Food festival
A food festival is a festival, usually held annually, that uses food, often produce, as its central theme. These festivals have always been a means of uniting communities through celebrations of harvests and giving thanks for a plentiful growing season.
List of food and drink festivals
Africa
Oceania
North America
Canada
Mexico
United States
There are several Florida food festivals and New Jersey food festivals. Other festivals include the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California; Brentwood Cornfest in Brentwood, California; Mushroom Festivals in various locales; the Castroville Artichoke Festival, in Castroville, California; the Stockton Asparagus Festival, in Stockton, California; the ¡Latin Food Festival! in San Diego, California; the Lexington Barbecue Festival in North Carolina; the Posen Potato Festival, in Posen, Michigan; the Norwalk Oyster Festival, in Norwalk, Connecticut, Vaisakhi Festival at Yuba City, and the Howell Melon Festival in Howell, Michigan, known for electing the Howell Melon Queen.
Vegetarian food festivals include Vegfest in Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California.
India
- Thapar Food Festival
- Osho Monsoon Festival
South America
Brazil
- Festival de comida de rua Fortaleza: Fortaleza, Brazil.
- Festival de comida de rua São Paulo: São Paulo, Brazil.
Peru
- Mistura: Lima, Peru. Held annually since 2008, is the largest food festival in Latin America.
Europe
Italy
- Asti's Festival of Festivals held in Asti in September.
- Battle of the Oranges is a traditional orange fight held in Ivrea each February.
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.
United Kingdom
See also
References
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