Eet- & drinkfestival, maand voor maand over de hele wereld
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Wanneer het speelt
Eet- & drinkfestival in januari
- Launceston 🇦🇺 AustraliëFestivale · 25 jan – 10 feb (meestal)Three days of Tasmanian food, wine, beer and cider under the oaks in City Park, with bands on until late.93
- George Town KaaimaneilandenCayman Cookout · 14–19 jan (meestal)Eric Ripert's food festival takes over the Ritz-Carlton and a stretch of Seven Mile Beach for five days.76
- Toronto 🇨🇦 CanadaWinterlicious · 23 jan – 8 feb (meestal)A fortnight of prix-fixe menus across a couple of hundred restaurants at the bleakest point of the year, which is exactly why the city invented it.36
- Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IJslandThorrablot · 19 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The midwinter feasts run through the old month of Thorri: soured ram, fermented shark, and a room of people singing.31
Eet- & drinkfestival in februari
- Launceston 🇦🇺 AustraliëFestivale · 25 jan – 10 feb (meestal)Three days of Tasmanian food, wine, beer and cider under the oaks in City Park, with bands on until late.95
- Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëFiesta Nacional de la Vendimia · 25 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)The province crowns a harvest queen in a Greek theatre in the hills with fireworks over the city, after a week of parades and blessings.84
- Hilton Head Island 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHilton Head Island Seafood Festival · 20 feb – 5 mrt (meestal)A week of Lowcountry seafood at the end of February: chef dinners, tastings, cooking demos and waterside events, ending in a big weekend festival.80
- Charleston 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCharleston Wine + Food · 28 feb – 12 mrt (meestal)Five days in early March built around the Culinary Village in Marion Square, and the restaurant tickets sell out long before the festival ones do.79
- Toronto 🇨🇦 CanadaWinterlicious · 23 jan – 8 feb (meestal)A fortnight of prix-fixe menus across a couple of hundred restaurants at the bleakest point of the year, which is exactly why the city invented it.42
- Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IJslandThorrablot · 19 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The midwinter feasts run through the old month of Thorri: soured ram, fermented shark, and a room of people singing.40
Eet- & drinkfestival in maart
- Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëFiesta Nacional de la Vendimia · 25 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)The province crowns a harvest queen in a Greek theatre in the hills with fireworks over the city, after a week of parades and blessings.89
- Charleston 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCharleston Wine + Food · 28 feb – 12 mrt (meestal)Five days in early March built around the Culinary Village in Marion Square, and the restaurant tickets sell out long before the festival ones do.86
- Hilton Head Island 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHilton Head Island Seafood Festival · 20 feb – 5 mrt (meestal)A week of Lowcountry seafood at the end of February: chef dinners, tastings, cooking demos and waterside events, ending in a big weekend festival.86
- Ica 🇵🇪 PeruFestival de la Vendimia · 1–18 mrt (meestal)Ten days of grape-treading in the fairground, bodega tastings and a queen's coronation, with the central Friday a regional public holiday.80
- The Valley AnguillaFestival del Mar · 20 mrt – 26 apr (meestal)Easter weekend seafood festival in the fishing village of Island Harbour: lobster and crayfish cook-offs, fishing contests, boat races and live music, mostly locals.79
- Shoal Bay AnguillaFestival Del Mar · 20 mrt – 26 apr (meestal)Easter Saturday and Sunday in the fishing village of Island Harbour, a short drive from Shoal Bay: boat races, swimming and crab races, and a lot of fish cooked on the waterfront.79
