Food and drink festivals in the UK

The centre of Bushmills village with its stone clock tower, strung with bunting under a blue sky

A Giant Taste of the Causeway Coast & Glens

Various towns across the Causeway Coast and Glens, County Antrim / County Londonderry · Northern Ireland

Thu 1 – Sat 31 Oct 2026

London Restaurant Festival

London, Greater London · London

Thu 1 – Sat 31 Oct 2026

The modern angular Glasshouse at RHS Garden Wisley reflected in a lake, beyond a sloping lawn

Flavours of Autumn at RHS Garden Wisley

Wisley, Surrey · South East England

Wed 7 – Sun 11 Oct 2026

Paper plates of freshly opened oysters with lemon wedges laid out on a table

Falmouth Oyster Festival

Falmouth, Cornwall · South West England

Thu 8 – Sun 11 Oct 2026

The domed, round Sheldonian Theatre behind its railings and stone heads on Broad Street, Oxford, under a blue sky

Oxford Food & Drink Festival

Oxford, Oxfordshire · South East England

Fri 9 – Sun 18 Oct 2026

The red-brick manor house of Hellens behind formal box-hedged gardens

Big Apple Harvestime

Much Marcle, Herefordshire · West Midlands

Sat 10 – Sun 11 Oct 2026

Shoppers walking along Grainger Street in Newcastle, lined with grand stone Victorian buildings

Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival – North East

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear · North East England

Usually October — next dates to be confirmed

A quiet, curving High Street in Midsomer Norton lined with Victorian stone buildings and hanging flower baskets in low sunlight

eat:Midsomer Norton

Midsomer Norton, Somerset · South West England

Usually one-day Saturday or Sunday festivals, once a year (October in 2026) — next dates to be confirmed

Lawns, flower beds and paths in Crescent Gardens, Filey, with a terrace of tall seafront houses beyond

Filey Food Festival

Filey, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Sat 10 – Sun 11 Oct 2026

Small boats moored on calm blue water in the wooded inlet of Lower Fishguard harbour

Fishguard Bay Food Festival

Fishguard, Pembrokeshire · Wales

Usually a Saturday in October — no future dates yet

Llangollen's riverside railway station and town buildings above the rocky River Dee, with wooded hills behind

Llangollen Food Festival

Llangollen, Denbighshire · Wales

Sat 10 – Sun 11 Oct 2026

A row of historic shopfronts on Wells Market Place, with the towers of Wells Cathedral rising behind

Wells Food Festival

Wells, Somerset · South West England

Usually a Sunday in mid-October — no future dates yet

The paved Cornhill square in Lincoln with cafe seating, lamp posts and the brick Corn Exchange

Lincolnshire Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival

Lincoln, Lincolnshire · East Midlands

Usually October — no future dates yet

Paths and lawns beneath tall trees in Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich

Norfolk Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival

Norwich, Norfolk · East of England

Usually October — no future dates yet

The peak of Goatfell rising above wooded slopes across the calm water of Brodick Bay

Arran Festival of Food & Drink

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

Fri 23 Oct – Mon 2 Nov 2026

Small boats moored in the Boat Float harbour basin, with colourful townhouses and shops behind under a sunny sky

Dartmouth Food Festival

Dartmouth, Devon · South West England

Fri 23 – Sun 25 Oct 2026

Wingtoberfest

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire · East Midlands

Fri 23 – Sat 24 Oct 2026

Bideford's long stone bridge crossing the River Torridge, with the quayside and hillside town beyond

eat:Bideford

Bideford, Devon · South West England

Usually one-day Saturday or Sunday festivals, 2 times a year — next dates to be confirmed

The twin pyramid-capped west towers of Southwell Minster rising above trees and lawn under a blue sky

The Bramley Apple Festival of Food & Drink

Southwell, Nottinghamshire · East Midlands

Usually October — next dates to be confirmed

The Strand gardens in Exmouth town centre with a stone war memorial cross, flower beds and red-brick buildings under a blue sky

Exmouth Gate to Plate

Exmouth, Devon · South West England

Usually twice a year, on a Sunday in April and a Sunday in late October — next dates to be confirmed

