FestFinder tracks 113 events in the Food and Drink category. Harvest festivals, craft beer fests, and regional food celebrations.

American food festivals are inseparable from the regional agricultural calendar. Each event in this collection is anchored to a specific ingredient, technique, or culinary heritage that defines the host community.

Where to start

Portland hosts more food and drink on FestFinder than any other city, and California leads the state-by-state rankings. Use the lists below to drill into specific events; each event page includes scheduling notes, planning tips, and links to nearby festivals you might combine into the same trip.

What to expect from a typical event in this category

Come hungry, pace yourself across the day, and bring cash for the smaller vendors who do not run card readers. Tasting tickets are usually sold in books and can be combined for larger plates from the headline restaurants. Most festival programs include a printed map with the location of each producer. The festival pages linked below include venue, dates, and a multi-paragraph profile for each event so you can plan accordingly.

All food and drink on FestFinder

  1. Pacific Northwest Truffle Festival Eugene, OR · January
  2. South Beach Wine and Food Festival Miami Beach, FL · February
  3. Charleston Wine and Food Charleston, SC · March
  4. Florida Strawberry Festival Plant City, FL · March
  5. Annapolis Maple Sugar Days Annapolis, MD · March
  6. Newark Maple Sugar Days Newark, NJ · March
  7. Hartford Maple Sugar Days Hartford, CT · March
  8. Portland Maple Sugar Days Portland, ME · March
  9. Jacksonville Maple Sugar Days Jacksonville, FL · March
  10. Nashville Maple Sugar Days Nashville, TN · March
  11. Chattanooga Maple Sugar Days Chattanooga, TN · March
  12. Huntsville Maple Sugar Days Huntsville, AL · March
  13. Grand Rapids Maple Sugar Days Grand Rapids, MI · March
  14. Cincinnati Maple Sugar Days Cincinnati, OH · March
  15. Indianapolis Maple Sugar Days Indianapolis, IN · March
  16. Madison Maple Sugar Days Madison, WI · March
  17. Austin Maple Sugar Days Austin, TX · March
  18. El Paso Maple Sugar Days El Paso, TX · March
  19. Oklahoma City Maple Sugar Days Oklahoma City, OK · March
  20. Tucson Maple Sugar Days Tucson, AZ · March
  21. Missoula Maple Sugar Days Missoula, MT · March
  22. Los Angeles Maple Sugar Days Los Angeles, CA · March
  23. Sacramento Maple Sugar Days Sacramento, CA · March
  24. Santa Barbara Maple Sugar Days Santa Barbara, CA · March
  25. Vermont Maple Festival Saint Albans, VT · April
  26. Pebble Beach Food and Wine Pebble Beach, CA · April
  27. Austin Food and Wine Festival Austin, TX · April
  28. Vidalia Onion Festival Vidalia, GA · April
  29. New Orleans Wine and Food Experience New Orleans, LA · May
  30. Atlanta Food and Wine Festival Atlanta, GA · May
  31. Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest Memphis, TN · May
  32. Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival Breaux Bridge, LA · May
  33. Food and Wine Classic in Aspen Aspen, CO · June
  34. Watermelon Thump Luling, TX · June
  35. Taste of Buffalo Food Festival Buffalo, NY · June
  36. Taste of New Haven Food Festival New Haven, CT · June
  37. Taste of Bangor Food Festival Bangor, ME · June
  38. Taste of Atlanta Food Festival Atlanta, GA · June
  39. Taste of Charlotte Food Festival Charlotte, NC · June
  40. Taste of Birmingham Food Festival Birmingham, AL · June
  41. Taste of New Orleans Food Festival New Orleans, LA · June
  42. Taste of Jackson Food Festival Jackson, MS · June
  43. Taste of Louisville Food Festival Louisville, KY · June
  44. Taste of Bloomington Food Festival Bloomington, IN · June
  45. Taste of Minneapolis Food Festival Minneapolis, MN · June
  46. Taste of Des Moines Food Festival Des Moines, IA · June
  47. Taste of Saint Louis Food Festival Saint Louis, MO · June
  48. Taste of Tulsa Food Festival Tulsa, OK · June
