Irish Food Events Calendar 2019: Food Festivals & Events in Ireland

This is a growing list of key Irish food events and food festivals taking place across 2019.

Got an event ready for 2019 or an eye on 2020? Don’t be left out – email details of your own event, festival or gathering to ken@kenonfood.com.

Note that events marker TBC have unconfirmed dates at time of writing.

Last updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2019

January Food Events 2019

January 11: Bord Bia Meat Markets Seminar, Naas
January 14: Flavours of New Zealand Wine Event, Dublin
January 22: Bord Bia Small Business Seminar, Portlaoise
January 24-27: Vegan Foodie Festival 2, Dublin

February Food Events 2019

February 1-17: Dublin Chinese New Year Festival, Dublin
February 5: 2019 Checkout Conference, Dublin
February 13: Northern Ireland Food & Drink Business Expo, Belfast
February 18-24: Kinsale Restaurant Week, Cork
February 19: Irish Breakfast Awards, Dublin

March Food Events 2019

March 6: Women & Whiskey at Café En Seine, Dublin
March 9: Northern Ireland Potato Festival, Antrim
March 9: Bean & Goose Chocolate Workshop, Kildare
March 14-16: Alltech Craft Brews & Food, Dublin
March 19-27: Farmers Market Training (Bord Bia)
March 22-23: Feeding Ourselves 2019, Cloughjordan, Tipperary
March 23: Irish Cup Tasters Championship 2019, Dublin
March 23: Introduction to Butchery, Kilkenny
March 26: Place on a Plate with Boyne Valley Flavours, Slane

April Food Events 2019

April 4: Irish Vegan Festival, Belfast
April 7: All Ireland Chowder Cook-off, Kinsale
April 11: Sustainable Ireland National Conference: Small-scale farmers and food producers focus, Dublin
April 12-13: Gin Experience Dublin 2019, Dublin
April 20: Introduction to smallholding, Kilkenny
April 26-28: West Waterford Food Festival, Dungarvan
April 27: Cork Veg Fest, Cork
April 27: Rye River Rising Craft Beer Festival, Kildare

May Food Events 2019

May 3-6: Riverfest Limerick, Limerick
May 3-5: Connemara Mussel Festival, Galway
May 3-6: Tralee Food Festival, Kerry
May 5: Street Feast 2019 (National Events)
May 10-12: Burren Slow Food Festival, Clare
May 11-12: Sustainable Living Festival, Dublin
May 12: Blas @ Brownes – Tuam Food Festival
May 15: Real Wine Fair 2019
May 17-19: Dublin Mind Body Experience
May 17-19: Dublin Bay Prawn Festival, Howth
May 18: Introduction to Beekeeping, Kilkenny
May 24-26: Baltimore Seafood Festival, Cork
May 30 – 3 June: Westend Summer Food Festival, Galway
May 31 – 1 June: Belfast Craft Beer Festival
May TBC: Wexford Food & Wine Festival

June Food Events 2019

30 May – 3 June: Bloom in the Park, Dublin
June 7-9: Seafest, Cork
June 7-10: Bushmills Salmon & Whiskey Festival, Antri
June 8: Irish Vegan Festival, Derry
June 13-16: Taste of Dublin 2019
June 14-16: Westport Food Festival (cancelled for 2019)
June 15-16: Irish Country Lifestyle Festival, Galway Racecourse
June 15-16: Cork Summer Show, Curraheen
June 16: Limerick Garden Festival
June 21-23: Body and Soul, Ballinlough, Co. Westmeath
June 21-23: Stoneybatter Festival, Dublin
June 22-23: BiaLover, Athenry
June 23: Flavours of South Dublin
June 28-30: Taste of Wicklow 2019, Wicklow
June 29-30: Irish Game Fair, Shanes Castle, Antrim

July Food Events 2019

July 4-7: Kilmore Quay Seafood Festival, Wexford
July 5-7: Galway International Food & Craft Festival, Salthill
July 7-13: Ballina Salmon Festival, Mayo* Cancelled for 2019
July 12-14: Connemara Oyster Festival, Galway
July 18: Glas, Citywest, Dublin
July 19-21: Wings Food Fest, Bray
July 20-21 : Valentia Island King Scallop Festival
July 27-28: Off The Street Food Festival, Letterkenny

August Food Events 2019

August 2-5: Enniscorthy Rockin’ Food Festival, Wexford
August 2-4: All Together Now, Waterford
August 3-4: Beat Yard 2019, Dun Laoghaire
August 8-11: Eatyard Wine & Cheese Festival, Dublin
August 8-12: Carlingford Oyster Festival, Louth
August 9-10: Taste of Cavan
August 15-18: The Big Grill Festival, Dublin
August 23-25: A Taste of Donegal
August 23-25: Dalkey Lobster Festival, Dublin
August 30 – September 2: Electric Picnic, Stradbally (Theatre of Food)

September Food Events 2019

September 1-8: fEast Cork / East Cork Food & Drink Festival
September 5:Food, Retail & Hospitality Show, Dublin
September 6-15:A Taste of West Cork
September 6-8:Waterford Harvest Festival
September 7:Hooked Seafood Festival, Killybegs
September 7-8:Airfield Estate Festival of Food, Dublin
September 9-15:Clarenbridge Oyster Festival, Galway
September 14-15:Cong Food Village Festival
September 14: Irish Breads From Irish Grains, Kilkenny
September 15: Wexford Harvest Festival, Tagoat
September 20-22:Cork Oyster & Seafood Festival 2019
September 21: Taste of Togher, Louth
September 26-29:Ennis Food Festival, Clare
September 27-29:Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival
September 28-29: Dublin Veg Fest

October Food Events 2019

October 4-6: Dingle Food Festival, Kerry
October 6: Irish Vegan Festival, Belfast
October 7-8: 23rd International Conference on Food Technology and Processing, Dublin
October 9-13: Slow Food Festival, Derry
October 11-13: Kinsale Gourmet Festival
October 14-20: DublinTown Food & Drink Festival
October 18: Sligo Food Trail Harvest Feast, Sligo
October 19: Leitrim Boxty Festival, Leitrim
October 20-21: Food on the Edge, Galway
October 22-28: Savour Kilkenny Food Festival
October 27: Burren Food Fayre

November Food Events 2019

November 7-11: Listowel Food Fair
November 22-23: Whiskey Live (Dublin)
November 28 – 1 December: Taste of Dublin, Festive Edition, RDS, Dublin

December Food Events 2019

December TBC: Yulefest Kilkenny

Planning for 2019

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.