Bristol Craft Beer Festival is a food festival in Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tip: The ski-gondola booths hire out for private groups; weekday evenings dodge the Saturday crowds.