Food festivals in Atlanta worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Atlanta worth planning a trip around, by month.
Taste of Atlanta runs two days each October in Atlanta with over 80 restaurant tasting stations, chef demos and live music. Held since 2002.
TipBuy tasting tickets in advance for a discount. The chef-stage demos are the under-the-radar draw; VIP gets early entry.
The autumn season at Fairburn, half an hour south of Atlanta, runs Saturdays only. Roasted turkey legs, shepherd's pie and Scotch eggs across 32 acres.
TipThe Fall Fling is Saturdays, not weekends; the spring season is the one that runs both days.
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival is a one-day Atlantic Station event in Atlanta with 60-plus beers, 40-plus bourbons and barbecue: pulled pork, ribs, brisket, chicken and sausage.
TipThe 15th annual edition is on Saturday 27 February 2027; general admission (2pm to 6pm) was $49 plus fees and Wood-Fired VIP (from 12pm) $89 plus fees.
The Georgia Peach Festival, in its 40th year in 2026, runs 5 to 6 June in Fort Valley and 13 June in Byron, billing itself home of the World's Largest Peach Cobbler.
TipFort Valley is the main site for the first weekend; the organiser also lists a Byron day the following Saturday.
Dragon Con is Atlanta's Labor Day weekend science fiction, fantasy and comics convention, next held 2 to 6 September 2027; membership includes Consuite snacks, and meals are in downtown restaurants.
TipBook downtown tables well ahead or eat in Midtown; the host hotels are impassable by early evening.
Atlanta Food & Wine Festival is a four-day September celebration of Southern food, wine, beer and spirits, with walk-around Tasting Tents, Whiskey & Fire and over 200 chefs.
TipThe signature Tasting Tents are walk-around events at The Home Depot Backyard; Whiskey & Fire and the burger and fried chicken events are ticketed separately, and the organiser has not yet announced 2027 dates.
The Atlanta Greek Festival is paused for building work until September 2027; in 2026 the cathedral sells a Greek Feast drive-thru on 25 to 27 September on Clairmont Road.
TipSouvlaki and gyro plates run heaviest at lunch; baklava and pastry sales run all weekend. Parking gets tight by 18:00.
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