- München 🇩🇪 DuitslandStarkbierzeit · 1–31 mrt (meestal)For three weeks in March the breweries pour doppelbock at around 7 percent, in their own halls rather than a fairground.69
- York 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkYork Chocolate Festival · 20 mrt – 25 apr (meestal)Over the Easter weekend a chocolate market fills Parliament Street and a tasting trail runs through the centre, a nod to the city's Rowntree and Terry's past.67
Eet- & drinkfestival in april
- Adelaide 🇦🇺 AustraliëTasting Australia · 25 apr – 18 mei (meestal)A ten-day food and wine festival across metropolitan Adelaide and the regions, with chef collaborations and long-table dinners that book out early each autumn.93
- İzmir 🇹🇷 TurkijeAlacati Herb Festival · 18–28 apr (meestal)Wild-herb dishes, foraging walks and stalls fill Alacati for about a week each spring; it's in Cesme district, roughly 90 minutes from central Izmir by road, so plan it as a day trip.92
- Çeşme 🇹🇷 TurkijeAlacati Herb Festival · 12 apr – 2 mei (meestal)The peninsula's wild greens get a week of cooking competitions, foraging walks and street stalls in Alacati.90
- Verona 🇮🇹 ItaliëVinitaly · 5–20 apr (meestal)The largest wine fair in the world takes over the exhibition centre for four days in April and every hotel room within an hour of the city with it.84
- Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 BraziliëComida di Buteco · 5 apr – 15 mei (meestal)For a month every competing bar cooks one dish at one fixed price and the public votes, which turns ordinary corner botecos into hour-long queues.84
- Gramado 🇧🇷 BraziliëFesta da Colonia · 28 apr – 31 mei (meestal)Rural Gramado's harvest fair at Expogramado: Italian, German and Portuguese home cooking, folk dances, crafts and farm produce, busiest at weekends.84
- München 🇩🇪 DuitslandFruehlingsfest · 15 apr – 12 mei (meestal)The spring fair on the Theresienwiese: two tents, a flea market and fireworks, in the same place as Oktoberfest at a fifth of the scale and without the reservations.79
- Stuttgart 🇩🇪 DuitslandStuttgarter Frühlingsfest · 10 apr – 15 mei (meestal)The spring version of the Wasen: two beer tents, a funfair and the same dirndls, on the Cannstatt meadows for three weeks.79
- York 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkYork Chocolate Festival · 20 mrt – 25 apr (meestal)Over the Easter weekend a chocolate market fills Parliament Street and a tasting trail runs through the centre, a nod to the city's Rowntree and Terry's past.77
- The Valley AnguillaFestival del Mar · 20 mrt – 26 apr (meestal)Easter weekend seafood festival in the fishing village of Island Harbour: lobster and crayfish cook-offs, fishing contests, boat races and live music, mostly locals.76
- Shoal Bay AnguillaFestival Del Mar · 20 mrt – 26 apr (meestal)Easter Saturday and Sunday in the fishing village of Island Harbour, a short drive from Shoal Bay: boat races, swimming and crab races, and a lot of fish cooked on the waterfront.76
- Halifax 🇨🇦 CanadaHalifax Burger Bash · 1–30 apr (meestal)For about ten days each April more than a hundred restaurants put a one-off burger on the menu, and the busier downtown kitchens queue at the door; part of each sale goes to Feed Nova Scotia.62
Eet- & drinkfestival in mei
- Çeşme 🇹🇷 TurkijeAlacati Herb Festival · 12 apr – 2 mei (meestal)The peninsula's wild greens get a week of cooking competitions, foraging walks and street stalls in Alacati.95
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiëCrayfish Festival · 1–5 mei (meestal)Lüderitz's dock fills with dozens of stalls grilling crayfish, prawns and oysters over the May Day and Cassinga Day long weekend, with live music and family stalls drawing visitors from across southern Namibia.92
- Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 BraziliëComida di Buteco · 5 apr – 15 mei (meestal)For a month every competing bar cooks one dish at one fixed price and the public votes, which turns ordinary corner botecos into hour-long queues.91
- Genève 🇨🇭 ZwitserlandCaves ouvertes (open wine cellars) · 23 mei – 1 jun (meestal)On a Saturday in late May, around 70 wineries across the canton open their cellars for tastings, from Satigny to Dardagny; the easiest day of the year to see Geneva's wine country without a car or a plan.84
