and two live-music stages by the beach.
TipThe 2026 edition ran June 20 with Santa Monica Brew Works pouring; arrive before noon to park anywhere useful.
Dozens of gelato makers, soft serve stands, sorbet and vegan ice cream producers set up at Výstaviště Holešovice for a weekend of tasting, competitions and family activities, with coffee and street food alongside.
TipPresale tickets are cheaper than on the gate; stalls open at 10:00 and the shortest queues are in the first hour, before the afternoon heat.
The Stone Arch Bridge Festival fills the Minneapolis riverfront on West River Parkway with 200 artists, two music stages and a Culinary Arts Market of Twin Cities food and drink makers.
TipThe Culinary Arts Market sits under the Hennepin Avenue Bridge, so eat there and walk the river to the artists. Hours are 10am to 7pm Saturday and 10am to 5pm Sunday.
Jurade de Saint-Emilion Printemps in Saint-Emilion is the medieval wine guild's spring procession, with robed Jurats parading through the streets.
TipTickets to the banquet sell out months ahead; the parade itself is free and best watched from Place du Clocher.
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The Ljubljana Wine Route summer edition, on Saturday 20 June 2026 from 14:00 to 20:00, offered white and rosé wines and fresh cuisine under the park's canopy.
The Museum at Eldridge Street's free street festival, its 25th in 2026, takes over Eldridge Street between Canal and Division on a June Sunday with Chinese, Jewish and Puerto Rican food, crafts and performers.
TipFree, noon to 4pm on Eldridge Street between Canal and Division; the 2027 edition is already set for Sunday 20 June.
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A dedicated celebration of African cuisines from jollof rice to injera, held each June in Afrikaanderpark. Local chefs and diaspora caterers demonstrate.
Fort Collins Beer Week runs one week and about 20 breweries each late June, the Fort Collins Brewers Association's citywide run of collabs and tastings.
TipThe 2026 edition ran 22-28 June with a ticketed Beerfest at The Drake Centre; individual taproom events are mostly free.
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Midsummer Joninės on the eve of June 24 is the Lithuanian summer solstice festival, with bonfires, mead, smoked-fish and traditional dancing at Vingio Park.
TipThe Vingio Park bonfire kicks off after sunset around 22:30. Bring a cup for the mead servers.
Midsummer eve on 23 June. The Canigo Flame reaches Placa de Sant Jaume in the afternoon and is carried out to light bonfires in every barri, where the revetlles run on coca and cava till dawn.
TipBuy the coca de Sant Joan during the day. It comes with candied fruit, marzipan, cream or pork crackling, and is drunk with sweet wine or cava.
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Afurada's fishing quarter keeps its own saint's festival for two weeks from 23 June, with a procession, fireworks over the Douro and street stalls of grilled sardines, fogacas and broa de Avintes.
TipIn 2026 the fireworks were at midnight on 4 July and the procession on 5 July at 16:00, with the blessing of the boats as it passes the Douro.
Food Taipei Mega Shows is a trade exhibition run by TAITRA at the Nangang Exhibition Center, joining five shows, among them Food Taipei and Taiwan HORECA.
TipThe organiser lists visitor pre-registration for 2027 as coming soon. In 2025 children under 13 were not admitted during the show.
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Fine-dining-for-all festival in Park Lepelenburg. Utrecht chefs serve signature tasting plates at accessible prices for four days each late June.
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Finland's largest international beer festival takes over Rautatientori square for three late-June days, with a deep brewery line-up, side programme and food.
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Birralguer takes over the Alghero port for four nights in late June, with Sardinian craft breweries, guided tastings, street food, concerts and DJ sets on Banchina Millelire.
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Five days in Campo San Pietro in Castello, 25 to 29 June in 2026, with a gastronomic stand of Venetian dishes, a solidarity market, concerts and a lottery.
TipThe stand and the solidarity market run for all five days, organised by a volunteer association founded 40 years ago, and the lottery is drawn on the last day.
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Nation's largest outdoor food festival inspired by Asian night markets, with 250-plus vendors, carnival games, and live music across two stages at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. $12 admission.
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Three days of Asian street food in Het Park beside the Euromast, with ramen, Korean barbecue, sushi and bubble tea stands, live performances, karaoke and a silent disco. Entry is free.
TipFriday opens at 17:00 and is the quietest session; Saturday and Sunday run from 13:00 until late.
Concerts in the Plaza takes over Mission Plaza on summer Fridays from June, pairing free bands with food vendors and local beer in San Luis Obispo.
TipWoodstock's Pizza and Quesadilla Gorilla feed the 2026 series; the bar pours Firestone Walker and SLO Cider.
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Gastro Miasto Kraków turns the Bulwar Czerwieński under Wawel into an open-air food village of restaurant concepts, over four free summer weekends from May to August.
TipEntry is free. In 2026 hours were Friday 16:00 to 01:00, Saturday 12:00 to 01:00 and Sunday 12:00 to 22:00. The silent disco with a view of Wawel starts after sunset.
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The Giant BBQ Battle fills Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 3rd and 7th Streets in Washington DC for two June days, with pitmasters competing for $50,000 and 100-plus free food samples.
TipTickets unlock the Giant Sampling Pavilion with 100-plus entree, side and dessert samples; kids under 12 are free, and live music runs across six stages.
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Bricktown Blues & BBQ Festival brings blues bands and barbecue to Oklahoma City's Bricktown district each June; the 2026 edition ran 26 to 27 June.
TipFree entry; Bricktown is easily walkable from downtown hotels. Check bricktownokc.com for the exact June dates each year.
Nine days of crafts and cooking at FIL, 26 June to 4 July 2027: the gastronomy area serves regional Portuguese flavours beside dishes from other countries.
TipThe gastronomy area opens at 12h30 and entry is free until 14h30; the craft fair itself opens at 15h00.
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The Aarhus Jazz Festival in late June and early July brings an open-air food programme to city centre venues, with local restaurant pop-ups.
Pier 360 fills the Santa Monica Pier each June with beach-sports finals, a beer garden and food vendors from Hot Dog on a Stick to local stands.
TipAdmission is free; the Saturday session runs to 19:00 and the beer garden needs ID even for the queue.
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Dia Nacional del Ceviche on 28 June is Peru's national ceviche day, set by ministerial resolution in 2008 to encourage fish eating, a day before Fishermen's Day.
Fourteen summer Sundays when the Eiffel-era Halles become a 400-seat brunch room: a different Dijon chef cooks each week, with producers, live music and a 29 euro menu from 10:30am to 2:30pm.
TipBook online through the tourist office; seats sell out for the best-known chefs, and children 5 to 12 pay 14 euros.
