Food festivals in Bristol worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Bristol worth planning a trip around, by month.
Bristol Craft Beer Festival pours over 300 beers from more than 50 breweries on the Harbourside each June, with street food and music between sessions.
Focus: Craft beer
Tip: Sessions sell out ahead; the We Are Beer team has already opened a 2027 mailing list, so book the June weekend early.
Bristol Harbour Festival takes over the docks each July with tall ships, stages and street food traders stretched from Thekla to Underfall Yard.
Focus: Street food and maritime Bristol
Tip: Skip the busiest amphitheatre food lines and eat at the Wapping Wharf containers mid-festival instead.
Valley Fest bills itself as Bristol's music and food festival, a lakeside August weekend of chef demos, live-fire feasts and farm producers.
Focus: Farm food, chef demos and live-fire feasts
Tip: Book the long-table feasts separately from entry tickets; under sixes go free, which families should exploit.
St Pauls Carnival is Bristol's African Caribbean celebration, its streets lined with jerk pans and rum bars whenever the full procession returns.
Focus: Caribbean food, jerk pans and sound systems
Tip: The CIC is working towards a full-scale carnival with the traditional procession in 2027; check their site before planning.
eat:Bedminster brings the South West's eat:Festivals circuit to East Street, filling Bedminster with producer stalls and street food in May and September.
Focus: South West producers and street food
Tip: It is free entry and family-focused; combine with North Street's bakeries for a full BS3 food day.
CAMRA's Bristol Beer & Cider Festival is on pause: the November 2025 City Hall edition was cancelled over venue terms, and the branch is hunting for a new home.
Focus: Cask ale and cider
Tip: The branch says the festival will resume as soon as it can; check the CAMRA Bristol site before planning a trip around it.
Bristol's Christmas Market runs from the start of November through the season in Broadmead, chalets of festive food around the Jager barn bar.
Focus: Festive street food and mulled drinks
Tip: The ski-gondola booths hire out for private groups; weekday evenings dodge the Saturday crowds.
Sausage & Cider Fest tours the UK pairing bangers with cider and live music, and its calendar currently lists Bristol for a 2027 edition of the party.
Focus: Sausages and cider
Tip: The organiser's site lists Bristol 2027; wait for dates rather than trusting resold tickets.