Food and wine festivals worldwide make vacation doubly enjoyable. Above, wine bottles at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival in Miami.
October 2005
Updated November 2006
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Food Festivals Are Fun!
Make Your Next Vacation A Food Festival
Many people look forward to vacations where they can enjoy great food. But what if your vacation is a trip to a great food festival?
Imagine three or four days of constant tastings, lectures, and demonstrations... meeting your favorite food celebrities...and being with like-mind food lovers.
You can find a master list of many festivals here: it is a massive list by month that includes includes every regional festival in America as well as trades show not open to consumers. In the chart below, we have selected festivals around the country and around the world that attract a national and international crowd. If you have others to add to this list, click here to tell us and we’ll check them out.
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January |
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February |
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March |
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April |
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May |
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June |
- Coventry Food Festival, Coventry, England
- Eco-Wine Fest, Los Angeles, California
- Food and Wine Magazine Classic at Aspen, Aspen,
Colorado
- Garlic and Ginger Festival, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Lobster Festival, Placencia, Belize
- Louisiana Corn Festival, Bunkie, Louisiana
- Northwest Garlic Festival, Ocean Park, Washington
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July |
- American Cheese Society Annual Competition and
Judging,
different location each year
- The Big Cheese, Caerphilly, Wales, England
- Clark Potato Day, Clark, South Dakota
- Florida Keys Tropical Fruit Fiesta, Key West, Florida
- Gilroy Garlic Festival, Gilroy, California
- Hook Norton Festival of Fine Ales, Hook Norton, England
- Hopkins Raspberry Festival, Hopkins, Minnesota
- Pierogi Festival, Whiting, Indiana
- Slugburger Festival, Corinth, Mississippi
- Sonoma County Showcase of Food and Wine, Sonoma
County,
California, 1.800.939.7666
- Vitoria-Gasteiz Fiestas, Basque Region, Spain
- World Pastry Team Championship, Las Vegas, Nevada
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August |
- Barnesville Potato Days Festival, Barnesville, Minnesota
- Copia Edible Gardens Festival, Napa, California
- Fiestas De La Vendimia, Ensenada, Mexico
- Isle of Wight Garlic Festival, Isle of Wight, United
Kingdom
- The Okanogan River Garlic Festival, Tonasket,
Washington,
1.509.486.1328
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September |
- Cheese: Le Forme del Latte International Quality
Cheese
Fair, Bra, Italy
- Great America Beer Festival, Denver, Colorado
- The Great British Cheese Festival, Blenheim Palace,
Oxford, England
- Hudson Valley Garlic Festival, Saugerties, New York
- Pocono Garlic Festival, Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania
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October |
- Atlantic City Gourmet Food & Cooking Festival, Atlantic
City,
New Jersey
- Bermuda Culinary Arts Festival, Bermuda
- Big Island Festival, Big Island, Hawaii
- Blue Food Festival, Bloody Bay, Tobago
- Chicago Wine and Food Festival, Chicago, Illinois
- Kohler Food and Wine Experience, Kohler, Wisconsin
- Eurochocolate, Perugia, Italy
- Madison Food & Wine Show, Madison, Wisconsin
- Maine Food Festival, Unity, Maine
- Salone del Gusto, Turin, Italy
- Salon du Chocolat, Paris, France
- West Coast Chocolate Festival, Port Moody, British
Columbia
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November |
- Alexandra Thyme Celebration, Alexandra, New Zealand
- The Chocolate Show, New York, New York
- Ciderday, Colrain, Massachusetts
- Ficksburg Cherry Festival, Ficksburg, South Africa
- Food and Wine Entertaining Showcase, Chicago
- Great Wine Escape, Monterey County, California
- Heritage Syrup Festival, Henderson, Texas
- International Picklefest, Rosendale, New York
- Las Vegas Odyssey, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Mendocino Wine and Mushroom Fest, Mendocino County, California
- National Peanut Festival, Dothan, Alabama
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December |
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