General Knowledge / Important Food Festivals Around The World
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.
Africa
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Festival name
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Type
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Country
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Lagos Seafood Festival
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Fish festival
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Nigeria
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Leboku
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festival
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Nigeria
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New Yam Festival of the Igbo
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festival
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Nigeria
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Nnewi Afiaolu Festival
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festival
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Nigeria
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Ashanti Yam Festival
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festival
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Ghana
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Asogli Yam Festival
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festival
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Ghana
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Fofie Yam Festival
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festival
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Ghana
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Oceania
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Festival name
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Type
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Country
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Bankstown Bites Food Festival
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Food
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Australia
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Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
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Food
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New Zealand
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Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival
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Wine festival/Food
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Australia
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Good Food & Wine Show
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Wine festival/Food
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Australia
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Grampians Grape Escape
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Wine festival
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Australia
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Kings Cross Food and Wine Festival
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Wine festival/Food
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Australia
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Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
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Wine festival/Food
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Australia
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Taste Festival
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Food
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Australia
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Vegfest (AU)
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Food
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Australia
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Darwin Beer Can Regatta
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Beer festival
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Australia
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GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of the Year
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Beer festival
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Australia
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Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular
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Beer festival
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Australia
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Schut zenfest (Adelaide)
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Beer festival
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Australia
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Warners Bay Beer Festival
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Beer festival
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Australia
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Taste of Tasmania
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Food
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Australia
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North America
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S.No
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Festival name
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1
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Happy Harry’s Ribfest
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2
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Boston Seafood Festival
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3
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A Taste Of Colorado
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4
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Great American Foodie Fest
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5
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Garlic & Harvest Festival
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6
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Culinaria Festival Week
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7
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National Morel Mushroom Festival
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Canada
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S.No
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Festival name
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1
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Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
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2
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Brighton Apple fest, Brighton, Ontario
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3
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Canada's Largest Rib fest, Burlington, Ontario
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4
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Eat! Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
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5
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Exploits Valley Salmon Festival, Exploits Valley, Newfoundland and
Labrador
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6
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Sun and Salsa Festival, Calgary, Alberta
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7
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Taste of the Danforth, Toronto, Ontario
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8
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A Taste of Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta
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Mexico
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S.No
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Festival name
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1
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Puerto Vallarta festival
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United States
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S.No
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Festival name
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1
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Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California
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2
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Brentwood Cornfest in Brentwood, California
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3
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Mushroom Festivals in various locales
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4
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the Castroville Artichoke Festival, in Castroville, California
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5
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the Stockton Asparagus Festival, in Stockton, California
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6
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Latin Food Festival! in San Diego, California
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7
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the Lexington Barbecue Festival in North Carolina
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8
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the Posen Potato Festival, in Posen, Michigan
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9
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the Norwalk Oyster Festival, in Norwalk
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10
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Connecticut, Vaisakhi Festival at Yuba City
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11
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Howell Melon Festival in Howell
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12
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Michigan, known for electing the Howell Melon Queen
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13
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Vegetarian food festivals include Vegfest in Salt Lake City
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14
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Utah, Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California.
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Asia
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Festival name
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Type
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Country
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Jakarta Fashion & Food Festival
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Indonesia
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Thapar Food Festival
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India
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Osho Monsoon Festival
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festival
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India
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South America
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Festival name
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Type
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Country
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Festival de comida de rua Fortaleza
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festival
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Brasil / Fortaleza
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Festival de comida de rua São Paulo
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festival
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Brazil / São Paulo
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Mistura
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festival
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Peru / Lima
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Europe
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S.No
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Festival name
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1
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Galway Oyster Festival
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Italy
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S.No
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Festival name
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1
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Asti's Festival of Festivals held in Asti in September.
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2
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Battle of the Oranges is a traditional orange fight held in Ivrea each
February.
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3
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Cibus
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Spain
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S.No
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Festival name
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1
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La Tomatina - a tomato-throwing festival held in late August in Buñol.
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2
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L’Aplec del Caragol - a snail-eating festival held in Lleida in May.
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Switzerland
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S.No
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Festival name
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1
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The Räbechilbi turnip festival is held annually in September.
