Food Festivals in Cincinnati

Nine weekends at Waynesville, halfway between Cincinnati and Dayton.

Three-day German Christmas market at the Germania Society in Colerain Township, with mock turtle soup, wursts, pastries and Glühwein, 6 to 8 Nov 2026.

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.

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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.

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

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.

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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.

Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser

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

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

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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.

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

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Findlay Market's Fall Food Fest is a tasting walk through the Over-the-Rhine market, with autumn dishes and drinks from a wide range of vendors and live music.

Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser

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.