Yachts moored in Portishead Marina in front of modern waterside apartments, reflected in calm water under a blue sky

eat:Portishead

Portishead, Somerset · South West England

Usually three times a year: April, August and late October — next dates to be confirmed

A gravel path leading across lawns to the stone Tudor manor house of Athelhampton, with walled gardens on either side

Dorset Winter Food & Drink Fair

Athelhampton, Dorset · South West England

Sat 7 – Sun 8 Nov 2026

Shoppers on Yeovil's pedestrianised Middle Street, lined with shops under a cloudy sky

eat:Yeovil

Yeovil, Somerset · South West England

Usually one-day Saturday or Sunday festivals, 3 times a year — next dates to be confirmed

The long brick-and-iron colonnade of the historic Tobacco Dock warehouse in Wapping, with timber roof trusses overhead

Waitrose Food & Drink Festival

London, Greater London · London

Fri 20 – Sun 22 Nov 2026

Ground-level fountains playing in a paved square in front of a modern colonnaded building

eat:Weston

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset · South West England

Usually one-day Saturday or Sunday festivals, 3 times a year — next dates to be confirmed

The arched glass roof and brick frontage of the Olympia exhibition centre in Kensington

Eat & Drink Festival Christmas

London, Greater London · London

Thu 26 – Sun 29 Nov 2026

A wide view from a hilltop over green, wooded countryside under a cloudy blue sky

eat:Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury, Dorset · South West England

Usually one-day Saturday or Sunday festivals, 2 times a year — next dates to be confirmed

Fishing boats moored in Padstow's harbour, with quayside buildings and the Camel estuary beyond

Padstow Christmas Fayre

Padstow, Cornwall · South West England

Thu 3 – Sun 6 Dec 2026

Nailsea's High Street with shops, street lamps and pedestrians under a partly cloudy sky

eat:Nailsea

Nailsea, Somerset · South West England

Usually one-day Saturday or Sunday festivals, 2 times a year — next dates to be confirmed

A wide, tree-lined Main Street in Cockermouth with colourful painted shopfronts under a blue sky

Taste Cumbria Christmas

Cockermouth, Cumbria · North West England

Sat 5 – Sun 6 Dec 2026

The Georgian terraces of Hammet Street in Taunton framing the tall decorated tower of St Mary Magdalene church

eat:Taunton

Taunton, Somerset · South West England

Usually a Saturday in May and a Saturday in mid-December — next dates to be confirmed

Free From Festival Manchester

Trafford Park, Greater Manchester · North West England

Sat 12 – Sun 13 Dec 2026

A sunny green lawn with paths, benches and trees in the centre of Dawlish

eat:Dawlish

Dawlish, Devon · South West England

Usually three times a year: May, September and mid-December — next dates to be confirmed

Bundles of bright pink forced rhubarb stalks wrapped in Union Jack-printed cellophane

Rhubarb Festival

Wakefield, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Fri 19 – Sun 21 Feb 2027

The steep cobbled Mermaid Street in Rye, lined with timber-framed and tile-hung houses

Rye Bay Scallop Week

Rye, East Sussex · South East England

Sat 20 – Sun 28 Feb 2027

Free From Festival Bristol

Bristol · South West England

Sat 20 – Sun 21 Mar 2027

The sandy curve of Viking Bay in Broadstairs crowded with beachgoers, with the harbour pier and blue sea beyond

Broadstairs Food Festival - Easter

Broadstairs, Kent · South East England

Fri 26 – Sun 28 Mar 2027

Wide green lawns and trees in Preston Park, Brighton

Foodies Festival Brighton

Brighton, East Sussex · South East England

Sat 1 – Mon 3 May 2027

Small boats and pontoons at Whitestrand Quay in Salcombe, with wooded hills across the estuary

Salcombe Crabfest

Salcombe, Devon · South West England

Usually first Sunday in May — no future dates yet

The open lawns of Westbridge Park in Stone, with the town and a church tower beyond under a blue sky

