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Food & drink👋 Meet peopleUntil 31 Dec · London
Borough Market
London's most famous food market — a working cathedral to good eating by London Bridge, open most of the week year-round.
Borough Market, 8 Southwark Street, London SE1 1TLFree entry
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleUntil 31 Oct · Cardiff
Good Food Cardiff Autumn Festival
A seven-week city-wide festival of free, community-run food events — harvest celebrations, cooking demos and grow-your-own days across Cardiff.
Venues across Cardiff — community centres, gardens and allotments (see foodcardiff.com for full programme)Free
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleUntil 20 Sept · Sidmouth
Taste East Devon Festival
A nine-day trail of tastings, feasts and foraging across East Devon, from a River Cottage mushroom feast to an apple-pressing party at Whimple.
Venues across East Devon, from Exmouth to AxminsterVaries by event (individual bookings; some free)
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleFri 18 – Sat 19 Sept · Melton Mowbray
Melton Beer, Cider & Gin Festival
An indoor beer, cider and gin festival at The Stockyard in Melton Mowbray, with more than 50 craft drinks and live music across two nights.
The Stockyard, Melton Mowbray, LeicestershireFrom £6 in advance
Food & drinkFri 18 – Sat 19 Sept · Oxford
The Oxford Wine Festival
A weekend of wine tasting in Oxford's grand Examination Schools, with your first ten tasting vouchers included in the ticket.
Oxford University Examination Schools, 81 High Street, Oxford OX1 4ASFrom £24.50 (includes first 10 tastings)
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleFri 18 – Sun 20 Sept · Manchester
Wing Fest Manchester
Three days of 100,000 chicken wings, live music and DJs inside Manchester's Edwardian Victoria Baths.
Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0FEFrom £21.45
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleUntil 27 Sept · York
York Food & Drink Festival
A ten-day festival taking over York's Parliament Street with 100+ food and drink producers, street food and daily chef demonstrations.
Parliament Street & St Sampson's Square, YorkFree entry to markets and demonstrations; some ticketed extras
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 19 – Sun 20 Sept · Abergavenny
Abergavenny Food Festival
Wales' best-loved food festival takes over the whole town — 120+ producers, chef demos and a Saturday-night castle party.
Abergavenny town centre (11 venues), Abergavenny, NP7, MonmouthshireDay ticket £17, weekend ticket £26, under-16s free
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 19 Sept · Leicester
Abbey Pumping Station Food & Craft Fair
Local food producers and artisan makers fill Leicester's Victorian pumping-station museum, with vintage vehicles and live jazz.
Abbey Pumping Station, Corporation Road, Leicester, LE4 5PXFree entry (small charge for museum train rides)
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 19 Sept · Birmingham
Autumn Cheese & Wine Tasting at Loki Wine, Edgbaston
Seven seasonal wines paired with artisan cheeses from Anderson & Hill, Birmingham's leading cheesemonger.
Loki Wine, 10 Greenfield Crescent, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3AU£45
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 19 Sept · Reading
Reading Vegan Festival
Forty-plus vegan food and craft stalls fill Reading's Market Place for a free, all-day plant-based graze.
Market Place & Broad Street, Reading, BerkshireFree entry
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 19 – Sun 20 Sept · Drymen
Scottish Wild Food Festival
A weekend of foraging walks, wild-food banquets and forest-school activities at a holistic centre near Loch Lomond.
Tir na nOg Holistic Centre, near Drymen, Stirlingshire G63 0NF£19 adult / £6 child per day, £35 adult weekend pass, under-5s free
Food & drinkSat 19 – Sun 20 Sept · Stratford Upon Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon Food Festival
Over 100 food and drink stalls fill Henley Street and Bridge Street for a two-day autumn feast.
Henley Street & Bridge Street, Stratford-upon-AvonFree entry, food and drink priced individually
Food & drinkSat 19 – Sun 20 Sept · Nottinghamshire
Festival of Food & Drink at Thoresby Park
A country-house food festival with 160+ stalls, cookery demos and TV chefs on Sherwood Forest's doorstep.
Thoresby Park, Nr Ollerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 9EPFrom £10 adult (advance), free parking included
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSun 20 Sept · Oakham
Rutland Food & Drink Festival
A free open-air food festival filling Oakham's Market Place, High Street and castle grounds with around 80 artisan food, drink and craft stalls.
