8 festivals in 1 city, soonest first.
8 food festivals with a guide across 1 city in Norway, in date order from today. Each opens the festival page with dates, what to eat and what to book around it. How these cities compare with the rest: the city food festival index.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
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.
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