Stone Food & Drink Festival

Stone, Staffordshire · West Midlands

Fri 7 – Sun 9 May 2027

The towers and walls of Caernarfon Castle rising above small boats in the harbour under a blue sky

Gŵyl Fwyd Caernarfon (Caernarfon Food Festival)

Caernarfon, Gwynedd · Wales

Usually a Saturday in May — no future dates yet

Mature trees on the open lawns of Higginson Park in Marlow, with a church spire beyond

Pub in the Park Marlow

Marlow, Buckinghamshire · South East England

Fri 14 – Sun 16 May 2027

Alresford Watercress Festival

New Alresford, Hampshire · South East England

Usually Third Sunday in May — no future dates yet

Cromer's Victorian pier and pavilion stretching out to sea, seen from the clifftop promenade

Cromer Crab & Lobster Festival

Cromer, Norfolk · East of England

Fri 21 – Sun 23 May 2027

Mature trees in autumn colours, including a purple-leaved tree, beside a lawn in Bute Park

Feast On Cardiff

Cardiff · Wales

Fri 21 – Sun 23 May 2027

The sweeping Georgian terrace of the Royal Crescent seen across long grass in Royal Victoria Park

Foodies Festival Bath

Bath, Somerset · South West England

Fri 21 – Sun 23 May 2027

The curved, shell-like roof of the SEC Armadillo reflected in the calm River Clyde under a blue sky

Eat & Drink Festival Scotland

Glasgow, Glasgow City · Scotland

Fri 28 – Mon 31 May 2027

Crowds relaxing on the grass and on straw bales beneath large trees, with white food-stall gazebos behind

Blenheim Palace Food Festival

Woodstock, Oxfordshire · South East England

Sat 29 – Mon 31 May 2027

The castellated stone front of Syon House beyond a neatly striped lawn under a blue sky

Foodies Festival Syon Park, London

Brentford, Greater London · London

Sat 29 – Mon 31 May 2027

Free From Festival London

Woolwich, Greater London · London

Sat 29 – Sun 30 May 2027

Foodies Festival St Albans

St Albans, Hertfordshire · East of England

Fri 4 – Sun 6 Jun 2027

An ornate Victorian bandstand with a striped canopy in a park, with Regency terraces behind under a blue sky

Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire · South West England

Fri 25 – Sun 27 Jun 2027

A white ornamental fountain surrounded by colourful flower beds in the Dingle garden

Shrewsbury Food Festival

Shrewsbury, Shropshire · West Midlands

Sat 26 – Sun 27 Jun 2027

Birmingham's Victoria Square with the domed Council House and the colonnaded Town Hall under a blue sky

Colmore Food Festival

Birmingham, West Midlands · West Midlands

Fri 2 – Sat 3 Jul 2027

The pale stone neoclassical front of Tatton Hall above formal gardens with a fountain and flower beds

Foodies Festival – Tatton Park

Knutsford, Cheshire · North West England

Fri 9 – Sun 11 Jul 2027

Rows of yachts moored in Lymington harbour on calm blue water

Lymington Seafood Festival

Lymington, Hampshire · South East England

Fri 9 – Sun 11 Jul 2027

Foodies Festival Winchester

Winchester, Hampshire · South East England

Fri 16 – Sun 18 Jul 2027

Open grassland on Durdham Down in Bristol, with a few trees under a cloudy sky

Feast On Bristol

Bristol · South West England

Fri 30 Jul – Sun 1 Aug 2027

Anglesey Summer Festival (Gŵyl Hâf Ynys Môn)

Pentraeth, Isle of Anglesey · Wales

Sat 31 Jul – Sun 1 Aug 2027

Boats in Brixham harbour beside a slipway, with colourful hillside houses rising behind

South West Sardine Festival

Brixham, Devon · South West England

Usually a Sunday in early August — no future dates yet

Visitors sitting at tables on the grass in sunshine, with marquees, food stalls and trees behind

Edinburgh Foodies Festival

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Fri 6 – Sun 8 Aug 2027

Sunlit lawns and mature trees in Rouken Glen Park

Glasgow Foodies Festival

Glasgow (Giffnock), East Renfrewshire · Scotland

Fri 13 – Sun 15 Aug 2027

Large 'Garlic Festival' letters standing on a grassy field, with white marquees and a wide cloudy sky behind