- Stuttgart 🇩🇪 DuitslandStuttgarter Frühlingsfest · 10 apr – 15 mei (meestal)The spring version of the Wasen: two beer tents, a funfair and the same dirndls, on the Cannstatt meadows for three weeks.84
- Memphis 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWorld Championship Barbecue · 10–20 mei (meestal)Hundreds of teams cooking whole hog, shoulder and ribs over four days in mid-May, most of it behind team tents you need an invitation to enter.83
- Querétaro 🇲🇽 MexicoTequisquiapan cheese and wine fair · 7 mei – 10 jun (meestal)A day trip away in Tequisquiapan, about an hour east: the long-running cheese and wine festival fills the plaza on weekends with tastings, vineyard tours and concerts.83
- Madison 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWorld's Largest Brat Fest · 22–31 mei (meestal)Memorial Day weekend, free entry, hundreds of thousands of bratwurst sold for charity with bands on all afternoon.83
- Adelaide 🇦🇺 AustraliëTasting Australia · 25 apr – 18 mei (meestal)A ten-day food and wine festival across metropolitan Adelaide and the regions, with chef collaborations and long-table dinners that book out early each autumn.82
- St Ives 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkFood and Drink Festival · 10–20 mei (meestal)Three days on the sand at Porthminster in the middle of May, before the school holidays and while the town is still walkable.82
- München 🇩🇪 DuitslandFruehlingsfest · 15 apr – 12 mei (meestal)The spring fair on the Theresienwiese: two tents, a flea market and fireworks, in the same place as Oktoberfest at a fifth of the scale and without the reservations.80
- Gramado 🇧🇷 BraziliëFesta da Colonia · 28 apr – 31 mei (meestal)Rural Gramado's harvest fair at Expogramado: Italian, German and Portuguese home cooking, folk dances, crafts and farm produce, busiest at weekends.72
- Mysore 🇮🇳 IndiaMango and Jackfruit Mela · 15 mei – 5 jun (meestal)The Horticulture Department sets up farmers' stalls at Curzon Park or Nishad Bagh for a few days in late May, selling naturally ripened mangoes and jackfruit straight from growers.63
Eet- & drinkfestival in juni
- Lima 🇵🇪 PeruNational Ceviche Day · 28 junThe 28th of June, set by the production ministry, when the cevicherias in Surquillo and Barranco run queues out of the door and a lot of them put on a fixed price.92
- Genève 🇨🇭 ZwitserlandCaves ouvertes (open wine cellars) · 23 mei – 1 jun (meestal)On a Saturday in late May, around 70 wineries across the canton open their cellars for tastings, from Satigny to Dardagny; the easiest day of the year to see Geneva's wine country without a car or a plan.91
- Napa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAuction Napa Valley · 1–10 jun (meestal)The vintners' charity weekend in early June: barrel tastings, estate dinners and the live auction.91
- Gibraltar GibraltarCalentita food festival · 15 jun – 15 jul (meestal)Two nights in June when a car park in the ditch is given over to stalls cooking the local mixture of Genoese, Andalusian and Moroccan food that the territory is actually made of.91
- Pristina KosovoBeerfest Kosova · 10 jun – 15 jul (meestal)A four-day beer festival on the plaza behind the Palace of Youth and Sports, running since 2011, with local and regional brewers and nightly concerts.88
- Freiburg im Breisgau 🇩🇪 DuitslandFreiburger Weinfest · 28 jun – 10 jul (meestal)Six days of Baden wine served in the square around the Munster in the first week of July, with the growers pouring their own.88
- Stavanger 🇳🇴 NoorwegenGladmat Food Festival · 23–27 jun (meestal)Norway's biggest food festival fills the harbour and city centre for four days each June, with tastings, chef demos and Fargegata's chili contests.87
- Den Haag 🇳🇱 NederlandVlaggetjesdag · 5–25 jun (meestal)The new herring lands at Scheveningen harbour on a Saturday in June, the first barrel is auctioned for charity, and every boat on the quay is dressed with flags.87
