Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The weekly Saturday farmers market is its own food festival across the season; 80-plus vendors with prepared food, produce, cheese, meat and crafts.
Food festivals in Burlington worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
May 2026 1 festival
March 2027 1 festival
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers' Association coordinates 80-plus sugarhouses opening for tours, tastings and sugar-on-snow during peak boiling season.
July 2027 1 festival
The Vermont Brewers Festival fills Burlington's Waterfront Park on Lake Champlain each July with three tasting sessions, 40-plus Vermont breweries and 200-plus specialty pours; 2026 was its 33rd year.
Book food experiences in Burlington
September 2027 2 festivals
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The South End Art Hop fills 1.5 miles along Pine Street September 11-13, 2026.
Vermont Cheesemakers Festival, the Vermont Cheese Council's 13th annual tasting day at the Breeding Barn at Shelburne Farms on 20 September 2026, sold out, with cheesemaker panels and alcohol sampling.
Get Burlington's food festivals on your calendar
All calendarsSubscribe once and every festival lands in your own calendar, with its dates kept current and a link back to the guide. Run a website? Show these festivals on it.
Across the world: Beer festivals · Street food festivals · Cheese festivals · the food festival calendar