Food festivals in Bordeaux worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Bordeaux worth planning a trip around, by month.
Bordeaux Fete le Vin in Bordeaux's Garonne quays is the city's wine festival along the UNESCO riverfront, with appellation pavilions, masterclasses.
Focus: Bordeaux wines and gastronomy
Tip: Skip 2026 (no edition); the next festival runs 7-11 July 2027 with the Tall Ships Race fleet on the quays, the biggest edition in years.
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.
Focus: Gastronomy, agriculture, lifestyle
Tip: Tickets around €8 online; the gastronomie pavilion is the strongest, with Aquitaine producers and tastings.
Jurade de Saint-Emilion Printemps in Saint-Emilion is the medieval wine guild's spring procession, with robed Jurats parading through the streets.
Focus: Saint-Emilion wine and Aquitaine gastronomy
Tip: Tickets to the banquet sell out months ahead; the parade itself is free and best watched from Place du Clocher.
Les Epicuriales transforms the Allees de Tourny into an open-air dining quarter for nearly three weeks, with around twenty restaurants serving €15 lunch.
Focus: Aquitaine restaurants, regional cuisine, starred-chef dinners
Tip: Entry is free; lunch sittings run quickly and turn over in under an hour, the headline starred-chef dinners ticket separately and book out fast.
Bordeaux Tasting is the December grand cru and classed-growth wine fair at the Palais de la Bourse, with masterclasses, winemaker meetings and a Médoc-Saint-Émilion comparative pour.
Focus: Bordeaux Grand Cru and classed-growth tastings, masterclasses with chateaux winemakers
Tip: Entry tickets and masterclass passes are sold separately; book classed-growth masterclasses two weeks ahead.