Hawaii Food and Wine Festival is the canonical Honolulu food festival that runs three weekends across Oahu, Maui and the Big Island every October with James Beard chefs and Hawaii Regional kitchens.
Tip: Buy event-specific tickets at hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com; the Oahu weekend at the Sheraton Waikiki sells out first.
Address: Sheraton Waikiki, 2255 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
The Waikiki Spam Jam in Honolulu is the canonical Saturday-in-April Spam street festival along Kalakaua Avenue, drawing 40,000 attendees yearly with restaurant booths and a Hormel-sponsored drone show.
Tip: Free admission. Buy food and merchandise from vendors. Spam-centric restaurant menus run April 19 to May 4.
Honolulu Restaurant Week is the November prix fixe celebration across more than 60 Oahu restaurants in Honolulu, presented by Honolulu Magazine with two- and three-course set menus.
Tip: Reservations open in late October on OpenTable; the higher-end rooms sell out by Halloween.
Eat the Street Hawaii is Honolulu's longest-running monthly food truck rally, held the last Friday of every month behind Restaurant Row in Kakaako with 40-plus rotating food trucks.
Tip: Last Friday monthly, 16:00 to 21:00. Free entry; cash and card both work at most trucks.
