Food Festivals in Oslo

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.

The Norsk Folkemuseum Christmas Fair at Bygdøy gathers Norwegian traditional food stalls across the open-air museum on the first two weekends of December.

Rebel Beer and Cider Fest is the late-winter Oslo craft festival at Rebel on Universitetsgata.

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.

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.

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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.

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.