Food festival
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A food festival is a
History
Food festivals throughout the world are often based on traditional farming techniques and the
Food tourism
Food festivals are quickly becoming part of a vast food tourism industry. Food tourism itself has become an important part of the tourism industry worldwide, and the presence of food festivals shown to support local industry development.[3] Food festivals are an important part of destination branding for many regions, creating an event-based reason for individuals to visit otherwise unattractive localities and promote local products and services outside of an urban product environment.[3] Several case studies have shown that food festivals can potentially improve social sustainability while also heavily supporting the tourism and hospitality industries.[4] Food tourism is also an important reason why people attend food festivals around the world.[5] Studies have shown that engagement with food tourism indicates that an individual will attend festivals again in the future, indicating a cooperative element to food tourism and food festival attendance.
List of food and drink festivals
Africa
Festival name | Type | Country/city | Since | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lagos Seafood Festival | Fish festival | Nigeria | ||
Leboku | festival | Nigeria | ||
New Yam Festival of the Igbo | festival | Nigeria | ||
Nnewi Afiaolu Festival | festival | Nigeria | ||
Ashanti Yam Festival | festival | Ghana | ||
Asogli Yam Festival |
festival | Ghana | ||
Fofie Yam Festival | festival | Ghana | ||
Kavala Fresk Feastival | Fish festival | Cape Verde / Mindelo | 2013 |
Oceania
Festival name | Type | Country/city | Since | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bankstown Bites Food Festival | Food | Australia | ||
Hokitika Wildfoods Festival | Food | New Zealand | ||
Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival | Wine festival/Food | Australia | ||
Good Food & Wine Show | Wine festival/Food | Australia | ||
Grampians Grape Escape | Wine festival | Australia | ||
Kings Cross Food and Wine Festival |
Wine festival/Food | Australia | ||
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival | Wine festival/Food | Australia | ||
Taste Festival |
Food | Australia | ||
Vegfest (AU) | Food | Australia | ||
Darwin Beer Can Regatta | Beer festival | Australia | ||
GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of the Year | Beer festival | Australia | ||
Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular | Beer festival | Australia | ||
Schützenfest (Adelaide) | Beer festival | Australia | ||
Warners Bay Beer Festival | Beer festival | Australia | ||
Taste of Tasmania | Food | Australia | 1988 | |
Wellington On a Plate | Food | New Zealand | 2009 | |
Beervana | Beer Festival | New Zealand | 2001 |
North America
Canada
See List of food festivals in Canada.
Mexico
- Puerto Vallarta festival
United States
There are several
Vegetarian food festivals include
Asia
Festival name | Type | Country/city | Since | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jakarta Fashion & Food Festival | Indonesia | |||
Thapar Food Festival | India | |||
Osho Monsoon Festival | festival | India | ||
Qatar International Food Festival | festival | Qatar | 2009 |
South America
Festival name | Type | Country/city | Since | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Festival de comida de rua Fortaleza | festival | Brazil / Fortaleza | ||
Festival de comida de rua São Paulo | festival | Brazil / São Paulo | ||
Mistura | festival | Peru / Lima | 2008 | the largest food festival in Latin America. Held annually. |
Europe
Italy
- Asti's Festival of Festivals held in Asti in September.
- Battle of the Orangesis a traditional orange fight held in Ivrea each February.
- Cibus
Spain
- La Tomatina - a tomato-throwing festival held in late August in Buñol.
- L’Aplec del Caragol- a snail-eating festival held in Lleida in May.
Switzerland
- The Räbechilbi turnip festival is held annually in September.
- A cheese festival is held in Gruyére in May.