Food Festivals in Cincinnati

Taste of Cincinnati ★ 4.7

Taste of Cincinnati on Fifth Street downtown is the city's biggest food festival since 1979, running every Memorial Day weekend, claimed.

Focus: All-cuisines, Cincinnati restaurants

Oktoberfest Zinzinnati ★ 4.8

Oktoberfest Zinzinnati at Sawyer Point and Yeatman's Cove on the Cincinnati riverfront is the German-American festival every September, with bratwurst.

Focus: German food and beer

Bockfest ★ 4.5

Bockfest in Cincinnati's OTR runs the first weekend of March, celebrating the German brewing heritage with parade, bock beer pours and Christian Moerlein.

Focus: German bock beer and brewing heritage

Glier's Goettafest ★ 4.1

Glier's Goettafest in Newport KY runs two weekends in late July and early August, the Cincinnati-area festival celebrating the pork-and-pinhead-oats.

Focus: Goetta and German food

Cincinnati Chili Week ★ 4.0

Cincinnati Chili Week runs late February through early March across the city, with prix-fixe chili plates at Camp Washington, Skyline, Gold Star and indie.

Focus: Cincinnati chili

Asian Food Fest ★ 4.4

Asian Food Fest at Court Street Plaza in downtown Cincinnati runs two days in late April with 60-plus Pan-Asian restaurants and food trucks, produced by Asianati and the Cincinnati Regional Chamber.

Focus: Pan-Asian street food

Panegyri Greek Festival ★ 4.3

Panegyri Greek Festival at Cincinnati's Holy Trinity-St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church runs late June, with gyros, baklava, dolmades and live Greek music.

Focus: Greek food and pastries

Cincy Winter Beerfest ★ 3.9

Cincy Winter Beerfest fills the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown for one Saturday, 7 February 2026, with afternoon and evening sessions pouring hundreds of local and regional craft beers, the list posted fest week.

Focus: Craft beer

Tip: Regular admission is $60 plus fees for a three-hour session and early admission $70 for four hours; designated-driver tickets are $30.

Cincinnati International Wine Festival ★ 4.0

Cincinnati's charity wine festival, founded in 1991, returns to the Cincinnati Convention Center on 6 and 7 March 2026 with three Grand Tasting sessions of unlimited pours from more than 700 wines, plus winery dinners.

Focus: International wine

Tip: Grand Tasting tickets are $95 a session, $140 with an hour in the VIP room; Friday runs 19:00 to 21:30 and Saturday has 14:30 and 18:30 sessions.

Cincinnati Coffee Festival ★ 3.9

The Ohio River Foundation's Cincinnati Coffee Festival brings regional roasters, tea merchants, bakers and chocolatiers into Music Hall on 24 and 25 October 2026, with sampling, brewing demos and a latte art throwdown.

Focus: Coffee, tea and pastry

Tip: Tickets go through the Cincinnati Arts box office; the demonstrations and latte art throwdown run to a schedule, so check it before choosing your day.

Findlay Market Fall Food Fest ★ 3.8

Findlay Market's Fall Food Fest, Sunday 27 September 2026 from 10:00 to 16:00, is a tasting walk through the Over-the-Rhine market: autumn dishes and drinks sampled from a wide range of vendors, with live music.

Focus: Seasonal tasting from Findlay Market vendors

Tip: Tasting tickets are sold in bundles, 8 for $25 or 18 for $45, one ticket per sample; collect them at the market on the day.