Upcoming Irish Food Events & Festivals calendar
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: Sunday, September 1, 2019January 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 11-13: Kinsale Gourmet Festival
- October 14-20: DublinTown Food & Drink Festival
- October 20-21: Food on the Edge, Galway
- October 24-28: Savour Kilkenny Food Festival
- October 27: Burren Food Fayre
- October TBC: Strandhill Food Festival, Sligo
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.