Oakham Castle grounds, Market Place & High Street, Oakham, RutlandFree entry
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleWed 23 – Sun 27 Sept · Truro
Truro Food Festival
Cornwall's biggest food festival takes over Lemon Quay for five days — producers, street food, live music and free entry.
Lemon Quay, Truro, Cornwall TR1 2EHFree entry (some workshops ticketed separately)
Food & drinkThu 24 – Sun 27 Sept · Birmingham
New Street Eats: Birmingham Street Food Festival
A free four-day street food takeover on Birmingham's New Street, with global stalls and live music.
New Street, Birmingham city centre, B2 4RQFree
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleThu 24 – Sun 27 Sept · Cardiff
Great Cardiff Feast — Autumn Edition
A street food festival taking over Cardiff city centre with independent traders and live entertainment over four days, free to attend and dog-friendly.
Queen Street, CardiffFree entry; pay per vendor
Food & drinkThu 24 Sept · Manchester
Cheese and Wine Evening at Reserve Wines, Didsbury
A relaxed tasting of three matched wines and three artisan cheeses from Chorlton Cheesemongers, opening with a glass of Crémant.
Reserve Wines, 176 Burton Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 1LH£50
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleFri 25 – Sun 27 Sept · Cumbria
AmbleFest
Ambleside's craft beer and live music weekend turns five — three venues, local breweries and street food in the heart of the Lake District.
The Flying Fleece, Rydal Road, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9ANFrom £8 (2025 early-bird price) — see amblefest.co.uk for confirmed 2026 tickets
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleFri 25 – Sun 27 Sept · Caldicot
Mabon — Fire and Feast
A weekend of live-fire cookery in the grounds of a Norman castle — chef demos, an artisan market, natural wines and storytelling.
Caldicot Castle, Church Road, Caldicot, Monmouthshire NP26 4HUSmall plates from the outdoor fire kitchens £6–£12; under-16s free; car park £5 (Friday's fire feast ticketed separately)
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 26 – Sun 27 Sept · Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival
Over 130 Suffolk producers, chef demos and free children's cookery sessions at Snape Maltings on the Alde estuary.
Snape Maltings, Snape, Saxmundham, IP17 1SRFrom £10 early bird adult; under-16s free
Food & drinkSat 26 – Sun 27 Sept · Durham
Chester-le-EATS
Free food and drink festival at Durham Cricket Ground with street food traders, craft drinks producers, a tasting school and live music, now in its fifth year.
Durham Cricket Ground, Riverside, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, DH3 3QRFree entry
Food & drinkSat 26 – Sun 27 Sept · Braintree
Essex Food and Craft Fair at Cressing Temple Barns
A two-day artisan fair of food, craft and gifts staged inside a pair of medieval Templar barns near Braintree.
Cressing Temple Barns, Witham Road, Cressing, Braintree, Essex CM77 8PD£6 adult / £5 concession / free child
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 26 – Sun 27 Sept · Euston
The Great Feast at Euston Hall
A brand-new food festival on the Grafton family's Suffolk estate — 100+ stalls, cooking demos and a funfair, with under-3s free.
Euston Hall, Euston, Thetford, Suffolk IP24 2QP£11.25 adult (advance) / £10.25 concession / £5.25 child (3–15); under 3s free
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 26 – Sun 27 Sept · Bristol
FŌDA — A Festival of Food Ideas
A waterfront weekend of food, founded by chef Josh Eggleton — a producer village, free family workshops and talks on sustainable farming.
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QAFree entry to producer village & family workshops; symposium talks from £45
Food & drinkSat 26 – Sun 27 Sept · Narberth
Narberth Food Festival
A much-loved Pembrokeshire market town given over to Welsh food and drink for a weekend, with chef demos, tastings and live music.
Town Moor, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, SA67 7AR£5 per day, under-16s free
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 26 Sept · Newmarket
Newmarket Sausage Festival
A free sausage-themed festival on Newmarket's Market Square, with a new Cookery Theatre and live entertainment.
Market Square, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 8NAFree
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 26 – Sun 27 Sept · Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells Food & Drink Festival
A free weekend food festival in Calverley Grounds with 55+ stalls and a £9 cap on every dish in the Taster Menu area.
Calverley Grounds, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2LUFree entry; £9 cap on all Taster Menu dishes
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 26 – Sun 27 Sept · Cockermouth
Taste Cumbria Cockermouth Food Festival
Cumbria's flagship food festival fills Cockermouth's streets with producers, street food, chef demos and live music, free to attend.