- Napels 🇮🇹 ItaliëNapoli Pizza Village · 10–30 jun (meestal)Fifty pizzerias set up on the seafront for about a week in June, with free concerts behind them.86
- Knysna 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaKnysna Oyster Festival · 26 jun – 12 jul (meestal)Ten days at the start of July built on the lagoon's oysters and a full calendar of road and trail races.86
- Noosa 🇦🇺 AustraliëNoosa Food and Wine Festival · 10–25 jun (meestal)Four days built around a festival village in Noosa Woods, with long lunches scattered up the river and into the hinterland.85
- Plettenbergbaai 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaKnysna Oyster Festival · 26 jun – 12 jul (meestal)Ten days of oysters in Knysna, 35 km west along the Garden Route, with farm tours, shucking contests, the Knysna Forest Marathon and a cycle tour.85
- Querétaro 🇲🇽 MexicoTequisquiapan cheese and wine fair · 7 mei – 10 jun (meestal)A day trip away in Tequisquiapan, about an hour east: the long-running cheese and wine festival fills the plaza on weekends with tastings, vineyard tours and concerts.80
- Aspen 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenFood & Wine Classic · 14–22 jun (meestal)Three days of tastings and seminars in tents on the park in mid-June, and the weekend the summer season really starts.79
- Kansas City 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBoulevardia · 10–22 jun (meestal)A weekend of beer, bands and food trucks in the old Stockyards District in mid-June, built around the city's brewery.76
- Mysore 🇮🇳 IndiaMango and Jackfruit Mela · 15 mei – 5 jun (meestal)The Horticulture Department sets up farmers' stalls at Curzon Park or Nishad Bagh for a few days in late May, selling naturally ripened mangoes and jackfruit straight from growers.68
- Caye Caulker 🇧🇿 BelizeCaye Caulker Lobster Fest · 25 jun – 20 jul (meestal)Three days at Palapa Garden a few weeks after the season opens: grilled tails on every stand, a beach party and local bands.53
- Ho Chi Minhstad 🇻🇳 VietnamSouthern Fruit Festival · 1–30 jun (meestal)Suoi Tien theme park in District 9 turns over to a market of the Mekong Delta's fruit harvest, with giant fruit sculptures and folk games, running since 2004.51
- Placencia 🇧🇿 BelizePlacencia Lobsterfest · 20 jun – 10 jul (meestal)Three days at the point a couple of weeks after the season opens, with the whole village cooking lobster on the beach and a stage that runs to the small hours.51
Eet- & drinkfestival in juli
- Ica 🇵🇪 PeruNational Pisco Day · 22–28 jul (meestal)Pisco's official day falls on the fourth Sunday of July, and Ica, where much of it is distilled, marks it with a mass toast on the Plaza de Armas and tastings at the fairground and bodegas.96
- Cardiff 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkCardiff Food and Drink Festival · 1–12 jul (meestal)Free festival on Roald Dahl Plass in the Bay, usually the first weekend of July: a producers' fair, farmers' market and street food piazza with live music into the evening.91
- Freiburg im Breisgau 🇩🇪 DuitslandFreiburger Weinfest · 28 jun – 10 jul (meestal)Six days of Baden wine served in the square around the Munster in the first week of July, with the growers pouring their own.91
- Bordeaux 🇫🇷 FrankrijkBordeaux Fete le Vin · 7–11 jul (meestal)The quays become a four-day tasting on alternate years, next from 7 to 11 July 2027 alongside the tall ships.88
- Colmar 🇫🇷 FrankrijkFoire aux Vins d'Alsace · 31 jul – 9 aug (meestal)Ten days at the Parc Expo where the wine fair is the daytime half and stadium-sized concerts are the evening one.87
- Pristina KosovoBeerfest Kosova · 10 jun – 15 jul (meestal)A four-day beer festival on the plaza behind the Palace of Youth and Sports, running since 2011, with local and regional brewers and nightly concerts.86
- Knysna 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaKnysna Oyster Festival · 26 jun – 12 jul (meestal)Ten days at the start of July built on the lagoon's oysters and a full calendar of road and trail races.85