The Isle of Wight Garlic Festival

Newchurch, Isle of Wight · South East England

Sat 21 – Sun 22 Aug 2027

A walkway under strings of colourful bunting leading into a festival site on a sunny day, with tall trees and a few visitors

Big Feastival

Kingham, Oxfordshire · South East England

Fri 27 – Sun 29 Aug 2027

Foodies Festival Oxford

Oxford, Oxfordshire · South East England

Sat 28 – Mon 30 Aug 2027

Free From Festival Birmingham

Birmingham, West Midlands · West Midlands

Sat 11 – Sun 12 Sep 2027

A wooden sailing boat and yachts moored in Stranraer Marina in low winter sunlight

Stranraer Oyster Festival

Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway · Scotland

Fri 17 – Sun 19 Sep 2027

White marquees being put up on the lawn beside the ruined stone walls of Abergavenny Castle under a blue sky

Abergavenny Food Festival

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire · Wales

Sat 18 – Sun 19 Sep 2027

Ornate Victorian stone turrets and chimneys of Thoresby Hall against a blue sky

Festival of Food and Drink

Thoresby Park (near Ollerton), Nottinghamshire · East Midlands

Sat 18 – Sun 19 Sep 2027

Mold's wide High Street lined with shops and trees, leading up to the tower of St Mary's Church

Mold Food & Drink Festival

Mold, Flintshire · Wales

Sat 18 – Sun 19 Sep 2027

Kirkwall's harbour front with stone buildings and moored boats under a blue sky

Orkney Food & Drink Festival

Kirkwall, Orkney · Scotland

Sat 18 – Sun 19 Sep 2027

The long brick Snape Maltings concert hall with its distinctive roof vents, beyond golden reeds under a blue sky

Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival

Snape, Suffolk · East of England

Sat 25 – Sun 26 Sep 2027

The red sandstone Guildhall in Derry~Londonderry with its clock tower, under a clear blue sky

Love LegenDerry Food Month

Derry~Londonderry, County Londonderry · Northern Ireland

Usually Throughout February — next dates to be confirmed

An elevated view along Bishop Auckland's Market Place at sunset, with stone buildings, a church spire and a golden sky

Bishop Auckland Food Festival

Bishop Auckland, County Durham · North East England

Usually a weekend in mid-April — next dates to be confirmed

Long rows of feathery green asparagus plants growing on sandy soil in a wide field under a blue sky

British Asparagus Festival

Bretforton (Vale of Evesham), Worcestershire · West Midlands

Usually St George's Day (23 April) to late June — next dates to be confirmed

The ruined towers of Caerphilly Castle reflected in its wide moat under a blue sky

Caerphilly Food & Drink Festival

Caerphilly · Wales

Usually a Saturday in April — next dates to be confirmed

The green turf of Chester Racecourse with white rails and the grandstands under a blue sky

Cheshire & North Wales Food and Drink Festival

Chester, Cheshire · North West England

Usually Easter weekend (Good Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

The Gothic stone west front of Paisley Abbey beside a square and street lamps under a blue sky

Paisley Food and Drink Festival

Paisley, Renfrewshire · Scotland

Usually April — next dates to be confirmed

Boats resting at low tide in Porthleven's inner harbour, with houses and the clock tower around the harbour

Porthleven Food Festival

Porthleven, Cornwall · South West England

Usually last weekend in April (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

Tiers of green seating at Scarborough Open Air Theatre looking across a lake to the stage, surrounded by trees

Scarborough Food and Drink Festival

Scarborough, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in April — next dates to be confirmed

Taste Cumbria Wigton

Wigton, Cumbria · North West England

Usually a Saturday in late April — next dates to be confirmed

Yachts moored in Chatham Maritime Marina, with Upnor Castle and wooded shore across the River Medway

Chatham Maritime Food and Drink Festival

Chatham, Kent · South East England

Usually Late May bank holiday weekend (Saturday to Monday) — next dates to be confirmed