Cockermouth Town Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9NPFree
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 26 – Sun 27 Sept · Oxfordshire
Thame Food Festival
A two-day Oxfordshire showground festival of artisan producers, chef demos and a charity dog show.
Thame Showground, Kingsey Road, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3JL£10 (adult, 17+)
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSun 27 Sept · Cambridge
Cambridgeshire Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival
Up to 50 regenerative growers, bakers and street food stalls take over Cambridge's central park for a free, nature-minded Sunday.
Parker's Piece, Cambridge CB1Free
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSun 27 Sept · Stoke On Trent
Staffordshire Vegan Festival
Fifty-plus plant-based stalls, world street food and workshops take over Stoke's Leek Road Venue for the day.
Leek Road Venue (Verve), Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DF£5 standard entry, under-16s free; VIP £15
Food & drinkFri 2 – Sun 4 Oct · Broadstairs
Broadstairs Autumn Food Festival
A free coastal food festival with around 100 stalls of artisan bread, preserves, Kent cider and street food, plus live music at the bandstand.
Victoria Gardens, 5-6 Victoria Parade, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 1QLFree entry
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleUntil 11 Oct · Edinburgh
Edinburgh Cocktail Week 2026
Ten days, over 120 bars and a pop-up Cocktail Village — Edinburgh's best excuse for a proper date night out.
Cocktail Village, Festival Square, Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9SRFrom £5 weekday wristband; £6 signature cocktails
Food & drinkSat 3 Oct · Brecon
Brecon Beacons Food Festival
Over 60 Welsh food and drink producers fill Brecon's Georgian Market Hall for a free one-day festival on the edge of the national park.
Brecon Market Hall, Brecon, Powys LD3 9DAFree entry
Food & drinkSat 3 – Sun 4 Oct · Faversham
Brogdale Apple Fair
Apple and pear tastings, pick-your-own fruit and tractor tours through the National Fruit Collection's heritage orchards near Faversham.
Brogdale Collections, Brogdale Farm, Faversham, Kent ME13 8XZ£16 adult (16+); under-16s free
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 3 Oct · Newport
Newport Food Festival
70+ Welsh and regional stalls fill Newport's city centre, with a dedicated street food and live-music zone running into the evening.
High Street, Westgate Square & John Frost Square, Newport NP20, WalesFree
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 3 – Sun 4 Oct · Exeter
Powderham Food Festival
Devon's celebration of local food and drink returns to the grounds of Powderham Castle — over 100 South West producers, chef demos and live music.
Powderham Castle, Kenton, Exeter, Devon EX6 8JQ£5.50 adult advance / £7.50 on the gate; under-16s free; parking free
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSun 4 – Mon 5 Oct · Melton Mowbray
East Midlands Food Festival
A fully under-cover showcase of regional food producers at Melton Mowbray's historic cattle market, with a Food Theatre and Kids Zone.
The Stockyard, Melton Mowbray Market, Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray LE13 0NP£7 per day; under-16s free (accompanied)
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSun 4 Oct · Exeter
eat:Exeter Gate to Plate
Seventy-plus Devon food and drink producers take over Sidwell Street for a free, family-friendly street food festival.
Sidwell Street & Cheeke Street, ExeterFree entry
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSun 4 Oct · St Albans
St Albans & Harpenden Food & Drink Festival Street Finale
St Peter's Street closes to traffic for a free day of cookery demos, a world food zone and local producers, closing out the city's food festival.
St Peter's Street, St Albans AL1 3LDFree entry (most activities require no pre-booking)
Food & drinkWed 7 – Sun 11 Oct · Woking
Festival of Flavours at RHS Garden Wisley
Five days of tastings, cookery demonstrations and guided walks celebrating the harvest, included with garden admission.
RHS Garden Wisley, Wisley Lane, Wisley, Woking, Surrey GU23 6QBIncluded with garden admission, from £14.80 pre-booked
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleThu 8 – Sat 10 Oct · Edinburgh
Edinburgh Oktoberfest
Bavarian beer, bratwurst and a live oompah band move indoors to Tollcross's Central Hall for Edinburgh's biggest Oktoberfest yet.
Central Hall, West Tollcross, Edinburgh EH3 9PBFrom £5 general admission; Bavarian package from £35
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleThu 8 – Sun 11 Oct · Falmouth
Falmouth Oyster Festival
Cornwall's oldest working harbour marks the opening of the wild oyster season with four days of seafood, music and quayside cheer.