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2
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A cheese festival is held in Gruyére in May.
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United Kingdom
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Festival name
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Festival name
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Abergavenny Christmas Food & Drink Fair
Abergavenny Food Festival
Aberystwyth Sea2shore Food Festival
Alcester & Forest of Arden Food Festival
Alresford Watercress Festival
Anglesey Oyster & Welsh Produce Festival
Annual Whitstable Oyster Fair
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Barnes Food Fair
BBC Good Food Show Scotland
BBC Summer Good Food Show
Big Welsh Bite, Rhondda Heritage Park
Bishop Auckland Food Festival
Black Cherry Fair
Blossomtime
Brecon Beacons Food Festival
Bridport Food Festival
Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival
British Food Fortnight, Across Britain
Broneirion Food Fair, Llandinam
Big Onion Food and Music Festival
Bolton Food and Drink Festival
Beaumaris Food Festivali
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Caerphilly Food Festival
Cardiff International Food and Drink Festival
Cardigan Bay Seafood Festival
Cardigan River and Food Festival
Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival
Cherry and Soft Fruit Show
Chester Food, Drink and Lifestyle Festival
Chilli Fest
Clovelly Herring Festival
Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival
Gwledd Conwy Feast
Cornwall Food & Drink Festival
Clitheroe Food Festival
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Dales Festival of Food & Drink
Dartmouth Food Festival
Derbyshire Food Festival
Devizes Food & Drink Festival
Dorset Seafood Festival
Durham City Food Festival
Dorney Court Kitchen Garden,Eaton Dorney, Windsor
Dorlish food festival
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East Midlands Food & Drink Festival
Eat Cambridge
EAT! Newcastle Gateshead
Elmbridge Food Festival
English Wine Week
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Feastival, Bridgend
Feast 2018 at Waddesdon Manor
Feast on the Bridge
Fishstock Brixham
Flavour Fest
Flavour Of Shetland
Flavours of Summer
Foodies Festival
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Gorseinon-Swansea Food Festival
Great British Cheese Festival
Guildford Food festival
Gwledd Conwy Feast
Gwyl Fwyd a Chrefft Portmeirion
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Haverfordwest Beer and Cider Festival
Hay Summer Food Festival
Hay Winter Food Festival
Henley Food Festival
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Lampeter Food Festival
Lancashire Food Festival
Leeds Loves Food
Leicester's Summer Food and Drink Festival
Leicester's Winter Food Festival Featuring Christmas Crafts
Liverpool Food & Drink Festival
Llangollen Food Festival
Loch Lomond Food & Drink Festival
Ludlow Food Festival
Lancaster Food and Drink Festival
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Mold Food & Drink Festival
Mortimer Country Food Fair
Malton Food Lovers Festival
Monmouthshire Food Festival
Mumbles Oyster Festival
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Kendal Festival of Food
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Narberth Food Festival
Nantwich Food Festival
Nantwich International Cheese Show
Neath Food and Drink Festival
Newbury Food Festival
Newcastle Emlyn Food Festival
Newport Food Festival
Newtown Food & Drink Festival
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Pembrokeshire Fish Week
Pershore Plum Festival
Portmeirion Food and Craft Festival
Rye Bay Scallop Week
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Richmond Fine Food and Beer festival
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Scottish Food Fortnight
Stratford Food Festival
Spice Food Festival
St Davids Really Wild Food & Countryside Festival
St Fagans Food Festival
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Taste Festivals
Tastes of Lincolnshire Christmas Food and Drink Fair
Tavistock Food and Drink Festival
The British Asparagus Festival
The Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show
The Isle of Man Food & Drink Festival
The Isle of Wight Garlic Festival
The National Forest Food & Drink Fair
The Really Wild Food and Countryside Festival
The South of England Food and Drink Festival
The World's Original Marmalade Festival
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Upton Food and Ale Festival
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The Welsh Menu Live
Welsh Perry and Cider Festival
Weston super Food Festival (Weston-super-Mare)
West Wales Food Festival
Wimborne Food Festival
Wrexham Food Festival
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York Food Festival
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