The UK food festivals happening this summer 2022

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, 12 May to 18 Sep
Music by McFly, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Basement Jaxx meets food by local pubs and leading chefs at Tom Kerridge’s roaming festival. Music acts and restaurants vary by venue; visit the website for full details. Tickets from £38,  available from pubintheparkuk.com

Foodies Festival, 30 April to 18 Sep
Music, shopping and talented chefs including Atul Kochhar and former MasterChef winners Shelina Permalloo and Thomas Frake. Day tickets from £21, available from foodiesfestival.com

The Great British Food Festival, 14 May to 25 Sep
Street food, demos and artisan markets at heritage venues. Book ahead for extras like kids cookery classes, foraging walks. Enter the Cake Off contest for free entry. Day tickets from £10.80, available from greatbritishfoodfestival.com

Food festivals in London & South East England

★ Taste of London, 15-19 June 
Sample dishes from some of the capital’s most exciting restaurants in grassy Regent’s Park, including Circolo Popolare, Hoppers and Dumplings Legend, and enjoy tasting sessions and cookery demos from London’s best chefs. Tickets from £24, available from tasteoflondon.co.uk

★ Meatopia, Tobacco Dock, London, 2-4 Sep
60+ live-fire chefs from around the world cook top-quality meat over wood and charcoal. Tickets from £26.50, available from meatopia.co.uk

• Worthing Freewheelin’ Feastival, West Sussex, 29 April -2 May
• Foodies Festival, Brighton, 30 April-2 May
• Pub in the Park Marlow, Buckinghamshire, 12-15 May
• Pub in the Park Wimbledon, London, 27-29 May 
• Blenheim Palace Food Festival, Oxfordshire, 2-5 June
• Foodies Festival, Syon Park, London, 3-5 June
• Foodies Festival, Chelmsford, Essex, 17-19 June
• Smoked & Uncut, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, 18 June
• Pub in the Park Dulwich, London, 24-26 Jun
• FESTA, Tobacco Dock, London 24-25 June
• Foodies Festival, Maidstone, Kent, 24-26 Jun
• Pub in the Park Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 8-10 Jul
• Lymington Seafood Festival, Hampshire, 15-17 Jul
• Foodies Festival, Winchester, Hampshire, 15-17 Jul
• National Geographic Traveller Food Festival, Islington, London, 16-17 Jul
• Guildford Cheese & Chilli Festival, Surrey, 16-17 Jul
• Hythe Food and Drink Festival, Kent, 20-24 Jul
• Smoked & Uncut, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, 23 Jul
• Wilderness Festival, Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, 4-7 Aug
• Winchester Cheese & Chilli Festival, Hampshire, 7-8 Aug
• London Craft Beer Festival, Tobacco Dock, 12-13 Aug
• Chichester Freewheelin’ Feastival, West Sussex, 12-14 Aug
• Smoked & Uncut, Canterbury, Kent 13 Aug
• The Big Feastival, Oxfordshire, 26-28 Aug
• Whitstable Oyster Festival, Kent, 27-30 Aug
• Oxford Foodies Festival, 27-29 Aug
• Pub in the Park Chiswick, London, 2-4 Sep
• Waddesdon Manor Chilli Fest, Buckinghamshire, 2-4 Sep
• Hastings Seafood & Wine Festival, East Sussex, 17-18 Sep
• Thame Food Festival, Oxfordshire, 24-25 Sep
• Broadstairs Food Festival, Kent, 30 Sep-2 Oct

Food festivals in South West England

★ Seafeast – The Dorset Seafood Festival, Weymouth, 10-11 Sep
Street food, live music and expert info on preparing seafood at Weymouth Peninsula,; funds raised for charity Fisherman’s Mission, supporting families reliant on the sea. Tickets from £10, available from dorsetseafood.co.uk

• St Ives Food and Drink Festival, Dorset, 13-15 May
• Bristol Foodies Festival, Somerset, 20-22 May
• Stroud Festival of Food and Drink, Gloucestershire, 20-22 May
• Bristol Craft Beer Festival, Somerset, 10-11 Jun
• Pub in the Park Bath, Somerset, 17-19 Jun
• The Great British Food Festival, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, 18-19 Jun
• Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival, Gloucestershire, 24-26 Jun
• Swindon Cheese & Chilli Festival, Wiltshire, 2-3 Jul
• Smoked & Uncut, Pensford, Somerset, 9 Jul
• Rock Oyster, Wadebridge, Cornwall, 29-31 Jul
• Isle of Wight Garlic Festival, 20-21 Aug
• Great Bath Feast, Somerset, 23-25 Sep