Boats and swans on the sparkling water of the River Stour beside Christchurch Quay under a blue sky

Christchurch Food Festival

Christchurch, Dorset · South West England

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

The ornate Italianate stone clock tower and arcaded wing that survive from Trentham Hall, beside a lawn

Great British Food Festival - Trentham Gardens

Trentham, Staffordshire · West Midlands

Usually early May bank holiday weekend (Saturday to Monday) — next dates to be confirmed

The red-brick Victorian front of Arley Hall, with gables and tall chimneys, behind a gravel forecourt

Great British Food Festival – Arley Hall

Northwich, Cheshire · North West England

Usually a weekend in early-to-mid May — next dates to be confirmed

The long classical stone front of Harewood House seen across its formal terrace garden under a blue sky

Great British Food Festival – Harewood House

Harewood, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually late May bank holiday weekend — next dates to be confirmed

The open grass of Leith Links lined with tall trees, with a church spire beyond

Leith Food Festival

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Usually May — next dates to be confirmed

The red sandstone Lichfield Cathedral with its three spires, seen across a lawn

Lichfield Spring Food & Drink Festival

Lichfield, Staffordshire · West Midlands

Usually May — next dates to be confirmed

A restored Victorian bandstand with a domed roof among trees and flower beds in Exhibition Park

Newcastle Food Festival

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear · North East England

Usually early May bank holiday weekend (Saturday to Monday) — next dates to be confirmed

Lawns and stone water channels in the Peace Gardens, with Sheffield Town Hall and modern buildings behind

Sheffield Food Festival

Sheffield, South Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

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

The black-and-white timber-framed Wythenshawe Hall beyond a lawn, with a statue of Oliver Cromwell on a plinth

South Manchester Food Festival

Manchester, Greater Manchester · North West England

Usually a weekend in mid-May — next dates to be confirmed

Turquoise sea and a curving sandy beach backed by wooded slopes and white houses

St Ives Food & Drink Festival

St Ives, Cornwall · South West England

Usually mid-May weekend (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

A fountain playing on a tree-fringed lake in Roundhay Park

The North Leeds Food Festival

Leeds, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in early-to-mid May — next dates to be confirmed

Wing Fest Nottingham

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire · East Midlands

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

Shoppers browsing market stalls along South Street in Bridport, lined with stone and brick buildings

Bridport Food Festival

Bridport, Dorset · South West England

Usually a Saturday in mid-June, with evening feasts and a beer festival on the Friday and Saturday — next dates to be confirmed

The Square in Comber with its tall stone memorial column, flower beds and whitewashed buildings

Comber Earlies Food Festival

Comber, County Down · Northern Ireland

Usually June — next dates to be confirmed

A wide lake fringed with reeds and trees under a cloudy sky

Great British Food Festival - Dinton Pastures

Hurst, Berkshire · South East England

Usually A weekend in early June — next dates to be confirmed

Sunlit grassland dotted with mature trees on The Stray in Harrogate

Harrogate Food & Drink Festival – The Stray

Harrogate, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in late June — next dates to be confirmed

Stone Victorian buildings and shops in Ilkley town centre, with flower beds in the foreground under a blue sky

Ilkley Food & Drink Festival

Ilkley, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in mid-June — next dates to be confirmed

Meatopia Glasgow

Glasgow, Glasgow City · Scotland

Usually June — next dates to be confirmed

The open paved Keel Square in Sunderland city centre, with young trees, a tall mast-like sculpture and surrounding buildings under a blue sky

Sunderland Food & Drink Festival

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear · North East England

Usually a Friday-to-Sunday weekend in early June — next dates to be confirmed

Taste Mid Ulster

Fivemiletown, County Tyrone · Northern Ireland

Usually June — next dates to be confirmed

Crowds of visitors walking along a coloured walkway between white marquees and stalls under trees

Taste of London

London, Greater London · London

Usually Five days (Wednesday to Sunday) in mid-June — next dates to be confirmed

Trees in golden autumn colour on a sunny lawn in Mote Park

Taste of the Caribbean - Maidstone

Maidstone, Kent · South East England

Usually A Saturday in late June — next dates to be confirmed

Crowds at tables among white festival marquees on Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff Bay, with the Wales Millennium Centre behind