Events Square, Discovery Quay, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 3QYFree entry; evening headline music sessions ticketed separately
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleUntil 18 Oct · Hawes
Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival
A ten-day, Dales-wide celebration of local dairy — tastings, cookery demos and meet-the-maker events at farm shops, dairies, pubs and cafés.
Venues across the Yorkshire Dales National Park, including Wensleydale Creamery, Gayle Lane, Hawes DL8 3RNVaries by venue — many free tastings; some workshops and guided walks ticketed separately
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 10 Oct · Fishguard
Fishguard Bay Food Festival
A volunteer-run celebration of Pembrokeshire's food and drink scene fills Fishguard and Goodwick with producers, demos and tastings for a day.
Ysgol Bro Gwaun, the Phoenix Centre & venues across Fishguard & Goodwick, PembrokeshireFree entry (charges may apply for some workshops)
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 10 – Sun 11 Oct · Llangollen
Llangollen Food Festival
North Wales's flagship food festival — 100+ exhibitors of Welsh meat, cheese and chocolate, chef demos and pumpkin carving, free entry.
Royal International Pavilion grounds and town centre, Llangollen, DenbighshireFree entry
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSun 11 Oct · Wells
Wells Food Festival
Nearly 200 Somerset producers fill the Market Place and cathedral moat for a free day of artisan food, drink and homewares.
Market Place, Wells, Somerset BA5 2RBFree entry
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleThu 15 – Sun 18 Oct · Tunbridge Wells
Spa Valley Railway Real Ale & Cider Festival
Around 200 real ales and 70 ciders spread across five stops on a heritage railway line — hop between them by steam train.
Spa Valley Railway, Tunbridge Wells West Station, Tunbridge Wells, KentFree entry; optional rover ticket for unlimited heritage-train travel between venues
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 17 Oct · Powys
Chocolate Festival of Wales
Wales' first town-wide chocolate festival turns Llanidloes into a trail of cacao, tastings and artisan producers for a day.
Minerva Arts Centre and venues across Llanidloes, PowysFree entry (some tastings and workshops paid)
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 17 – Sun 18 Oct · Tongham
Surrey Hills Fire & Food Fair
Fire pits, live-fire cooking demos and over 60 artisan stalls fill Hogs Back Brewery for a weekend of autumn feasting.
Hogs Back Brewery, Manor Farm Business Park, Tongham, Surrey GU10 1DEFrom £12.50 advance (under-16s free)
Food & drinkFri 23 – Sun 25 Oct · Conwy
Conwy Feast
Wales's best-loved food festival takes over Conwy's medieval quayside with Welsh producers, street food, chef demos and live music.
Conwy Quay, Conwy LL32 8ABFree to enter; some ticketed tastings and demos
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleFri 23 – Sun 25 Oct · Dartmouth
Dartmouth Food Festival
A free three-day feast along the River Dart, with 100+ South West producers and a full programme of chef demos and tastings.
Royal Avenue Gardens, Dartmouth, DevonFree entry; individual tastings and seminars ticketed separately
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleFri 23 – Sat 24 Oct · Newcastle
Lord of the Wings
A two-day chicken-wing food battle in Wylam Brewery's grand taproom, with local wingmasters going head-to-head from mild to fiery.
Wylam Brewery, Palace of Arts, Exhibition Park, Claremont Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4PZFree entry — pay per dish and drink
Food & drinkSat 24 Oct · Southwell
The Bramley Apple Festival of Food & Drink
Southwell's best-loved autumn fair returns to the Minster, celebrating the Bramley apple that originated in the town over 200 years ago.
Southwell Minster, Church Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire NG25 0HDFree admission, donations welcome
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 24 Oct · Peterborough
Peterborough Vegan Market
A one-day vegan market taking over Peterborough's Cathedral Square with street food, artisan bakers and ethical makers.
Cathedral Square, Peterborough PE1 1XHFree entry
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleThu 29 Oct · Bristol
An Evening With Romy Gill at Bristol Lido
Chef and author Romy Gill MBE joins Bristol Lido's head chef for a five-course, family-style Indian feast beside the heated pool.
Bristol Lido, Oakfield Place, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2BJTicketed, price on booking
Food & drink👋 Meet peopleSat 31 Oct · Cheltenham
Cheltenham Wine Festival
An afternoon tasting session of over 250 wines with cheese and charcuterie exhibitors, run by Rotary Club of Cheltenham North.
Cheltenham Ladies' College Fitness Centre Function Room, Malvern Road, Cheltenham GL50 2NXTicketed, price on booking via Tickettailor
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