This is a growing list of key Irish food events and food festivals taking place across 2021.
Let’s face it, 2020 was a bit of a write-off. If you’ve got an event ready for 2021 or planning something for later this year, don’t be left out – email details of your own event, festival or gathering to ken@kenonfood.com.
Note that events marked TBC have unconfirmed dates at time of writing. Those with confirmed dates should be still considered provisional in relation to Covid-19 restrictions.
Covid-19: Ireland remains under strict Level 5 restrictions until at least 1 February. As such, no indoor or outdoor gatherings or events are taking place in January 2021.
Last updated: Sunday, January 10, 2021January Food Events 2021
- January 26: Bord Bia Small Business Seminar, Online
February Food Events 2021
- No events scheduled
March Food Events 2021
- No events scheduled
April Food Events 2021
- 18 April: Irish Vegan Festival, Belfast
- TBC: All Ireland Chowder Cook-off, Kinsale
- TBC: West Waterford Food Festival, Dungarvan
May Food Events 2021
- April 30 – May 3: Riverfest Limerick, Limerick
- TBC: Tralee Food Festival 2020
- TBC: Street Feast 2020
- TBC: Seafest, Cork
- TBC: Burren Slow Food Festival
- TBC: Baltimore Seafood Festival, Cork
- TBC: Bloom in the Park, Dublin
June Food Events 2021
- June 17-20: Taste of Dublin
- June 26: Irish Vegan Festival, Derry
- TBC: Belfast Craft Beer Festival
- TBC: Body and Soul, Ballinlough, Co. Westmeath
- TBC: Irish Game Fair & Fine Food Festival, Shane’s Castle, Antrim
- TBC: Limerick Garden Festival
- TBC: Flavours of South Dublin
- TBC: Stoneybatter Festival, Dublin
- TBC: BiaLover, Athenry
July Food Events 2021
- TBC: Taste of Wicklow, Wicklow
- TBC: Ballina Salmon Festival, Mayo
- TBC: Kilmore Quay Seafood Festival, Wexford
- TBC: Connemara Oyster Festival, Galway
- TBC: Glas, Citywest, Dublin
- TBC: Wings Food Fest, Bray
- TBC: Off The Street Food Festival, Letterkenny
- TBC : Valentia Island King Scallop Festival
- TBC: Galway International Food & Craft Festival, Salthill
August Food Events 2021
- July 30 – 1 August: All Together Now, Waterford
- August 12-15: The Big Grill Festival 2020, Dublin
- August 15-16: Wexford Harvest Festival, Tagoat
- TBC August Bank Holiday: Enniscorthy Rockin’ Food Festival, Wexford
- TBC August Bank Holiday: Beat Yard 2020, Dublin
- TBC: Carlingford Oyster Festival, Louth
- TBC: The Wine & Cheese Festival, Dublin
- TBC: A Taste of Donegal *cancelled
- TBC: Dalkey Lobster Festival, Dublin
- TBC: Taste of Cavan
September Food Events 2021
- September 3-12: A Taste of West Cork
- September 15-18: World & National Ploughing Championships, Laois
- September 24-26:Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival
- TBC: Waterford Harvest Festival
- TBC: Cong Food Village Festival
- TBC: Airfield Estate Festival of Food, Dublin
- TBC: Cork Oyster & Seafood Festival
- TBC:Electric Picnic, Stradbally (Theatre of Food)
- TBC: Hooked Seafood Festival, Killybegs
- TBC: Clarenbridge Oyster Festival, Galway
- TBC: Taste of Togher, Louth
- TBC: Ennis Food Festival, Clare
- TBC: Dublin Veg Fest
- TBC: fEast Cork / East Cork Food & Drink Festival
October Food Events 2021
- October 1-3: Dingle Food Festival, Kerry
- TBC: Food on the Edge, Galway
- TBC October Bank Holiday: Savour Kilkenny Food Festival
- TBC: Kinsale Gourmet Festival, Cork
- TBC: Burren Food Fayre, Clare
- TBC: DublinTown Food & Drink Festival
- TBC Sligo Food Trail Harvest Feast, Sligo
- TBC: Leitrim Boxty Festival, Leitrim
- TBC: Slow Food Festival, Derry
November Food Events 2021
- November 4: Food, Retail & Hospitality Show, Dublin
- November 27-28: Whiskey Live (Dublin)
- TBC Listowel Food Fair, Kerry
- TBC: Taste of Dublin, Festive Edition, RDS, Dublin
December Food Events 2021
- December TBC: Yulefest Kilkenny
Planning for 2021
Make sure to include your event, whatever it is, by emailing me today. Contact ken@kenonfood.com or find me on Twitter with a DM to @kenonfood and let’s talk.