- Córdoba 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëFiesta del Chocolate Alpino · 1–31 jul (meestal)Villa General Belgrano, the Alpine-style town in the Calamuchita valley, turns the winter school holidays into a month of chocolate, fondue, Central European food and folk dancing, with free entry.84
- Plettenbergbaai 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaKnysna Oyster Festival · 26 jun – 12 jul (meestal)Ten days of oysters in Knysna, 35 km west along the Garden Route, with farm tours, shucking contests, the Knysna Forest Marathon and a cycle tour.84
- Gibraltar GibraltarCalentita food festival · 15 jun – 15 jul (meestal)Two nights in June when a car park in the ditch is given over to stalls cooking the local mixture of Genoese, Andalusian and Moroccan food that the territory is actually made of.84
- Şəki 🇦🇿 AzerbeidzjanInternational Festival of Sweets · 20–22 jul (meestal)Confectioners from across Azerbaijan and abroad set up pavilions in Sheki's old caravanserai quarter each summer, piling out pakhlava, shekerbura and the town's famous walnut halva for a weekend built entirely around dessert.81
- Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenPicklesburgh · 16–20 jul (meestal)Four days of a street food festival built entirely around pickles, on the closed Boulevard of the Allies.72
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaStellenbosch Wine Festival · 25 jul – 5 aug (meestal)Sixty-odd producers pouring in one hall over two winter days, which is the efficient way to taste the district without driving between farms.71
- Harbin 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaHarbin International Beer Festival · 5 jul – 25 aug (meestal)Summer's answer to the ice festival: beer halls, stages and food stalls set up at the Ice and Snow World grounds from early July, drawing crowds of visitors escaping the heat further south.65
- Caye Caulker 🇧🇿 BelizeCaye Caulker Lobster Fest · 25 jun – 20 jul (meestal)Three days at Palapa Garden a few weeks after the season opens: grilled tails on every stand, a beach party and local bands.61
- Qingdao 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaQingdao International Beer Festival · 17 jul – 15 aug (meestal)A month of beer tents on the West Coast site and in the old brewery district.56
- Daegu 🇰🇷 Zuid-KoreaChimac Festival · 10–31 jul (meestal)Fried chicken and beer for five nights in Duryu Park, with close to a million people through the gates.56
- Placencia 🇧🇿 BelizePlacencia Lobsterfest · 20 jun – 10 jul (meestal)Three days at the point a couple of weeks after the season opens, with the whole village cooking lobster on the beach and a stage that runs to the small hours.54
Eet- & drinkfestival in augustus
- Maastricht 🇳🇱 NederlandPreuvenemint food festival · 24 aug – 1 sep (meestal)Four late-August days when the Vrijthof becomes an open-air restaurant run by the city's own kitchens, free to walk into and pay per plate.91
- Cork 🇮🇪 IerlandCork on a Fork Fest · 8–20 aug (meestal)The city council's food festival runs five days of street feasts, long-table dinners and free cooking demonstrations in the English Market.87
- Portimão 🇵🇹 PortugalFestival da Sardinha · 1–12 aug (meestal)Charcoal grills the length of the Zona Ribeirinha, sardines on bread and concerts every night for the best part of a week.85
- Colmar 🇫🇷 FrankrijkFoire aux Vins d'Alsace · 31 jul – 9 aug (meestal)Ten days at the Parc Expo where the wine fair is the daytime half and stadium-sized concerts are the evening one.85
- Brașov 🇷🇴 RoemeniëOktoberfest Brasov · 27 aug – 6 sep (meestal)Eleven days of tents and brass bands on Strada Turnului at the end of the summer, now run under a licence from the city of Munich.82
- Cleveland 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCleveland Oktoberfest · 28 aug – 12 sep (meestal)Northeast Ohio's largest outdoor event: two weekends of German food, beer tents and oompah bands at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, overlapping the air show downtown.81
