Food Festivals in Gothenburg

The Christmas market at Liseberg amusement park in November and December is one of Scandinavia's most celebrated, with 5 million lights, gloegg stalls.

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.

The annual Fisk och Skaldjursfestivalen at Feskekorka in early May celebrates the West Coast harvest with live shellfish from local boats, oyster shucking.

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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.

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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.

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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Streetfoodfestivalen fills Kungstorget and Basargatan with food trucks during Goteborgskalaset, Gothenburg's late August city festival, and hosts the Swedish street food championship.