The German Village Haus und Garten Tour, on the last Sunday of June, is a self-guided walk through about ten private homes and gardens, with the district's restaurants and bakeries nearby.
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Taste of Adams Avenue each June in San Diego, 41 restaurants, cafes and breweries along the Normal Heights and Kensington corridor with a complimentary.
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From 28 June to 5 July 2026 San Pietro in Volta, on Pellestrina, held its patron saint's sagra, with a fish stand, a lottery, dialect comedy and dancing.
TipThe stand serves dinner from the Thursday and both lunch and dinner over the closing weekend; the 11 bus runs down from the Lido.
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RAMMY Awards in Washington DC is the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington's annual restaurant industry awards gala at Arena Stage.
TipThe RAMMYS gala is an industry awards night, not a public tasting; the 2026 finalists are on therammys.org, and Restaurant Week participants often include winners and finalists.
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The village square at Dafnes pours its own wine for free at this July festival, with cheap Cretan food, lyra music, dancing and folk art stalls running for up to a fortnight.
FineDiningWeek, run by the RestaurantWeek organiser, has Warsaw restaurants serving festival three or five course tasting menus from 99 PLN through the summer, 1 July to 13 August.
TipBook through the festival site: each seating lasts two hours, there is a 12 PLN reservation fee per guest and a minimum of two guests, and a drink comes with each reservation.
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Tout l'Monde Dehors is Lyon's free open-air summer festival from July to late August, with 200+ events across parks and squares paired with local food.
TipParc de la Tete d'Or and the quays of the Saone host the strongest food-vendor lineup; check the Ville de Lyon programme for week-by-week venues.
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The Ommegang pageant fills the Grand-Place in early July, and for four days the Sablon keeps a Renaissance village and market going, with period crafts, flavours of the day and jousting.
TipGrand-Place seats are ticketed and numbered, so book ahead; the Sablon Renaissance market runs across all four days.
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Getxo Jazz, 20 minutes from Bilbao, runs five days each July with paid Muxikebarri stages and free outdoor shows alongside Basque txosna stalls.
GRUB's summer market in the Mayfield Depot, Manchester. Twenty street-food traders, craft beer, weekend live music every Friday through Sunday, July-August.
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Delhi Tourism's Mango Festival, whose 2026 edition was its 35th, brings more than 400 mango varieties to Delhi each summer, from Rataul and Husnara to the huge Hathi Jhool.
TipThe venue moves: Dilli Haat Janakpuri in 2024 and 2026, Thyagaraj Stadium in 2025. Check Delhi Tourism's announcement in June before you go.
Isola Birra takes over the pine grove on the Su Siccu waterfront in Cagliari for three July evenings, pouring more than 60 beers from fifteen breweries alongside street food, tasting workshops and DJ sets.
TipStalls open at 17:00, the guided tasting workshops start at 19:45 and need booking; live music and DJ sets run from 21:00.
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TAPT Festival fills Julianapark each July with 60 craft beers on tap, wine and cocktail bars, and food trucks from pizza to loaded fries and burgers.
TipFriday's borrel session 16:00-20:00 has the shortest lines. Buy the BlikBar token for the canned-brewery flight.
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Les Estivales fill the Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle every Friday evening from July to late August, around thirty Languedoc growers pouring beside food trucks.
TipThe market is free to walk; a tasting pass with a glass costs around €4 at the entrance.
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ACAL volunteers have run the free Tanabata Matsuri street festival on Praça da Liberdade since the 1970s, mixing taiko drumming, cosplay and Japanese food stalls.
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Summerlicious is the city-run summer counterpart to Winterlicious, three-course prix fixe at over 200 Toronto restaurants across the first three weeks of July.
Its third edition ran 4 and 5 July 2026 at Makers Landing, free to enter, with a fresh fish market, live hake filleting, chef demonstrations and WWF SASSI and Two Oceans Aquarium stands.
TipEntry is free, so come early on the Saturday to see the live hake filleting and the chef demonstrations before the crowds build.
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Fingal's county show at Newbridge House and Farm in Donabate, north of the city, with a Fingal Food Circle producer village, hourly cookery demonstrations, livestock rings and horticulture tents.
TipEntry is free if you walk, cycle or take the train to Donabate; car parking has to be booked ahead.
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Matariki Festival celebrates the Maori new year across Auckland for two weeks in July. Kai events, hangi feasts, kōrero hosted by Ngati Tamaoho iwi.
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The free Music City Hot Chicken Festival fills East Park every July 4 with hot chicken from local shops, a fire truck parade, live bands and an amateur cooking contest.
TipBe on Woodland Street by 10:30 for the parade; festival purchases are cashless, vendors may not take cash, and coolers, tents and pets are best left at home.
Nathan's Famous holds its Fourth of July hot dog eating contest outside the Coney Island flagship at Surf and Stillwell avenues in Brooklyn, with men's and women's titles decided in 10 minutes.
TipTake the D, F, N or Q train to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue and arrive before the 11:00 women's start; pre-show acts begin at 09:50.
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Magdalenenfest in Munich's Hirschgarten is the city's only folk festival on a green meadow; Bavarian specialties, kids' rides, family atmosphere.
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Malamocco's July week, held since 1801, fills Piazza Maggiore with food stands and dancing around a night boat procession from Poveglia and the old rite of dressing the Madonna.
TipStands open at 19.30 each evening; plan the trip around the Wednesday night boat procession from Poveglia.
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Braga's premier outdoor food festival fills Campo das Carvalheiras for two July weekends, with restaurant stalls, cooking demonstrations and vinho verde.
TipArrive on the opening evening (18:00) before the crowds peak. The chef demonstrations on Saturday afternoons are free and run alongside the stalls.
Lexington Burger Week sends dozens of kitchens chasing the city's best off-menu burger at $7 and $8 flat, one gluttonous week each July across Lexington.
TipDownload the passport app and hit the weird one-off burgers early in the week before kitchens start selling out.
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Napoli Pizza Village ran 7 to 12 July 2026 at Lungomare Pertini in Pozzuoli, every evening from 18:00 to 01:00, with live shows, pizzerias and free masterclasses.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg has held this July feast since 1887: 12 days of food vendors, rides, games and nightly entertainment around the church, with the Dancing of the Giglio and the Boat.
TipThe feast ran 8 to 19 July in 2026, with Our Lady of Mount Carmel's feast day on 16 July; check the parish site for the next year's dates.
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The Convites Populares on July 10 and 11, 2026 are the small-scale neighborhood invitations that open Guelaguetza, leaving from Cruz de Piedra.
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Festa Italiana at Henry Maier Festival Park in mid-July is Milwaukee's Italian-American heritage festival, with Sicilian sausage and peppers, cannoli.