- Paraty 🇧🇷 BraziliëFestival da Cachaca · 14–27 aug (meestal)The alambiques around the bay bring their barrels down to the Areal do Pontal for four free days in August, with a food court and local bands.81
- Belgrado 🇷🇸 ServiëBelgrade Beer Fest · 10 aug – 2 sep (meestal)Free entry, several days, and a few hundred thousand people in Usce park at the confluence.79
- Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalFesta do Frango (Chicken Festival) · 1–10 aug (meestal)The inland parish of Guia, nicknamed the Algarve's chicken capital, spends a long weekend grilling piri-piri chicken at communal tables, a genuinely local food tradition rather than a beach-strip event.79
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaStellenbosch Wine Festival · 25 jul – 5 aug (meestal)Sixty-odd producers pouring in one hall over two winter days, which is the efficient way to taste the district without driving between farms.77
- Ålesund 🇳🇴 NoorwegenNorwegian Food Festival · 20–31 aug (meestal)Norway's oldest food festival takes over the centre for three days at the end of August, with the fishing and farming side of Sunnmore selling straight to the street.76
- Harbin 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaHarbin International Beer Festival · 5 jul – 25 aug (meestal)Summer's answer to the ice festival: beer halls, stages and food stalls set up at the Ice and Snow World grounds from early July, drawing crowds of visitors escaping the heat further south.73
- Wellington 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandWellington On a Plate · 1–31 augThe whole of August is a city-wide food festival, with a burger competition that half the town treats as a sport.71
- Suchitoto 🇸🇻 El SalvadorFestival del Maiz · 24 augA one-day harvest thanksgiving started by the Santa Lucia parish: a procession and mass, then the streets fill with stands of riguas, atol de elote and corn pupusas.65
- Key West 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenKey West Lobsterfest · 3–12 aug (meestal)A street fair on Duval in the deadest week of the tourist year, which is exactly the point: cheap rooms, a lobster boil and the town to itself.57
- Qingdao 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaQingdao International Beer Festival · 17 jul – 15 aug (meestal)A month of beer tents on the West Coast site and in the old brewery district.53
- Orlando 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenEpcot Food and Wine Festival · 25 aug – 25 nov (meestal)Three months of food kiosks around the World Showcase lagoon, included with park admission and paid for a plate at a time.49
Eet- & drinkfestival in september
- Córdoba 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëFiesta Nacional de la Cerveza · 28 sep – 20 okt (meestal)Villa General Belgrano, a Central European settlement two hours south in the Calamuchita valley, spends the first half of October on its beer festival.92
- Belgrado 🇷🇸 ServiëBelgrade Beer Fest · 10 aug – 2 sep (meestal)Free entry, several days, and a few hundred thousand people in Usce park at the confluence.91
- Cleveland 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCleveland Oktoberfest · 28 aug – 12 sep (meestal)Northeast Ohio's largest outdoor event: two weekends of German food, beer tents and oompah bands at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, overlapping the air show downtown.91
- Denver 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGreat American Beer Festival · 25 sep – 15 okt (meestal)The country's biggest brewing competition and its public tasting, held in Denver each autumn and moved outdoors to Levitt Pavilion for 2026.90
- Cincinnati 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenOktoberfest Zinzinnati · 12–28 sep (meestal)The largest Oktoberfest in the country outside Munich, four free days on the riverfront in the second half of September, complete with a chicken dance record attempt.89
- Stuttgart 🇩🇪 DuitslandCannstatter Volksfest · 20 sep – 15 okt (meestal)The second-largest beer festival in the world after Munich's, running since 1818 under a fruit column on the Wasen.87
