The UK food festivals happening this summer 2021

Touring festivals

Check the listings per region below to see if these roaming attractions are coming to a town near you.

Pub in the Park, 18 Jun to 19 Sep
Music by Basement Jaxx, Toploader and Beverley Knight meets food by local pubs and chefs at Tom Kerridge’s roaming festival. Music acts and restaurants vary by venue; visit the website for full details. Tickets from £35,  available from pubintheparkuk.com

Foodies Festival, 9 Jul to 3 Oct
Music, shopping and talented chefs including 2021 MasterChef champ Tom Rhodes, 2020 winner Thomas Frake and Professionals winner Alex Webb. Day tickets from £19, available from foodiesfestival.com

The Great British Food Festival, 29 May to 26 Sep
Street food, demos and artisan markets at heritage venues. Book ahead for kids cookery classes, foraging walks and a bake off. Day tickets from £12.50, available from greatbritishfoodfestival.com

Food festivals in London & South East England

★ Taste of London, 7-11 & 14-18 July
Sample dishes from over 30 of the capital’s most exciting restaurants in grassy Regent’s Park and enjoy cookery classes from the likes of Asma Khan and Ravinder Bhogal. Tickets from £23, available from tasteoflondon.co.uk

★ Meatopia, Tobacco Dock, London, 3-5 Sep
60+ live-fire chefs from around the world cook top-quality meat over wood and charcoal. Tickets from £22.50, available from meatopia.co.uk

• Westgate on Sea Summer Market, Kent, 11-13 Jun
• Pub in the Park Dulwich, London, 25-27 Jun
• Worthing Freewheelin’ Feastival, West Sussex, 1-4 Jul
• Telegraph Hill Freewheelin’ Feastival, London, 2-4 Jul
• Marlow Food and Drink Festival, Buckinghamshire, 9-11 Jul
• Pub in the Park Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 9-11 Jul
• Hythe Food and Drink Festival, Kent, 16-18 Jul
• Lymington Seafood Festival, Hampshire, 16-18 Jul
• Winchester Foodies Festival, Hampshire, 16-18 Jul
• Guildford Cheese & Chilli Festival, Surrey, 17-18 Jul
• Pub in the Park Chichester, West Sussex, 24-25 Jul
• Winchester Cheese & Chilli Festival, Hampshire, 7-8 Aug
• London Craft Beer Festival, Tobacco Dock, 13-15 Aug
• New Romney Sausage and Cider Festival, Kent, 13-15 Aug
• Blenheim Palace Food Festival, Oxfordshire, 20-22 Aug
• Syon Park Foodies Festival, London, 20-22 Aug
• Hastings Freewheelin’ Feastival, East Sussex, 27-30 Aug
• Whitstable Oyster Festival, Kent, 27-30 Aug
• Oxford Foodies Festival, 28-30 Aug
• Pub in the Park Chiswick, London, 3-5 Sep
• Waddesdon Manor Chilli Fest, Buckinghamshire, 3-5 Sep
• Denbies Food Festival, Surrey, 4-5 Sep
• Pub in the Park Marlow, Buckinghamshire, 16-19 Sep
• Hastings Seafood & Wine Festival, East Sussex, 18-19 Sep
• Brighton Foodies Festival, East Sussex, 24-26 Sep
• Chichester Freewheelin’ Feastival, West Sussex, 24-26 Sep
• Thame Food Festival, Oxfordshire, 25-26 Sep
• Broadstairs Food Festival, Kent, 1-3 Oct

Food festivals in South West England

★ Paul Ainsworth’s Travelling Feast, Cornwall, 6-21 Aug
Join the chef and friends for one of three adventures along the Cornish coast this summer. Spend 4-5 nights camping at two locations in the north, west or south of Cornwall, enjoying yoga, foraging, boat trips and outdoor film screenings by day and food and music by night. A new event from the creators of Pub in the Park, it’s a road trip, festival and staycation in one!

Two larger festival days on each leg of the tour will feature food by some of Britain’s best known chefs and their food trucks, including The Humble Pie by Tom Kerridge and James Martin’s Ice Cream Airstream, music from the likes of Sister Sledge and Kaiser Chiefs, plus comedy and family entertainment. Day tickets and 3-night festival camping tickets available too. Check out the routes below. Days tickets from £40, camping from £130 for 3 nights, available from travellingfeast.co.uk

• South Cornwall: 6-10 Aug Boconnoc to Portloe; Festival Nights 6 & 7 Aug, Boconnoc Estate
• West Cornwall: 12-16 Aug Helford to Scorrier; Festival Nights 15 & 16 Aug, Scorrier House
• North Cornwall: 17-20 Aug Padstow to Port Isaac; Festival Nights 18 & 19 Aug, Royal Cornwall Showground

★ Nyetimber Dorset Seafood Festival, Weymouth, 11-12 Sep
Street food, sparkling wine and expert info on preparing seafood at Weymouth Peninsula, a new festival location for 2021; funds raised for charity Fisherman’s Mission, supporting families reliant on the sea. Tickets from £10, available from dorsetseafood.co.uk

