Las Vegas Greek Food Festival at St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church is Nevada's largest food festival per National Geographic, with roasted lamb, baklava and loukoumades over 10 acres.
Tip: Get there early Friday for the roast lamb (sells out by Saturday night); guided church tours run hourly, Greek dance starts at 19:00 each night.
Address: 5300 S El Camino Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89118
Great American Foodie Fest in Las Vegas is the three-day West Coast food carnival at Desert Breeze Events Center, 100-plus vendors from birria tacos to Korean hot dogs with 30 rides.
Tip: General admission is $10 with unlimited 3-day reentry; the VIP tasting tickets ($45 to $85) cover the tasting samples, the rides ticket separately.
Dream Asia Food Fest in downtown Las Vegas is the three-day winter festival at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 80-plus pan-Asian vendors plus Lion Dance, Taiko and K-pop sets.
Tip: Saturday is the busiest day; the anime merchandise market runs all three days, and the K-pop dance performances cluster in afternoon time slots.
Las Vegas Indian Food and Cultural Festival (Mela) at Clark County Government Center Amphitheater is the Vaisakhi Mela revival, pani puri, samosas and Bollywood dance with 6,000-plus attendees.
Tip: Tickets are $14.41 for 9-plus, under-8 free; cash for the food stalls is faster than the QR-pay queues, henna artists run all afternoon.
Las Vegas Restaurant Week, the Three Square Food Bank annual since 2007, runs 12 days of $20 to $120 prix-fixe menus across over 400 restaurants and donates a slice of every cover to hunger relief.
Tip: Menus drop on the website two weeks before; book the Strip-resort lunches first, the casual rooms hold day-of reservations on Resy and OpenTable.
Great Vegas Festival of Beer in downtown Las Vegas is Nevada's largest craft beer festival, 200,000 sq ft of Fremont closures with 100-plus breweries, 500 brews and food trucks each March.
Tip: Early Entry tickets buy an hour from 14:00 with rare beers; the Motley Disco VIP tier covers gratuities and the food spread.
Great American Foodie Fest in Las Vegas is the three-day West Coast food carnival at Desert Breeze Events Center, 100-plus vendors from birria tacos to Korean hot dogs with 30 rides.
Tip: General admission is $10 with unlimited 3-day reentry; the VIP tasting tickets ($45 to $85) cover the tasting samples, the rides ticket separately.
San Gennaro Feast in spring at M Resort Henderson is the bi-annual Italian heritage festival, sausage and peppers, cannoli and zeppoles plus rides over five days each April and again in late September.
Tip: Free entry under 54 inches tall; Wednesday opening night's $20 unlimited-ride wristband is the cheapest entry, weekday crowds clear faster than Saturday.
