Food festival

A food festival is a festival, usually held annually, that uses food, often produce, as its central theme. These festivals have always been a means of uniting communities through celebrations of harvests and giving thanks for a plentiful growing season. They can be traced back thousands of years to celebrating the arrival of harvest time, the autumnal equinox, and the honoring of earth gods. Some food festivals are also harvest festivals. Note this list includes festivals focused on beverages, such as wine festivals and beer festivals, as well.

List of food and drink festivals

Africa

Festival name Type Country/city Years Notes
Lagos Seafood Festival festival Nigeria
Leboku festival Nigeria
New Yam Festival of the Igbo festival Nigeria
Nnewi Afiaolu Festival festival Nigeria
Ashanti Yam Festival festival Ghana
Asogli Yam Festival festival Ghana
Fofie Yam Festival festival Ghana
New Yam Festival of the Igbo festival Ghana

Oceania

Festival name Type Country/city Years Notes
Bankstown Bites Food Festival Food Australia Australia
Hokitika Wildfoods Festival Food New Zealand New Zealand
Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival Wine festival/Food Australia Australia
Good Food & Wine Show Wine festival/Food Australia Australia
Grampians Grape Escape Wine festival Australia Australia
Kings Cross Food and Wine Festival Wine festival/Food Australia Australia
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Wine festival/Food Australia Australia
Taste Festival Food Australia Australia
Vegfest (AU) Food Australia Australia
Darwin Beer Can Regatta Beer festival Australia Australia
GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of the Year Beer festival Australia Australia
Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular Beer festival Australia Australia
Schützenfest (Adelaide) Beer festival Australia Australia
Warners Bay Beer Festival Beer festival Australia Australia

North America

Canada

See List of food festivals in Canada.

Mexico

United States

There are several Florida food festivals and New Jersey food festivals. Other festivals include the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California; Brentwood Cornfest in Brentwood, California; Mushroom Festivals in various locales; the Castroville Artichoke Festival, in Castroville, California; the Stockton Asparagus Festival, in Stockton, California; the ¡Latin Food Festival! in San Diego, California; the Lexington Barbecue Festival in North Carolina; the Posen Potato Festival, in Posen, Michigan; the Norwalk Oyster Festival, in Norwalk, Connecticut, Vaisakhi Festival at Yuba City, and the Howell Melon Festival in Howell, Michigan, known for electing the Howell Melon Queen.

Vegetarian food festivals include Vegfest in Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California.

India

South America

Brazil

Peru

Europe

Italy

Spain

Switzerland

United Kingdom

See also

References

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