• Bristol Craft Beer Festival, Somerset, 11-13 Jun
• Pub in the Park Bath, Somerset, 18-20 Jun
• The Great British Food Festival, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, 19-20 Jun
• Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival, Gloucestershire, 25-27 Jun
• Swindon Cheese & Chilli Festival, Wiltshire, 3-4 Jul
• Bath Food Festival, Somerset, 16-18 Jul
• Bristol Foodies Festival, Somerset, 10-12 Sep
• Bournemouth Foodies Festival, Dorset, 17-19 Sep
• St Ives Food and Drink Festival, Dorset, 17-19 Sep

Food festivals in East England

★ Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival, Suffolk, 25-26 Sep
An insider’s favourite showcasing food, drink and ingredients made in Suffolk, plus expert talks and family fun. Tickets £10, available from aldeburghfoodanddrink.co.uk

• Colchester Food and Drink Festival, Essex, 26-27 Jun
• The Great British Food Festival, Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, 17-18 Jul
• Cambridge Foodies Festival, Cambridgeshire, 23-25 Jul
• The Great British Food Festival, Helmingham Hall, East Anglia, 24-25 Jul
• Colchester Medieval Festival & Oyster Fayre, Essex, 31 Jul-1 Aug
• Bury St Edmunds Food & Drink Festival, Suffolk, 29-30 Aug
• Pub in the Park St Albans, Hertfordshire, 10-12 Sep
• Chelmsford Foodies Festival, Essex, 1-3 Oct

Food festivals in North West England

• The Great British Food Festival, Lowther Castle, Cumbria, 3-4 Jul
• Tatton Park Foodies Festival, Cheshire, 9-11 Jul
• Taste Cheshire Food & Drink Festival, 28-30 Aug
• Manchester Food & Drink Festival, 16-27 Sep
• The Great British Food Festival, Arley Hall, Cheshire, 25-26 Sep

Food festivals in Yorkshire

★ Malton Food Lovers Festival, North Yorkshire, 28-30 Aug
Stalls, talks, street food and demos in the heart of the pretty market town, home to great food shops. Free entry, visitmalton.com

• Ilkley Food and Drink Festival, West Yorkshire, 12-13 Jun
• Harrogate Food and Drink Festival, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, 26-27 Jun
• Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival, Skipton, North Yorkshire, 24-25 Jul
• The North Leeds Food Festival, West Yorkshire, 7-8 Aug & 11-12 Sep
• The Great Northern Food & Drink Festival, Malton, North Yorkshire, 28-30 Aug
• Harrogate Food and Drink Festival, Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire, 28-30 Aug
• York Food & Drink Festival, North Yorkshire, 17-26 Sep

Food festivals in the Midlands

★ Ludlow Food Festival, Shropshire, 10-12 Sep
Special guests and fine producers from the Welsh Marshes in the ruins of Ludlow Castle. Check out the Ludlow Magnalonga on 8 Aug too – a four-course, 8-mile food walk (from £26). Tickets £12, available from foodfestival.co.uk

• Pub in the Park Warwick, Warwickshire, 2-4 Jul
• The Great British Food Festival, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, 30 Jul-1 Aug
• Nottingham Craft Beer Festival, Nottinghamshire, 20-21 Aug
• Hereford Food Festival, Herefordshire, 28-29 Aug
• Tamworth Food Gusto Festival, Staffordshire, 11-12 Sep TBC

Food festivals in Wales

★ Abergavenny Food Festival, Monmouthshire, 18-19 Sep
Fun and feasting on the Welsh Borders with regional producers, family entertainment and demos and appearances from top culinary movers and shakers. Tickets £10, available from abergavennyfoodfestival.com

• The Great British Food Festival, Margam Park, South Wales, 4-5 Sep
• Narberth Food Festival, Pembrokeshire, 25-26 Sep
• Neath Food and Drink Festival,  Neath Port Talbot, 1-3 Oct TBC
• Llangollen Food Festival, Denbighshire, 16-17 Oct

Food festivals in Ireland

★ Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival, 24-26 Sep
Festive celebration of Galway native oysters, with opening night gala, world oyster opening championships, Sunday family festival and Bay Coast seafood trail to explore. Ticket prices vary, available from galwayoysterfestival.com

• Flavours of South Dublin, 20 Jun TBC
• The Big Grill Festival, Dublin, 12-15 Aug
• Taste of Dublin, 1-5 Sep
• A Taste of West Cork, 3-12 Sep
• Dingle Food Festival, County Kerry, 1-3 Oct

Food festivals in Scotland

★ Scottish Wild Food Festival, near Loch Lomond, 18-19 Sep
Learn about all about the joys of wild food with foraging walks, cocktail making and bushcraft workshops and enjoy live music, a lively marketplace and long table lunch in the great outdoors. £TBC, available from scottishwildfoodfestival.co.uk

• Crail Food Festival, East Neuk of Fife, 4-6 Jun
• Edinburgh Foodies Festival, 6-8 Aug
• The Great British Food Festival, Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian, 11-12 Sep

Food festivals in Northern Ireland

★ Armagh Food & Cider Weekend, dates TBC in September
Cider tastings, tours and talks across the orchards of Armagh, plus special events including artisan markets and pop-up restaurants. Prices vary, visit visitarmagh.com

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