- Curitiba 🇧🇷 BraziliëFestival de Carne de Onca · 10 sep – 10 okt (meestal)Bars across the city compete over carne de onca, Curitiba's raw beef on bread with onion and chives, now listed as city heritage; a few weeks around late September.87
- Sapporo 🇯🇵 JapanSapporo Autumn Fest · 11 sep – 3 okt (meestal)Three weeks of Hokkaido food in Odori Park through September: the island's harvest, ramen by region, and the last comfortable evenings outdoors.86
- Brașov 🇷🇴 RoemeniëOktoberfest Brasov · 27 aug – 6 sep (meestal)Eleven days of tents and brass bands on Strada Turnului at the end of the summer, now run under a licence from the city of Munich.86
- Kansas City 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAmerican Royal barbecue · 25 sep – 6 okt (meestal)The world's largest barbecue competition, six hundred teams deep, now on a new campus by the Speedway on the Kansas side.86
- Maastricht 🇳🇱 NederlandPreuvenemint food festival · 24 aug – 1 sep (meestal)Four late-August days when the Vrijthof becomes an open-air restaurant run by the city's own kitchens, free to walk into and pay per plate.86
- München 🇩🇪 DuitslandOktoberfest · 16 sep – 6 okt (meestal)Sixteen days from the third Saturday of September.84
- York 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkYork Food and Drink Festival · 15–30 sep (meestal)Ten days of markets, tastings and demonstrations across Parliament Street and the guildhalls in the second half of September, after the summer crowds and before the market chalets.80
- Dingle 🇮🇪 IerlandDingle Food Festival · 28 sep – 8 okt (meestal)The first weekend of October, run by volunteers, built around a taste trail through the pubs and shops rather than a single marquee.78
- Manchester 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkFood and Drink Festival · 20 sep – 10 okt (meestal)Ten days of markets and pop-ups around Cathedral Gardens and the Northern Quarter at the turn of September into October, which is when the city's restaurants put themselves on the street.77
- Douglas ManBig Manx Feast · 15–25 sep (meestal)The island's food and drink festival, revived under this name at Noble's Park in Douglas, with Manx producers, chef demonstrations and local music over a September weekend.77
- Orlando 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenEpcot Food and Wine Festival · 25 aug – 25 nov (meestal)Three months of food kiosks around the World Showcase lagoon, included with park admission and paid for a plate at a time.53
- Bangkok 🇹🇭 ThailandVegetarian Festival · 25 sep – 25 okt (meestal)Nine days when Yaowarat turns yellow with flags and every other stall sells jay food — no meat, no dairy, no garlic or onion.46
Eet- & drinkfestival in oktober
- Mardin 🇹🇷 TurkijeHarire festival · 1–31 okt (meestal)After the grape harvest the municipality boils fresh must with flour in big cauldrons and hands out warm harire, the town's grape pudding, to music and folk dancing.92
- Córdoba 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëFiesta Nacional de la Cerveza · 28 sep – 20 okt (meestal)Villa General Belgrano, a Central European settlement two hours south in the Calamuchita valley, spends the first half of October on its beer festival.89
- Denver 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGreat American Beer Festival · 25 sep – 15 okt (meestal)The country's biggest brewing competition and its public tasting, held in Denver each autumn and moved outdoors to Levitt Pavilion for 2026.86
- Jeonju 🇰🇷 Zuid-KoreaJeonju Bibimbap Festival · 15–31 okt (meestal)Three days built around the dish the city is known for, now held out at the World Cup stadium rather than in the hanok lanes.84
- Kansas City 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAmerican Royal barbecue · 25 sep – 6 okt (meestal)The world's largest barbecue competition, six hundred teams deep, now on a new campus by the Speedway on the Kansas side.83
- Şəki 🇦🇿 AzerbeidzjanGoychay Pomegranate Festival · 20 okt – 15 nov (meestal)A long day trip south to Goychay: concerts, juice-squeezing and eating contests and fireworks, timed to the harvest and announced late each year.83
