This is a growing list of key Irish food events and food festivals taking place across 2024. If you’ve got an event ready for spring / summer / autumn / winter 2024 or planning even further ahead, don’t be left out – email details of your own event, festival or gathering to [email protected]. Dates are now going into the diary for the second half of 2024.
Note that events marked TBC have unconfirmed dates at time of writing.
Last updated: Monday, August 12, 2024January Food Events 2024
- January 5-7: Fish & Chips Festival (Fish & scampi dishes with beer pairings from Wicklow Wolf), The Purty Kitchen, Dublin
- January 17: Welcome to 2024 and Kilkenny Whiskey Guild, Kilkenny
- January 26-28: Irish Brewers Cup 2024, Dublin
February Food Events 2024
- February 5: Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland reveal, Manchester
- February 7: New Zealand Wine Fair 2024, Dublin
- February 7: National Commis Chef Apprenticeship Skills Competition, Kerry
- February 19-23: Kinsale Restaurant Week, Cork
- February 24-25: Asia Market’s Feast of Food Trucks, Dublin
- February 29 – 2 March: South East Whiskey Festival, Wexford
March Food Events 2024
- March TBC: Me Auld Flower Food & Drink Festival, Dublin
- March 1-3: Dublin Coffee Festival, Dublin
- March 21: Irish Food Trade Connect Forum, Kildare
- March 21: Guaranteed Irish Business Awards, Dublin
- March 22-24: Love Your Food Show, Belfast
April Food Events 2024
- April 19-21: West Waterford Festival of Food, Waterford
- April 21: Irish Vegan Festival, Belfast
May Food Events 2024
- TBC: Taste of Monaghan, Monaghan
- TBC: Cork Veg Fest, Cork
- May 3-5: Enniscorthy Rockin’ Food & Fruit Festival
- May 4-5: Happy Days Beer & Food Festival, Dublin
- May 4-5: FoodieFest, Kilkenny
- May 10-12: Clare Food & Drink Fleadh, Clare
- May 15-18: Balmoral Show, Lisburn
- May 17-18: Kilkenny Beer Festival, Kilkenny
- May 17-18: Whiskey Live, Dublin
- May 17-19: Tralee Food Festival, Kerry
- May 17-19: Ballymaloe Festival of Food, Cork
- May 19: Burren Slow Food Festival, Clare
- May 25: Irish Garlic Mayo Championships, Cork
- May 25-26: Street Feast, Nationwide
June Food Events 2024
- TBC: Taste of Wicklow, Wicklow
- June 7-9: Borris Festival of Writing & Ideas, Carlow
- June 8: Loud Sunset Food Festival, Wexford
- June 13-16: Taste of Dublin, Dublin
- June 16: Limerick Garden Festival, Limerick
- June 21-22: Comber Earlies Food Festival, Down
- June 27: Guaranteed Irish Food Forum, Dublin
- June 28-30: Kaleidoscope, Wicklow
- June 29-30: Flavours of Fingal, Dublin
July Food Events 2024
- TBC: LegenDerry Street Food Festival, Derry
- TBC: Kilmore Quay Seafood Festival, Wexford
- TBC: Hagstravaganza 10, Sligo
- 14 July: Wells Food Fest, Gorey
August Food Events 2024
- August 8-11: Eatyard’s Wine & Cheese Festival, Dublin
- August 22-25: The Big Grill Festival, Dublin
- August 23-25: Eatyard’s Crisp Festival, Dublin
- August 24: Monaghan Street Food Festival
- August 24-25: Dalkey Lobster Festival, Dublin
September Food Events 2024
- September 5-8: Armagh Food & Cider Weekend, Armagh
- September 6-8: Clarenbridge Oyster Festival, Galway
- September 6-8: Waterford Harvest Festival, Waterford
- September 7: Tide & Turf Beef & Seafood Festival, Portavogie
- September 8: Feast Cork, Cork
- September 13-15: Cromane Seafest, Kerry
- September 14-15: Chill Festival, Bangor
- September 17-19: National Ploughing Championships, Laois
- September 20-22: Taste of Kildare
- September 21-22: Taste of Sligo
- September 27-29: Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival
- TBC: Dublin Veg Fest, Dublin
- TBC: A Taste of West Cork, Cork
- TBC: Yeast Meets West, Mayo
- TBC: Sheridan’s Irish Food Festival, Meath
- TBC: Oktoberfest, Belfast
October Food Events 2024
- October 4-6: Dingle Food Festival, Kerry
- October 7-13: Belfast Restaurant Week, Belfast
- October 11-12: Portrush Beer Festival, Antrim
- October 12-13: Taste AND at Clandeboy, Bangor
- TBC: Food Retail & Hospitality Expo, Dublin
- TBC: Mad Hatter’s Taste of Kinsale, Cork
- TBC: Applefest Abbeyleix, Laois
- TBC: All-Ireland Chowder Festival, Cork
- October 21-22: Food On The Edge, Galway
- October 26-28: Savour Kilkenny Food Festival, Kilkenny
November Food Events 2024
- TBC: Listowel Food Fair, Kerry
- November 10: Samhain Festival of Food & Culture, Meath
December Food Events 2024
- TBC: Yulefest Kilkenny
- TBC: Monaghan Christmas Street Food Festival
Make sure to include your event, whatever it is, by emailing me today. Contact [email protected] or find me on Twitter/X with a DM to @kenonfood and let’s talk.