Annual 11-day Downtown San Jose Restaurant Week (July 9 to 19 in 2026). Prix fixe menus, chef specials, and food and drink pairings at more than 30 participating downtown restaurants.
Twenty traditional cooks fry molotes on the Plaza de la Concordia in San Pedro Cholula, from tinga and huitlacoche fillings to gourmet versions built on chile en nogada and seafood.
TipEntry is free and molotes run between 50 and 200 pesos depending on size, so budget for grazing rather than one order.
An hour east of Cape Town, Franschhoek marks Bastille Day on 11 and 12 July 2026 with wine and cheese tastings, food stalls, a boules tournament and a best-dressed contest in blue, white and red.
TipTickets are limited and date specific, and the Saturday runs 11:00 to 17:00 with the boules tournament, so pick your day first.
Parker County Peach Festival, the 42nd annual edition on Saturday 10 July 2027 in historic downtown Weatherford, has 200-plus arts, crafts, food and activity booths, a peach food competition and a bike ride.
TipThe festival always falls on the second Saturday in July, 8 am to 4 pm; pets are discouraged because streets and parking lots get too hot for paws.
Seven weekends at Rock Creek, east of Cleveland, on the Rickard Manor grounds. The eating is less strictly medieval than most faires of its size, running from cheesesteaks and gyros to crepes, deep fried Oreos and Butterbeer, in standalone booths and larger dining yards.
TipGates are 11:00 to 19:00, with opening ceremonies at 10:45 and a sung finale at 18:15.
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The Vancouver Craft Beer and Music Festival (VCBW) is now a one-day event at the PNE Grounds, with more than 125 craft beers to taste and live bands on stage. It skipped 2026, and 2027 dates are not yet out.
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The Glasgow Vegan Festival brings more than eighty plant-based stalls to Easterhouse each July, a one-day indoor market of vegan street food, cakes and treats.
The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast fills the Williamsburg streets around the shrine church in Brooklyn for 12 days each July, with Italian food vendors, rides, games and the dancing of the Giglio.
TipFeast Day is 16 July; the Giglio, over 70 feet tall, is the feast's centerpiece, and the indoor cafe gives a break from the heat.
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Sydney's four-day Bastille Day food festival at Circular Quay and The Rocks, Sydney. French wine, cheese, charcuterie, oysters and live cabaret programming.
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Argentina's largest producer fair at La Rural: wines, olive oils, cheeses, honeys, jams and charcuterie from every province. Annual tasting-and-buying expo.
Annual two-day coastal wine and food event at Chase Palm Park. Friday features rare reserve tastings with gourmet appetizers; Saturday runs a beachside session with hundreds of wines, craft brews, a BBQ competition.
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Feria Internacional del Mezcal runs July 17-28, 2026 at the Centro de Convenciones, with 100-plus producers, 208 artisans, mezcal tastings and craft beer.
The Vermont Brewers Festival fills Burlington's Waterfront Park on Lake Champlain each July with three tasting sessions, 40-plus Vermont breweries and 200-plus specialty pours; 2026 was its 33rd year.
Honolulu Night Market Kakaako runs a few Saturday evenings a year with Hawaii street food vendors, craft beer, live music and pop-up galleries across the Kakaako arts district.
TipFree entry; arrive by 17:30 to beat the dinner queue at the most popular vendors.
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Taste of Tremont on Professor Avenue in Tremont each July, the one-day neighborhood street festival showcasing every restaurant from a single block.
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Belgium's biggest funfair fills the Boulevard du Midi for five weeks each summer. The food stands open at 11:00, hours before the rides, selling croustillons, cotton candy and fairground snacks.
TipFood stands open at 11:00 and the rides only from 15:00, so lunch is the calm hour to eat.
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On Belgium's national day the Marolles eats on the place du Jeu de Balle: a casserole of Belgian mussels, a portion of De Corte fries and a beer, served from 5pm with brass bands and songs.
TipBook online, it sells out; on the day meals go on sale on the square from 20:30 at €35 rather than €32.
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The Velá de Santiago y Santa Ana fills Calle Betis in Triana each July with booths serving fried fish, grilled sardines and green hazelnuts, with free access.
TipEntry to the booths on Calle Betis is free; watch the cucaña, the greased pole over the river, which is one of the Velá's best-known activities.
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Bollekesfeest in Antwerp is the city's De Koninck Bolleke beer street festival in the Zuid district, free over four days each late July with music.
TipFree entry. The Bolleke stem-glass is shared between De Koninck and Antwerp's food trucks.
135,000 people fill the Gaslamp Quarter for four days in July. Every restaurant within walking distance of the convention centre books out and many go to set menus.
TipBook Gaslamp tables weeks ahead or walk to Little Italy, which is fifteen minutes north and far calmer.
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Amsterdamse Terrassen Festival in Rembrandtpark each July gathers the city's terrace restaurants over four ticketed days, plates and pours from across town.
Europe's largest open-air food festival for fine food and wine enthusiasts, held annually in late July on the Rhine bank near the Chocolate Museum.
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Bratislava Coronation Days reenact the historic Hungarian coronation procession from the castle to the Old Town with period dress, crafts and historic Slovak.
TipThe reenactment happens across the weekend; arrive on Hlavne namestie by 14:00 to follow the procession.
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German Fest at Henry Maier Festival Park in late July is the largest German-heritage festival in the US, with bratwurst, schnitzel, polka and Hofbrau steins.
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The umbrella city-summer festival that includes Odori Beer Garden, Hokkaido Wine Garden and the Summer Bon Odori dance week. Lamb, ramen and Hokkaido produce.
Lexington Restaurant Week runs set menus at more than 40 locally owned rooms in late July, founder Connie Jo Miller's annual excuse to eat somewhere new.
TipThe flagship rooms book out fast once menus post; reserve the fine-dining stops in the first days of the window.
The Galbani Buffalo Italian Heritage Festival fills Hertel Avenue in North Buffalo for three days each late July with Italian-American food, music and street celebration, and admission is free.
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Glier's Goettafest in Newport KY runs two weekends in late July and early August, the Cincinnati-area festival celebrating the pork-and-pinhead-oats.
St Dominic's Fair in Gdańsk dates to 1260 and is one of Europe's oldest and largest open-air events: 715 stalls and 17 world cuisines in 2026, about 1.5 million visitors over 23 days.
TipThe Bread Festival (Święto Chleba) is held on the fair's opening weekend and is the food highlight; the 2027 fair opens Saturday 24 July.
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The Sunshine Coast's 10-day food and drink festival, delivered with Sunshine Coast Council: around 50 events from coast to hinterland, from long lunches and farm tours to a finger lime farm picnic and fire feasts.
