Taste of Cincinnati ★ 4.5
Taste of Cincinnati on Fifth Street downtown is the city's biggest food festival since 1979, running every Memorial Day weekend, claimed as the longest-running US food fest.
Focus: All-cuisines, Cincinnati restaurants
Food festivals in Cincinnati worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati ★ 4.6
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati at Sawyer Point and Yeatman's Cove on the Cincinnati riverfront is the German-American festival every September, with bratwurst, beer steins and the Running of the Wieners.
Focus: German food and beer
Bockfest ★ 4.4
Bockfest in Cincinnati's OTR runs the first weekend of March, celebrating the German brewing heritage with parade, bock beer pours and Christian Moerlein tours.
Focus: German bock beer and brewing heritage
Glier's Goettafest ★ 4.3
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 breakfast staple.
Focus: Goetta and German food
Cincinnati Chili Week ★ 4.3
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 chili parlors.
Focus: Cincinnati chili
Asian Food Fest ★ 4.4
Asian Food Fest at Court Street Plaza in Cincinnati's downtown runs late April for its 15th year, with 60-plus Pan-Asian vendors and food trucks for two days.
Focus: Pan-Asian street food
Panegyri Greek Festival ★ 4.4
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