Cardiff Food & Drink Festival

Cardiff · Wales

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

Weymouth's harbour lined with moored boats and colourful quayside buildings under a clear blue sky

Dorset Seafood Festival

Weymouth, Dorset · South West England

Usually a weekend in early July — next dates to be confirmed

A colourful painted spiegeltent among trees in George Square Gardens, with people sitting on the grass outside

Edinburgh Folk & Food Festival

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Usually Ten days from late July, just before the Edinburgh Festival Fringe — next dates to be confirmed

The long pale stone front of Compton Verney house on a lawn under a deep blue sky

Great British Food Festival - Compton Verney

Compton Verney (near Wellesbourne), Warwickshire · West Midlands

Usually July — next dates to be confirmed

The gabled honey-coloured stone front of Holdenby House behind a lawn and flower borders

Great British Food Festival - Holdenby House

Holdenby (near Northampton), Northamptonshire · East Midlands

Usually July — next dates to be confirmed

A sweet-themed parade float shaped like a giant tiered cake, with a costumed performer on top, moving along a bunting-hung town street as onlookers watch

Pontefract Liquorice Festival

Pontefract, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a Sunday in July — next dates to be confirmed

A broad sunny lawn in Hove Park framed by trees under a blue sky

Taste of the Caribbean - Brighton

Hove, East Sussex · South East England

Usually A Saturday in July — next dates to be confirmed

Taste of the Caribbean - Guildford

Guildford, Surrey · South East England

Usually A Saturday in July — next dates to be confirmed

The London Stadium's white roof structure seen across a river and trees in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Wing Fest London

Stratford, Greater London · London

Usually late July (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

A row of black-canopied food stalls along a paved town-centre street, with flower planters and a large classical stone building behind

Bolton Food and Drink Festival

Bolton, Greater Manchester · North West England

Usually August bank holiday weekend (Friday to Monday) — next dates to be confirmed

The tall medieval stone Abbey Gate in Bury St Edmunds facing the open square of Angel Hill under a blue sky

Bury St Edmunds Food & Drink Festival

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk · East of England

Usually August — next dates to be confirmed

The River Teifi flowing past the old stone bridge and quayside buildings of Cardigan

Cardigan River & Food Festival

Cardigan, Ceredigion · Wales

Usually a Saturday in mid-August — next dates to be confirmed

The small stone keep of Clitheroe Castle on its limestone outcrop under a deep blue sky, with visitors on the path below

Clitheroe Food Festival

Clitheroe, Lancashire · North West England

Usually a Saturday in early August — next dates to be confirmed

The Palladian front of Lydiard House beyond a mown lawn, framed by trees under a blue sky

Great British Food Festival - Lydiard Park

Swindon, Wiltshire · South West England

Usually first weekend in August — next dates to be confirmed

The towered Tudor Gothic front of Margam Castle above a sunny lawn, with wooded hills behind

Great British Food Festival - Margam Park

Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot · Wales

Usually August bank holiday weekend — next dates to be confirmed

The long red-brick front of West Horsley Place seen across a sheep-grazed meadow

Great British Food Festival - West Horsley Place

West Horsley, Surrey · South East England

Usually A weekend in late August — next dates to be confirmed

The vast Georgian front of Wentworth Woodhouse beyond a wide green lawn

Great British Food Festival – Wentworth Woodhouse

Wentworth, South Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in mid-August — next dates to be confirmed

The battlemented stone front of Ripley Castle beyond a broad green lawn under a blue sky with white clouds

Harrogate Food & Drink Festival – Ripley Castle

Ripley, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in late August — next dates to be confirmed

The pale neoclassical Heaton Hall beyond a curving path and lawn, under dark clouds with patches of blue sky