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Chiles en Nogada Patriotic Season in Mexico City runs from late July through September around Independence Day, when restaurants from fine dining to traditional serve the stuffed poblano.
The Courtland Pear Fair, held every year on the last Sunday of July, celebrates the Sacramento River Delta's Bartlett pear harvest with fresh pear pies, a pancake breakfast and a wine and beer garden.
TipAdmission is free and parking is $20 a vehicle; fresh pear pies go on sale at 9am and sell out fast, and the pancake breakfast runs 8:30 to 10:30am.
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The Dadaocheng Summer Festival, staged by the city tourism bureau at the wharf and Yanping Riverside Park, mixes fireworks, drones, concerts and shop offers.
TipIn 2026 fireworks shows were on 25 July (with drones), 5 August and the 15 August finale, each at 20:00; shops on Dihua Street ran stamp-card offers.
Love Eccles is Salford City Council's free family day at Eccles Recreation Ground on Saturday 25 July 2026, with live music, workshops, funfair rides and community stalls.
Providence Restaurant Weeks runs a second time in late July with the same prix-fixe format. Lunch from $15.95, dinner from $35.95; 60-plus participating.
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Pellestrina's late July week on Piazzale Zendrini runs a kitchen of typical island dishes beside orchestras and dancing, the Regata di Pellestrina, a lottery and closing fireworks.
TipConcerts run nightly on Piazzale Zendrini, and the Regata di Pellestrina is the fixture that anchors the whole week.
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The Capay Tomato Festival was a July tomato tasting at Farm Fresh To You's organic farm in Yolo County, near Sacramento; its last edition was in July 2019.
Buckhead's edition of Atlanta Restaurant Week, run by Livable Buckhead, with a $60 prix-fixe lunch or dinner at over 40 restaurants, 27 Jul to 1 Aug 2026.
TipThere is no pass to buy; reserve directly through each restaurant's page on the official site, as this is one of Buckhead's busiest weeks.
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The Galway Races in July bring a city-wide food week with restaurant special menus and market pop-ups; race week is when Galway restaurants run their most.
Nashville Wine Auction l'Été du Vin, founded in 1980, is billed as the country's longest running charity wine auction, with three late-July nights of tasting, dinner and auction for cancer causes.
TipThe three nights are the seated Vintners' Tasting on Thursday, the Patrons' Dinner on Friday and the l'Été du Vin dinner and auction on Saturday; in 2027 they fall on 29, 30 and 31 July.
Birmingham Restaurant Week, now in its 16th year, runs 30 July to 8 August 2026 with two-, three- and four-course prix-fixe menus from $5 to $60 across the metro area.
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Gastro Miasto sets up nearly 100 vendors on Wrocław's Bulwar Xawerego Dunikowskiego promenade each summer. Restaurants, food trucks, wineries, breweries.
TipFriday evening is busiest. Sunday afternoon is the family-friendly version with the kids' zone open.
Het Wijn Festijn turns Domplein into a three-day open-air wine tasting each July. More than a hundred wines from around the world, snack stalls and live DJs across the cathedral-front square.
TipOpening hours in 2026 were Friday 16:00 to 23:00, Saturday 13:00 to 23:00 and Sunday 13:00 to 20:00; tickets are sold in advance on the festival's own site.
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The Ilgwang Sea Festival folds Gijang's old Gaenmaeul fishing-village fair and the Ilgwang song contest into one beach festival, drag-net pulls and shellfish digs by day, concerts and fireworks at night.
TipThe first merged edition ran 31 July to 2 August 2026 on Ilgwang Beach; check the Gijang county site for the next dates.
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San Inazio honours St Ignatius of Loyola, patron saint of the Basques, with a full weekend on the Basque Block in late July or early August: live music, traditional dancing, handball, and Basque food and wine from Block restaurants.
Crave gathers dozens of Lexington restaurants and food trucks with two days of live music at Gatton Park, the city's biggest pure food festival since the mid-2010s.
TipAdmission is $15 for a weekend pass or $10 for a single day, kids 10 and under are free, and the festival is cash-free, so bring a card; every vendor serves $5 small plates.
Garden Walk Buffalo on the last weekend of July is America's largest free garden tour, with food kiosks throughout the city's neighborhoods.
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The Manchester Craft Brew Festival at Manchester Academy pours 50-plus craft beers, ciders and wines from 15-plus breweries with street food and live music.
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The Taiwan Culinary Exhibition fills World Trade Center Hall 1 for four days of cooking shows, talks and classes, run by the Taiwan Visitors Association.
Tip2026 tickets were NT$200 at the door and NT$180 pre-sale; open 10:00 to 18:00 with same-day re-entry on the stub. The 2027 dates are not announced yet.
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Beer Bourbon and BBQ Festival, in its 17th year, runs at the Farm Bureau Center at The Meadow Event Park. General admission $45 (VIP $75) covers.
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Auckland Restaurant Month runs through August citywide. Prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus at NZD $35-55 across hundreds of restaurants including Amano and Depot.
Since 1926, Festa de Nossa Senhora Achiropita has filled Bixiga's streets every August weekend with Italian food stalls, wine and a paid cantina benefiting the parish.
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Miami Spice runs three-course prix-fixe brunch, lunch and dinner menus at Greater Miami and Miami Beach restaurants every August and September, from $40.
TipEach restaurant sets its own Spice days, often Sunday to Thursday for dinner, so check the menu page before booking a Friday or Saturday.
Houston Restaurant Weeks runs prix-fixe brunch, lunch and dinner menus, dine-in or takeout, from 1 Aug to Labor Day, raising money for the Houston Food Bank.
TipBrunch and lunch at $25 are the best value; many restaurants also offer the menu to go, which the official site lets you filter for.
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Pueblo Revolt Day at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center commemorates the Pueblo Revolt of 10 August 1680 with talks and family activities; its Indian Pueblo Kitchen restaurant serves Indigenous dishes.
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The Foire aux Vins d'Alsace in Colmar pours more than 1,500 Alsace wines across ten August days, pairing 350 exhibitors with a big open-air concert programme.
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The Park Avenue Summer Stroll is a free one-day August event in Rochester's East End, where the avenue's restaurants and cafes stay open alongside artisans, live music and children's activities.
TipLive music plays at the Park Avenue Green on the corner of Park and Barrington, and a raffle rewards visits to ten participating businesses; free on-street parking and a free lot at 606 Park Avenue.
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The Buddhist Church of Sacramento's Japanese Food and Cultural Bazaar, first held in 1947 and 80 years old in 2026, fills its Riverside Boulevard grounds one August Saturday with teriyaki, sushi and udon.
