Food Festivals in New York City

Eight weekends of jousting and a marketplace of over 100 artisans at Tuxedo, New York, with turkey legs at several stalls, soup in a bread bowl and B. Nektar meads.

TipThe menu marks gluten-free, wheat-free, vegan and vegetarian dishes; Labor Day Monday is the one weekday the faire opens.

NYCWFF runs four days of chef tastings, wine seminars and the Burger Bash at the Seaport, with the Rooftop at Pier 17 hosting the signature events. Lee Schrager launched it in 2008; net proceeds go to charity.

TipThe Blue Moon Burger Bash on the Pier 17 rooftop opens the festival on the Thursday night; buy early, the signature events are the first to go.

Burger Bash is the headline night of NYCWFF every October at the Seaport in New York City. Pat LaFrieda Meats presents; 30 chefs each build a burger.

TipTickets ($295) include unlimited burgers and drinks. The line for in 2025's winner runs 30 minutes; circulate to lesser-known chefs.

Winter Village at Bryant Park runs a free-entry holiday market and food hall from late October to early January, with raclette, bratwurst and stuffed crepes.

TipThe food hall is busiest between 17:00 and 20:00 once the rink lights up. Shops open daily at 11:00; the skating rink runs on into February.

NYC Restaurant Week runs prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus Monday to Friday at more than 600 New York City restaurants, twice a year in winter and summer, at three fixed price points.

TipSaturdays are excluded citywide and Sunday is optional. Book the morning reservations open; the strongest rooms fill within hours.

The NYC Hot Sauce Expo fills two Industry City buildings in Brooklyn each April with more than 50 sauce makers, free tastings and a chilli-eating stage.

TipGeneral admission is $15 in advance and $20 on the door. Tastings are free once inside; eat something before the Stage of DOOM heats.

Taste of Tribeca puts 43 Tribeca restaurants on Duane Street for one Saturday each May, produced entirely by parent volunteers from PS 150 and PS 234.

TipA $65 punch card buys six tastings and costs less bought in advance. Proceeds fund arts programs at the two schools that run it.

The Ninth Avenue International Food Festival fills Ninth Avenue from 42nd to 57th Streets in Hell's Kitchen for a spring weekend; the organisers call it New York's oldest continuing food festival.

TipBoth days run 10am to 6pm along 9th Avenue between 42nd and 57th Streets; the festival is produced by the Ninth Avenue Association.

The Museum at Eldridge Street's free street festival, its 25th in 2026, closes Eldridge Street between Canal and Division on a June Sunday for egg rolls, egg creams, empanadas, dumplings, kreplach and challah.

TipFree, noon to 4pm on Eldridge Street between Canal and Division; the 2027 edition is already set for Sunday 20 June.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg hosts this 12 day July feast, known for the Dancing of the Giglio, a tall tower carried through the streets, with food vendors and music around the church on North 8th Street.

TipThe feast runs 8 to 19 July in 2026; check the church's schedule for Giglio Sunday, the day of the main lift, which draws the biggest crowd.

Taste of Times Square, the Times Square Alliance's annual tasting evening, returned on Wednesday 9 September 2026 with wristband tastings of signature dishes from neighbourhood restaurants and live entertainment.

TipWristbands are sold at tents on Broadway and 46th Street; advance sales ended before the 2026 date but tickets could still be bought at the tents from 2 pm.

Pig Island, 17 years old in 2026, brings New York chefs to Snug Harbor on Staten Island for one September Saturday to cook whole hogs, belly bites and country ham, with craft beer, cider and spirits included.

TipAll-inclusive tickets are sold on Eventbrite and the event runs rain or shine; come hungry, as beer, cider and spirits are included.