Food FeastivalsThe UK food festival diary

Food festivals in East Midlands

15 festivals in our diary, 9 with dates coming up.

Scotland — 19 festivalsSCOTLAND19Northern Ireland — 9 festivalsN IRELAND9North East England — 6 festivalsNORTH EAST6North West England — 15 festivalsNORTH WEST15Yorkshire and the Humber — 18 festivalsYORKSHIRE18Wales — 15 festivalsWALES15West Midlands — 19 festivalsW MIDLANDS19East Midlands — 15 festivalsE MIDLANDS15East of England — 9 festivalsEAST9London — 11 festivalsLONDON11South East England — 30 festivalsSOUTH EAST30South West England — 33 festivalsSOUTH WEST33
The stone town of Bakewell and its church spire nestled among green hills and trees in the Peak District
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0

Coming up

Wingtoberfest

When: Fri 23 – Sat 24 Oct 2026 In 18 days

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Street foodFood & drinkLive music

Christmas Food & Gift Fair

When: Sat 7 – Sun 8 Nov 2026 In 33 days

Derby, Derbyshire

ChristmasStreet foodLocal producers

ChocFest

When: Sat 14 – Sun 15 Nov 2026 In 40 days

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

ChocolateStreet foodLocal producers

Lincolnshire Food & Gift

When: Sat 28 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 In 54 days

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

ChristmasFood showChef demos

Festival of Food and Drink

When: Sat 18 – Sun 19 Sep 2027

Thoresby Park (near Ollerton), Nottinghamshire

Street foodChef demosLocal producers

Through the year

Usually in March

Usually in May

  • Melton Mowbray's Market Place with brick and rendered shopfronts and a church tower behind, under a blue sky with clouds

    Artisan Cheese Fair

    Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire · East Midlands

    Usually late May bank holiday weekend (Saturday and Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

  • Wing Fest Nottingham

    Nottingham, Nottinghamshire · East Midlands

    Usually early May (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

Usually in July

Usually in August

  • Melton Mowbray's Market Place with brick and rendered shopfronts and a church tower behind, under a blue sky with clouds

    PieFest & SpiritsFest

    Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire · East Midlands

    Usually first weekend of August (Saturday and Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

Usually in September

Usually in October

Usually in November