TipIn 2026 it ran 11am to 8pm; paid parking is under the freeway on 8th Street between W and X, with a free shuttle to the main gate on Quinn Way.
The Phuket Lobster Festival, in its 11th year in 2026, spends August promoting the island's GI-certified lobster through a Chalong launch fair and menus at more than 122 restaurants.
TipThe month is a restaurant promotion more than a single site: look for the festival menus at hotel dining rooms and seafood houses across Phuket.
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Brisbane Beer Fest is a one-day August festival on the Eatons Hill Hotel lawn with 200-plus beers and ciders, BBQ and smoked meat food trucks, live music and beer competitions.
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The Sacramento Banana Festival, its 15th in 2026 and the National Academic Youth Corps' largest fundraiser, fills the Village Greens at William Land Park with banana treats, food, art and music.
TipIn 2026 it ran 10am to 7pm on Saturday and 10am to 5:30pm on Sunday, with tickets sold online through Zeffy.
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Warsaw's Vistula day runs between Plaza Rusalka and Bulwar Jana Karskiego with free river crossings, a parade of traditional boats and two bonfire stations with grills from 14:00 where you cook your own food.
TipThe grills are lit from 14:00 but nobody sells the meat, so bring your own. Free crossings queue hardest around 16:00.
An annual wine festival on the Rhine waterfront at Rheinauhafen, bringing German wine regions including Ahr, Mosel, Rheingau and Rhine to pour alongside.
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The Festa da Broa de Avintes fills the Largo do Palheirinho in Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia, for six August days around the traditional Broa de Avintes loaf.
TipThe 37th edition ran from 4 to 9 August 2026 under the theme Regresso às Origens, with entertainment, food and cultural events for all ages.
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The Feast of Saint Agrippina di Mineo runs on Hanover Street in Boston's North End every August since 1914. Sicilian American street food, the grand.
TipSunday afternoon procession at 12:30 is the centrepiece. Sunday tug-of-war at 20:00; arrive by 14:00 for the food stalls.
The Jaipur Teej Festival carries the Teej Mata procession from the City Palace through Tripolia Bazaar and Chhoti Chaupar on two monsoon evenings, with ghewar the sweet of the season.
TipFind a spot on Tripolia Bazaar before the procession sets out, then buy rabri ghewar at Sambhar Fini Wala in Johari Bazaar.
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El Mercado De La Guerra is the food and craft market of Santa Barbara's Old Spanish Days Fiesta, open 11 AM to 10 PM from Wednesday to Saturday of Fiesta week, 5 to 9 August 2026.
Four days at the Indiana Convention Center in August. Seventy thousand people fill downtown and every restaurant on Georgia Street and Mass Ave books out with them.
TipMass Ave is a ten minute walk from the convention centre and takes reservations when Georgia Street will not.
Three-day downtown jazz festival with 100-plus acts across eight stages and 40,000-plus attendees. Food vendors and a late-night Club Crawl complement first-rate live performances.
The Frankfurt Apple Wine Festival fills Frankfurt's Rossmarkt for ten days, 6 to 15 August 2027, with local apple wine producers, live music, workshops and culinary specialities.
TipTaste across producers rather than settling at one stand; the 2026 edition ran 7 to 16 August with nightly live music.
Pop-up food vendors at Fringe venues each August, including Assembly George Square Gardens, Pleasance Courtyard and, new in 2026, Assembly's St Andrew Square.
TipVendor line-ups change every year, so check each venue's food page before you go. The free Edinburgh Folk & Food Festival runs at Assembly George Square Gardens just before the Fringe.
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Schiltigheim, the brewers' town at the gates of Strasbourg, throws its Fete de la Biere in early August, with local craft beers, tarte flambee and music.
Queensland's royal show fills the Brisbane Showgrounds for nine days each August: livestock and woodchop by day, EkkaNITES by night, halls of award-winning produce and wine, and the show staple Strawberry Sundae.
TipGates open 9am; the 2027 show runs 7 to 15 August with the People's Day public holiday on Wednesday 11 August. Buy tickets online before you go.
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Four August nights of concerts on five village stages in Houdetsi, twenty-two kilometres south of Heraklion, starting at nine in the evening and running until early morning.
TipThe village also holds the Labyrinth Musical Workshop, which puts on exhibits of traditional Cretan instruments alongside the festival programme.
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In August, Gothenburg hosts its most exuberant kraeftskiva (crayfish party) season, with restaurants and bars across the city setting up outdoor crayfish.
The Uptown Art Fair returns 7 to 9 August 2026 to Lake of the Isles and The Mall with 200 juried artists, live music and food and beverage vendors.
TipGet there before 11:00 to find shade. Food row sits along Lake Street west of Hennepin.
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Beer Mania in Chișinău is Moldova's only craft beer festival, taking over Parcul Valea Trandafirilor in early August with local breweries, grills and live.
Atlixco gives its salted, air-dried beef a fair of its own at the Centro de Convenciones, which is the fastest way to understand why cecina atlixquense travels across the state.
TipAtlixco is forty minutes from Puebla by road, so pair the cecina fair with a nogada lunch if you are visiting in August.
Wrocław Feta Festival hosts hundreds of selected products from Lower Silesian and Polish producers: cheeses, wines, beers and artisanal goods.
TipThe cheese tastings run by appointment only on the official festival board.
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The Pittsburgh Soul Food Festival celebrates Black-owned food vendors each summer in Pittsburgh. Soul food plates, music and community across an open-air.
TipFree and family-friendly. Go for fried chicken, mac and cheese and peach cobbler.
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Heaton Park Food & Drink Festival, in its fifth edition on 1 and 2 August 2026, brings food stalls, live music and free live chef demonstrations to Heaton Park in Manchester.
TipBook tickets through heatonparkfoodfestival.com; the 2026 listing gave 10am to 8pm and a Cookery Theatre with 12 demonstrations. Metrolink runs to Heaton Park station.
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Federal Hill's Summer Festival is a Victory Day weekend three-day Italian-American block party with 25-plus restaurants serving outdoors and two stages.
Nisei Week Japanese Festival fills Little Tokyo in Los Angeles for nine days each August with Japanese music, entertainment, cultural events, exhibits and food; the 2026 festival runs 15 to 23 August.
Detroit Foodie Fair at Eastern Market Shed 5 brings the city's flavor makers and artisans to Detroit in August. Detroit Vegan runs alongside.
TipSunday only, 10am to 4pm. Vote for the Best Foodie Find of the year on site.
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Brussels plants a beech at the corner of the Rue des Sables every 9 August, a tradition recorded since 1308. The carriers escort the tree through several taverns, and it has to stand before 5pm.