- Curitiba 🇧🇷 BraziliëFestival de Carne de Onca · 10 sep – 10 okt (meestal)Bars across the city compete over carne de onca, Curitiba's raw beef on bread with onion and chives, now listed as city heritage; a few weeks around late September.78
- Gangneung 🇰🇷 Zuid-KoreaGangneung Coffee Festival · 1–31 okt (meestal)The city trades on coffee and gives it a weekend in October at Anmok, where the beachfront roasters are why people drive over the pass the rest of the year anyway.78
- Florianópolis 🇧🇷 BraziliëFenaostra · 1–15 okt (meestal)The island grows most of Brazil's oysters and spends a week eating them at the CentroSul, with music and an Azorean streak through it.74
- Stuttgart 🇩🇪 DuitslandCannstatter Volksfest · 20 sep – 15 okt (meestal)The second-largest beer festival in the world after Munich's, running since 1818 under a fruit column on the Wasen.74
- München 🇩🇪 DuitslandOktoberfest · 16 sep – 6 okt (meestal)Sixteen days from the third Saturday of September.73
- Sapporo 🇯🇵 JapanSapporo Autumn Fest · 11 sep – 3 okt (meestal)Three weeks of Hokkaido food in Odori Park through September: the island's harvest, ramen by region, and the last comfortable evenings outdoors.73
- Orlando 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenEpcot Food and Wine Festival · 25 aug – 25 nov (meestal)Three months of food kiosks around the World Showcase lagoon, included with park admission and paid for a plate at a time.68
- Dingle 🇮🇪 IerlandDingle Food Festival · 28 sep – 8 okt (meestal)The first weekend of October, run by volunteers, built around a taste trail through the pubs and shops rather than a single marquee.68
- Manchester 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkFood and Drink Festival · 20 sep – 10 okt (meestal)Ten days of markets and pop-ups around Cathedral Gardens and the Northern Quarter at the turn of September into October, which is when the city's restaurants put themselves on the street.67
- Bangkok 🇹🇭 ThailandVegetarian Festival · 25 sep – 25 okt (meestal)Nine days when Yaowarat turns yellow with flags and every other stall sells jay food — no meat, no dairy, no garlic or onion.50
Eet- & drinkfestival in november
- Orlando 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenEpcot Food and Wine Festival · 25 aug – 25 nov (meestal)Three months of food kiosks around the World Showcase lagoon, included with park admission and paid for a plate at a time.82
- Lissabon 🇵🇹 PortugalSao Martinho · 11 novRoast chestnut braziers on the corners and the year's new wine, on the wettest stretch of the calendar and with nobody queueing for the tram.79
- Macau 🇲🇴 MacauMacau Food Festival · 10–30 nov (meestal)A fortnight of stalls on the Sai Van reclamation in November, laid out by cuisine, and where the city eats after work for the duration.78
- Şəki 🇦🇿 AzerbeidzjanGoychay Pomegranate Festival · 20 okt – 15 nov (meestal)A long day trip south to Goychay: concerts, juice-squeezing and eating contests and fireworks, timed to the harvest and announced late each year.74
- Seoel 🇰🇷 Zuid-KoreaGimjang, kimchi-making · 15 nov – 10 dec (meestal)The communal cabbage-salting season, on UNESCO's heritage list, fills courtyards and apartment car parks for a few weeks before the ground freezes.70
- Puerto Vallarta 🇲🇽 MexicoFestival Gourmet International · 12–22 nov (meestal)Ten days in mid-November when visiting chefs cook in the town's own kitchens rather than at a fairground.70
- Providenciales Turks- en CaicoseilandenConch Festival · 15–30 nov (meestal)A Saturday in late November at Blue Hills: conch cracked, fried, curried and judged by teams of chefs, with the fishing boats pulled up behind the stalls and a stage that runs to dark.68
- Lyon 🇫🇷 FrankrijkBeaujolais nouveau · 15–21 nov (meestal)This is the wine's own city and the third Thursday of November is taken seriously in the bouchons, which pour from midnight.66
- Parijs 🇫🇷 FrankrijkBeaujolais nouveau · 15–21 nov (meestal)The year's first wine lands on the third Thursday of November and the cafes make a night of it.63