Food festivals in East England

★ Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival, Suffolk, 24-25 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 Medieval Festival & Oyster Fayre, Essex, 4-5 Jun
• Chelmsford Foodies Festival, Essex, 17-19 Jun
• Colchester Food and Drink Festival, Essex, 25-26 Jun
• The Great British Food Festival, Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, 16-17 Jul
• Bury St Edmunds Food & Drink Festival, Suffolk, TBC Aug
• Norwich Foodies Festival, Norfolk, 9-11 Sep
• Pub in the Park St Albans, Hertfordshire, 9-11 Sep

Food festivals in North West England

★Kantina Weekender, Escape to Freight Island, Manchester, 10-12 June
This Manchester food and drink weekender will see Michelin star guest chefs showcasing of some their prestigious culinary talent.



• Tatton Park Foodies Festival, Cheshire, 8-10 Jul
• Manchester Food & Drink Festival, 15-26 Sep
• Liverpool Food & Drink Festival, 16-17 Sep
• The Great British Food Festival, Arley Hall, Cheshire, 24-25 Sep


Food festivals in Yorkshire

★ Malton Food Lovers Festival, North Yorkshire, 3-5 Jun and 27-29 Aug
Stalls, talks, street food and demos in the heart of the pretty market town, home to great food shops. Free entry, visitmalton.com



• The North Leeds Food Festival, West Yorkshire, 14-15 May
• Ilkley Food and Drink Festival, West Yorkshire, 11-12 Jun
• Harrogate Food and Drink Festival, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, 25-26 Jun and 3-4 Sep
• Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival, Skipton, North Yorkshire, 23-24 Jul
• York Food & Drink Festival, North Yorkshire, 23 Sep – 2 Oct


Food festivals in the Midlands

★ Ludlow Food Festival, Shropshire, 9-11 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. Tickets £13.50, available from foodfestival.co.uk

• Lost Village, near Norton Disney, Lincolnshire, 25-28 Aug
• The Great Northern Food & Drink Festival, The Market Fields, Thoresby Park Estate, North Nottinghamshire, 20-21 Aug



• Ludlow Spring Festival, Shropshire, 14-15 May
• Ashby Food Gusto Festival, Leicestershire, 28-29 May
• Pub in the Park Warwick, Warwickshire, 10-12 Jun
• Nottingham Craft Beer Festival, Nottinghamshire, 17-18 Jun
• The Great British Food Festival, Trentham Gardens, Staffordshire, 17-19 Jun
• Vegan Campout, Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, 15-18 Jul
• The Great British Food Festival, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, 29-31 Jul
• Syston Food Gusto Festival, Leicestershire, 27 Aug
• Tamworth Food Gusto Festival, Staffordshire, 10-11 Sep


Food festivals in Wales

★ Abergavenny Food Festival, Monmouthshire, 17-18 Sep
Fun and feasting on the Welsh Borders with regional producers, family entertainment and demos and appearances from top culinary movers and shakers. Tickets £12, available from abergavennyfoodfestival.com



• The Great British Food Festival, Margam Park, South Wales, 3-4 Sep
• Camp Good Life, Hawarden, N Wales, 16-18 Sep
• Narberth Food Festival, Pembrokeshire, 24-25 Sep
• Neath Food and Drink Festival,  Neath Port Talbot, 7-8 Oct
• Llangollen Food Festival, Denbighshire, 15-16 Oct


Food festivals in Ireland



★ Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival, 23-25 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

• Taste of Dublin, 16-19 Jun
• The Big Grill Festival, Dublin, 11-14 Aug
• A Taste of West Cork, 2-11 Sep
• Dingle Food Festival, County Kerry, 30 Sep-2 Oct

Food festivals in Scotland

★ Edinburgh Food Festival, Assembly George Square Gardens, 22–31 July

The city’s only free central food festival returns to Edinburgh with stallholders offering everything from Alandas Gelato and Fish & Chips to Jarvis Pickle pies and Chick & Pea Street Food. Drinks brands such as Fyne Ales from Argyll will be quenching thirst throughout the day. Visit edfoodfest.com.



★ Scottish Wild Food Festival, near Loch Lomond, 17-18 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. £16, available from scottishwildfoodfestival.co.uk

• Crail Food Festival, East Neuk of Fife, 17-19 Jun
• Edinburgh Foodies Festival, 5-7 Aug
• Glasgow Foodies Festival, 12-14 Aug
• Stranraer Oyster Festival, Dumfries and Galloway, 2-4 Sep
• The Great British Food Festival, Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian, 10-11 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

• Food Truck Fest, Antrim, 21 May
• Irish Game and Fine Food Fair, Antrim, 25-26 Jun
• Moira Speciality Food Fair, County Down, 20 Aug

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