TipThe tree must be up before 5pm; the procession reaches the Grand-Place in the early afternoon.
On 10 August Piazza San Lorenzo hosts a free feast from 21:00: pasta al ragu cooked by Tuscan chefs and two tonnes of watermelon from the Mercato Centrale.
TipEntry is free and the evening starts at 21:00 in Piazza San Lorenzo.
DFW Restaurant Week serves prix-fixe menus at 150-plus North Texas restaurants each August; about 20% of each Dallas meal goes to the North Texas Food Bank.
TipThe main week is 10 to 16 Aug; many restaurants keep the menu through Labor Day, when tables are easier to get. Reservations open in mid-July.
DFW Restaurant Week brings prix-fixe menus to Fort Worth restaurants each August; Tarrant County meals send about 20% to Lena Pope, a children's charity.
TipThe main week is 10 to 16 Aug; many restaurants keep the menu through Labor Day, when tables are easier to get. Reservations open in mid-July.
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Key West Lobsterfest greets spiny lobster season each August with a lobster boil, pub crawl and a Saturday street fair running the length of lower Duval.
TipThe free Saturday street fair fills the 100-500 blocks of Duval and the ticketed lobster boil sells out. The 29th edition runs 11 to 15 August 2027.
Cork City Council's flagship food festival, launched in 2022 and now in its fifth year. The 2026 edition runs 12-16 August across more than 150 events.
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Four days of live fire cooking in Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, where Irish and visiting pitmasters sell small plate barbecue from about €8, alongside craft beer bars and grilling demos.
TipFriday and Saturday usually sell out in advance, and the site is cashless, so bring a card.
The Malopolski Festiwal Pierogow fills Maly Rynek in Krakow from 12 to 16 August 2026, with pierogarnie and restaurants competing for best pierogi ruskie and best free-choice pierogi.
TipFree admission; individual pierogi from vendors cost 4 to 6 zl. The jury winner is announced on the last day.
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Bloomfield Little Italy Days fills Liberty Avenue each August in Pittsburgh's Little Italy. Free since 2002, with Italian food vendors, music and a meatball.
TipFree; runs along Liberty Avenue. Go hungry for arancini, sausage sandwiches and cannoli.
HKTDC Food Expo has filled the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai each August since 1989, with a public hall and a trade hall; 985 exhibitors took part in 2026.
TipThe 2027 Expo runs 12 to 16 August; HKTDC has not yet published the public hall hours or tickets, so check before you go.
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The Elotada runs more than forty hours of corn cooking at the Atlixco convention centre, from elotes and antojitos through moles, tamales, chalupas and the town's artisanal ice cream.
TipIt overlaps with chile en nogada season in Atlixco, which makes mid-August the single densest food week in the state.
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La Paloma closes Madrid's August verbenas in La Latina; in 2026 it ran 13 to 16 August with chotis, a chocolatada castiza and a vermut castizo.
TipThe picture of the Virgin is lowered by the firefighters on 15 August, Plaza de la Paja serves a vermut castizo at noon on the last day, and Cava Baja hosts parchis and draughts championships.
Taste of the Danforth closes Danforth Avenue between Broadview and Pape for a Greek-and-multicultural street festival; the 2026 edition returns August 7 to 9.
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Tomato Art Fest in East Nashville's Five Points runs free over two days each August, with costumes, tomato-themed art, food vendors and concerts.
TipEnter the tomato costume contest or just dress for it, and bring a card: the 2026 festival was cashless, and pets are asked to stay home.
Wine Lands is the Outside Lands wine area in Golden Gate Park, where small-production Northern California wineries pour their own wines; the 2027 festival runs 6 to 8 August.
TipWristbands are festival-only; the Wine Lands tent has shorter lines than the food rows by 16:00.
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Light Up Little Italy fills the East-side grid each August with Italian food, music and bocce, one of several saint's-day festivals the neighbourhood.
Great Taste of the Midwest at Olin Park on Lake Monona, the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild's second-Saturday-of-August beer festival since 1987.
Semana Grande (Aste Nagusia), San Sebastian's festival week, ran from Saturday 8 to Saturday 15 August in 2026, with fireworks over La Concha bay, free concerts in Sagues and food trucks on the Kursaal terraces.
TipThe cannon shot that opens the week is fired at exactly 19:00 on the first Saturday in the Alderdi Eder gardens.
The Sourwood Festival in downtown Black Mountain, presented by the Black Mountain Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce, celebrates locally produced sourwood honey and marks the start of honey-selling season.
TipFree and open to the public. In 2026 it ran Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 11am to 5pm, with more than 110 vendors, free parking near downtown and a free shuttle every 15 minutes.
Por Tor is Phuket's Hungry Ghost month, when Hokkien shrines in Phuket Town pile tables with roast duck, fruit and hundreds of red ang ku turtle cakes for the returning dead.
TipEach shrine holds its day separately; the main worship day is the 15th of the lunar month, and the fresh market hosts two days of offerings.
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San Diego Brew Fest at Liberty Station each August, 70-plus breweries pouring 200 beers with food trucks and lawn games on Preble Field.
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The Beijing International Yanjing Beer Culture Festival is a ten-day summer beer fair at the Capital International Exhibition and Convention Center, with four themed food zones and live music.
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Feria de Málaga fills the city each August with daytime casetas pouring sweet wine and cartojal, fried fish stalls and nine days of flamenco and horses.
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Mill City Farmers Market's Tomato Tasting in Minneapolis tastes a hundred heirloom tomato varieties on a mid-August Saturday. The market's signature annual.
TipArrive at 09:00 when the tomatoes are at peak; chef demos run on the riverside lawn.
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Visit Orlando's Magical Dining is the city's prix-fixe restaurant promotion, with three-course dinners at $40 and $60 tiers across 200-plus participating.
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Kokkenes Dag fills Øvre Slottsgate outside Sentralen and Christiania torv with chefs from two dozen Oslo restaurants for a free mid-August Sunday of small plates at friendly prices.
TipFree entry and dishes at friendly prices so you can try several stalls; visitors vote for the best restaurant, and Credo won the 2026 vote with its Michelin-class meatballs.
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Seafront Midsummer on the old fish market in Zeebrugge, held on 15 August in 2024 and 2025, hosts the Visserijfeesten, which took place again in 2026.
TipIn 2024 Seafront ran 13:00 to 19:00 with an oyster bar, fish tastings, seating and music; its events page lists the next programme.
The Omaha Greek Festival at Saints Constantine and Helen Church on Cass Street draws tens of thousands each August for spanakopita, gyros, baklava, and a full programme of Greek folk dancing and wine.
Surströmmingspremiär in Stockholm marks the legal release of the year's fermented herring on the third Thursday of August; the strongest-smelling Swedish.
