Famous Food Festivals Around the World
Famous Food Festivals Around The World is a structured food & drink dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Festival, Location, When. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 7, 2026
Included fields: Festival, Location, When, Food Focus, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
No reliable range or grouping can be calculated from the loaded rows without interpreting the source data.
Useful for
- Comparing Festival, Location, and When across food & drink entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Festival↕ | Location↕ | When↕ | Food Focus↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oktoberfest | Munich, Germany | Sept-Oct (16 days) | Beer, pretzels, sausages | World's largest beer festival, 7.7M liters consumed, lederhosen + dirndl, 6.3M visitors |
La Tomatina | Buñol, Spain | Last Wednesday of August | Tomatoes (150,000 thrown) | World's biggest food fight, 20,000 people throwing overripe tomatoes at each other, started in 1945 |
Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling | Gloucestershire, England | Spring Bank Holiday Monday | 9-lb wheel of Double Gloucester cheese | Chase a cheese wheel down a near-vertical hill, injuries guaranteed, 200-year tradition, completely bonkers |
Taste of Chicago | Chicago, USA | July (5 days) | Deep dish pizza, hot dogs, diverse cuisines | World's largest outdoor food festival, 1.5M+ attendees, Grant Park lakefront, $1 taste tickets |
Matsuri (various food festivals) | Japan (nationwide) | Year-round | Yakitori, takoyaki, kakigori, wagashi | Hundreds of food-focused matsuri, yatai stalls, lanterns, temple grounds, seasonal specialties |
San Sebastián Gastronomika | San Sebastián, Spain | October (3 days) | Basque cuisine, pintxos | Most Michelin stars per capita, world's top chefs gather, pintxos bars, Basque culinary innovation |
Pizzafest | Naples, Italy | September | Neapolitan pizza | Birthplace of pizza celebrates its art, 500,000+ visitors, pizzaioli competitions, UNESCO heritage |
Salon du Chocolat | Paris, France (+ global) | October-November | Chocolate in every form | World's largest chocolate event, chocolate fashion show (dresses made of chocolate!), tastings galore |
Night Noodle Markets | Sydney/Melbourne, Australia | Autumn (Oct-Nov) | Asian street food, noodles | Hawker-style stalls in parks, 100+ vendors, Asian fusion, Good Food Month highlight, long queues |
Roskilde Festival (Food Village) | Roskilde, Denmark | July | Nordic cuisine, sustainability | Music festival with acclaimed food village, New Nordic cuisine, zero-waste cooking, fermented everything |
Maine Lobster Festival | Rockland, Maine, USA | August (5 days) | Lobster (20,000+ lbs consumed) | All-you-can-eat lobster, crate races, lobster eating contest, 75+ year tradition, Stephen King's Maine |
Diwali Food Celebrations | India (nationwide) | October-November | Mithai (sweets), samosas, namkeen | Festival of lights = festival of sweets, families exchange boxes of mithai, 100+ types of sweets |
Galway International Oyster Festival | Galway, Ireland | September (4 days) | Fresh oysters + Guinness | World's longest-running oyster festival (since 1954), shucking championship, Guinness pairing, craic |
Songkran Food Markets | Thailand (nationwide) | April 13-15 | Thai street food, mango sticky rice | Thai New Year water festival + food markets, som tum, pad thai, water fights between bites |
Burning Man (food gifts) | Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA | August-September | Gift economy meals (no money) | No commerce — camps gift elaborate meals to strangers, 70,000 people, desert fine dining, radical self-reliance |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Famous Food Festivals Around the World organized?
The table starts in the source data's order. Community voting is enabled as a separate approval signal beside eligible rows; votes do not replace the source values.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 15 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 15 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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