Heaton Park Food & Drink Festival

Manchester, Greater Manchester · North West England

Usually a weekend in early August — next dates to be confirmed

Hereford Indie Food Fest

Hereford, Herefordshire · West Midlands

Usually August — next dates to be confirmed

Lichfield Summer Food & Drink Festival

Lichfield, Staffordshire · West Midlands

Usually August — next dates to be confirmed

Moira Speciality Food Fair

Moira, County Down · Northern Ireland

Usually August — next dates to be confirmed

The tall Gothic tower of Pershore Abbey beside trees and a lawn under a cloudy blue sky

Pershore Plum Festival

Pershore, Worcestershire · West Midlands

Usually through August, culminating on the August bank holiday weekend — next dates to be confirmed

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

The large rusted-steel 'Tommy' statue of a seated First World War soldier on Terrace Green above the sea at Seaham

Seaham Food Festival

Seaham, County Durham · North East England

Usually a weekend in early August — next dates to be confirmed

Maryport's harbour channel at low tide, with the town's houses and a church spire beyond

Taste Cumbria Maryport (Taste of the Sea)

Maryport, Cumbria · North West England

Usually a weekend in early-to-mid August — next dates to be confirmed

Taste of Angus Food & Drink Festival

Various towns across Angus, Angus · Scotland

Usually August — next dates to be confirmed

Pink cherry blossom and evergreen trees beside a pond in Ravenscourt Park

Taste of the Caribbean - Hammersmith

London, Greater London · London

Usually A Saturday in August — next dates to be confirmed

A lone leafless tree on open green parkland under a clear blue sky

The Graves Park Food Festival

Sheffield, South Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually August bank holiday weekend (Saturday to Monday) — next dates to be confirmed

The long red-brick Tudor-Jacobean front of Temple Newsam House above a sloping green lawn

The Temple Newsam Food Festival

Leeds, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in mid-August — next dates to be confirmed

Wing Fest Sheffield

Sheffield, South Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually August — next dates to be confirmed

Rows of orchard trees in blossom on green grass under a cloudy sky

Armagh Food and Cider Weekend

Armagh, County Armagh · Northern Ireland

Usually Thursday to Sunday over the first weekend of September — next dates to be confirmed

A narrow town street in Ashburton lined with shops and painted houses, leading to a brick building

Ashburton Food Festival

Ashburton, Devon · South West England

Usually a Saturday in mid-September — next dates to be confirmed

People relaxing on the sunny grass of Parker's Piece in Cambridge, beneath large trees

Cambridgeshire Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · East of England

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

People eating at picnic tables on the grass of a park under a blue sky, with festival stalls and trees behind

Eats & Beats

Newcastle, County Down · Northern Ireland

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

Tall black weatherboarded net shops and a blue fishing boat on the shingle beach of the Stade in Hastings

Hastings Seafood, Wine & Music Festival

Hastings, East Sussex · South East England

Usually A weekend in mid-September (Friday evening to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

A stone-built Victorian building with shops on Towngate in Holmfirth

Holmfirth Food and Drink Festival

Holmfirth, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in mid-September — next dates to be confirmed

A Victorian stone drinking fountain in the middle of Huntly's town square, surrounded by granite buildings under a blue sky

Huntly Hairst

Huntly, Aberdeenshire · Scotland

Usually First weekend in September, with the main market day on the Saturday — next dates to be confirmed

Crowds of visitors on the lawns among festival stalls and gazebos in a town park, with trees and buildings behind

Leamington Food and Drink Festival

Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire · West Midlands

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

A jetty and the round Drumkinnon Tower on the shore of Loch Lomond at Balloch

Loch Lomond Food & Drink Festival

Balloch, West Dunbartonshire · Scotland

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

Visitors and food stalls on the lawn inside Ludlow Castle, with the round stone tower and castle walls behind

Ludlow Food Festival

Ludlow, Shropshire · West Midlands

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

Smoke rising from a glass-domed grill inside the iron-framed warehouse hall of Tobacco Dock, with festival-goers nearby

Meatopia On-Fire London

London, Greater London · London

Usually Thursday to Sunday in early September — next dates to be confirmed

Visitors at tables on a lawn beside a row of white festival marquees, with brick town buildings and a blue sky behind

Nantwich Food Festival

Nantwich, Cheshire · North West England

Usually first weekend in September (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