TipEat outdoors. Pelikan, Tennstopet and Kvarnen all run surströmmingsskiva sittings; book a week ahead.
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The CBD Coffee Festival brings more than 60 coffee brands and 100 booths to the Fortune Financial Center square in Beijing's CBD, with latte art contests and talks.
Copenhagen Cooking fills the city for ten days, 20 to 29 August 2027, with events hosted by restaurants, chefs and producers, from long tables to street food.
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Alberoni at the southern tip of the Lido spends late August on the mussel, serving pastasciutta coi peoci and saltada de peoci beside a regatta, a market and a cross country race.
TipTake the 11 bus from Santa Maria Elisabetta; the regatta and the closing concert both fall on the final weekend.
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Indy GreekFest at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Carmel runs in late August. A reliable Indianapolis pick.
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Mexican Fiesta at Henry Maier Festival Park, 21 to 23 August 2026, is Milwaukee's Mexican heritage festival with tacos, tamales, birria and ceviche, mariachi and a 150-artisan cultural pavilion.
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The Feast of Santa Rosalia takes over 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, each August with Italian food, a cannoli eating contest, rides and a closing procession.
TipCome for the cannoli eating contest (24 August in 2026) or the final Sunday, when the procession leaves 18th Avenue and 72nd Street at 14:00.
WhiskyBrother pours more than 150 whiskies at the CTICC across two evenings, 20 and 21 August in 2026, from 18:00 until the bars stop serving at 22:00.
TipProducers and brand ambassadors work the floor early; arrive at 18:00 if you want to talk to them before the hall gets loud.
SWAIA's August Indian Market on the Santa Fe Plaza features food vendors serving frybread, roasted corn, Pueblo bread and other Native staples alongside art.
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The Utah Beer Festival at The Gateway, the state's largest beer event since 2012, runs 200+ beers and ciders across 50+ local, regional and international.
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The Fort Collins Peach Festival fills Civic Center Park each August with peach pie, peach cocktails, live music and food trucks, run by local Rotary clubs.
TipThe 2026 date is 15 August, 11:00-19:00; ten dollars at the gate, under-12s free, and the Rotary clubs return the proceeds to local nonprofits.
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Eight weekends of full-contact jousting, sword swallowers and the Artisans of the Shire marketplace in Tuxedo, New York, with turkey legs, bangers and mash and mead at the faire's taverns.
TipThere are options for vegans, vegetarians and other diets; the faire also opens on Labor Day Monday.
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The Beijing Cuisine Culture Festival puts more than 70 brands into a late-August food fair at Longfu Temple in Beijing, with cultural salons, livestreams and in-store offers across the city.
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The Madeira Wine Festival runs through the grape harvest across the streets of Funchal and the rural cellars, with tastings, harvest experiences and music in Praça do Povo.
The 29th Sidewalk Film Festival runs 23 to 29 August 2027 in Birmingham's Historic Theatre District with more than 200 films, filmmaker Q&As, panels and parties.
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Devour Indy Summerfest in Indianapolis runs August 24 to September 6, 2026. 175 plus restaurants run prix-fixe menus across two weeks.
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More than 100 of the city's bodegones run discounts and promotions for a week in late August, with a digital map of participants and a stamp passport.
TipScan the QR code in each participating bodegón to collect stamps on the Pasaporte Bodegón Porteño as you work through the list.
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F Istanbul, the August food-and-beverage export fair at Istanbul Expo Center, where Anatolian producers show against international packaging and equipment.
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The Feast of Saint Anthony fills the North End of Boston each August with processions, live bands and Italian and American food; the 107th edition ran 27 to 30 August 2026.
TipThe Grand Procession leaves the Outdoor Chapel on Endicott Street at 11:30 on the Sunday and carries Saint Anthony through the North End for ten hours; the Benvenutti Parade opens the weekend on Saturday at 6 PM.
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Streetfoodfestivalen fills Kungstorget and Basargatan with food trucks during Goteborgskalaset, Gothenburg's late August city festival, and hosts the Swedish street food championship.
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Split's late August Roman revival in Diocletian's Palace opens with the Pompa Imperialis and brings the Harpastum ball game to the Peristyle.
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Encuentro Internacional del Mariachi y la Charreria in Guadalajara is the August mariachi festival at Teatro Degollado, with charreada rodeos and Jalisco.
Dia Nacional del Cafe Peruano on the fourth Friday of August is Peru's national coffee day since 2016, with Lima cafes pouring producer-region flights.
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Fete du Cassoulet de Castelnaudary is the annual cassoulet championship 65 km east of Toulouse, with Confrerie du Cassoulet judging, tastings and producer.
TipDay-trip from Toulouse; the day pass includes a tasting plate from each finalist's cassoulet.
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A three-day August festival in Western Gateway Park that brings together food vendors from more than 23 countries alongside live music stages.
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Halsted Street from Adams to Van Buren hosts the 36th Taste of Greektown on 28 to 30 August 2026, with Athena, Zeus, Mr. Greek Gyros, 9 Muses and other Greektown restaurants.
TipFree with a suggested donation to the Greektown Chamber of Commerce; Friday runs 4pm to 10pm and the weekend days 11am to 10pm.
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China Restaurant Week's autumn edition sells fixed-price lunch and dinner set menus in Shanghai and other cities; in 2025 it ran 27 August to 28 September.
TipIn 2025 set menus cost 78 to 148 yuan at lunch and 118 to 258 yuan at dinner, with Elite restaurants setting their own price; no 2026 autumn dates found, so check the official page before planning.
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Cleveland Garlic Festival at Shaker Square, the largest annual fundraiser for the North Union Farmers Market, runs top-chef grill-offs, an Ohio Cheese Guild.
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Oakland Chinatown StreetFest is one of the largest Asian and Pacific Islander celebrations on the West Coast. Two days, food vendors, three stages.
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Berlin Beer Week runs 10 days from late August across 50-plus craft beer bars and breweries with tap takeovers, meet-the-brewer sessions, cruise tastings.
Austin Restaurant Weeks runs prix-fixe lunch, brunch and dinner menus across greater Austin each late summer, with part of each meal going to the food bank.
TipEach $75 dinner sends $10 to the food bank and each $25 lunch $4; menus can change, so confirm with the restaurant when you book.
Avignon's free harvest-opening party on Place du Palais des Papes: brotherhoods parade at 5pm, a gourmet market of about 15 stands opens at 6:30pm, the ban is proclaimed at 7pm and a bal runs to midnight.
TipArrive before the 7pm proclamation to see the old press squeeze the first grapes; the Côtes du Rhône Villages masterclass needs advance registration.