  49. Taste of Sedona Food Festival Sedona, AZ · June
  50. Taste of Santa Fe Food Festival Santa Fe, NM · June
  51. Taste of Boulder Food Festival Boulder, CO · June
  52. Taste of San Jose Food Festival San Jose, CA · June
  53. Taste of Santa Cruz Food Festival Santa Cruz, CA · June
  54. Taste of Palm Springs Food Festival Palm Springs, CA · June
  55. Taste of Portland Food Festival Portland, OR · June
  56. National Cherry Festival Traverse City, MI · July
  57. Oregon Brewers Festival Portland, OR · July
  58. South Carolina Peach Festival Gaffney, SC · July
  59. Sequim Lavender Festival Sequim, WA · July
  60. International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship Eau Claire, MI · July
  61. Maine Lobster Festival Rockland, ME · August
  62. Lancaster Sunflower Days Lancaster, PA · August
  63. Washington Sunflower Days Washington, DC · August
  64. Jersey City Sunflower Days Jersey City, NJ · August
  65. New Haven Sunflower Days New Haven, CT · August
  66. Orlando Sunflower Days Orlando, FL · August
  67. St Petersburg Sunflower Days St Petersburg, FL · August
  68. Memphis Sunflower Days Memphis, TN · August
  69. Birmingham Sunflower Days Birmingham, AL · August
  70. Chicago Sunflower Days Chicago, IL · August
  71. Ann Arbor Sunflower Days Ann Arbor, MI · August
  72. Columbus Sunflower Days Columbus, OH · August
  73. Bloomington Sunflower Days Bloomington, IN · August
  74. Houston Sunflower Days Houston, TX · August
  75. San Antonio Sunflower Days San Antonio, TX · August
  76. Galveston Sunflower Days Galveston, TX · August
  77. Tulsa Sunflower Days Tulsa, OK · August
  78. Reno Sunflower Days Reno, NV · August
  79. Cheyenne Sunflower Days Cheyenne, WY · August
  80. San Francisco Sunflower Days San Francisco, CA · August
  81. San Jose Sunflower Days San Jose, CA · August
  82. Honolulu Sunflower Days Honolulu, HI · August
  83. Hatch Chile Festival Hatch, NM · September
  84. North Carolina Apple Festival Hendersonville, NC · September
  85. New York Farmers Market Harvest Day New York, NY · September
  86. Rochester Farmers Market Harvest Day Rochester, NY · September
  87. Cambridge Farmers Market Harvest Day Cambridge, MA · September
  88. Lancaster Farmers Market Harvest Day Lancaster, PA · September
  89. Savannah Farmers Market Harvest Day Savannah, GA · September
  90. Raleigh Farmers Market Harvest Day Raleigh, NC · September
  91. Columbia Farmers Market Harvest Day Columbia, SC · September
  92. Orlando Farmers Market Harvest Day Orlando, FL · September
  93. Little Rock Farmers Market Harvest Day Little Rock, AR · September
  94. Lexington Farmers Market Harvest Day Lexington, KY · September
  95. Virginia Beach Farmers Market Harvest Day Virginia Beach, VA · September
  96. Chicago Farmers Market Harvest Day Chicago, IL · September
  97. Iowa City Farmers Market Harvest Day Iowa City, IA · September
  98. Omaha Farmers Market Harvest Day Omaha, NE · September
  99. Topeka Farmers Market Harvest Day Topeka, KS · September
  100. Houston Farmers Market Harvest Day Houston, TX · September
  101. Las Cruces Farmers Market Harvest Day Las Cruces, NM · September
  102. Colorado Springs Farmers Market Harvest Day Colorado Springs, CO · September
  103. Park City Farmers Market Harvest Day Park City, UT · September
  104. Reno Farmers Market Harvest Day Reno, NV · September
  105. Sonoma Farmers Market Harvest Day Sonoma, CA · September
  106. Eugene Farmers Market Harvest Day Eugene, OR · September
  107. Tacoma Farmers Market Harvest Day Tacoma, WA · September
  108. Honolulu Farmers Market Harvest Day Honolulu, HI · September
  109. Great American Beer Festival Denver, CO · October
  110. Berkeley Springs Apple Butter Festival Berkeley Springs, WV · October
  111. Cape Cod Cranberry Harvest Festival Wareham, MA · October
  112. Georgia Pecan Festival Albany, GA · November
  113. Terlingua International Chili Championship Terlingua, TX · November