Narberth's High Street hung with bunting, with the small town hall and its clock turret in the middle

Narberth Food Festival

Narberth, Pembrokeshire · Wales

Usually last weekend in September — next dates to be confirmed

Newtown's High Street hung with bunting, leading to a red-brick Victorian clock tower building

Newtown Food Festival

Newtown, Powys · Wales

Usually first weekend in September — next dates to be confirmed

The long Palladian south front of Holkham Hall beyond a lawn and a large fountain under a blue sky

North Norfolk Food and Drink Festival

Holkham, Norfolk · East of England

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

The stone Norman great hall of Oakham Castle on a lawn, with trees behind

Rutland Food & Drink Festival

Oakham, Rutland · East Midlands

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

Scottish Wild Food Festival

Balfron, Stirlingshire · Scotland

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

The old market cross on a small traffic island among shops and houses in Sturminster Newton

Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival

Sturminster Newton, Dorset · South West England

Usually second full weekend of September — next dates to be confirmed

The gabled Victorian stone mansion of Bangor Castle, now the town hall, beside a sunny lawn

Taste Ards and North Down at Bangor Castle

Bangor, County Down · Northern Ireland

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

Taste Cumbria Cockermouth

Cockermouth, Cumbria · North West England

Usually last weekend of September — next dates to be confirmed

Thame's broad High Street lined with timber-framed and brick buildings, with parked cars and a bus

Thame Food Festival

Thame, Oxfordshire · South East England

Usually A weekend in late September — next dates to be confirmed

Fishing trawlers moored side by side in Portavogie harbour on a sunny day

Tide and Turf Food Festival

Portavogie, County Down · Northern Ireland

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

The twin-towered stone gatehouse of Tonbridge Castle beside a Georgian house, above a lawn under a blue sky

Tonbridge Food and Drink Festival

Tonbridge, Kent · South East England

Usually A weekend in early September — next dates to be confirmed

A crowd of people gathered along a narrow seaside high street lined with shops

Whitstable Rocks Oyster Festival

Whitstable, Kent · South East England

Usually A weekend in mid-September — next dates to be confirmed

Wing Fest Bristol

Bristol · South West England

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

The ornate red-brick and terracotta Edwardian frontage of Victoria Baths in Manchester under a blue sky

Wing Fest Manchester

Manchester, Greater Manchester · North West England

Usually mid-to-late September (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

Festival marquees and food stalls under trees in a paved city square, with visitors walking past

York Food and Drink Festival

York, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually ten days in the second half of September — next dates to be confirmed

Aylsham's broad Market Place lined with Georgian brick buildings under a blue sky

Aylsham Food Festival

Aylsham, Norfolk · East of England

Usually first weekend of October (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

Stalls under strings of bunting and Welsh flags inside the Market Hall in Brecon, seen through its signed entrance

Brecon Beacons Food Festival

Brecon, Powys · Wales

Usually a Saturday in early October — next dates to be confirmed

The paved shared-space street of New Road in Brighton, with bicycles, benches and Regency buildings

BrightonFoodStory

Brighton, East Sussex · South East England

Usually First weekend of October — next dates to be confirmed

Broadstairs Food Festival - Autumn

Broadstairs, Kent · South East England

Usually First weekend of October (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

East Midlands Food Festival

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire · East Midlands

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

Exeter Gate to Plate

Exeter, Devon · South West England

Usually a Sunday in early October — next dates to be confirmed

Shoppers walking between rows of canopied food stalls along a city-centre street lined with Victorian buildings

Newport Food Festival

Newport · Wales

Usually a Saturday in early October — next dates to be confirmed

Visitors strolling between rows of stalls with striped canopies on a sunny grassy recreation ground ringed by autumn trees

Tenbury Applefest

Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire · West Midlands

Usually first Saturday in October — next dates to be confirmed

Carlisle's Market Cross column and the pink-rendered Old Town Hall with its clock cupola, on a wide paved square

Taste Cumbria Carlisle

Carlisle, Cumbria · North West England

Usually a weekend in autumn (early November in 2025) — next dates to be confirmed