Food FeastivalsThe UK food festival diary

The UK food festival diary

What’s cooking in November?

We list 199 UK food festivals — 66 have confirmed dates still to come. Find one near you, check the dates and tickets, and read what other visitors thought.

Rows of green-and-white striped food stalls and crowds of shoppers in a sunny town market place, with a stone church tower and red-roofed houses behind
Photo: Malton and Norton, CC BY-SA 3.0

Coming up in the next few weeks

The full diary

Arran Festival of Food & Drink

When: Fri 23 Oct – Mon 2 Nov 2026 On now

Isle of Arran (various venues), North Ayrshire · Scotland

Local producersFood & drinkFamily

Christmas Food & Gift Fair

When: Sat 7 – Sun 8 Nov 2026 This weekend

Derby, Derbyshire · East Midlands

ChristmasStreet foodLocal producers

Dorset Winter Food & Drink Fair

When: Sat 7 – Sun 8 Nov 2026 This weekend

Athelhampton, Dorset · South West England

ChristmasLocal producersFood & drink

VegfestUK Brighton

When: Sat 7 Nov 2026 This weekend

Brighton, East Sussex · South East England

VeganStreet foodFood show

Taste of Christmas

When: Sun 8 Nov 2026 This weekend

Inverurie, Aberdeenshire · Scotland

ChristmasChef demosLocal producers

Birmingham Vegan Festival

When: Sat 14 Nov 2026 In 12 days

Birmingham, West Midlands · West Midlands

VeganWorld foodChef demos

ChocFest

When: Sat 14 – Sun 15 Nov 2026 In 12 days

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire · East Midlands

ChocolateStreet foodLocal producers

eat:Yeovil

When: Sat 14 Nov 2026 In 12 days

Yeovil, Somerset · South West England

Street foodLocal producersFood & drink Free entry

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The 2026 planner

Numbers show festivals with confirmed dates; “+” shows festivals that usually happen that month but haven’t announced their dates yet.

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