Seven weekends at Holly, well north west of Detroit, on a 312 acre site straddling Holly and Groveland townships that the festival runs as a village called Hollygrove. Turkey legs are at almost every stall, with bacon on a stick, deep fried pickle spears and walking tacos alongside them.
TipTwo dates sit outside the weekend pattern: Labor Day Monday on 7 September and a Festival Friday on 2 October.
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Reykjavik Culture Night, Menningarnott, fills the August streets with free food stalls of waffles, fermented shark and lamb plus open kitchens.
Arras gives its Grand'Place and Place des Héros to the andouillette on the last weekend of August, every year since 2002: a marché des saveurs of charcutiers, R'andouillette walks, a cooking contest and a giants' parade.
TipArras is an easy day trip from Lille by train; the walks start on the Saturday and the 2, 5 and 10 km races run on the Sunday morning.
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A two-week gourmet festival in late August to mid-September across Cologne, with Michelin-starred chefs running special menus, winemaker dinners and demos.
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Rotterdam's largest summer festival blends Carifesta Caribbean culture with world food, drawing 600,000 visitors to Coolsingel and surrounding streets.
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On 25 August the Municipality of Heraklion honours Saint Titus, the island's first bishop, with a town-wide feast and traditional Cretan food and sweets handed out to everyone who turns up.
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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.
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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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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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Bieres et Saveurs de Chambly is Quebec's biggest craft-beer festival, gathering over a hundred brewers, cider makers and food producers on the grounds.
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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.
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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 in Brussels runs the first weekend of September on the Grand Place. Over 500 beers from 50+ breweries; entry free, individual tastings.
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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.
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Craft Beer Revolution Festival is the annual September gathering of craft brewers on the Berăria H terrace by Herăstrău Lake, with dozens of breweries.
TipFree entry to the outdoor terrace; pay per pour at the brewery stands.
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Warsaw restaurants take over Plac Centralny for three days of cooking at open stalls, with separate wine, cheese and craft zones. Entry is free and you pay only for the plates you order.
TipFood stops at 23:00 while the bars run later. Friday opens at 16:00 and is the quietest service of the three days.
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.
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Held in the Missouri Botanical Garden's Japanese garden over Labor Day weekend, this long-running festival pairs taiko and tea ceremony with Japanese street.
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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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.
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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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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.
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Sarajevo Bee Festival on Trg Oslobodjenja is the open-air beekeeping fair bringing highland Bosnian beekeepers to the central square, with honey.
TipThe fair runs as multiple editions through the year; the September edition catches the autumn highland honey harvest.
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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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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.
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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%.
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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.
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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.
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The Moldovan Wine Festival on Kiseleff Boulevard each September brings 50 Moldovan wine producers to Bucharest with a gastronomy zone of traditional and international plates and outdoor live music.
TipFree admission; the gastronomy stalls keep traditional Moldovan plates and Romanian-Moldovan cheese boards through the afternoon.
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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.
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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.
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The Steel City Big Pour pours craft beer each September in Pittsburgh to fund Construction Junction. Dozens of breweries and local food in a warehouse.
TipTicketed fundraiser for Construction Junction. Buy ahead; it sells out most years.
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.
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 2026 falls September 25. Hang Ma street fills with lanterns and mooncake pop-ups; arrive after dusk for the lantern glow.
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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For the Mid-Autumn Festival, District 5's Luong Nhu Hoc lantern street and stalls across the city fill with baked and sticky mooncakes in sweet and savoury flavours, 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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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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.
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Sarajevo Beer Festival runs late September at Zetra Olympic Center, pouring Sarajevsko Pivo and Balkan craft producers across two days; confirm current.
TipConfirm the current edition on the festival's Instagram before travel; buy the pass online ahead.
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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.
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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 serves mussels and oysters with live music on the Vismarkt in the third week of September, alongside Bruges' Car-Free Sunday.
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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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.
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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Festitalia, first held in 2006 for the 60th anniversary of the Italian Republic, fills the Brisbane Showgrounds for one Sunday in September with Italian food and wine, music, masterclasses and a motoring concorso.
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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.
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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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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 each autumn across the city's bars, with a wristband for signature cocktail menus, masterclasses, cocktail trails and pop-ups.
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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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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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Ciao, Summer! is Horse & Dragon Brewing's Sunday-afternoon festival of low-ABV beers, held annually in mid-September since 2021; the next is 26 September 2027 at the Fort Collins taproom.
TipThe 2026 edition lands 20 September at the brewery on Racquette Drive; tickets come from Horse and Dragon directly.
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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.
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Cocktail Street is a three-day cocktail and street food event under the Grande Halle de la Villette; its 2026 edition ran 26 to 28 September, with free entry.
TipEntry is free and you pay for each drink. In 2026 it opened at 12:30 on Saturday and Sunday and at 10:00 on Monday, so check the hours for the next edition.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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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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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
PINT Bockbierfestival in October takes over De Hallen Studios in Amsterdam, 40-plus Dutch craft brewers pouring bock beer across three ticketed 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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Early-October wine festival across Plovdiv Old Town: Bulgarian wineries pour in Revival houses with food pairings, tastings open to the public throughout.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
LA Greek Fest draws more than 15,000 people to the grounds of Saint Sophia Cathedral at Pico and Normandie for three days of Greek food and wine, a Philoptochos pastry booth, dancing and hourly cathedral tours.
TipHours are Friday 17:00 to 22:00, Saturday 12:00 to 22:00 and Sunday 12:00 to 21:00; it is cashless and pet-free, with free parking and shuttles.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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 brings village bakers to Krakowskie Przedmiescie with sourdough loaves and chleb mecinski from the traditional products list, alongside kaszanka, pierogi, crayfish soup and sekacz.
TipStalls open at 13:00 and the bread sells out first. Bread baking, butter churning and croissant workshops sign up on the day.
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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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Greek Festival at Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral on 19th Street South Birmingham runs every October with the canonical Greek food.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Taste of Brunswick on the second Saturday of October crowns the World Championship Brunswick Stew Cook-off. Free admission, free parking, 27 stew teams.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Hanoi Craft Beer Festival each October gathers independent Vietnamese craft brewers in Furbrew's Tay Ho beer garden, with limited collaboration.
TipTickets via Furbrew Facebook; collaboration brews sell out by mid-Saturday.
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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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
A free weekend festival run by Lyon Nature in the Parc de la Tête d'Or, with a squash market, pumpkin seed oils, roasted chestnuts, squash pastries and a Kazakh squash meal, plus concerts and workshops for children.
TipIt runs 10:00 to 18:00 both days; the market stalls are busiest after lunch on Sunday, so shop in the morning and eat at the food stands later.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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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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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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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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