Food festivals in Montpellier worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Montpellier worth planning a trip around, by month.
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.
Focus: World organic wine trade fair
Tip: It is a trade fair, so entry is aimed at buyers; the January edition runs across three days.
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.
Focus: Organic Languedoc wine tastings across the city
Tip: Run by Sudvinbio alongside Toulouse; the programme lists which venues pour on which night.
Every Monday evening through the summer the JOST hotel rooftop pours Étang de Thau oysters with a glass of white wine from €14, walk-in and no booking.
Focus: Thau oysters and Languedoc white wine on a rooftop
Tip: It starts at 18:00 and needs no reservation, which is unusual for a Montpellier rooftop.
Les Estivales fill the Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle every Friday evening from July to late August, around thirty Languedoc growers pouring beside food trucks.
Focus: Languedoc winegrower stalls, food trucks and open-air concerts
Tip: The market is free to walk; a tasting pass with a glass costs around €4 at the entrance.
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.
Focus: Craft beer from 60 breweries plus a food-truck corner
Tip: The week happens in partner bars around the city; only the final weekend is up at the Peyrou.
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.
Focus: Heritage tomato exhibition and producer market
Tip: Free tastings run from 10:00 and the growers' market is the reason to arrive early.
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.
Focus: Languedoc olives, olive oil and derived products
Tip: Entry is free and the day runs 10:00 to 18:00; Pignan is under twenty kilometres from the city.
The Foire Internationale fills the Pérols exhibition park for eleven October days, with a guest-country food pavilion that in 2026 goes to Canada.
Focus: Regional producers plus a guest-country food pavilion
Tip: The guest-country village is the food draw; tickets go on sale in early September each year.