Top 10: Food & Drink Festivals in the UK
The UK offers a wealth of food festivals for foodies. Our round-up of the top national and regional events can help you choose the perfect ones for your brand. With over 100 festivals firing up annually, there are also numerous local food festivals across the country that have become fun days out for families and friends, not just food lovers!
The Big Feastival • Alex James Farm, The Cotswolds • 23rd - 25th August 2024
A weekend of good music, good food and good times.
Big Feastival brings together music from the UK's biggest artists, Michelin-starred chefs, award-winning street food, and an exciting array of family activities in an action-packed weekend with an unrivalled entertainment programme. There's an opportunity to communicate key brand messages, promote food and drink ranges, and showcase your brand to 64,000 family festival-goers.
Hampton Court Palace Food Festival • Hampton Court Palace, London • 23rd - 25th August 2024
Bank holiday weekend celebrations for all the family in Henry VIII's beautiful gardens.
Heading into its 11th year, the backdrop of both the Palace and its magnificent gardens make this event totally extraordinary and memorable. Visitors can enjoy a fantastic range of street food and bars whilst shopping, with food and drink producers and brands from across the UK and further afield!
Pub in The Park • St Albans • 6th - 8th September 2024
The biggest food and music festival tour in the UK.
The brainchild of Tom Kerridge offers the chance to get in front of an affluent audience of foodies and music lovers, attending each event to taste and buy the best in food and drink. In 2025, we expect Pub in The Park to return to Marlow in May, Chiswick in June, Reigate in July, and back to St Albans in September.
York Food & Drink Festival • Parliament Street • 20th - 29th September 2024
York Food Festival is a 10-day festival celebrating local and regional food and drink.
York Food Festival runs events throughout the year, but the main 10-day festival is held at the end of September. Businesses can get involved with the York Food Festival in various ways, including cookery classes, sampling, taste workshops, pop-up events, a taste trail, demonstrations, and more.
Good Food Show Winter / Good Food Show Summer • NEC, Birmingham • 21st - 24th November 2024 / 13th - 16th June 2025
An unforgettable food event at the NEC, Birmingham.
The Good Food Show Summer, alongside BBC Gardeners' World Live, attracts 90,000 visitors from across the UK and is the perfect opportunity to showcase, sample, and retail your products. The Good Food Show Winter centres around all things food and festive fun, with incredible features and an array of the UK's top culinary talent. They expect 50,000 high ABC1 foodie visitors.
Blenheim Palace Food Festival • Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire • 24th May - 26th May 2025
A festival for all food lovers.
Blenheim Palace Food Festival is one of the largest in the UK, and in 2023, more than 25,000 ticket holders attended. The festival is careful to ensure that all food categories (artisan traders, farm shops, hot food stalls, bars, craft brewers, distillers, wine producers or any other food and drink related merchandisers) are represented but not oversubscribed, and previous stallholders report some of their best trading at the festival.
Taste of London • Regents Park, London • June 2025
The ultimate celebration of food and drink in London.
Every summer, Taste of London takes over Regent's Park for five days of feasting, joined by 55,000 hungry Londoners ready to devour the best food and drink in the country. Whether you're an artisan producer or a big brand, Taste of London provides an exceptional platform to interact with and sell to knowledgeable foodies.
Vegan Camp Out • Bicester Heritage, Oxfordshire • July 2025
Voted the UK's best vegan festival.
Vegan Camp Out is the world's largest and most international vegan camping festival, with campers from over 40 countries! The food at VCO is legendary in the Vegan world, with over 50 of the UK's best vegan street food and restaurants heading to the festival. Each year, the festival features a diverse range of fully plant-based food from vendors across the country.
Edinburgh Food Festival • George Square Gardens, Edinburgh • July 2025
Edinburgh's largest free-to-enter food festival.
The Edinburgh Food Festival runs for ten days and takes place just before Assembly Festival's Fringe season starts. The free-to-enter event will deliver a full menu of activities, with street food, chef demos, a producers' market, drinks, and more! The festival also hosts the Scottish Street Food Awards Finals.
Good Food Festival • Goodwood Racecourse, Chichester • August 2025
There's something for everyone at the Good Food Festival.
The Good Food Festival has established itself as an enjoyable day out for all the family. With 15,000 foodie visitors coming to discover and buy new products, it's the perfect occasion for brands and artisan producers to attract loyal customers and boost sales. Don't miss the chance to sample, retail, and ignite the five senses through face-to-face sales and marketing.
