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Food, Wine and Beer Festivals


A list of food, wine and beer festivals - follow this festival link for a list of all festivals around NZ.




December

Christchurch/South Island Wine & Food Festival www.winefestival.co.nz (Moved to February 2022)

Cromwell Cherry Festival Facebook

Gindulgence Gin Festival (Nelson) www.gindulgence.co.nz

Kapiti Food Fair www.kapitifoodfair.net (Returns 2022)

Waimate Strawberry Fare www.waimatestrawberryfare.co.nz (Cancelled 2021)

Wanaka Beer Festival Facebook (Postponed to April 2022)


January

Bridge Pa Wine Festival (Hawkes Bay) Facebook

Cromwell Food & Wine Festival www.cromwellheritageprecinct.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)

Gindulgence Gin Festival (Wellington) www.gindulgence.co.nz

Katikati Avocado Food & Wine Festival Facebook

Kiwi Spirits Summer Festival (Golden Bay) www.kiwispiritdistillery.co.nz (Returns 2023)

Sarau Festival (Upper Moutere) www.saraufestival.co.nz (Returns 2023)

Tairua School Wine & Food Festival www.tairuawineandfood.co.nz (Returns 2023)

The Great Kiwi Beer Festival (Christchurch) www.greatkiwibeerfestival.co.nz

Whakatane Seafood Festival Facebook


February

Beast of a Feast Craft Beer, Music & Food Festival (Tauranga) Facebook New for 2022

Beer Appreciation Day Riverside (Taupo) www.beerappreciationday.co.nz

Central Otago Craft Beer Festival (Alexandra) www.craftbeerfest.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)

Christchurch/South Island Wine & Food Festival www.winefestival.co.nz (Moved to February 2022)

Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival www.dunedinbeerfest.co.nz

First We Eat (Tauranga) www.firstweeat.co.nz

Fried Chicken Fest (Wellington) www.friedchickenfest.co.nz

Hokonui Moonshiners Festival (Gore) www.moonshinefest.co.nz

International Kai Festival (Nelson)

Japan Day Festival (Eden Park, Auckland) https://www.japanday.org.nz

Kawhia Kai Festival Facebook (Returns 2023)

Marlborough Wine & Food Festival (Blenheim) www.wine-marlborough-festival.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)

Motueka Kai Fest www.motuekakaifest.nz

Nelson Wine and Food Festival www.nwff.co.nz and Facebook (Cancelled 2022)

Oempa South African Festival (Tauranga) Facebook New for 2022

Outfield Music, Food & Arts Festival (Te Awanga, Hawkes Bay) www.outfieldfestival.co.nz

South Island Beer Festival (Christchurch) www.sibf.nz

South Island Cheese Festival (Blenheim) Facebook

Sunsetter Food, Wine & Music Festival (Takapuna, Auckland) www.sunsetterfestival.co.nz

Tasman Asian Night Food Fair (Richmond, Nelson) Facebook

Twizel Salmon & Wine Festival Facebook (Cancelled 2022)

Wellington Wine, Food & Craft Beer Festival www.wineandfoodfestival.co.nz


March

Auckland Craft Beer & Food Festival www.aucklandbeerfestival.co.nz New for 2021

Auckland Vegan Food Festival by Auckland Food Truck Collective Facebook

Beer Appreciation Day (Havelock North) www.beerappreciationday.co.nz

First We Eat (Napier) www.firstweeat.co.nz

Gincredible Gin Festival (Tauranga) www.bopginfestival.co.nz

Gindulgence Gin Festival (Auckland) www.gindulgence.co.nz

Gindulgence Gin Festival (Christchurch) www.gindulgence.co.nz

Havelock Mussel & Seafood Festival www.havelockmusselfestival.co.nz

Hawkes Bay Beer Week Facebook

Heritage Harvest Festival (Riverton) www.sces.org.nz

Hokitika Wild Food Festival www.wildfoods.co.nz

Kegkoura Craft Beer Festival (Kaikoura) www.emporiumbrewing.co.nz

Mangawhai Food & Wine Festival www.mangawhai.co.nz (Cancelled 2021)

MarchFest (Nelson) www.marchfest.com

Marton Harvest Festival Facebook

Multicultural Food Festival (Invercargill) Facebook

North Canterbury Wine & Food Festival www.ncwineandfood.co.nz

Parapine BBQ & Beer Fest (Upper Hutt) Facebook

Ripe - The Wanaka Food & Wine Festival www.ripewanaka.nz New for 2021

SOBA Mountain Ales Craft Beer Festival (Taranaki), see SOBA Taranaki

Thames Food & Buskers Festival Facebook New for 2021

The Great Kiwi Beer Festival (Hamilton) www.greatkiwibeerfestival.co.nz

The Great Pumpkin Carnival (Hamilton) www.thegreatpumpkincarnival.co.nz

Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival www.wairarapaharvestfestival.co.nz

Whangarei Fritter Festival Facebook (Cancelled 2021)

Whiskey Galore's Dramfest (Christchurch) Facebook (Returns 2022)


April

A Taste of Matarangi www.atasteofmatarangi.co.nz (Cancelled 2021)

Auckland Beer Week Facebook

Berba Croatian Harvest Festival (Kumeu, Auckland) www.solijans.co.nz

Clyde Wine & Food Festival www.promotedunstan.org.nz

Craft Beer Capital Hopstock (Wellington) https://www.craftbeercapital.com

Feast Waikato www.waikatofoodinc.com

Food Show (Christchurch) www.foodshow.co.nz (Cancelled 2020, returns April 2021)

Gisborne Beer Festival https://gisbornebeerfestival.nz

Otautahi Smoke BBQ, Brews & Bands (Christchurch) www.smokebbqfest.com New for 2022

Pie, Pint & Pinot (part of Arrowtown Autumn Festival) www.arrowtownautumnfestival.org.nz (Cancelled 2020)

Wanaka Beer Festival Facebook (Postponed to April 2022)


May

Bluff Oyster & Food Festival www.bluffoysterfest.co.nz

Coromandel Town Seafood Fest www.coromandelseafoodfest.com

Eat Drink Love Ponsonby (July & August) https://eatdrinkloveponsonby.co.nz (Returns May 2022)

Eat, Drink, Play (Wellington) www.eatdrinkplay.co.nz New for 2021

Eat Drink Love Ponsonby https://eatdrinkloveponsonby.co.nz

Feast Marlborough Friday Night Feast www.feastmarlborough.nz

Food Show (Wellington) www.foodshow.co.nz

The Chardonnay Affair (Gisborne) www.thechardonnayaffair.co.nz

The Great Eketahuna Cheese Festival ?2021

The Great NZ Food Show (Hamilton) www.greatnzfoodshow.co.nz

Urban Harvest Festival (Christchurch) Facebook


June

FAWC - Food & Wine Classic (Hawke's Bay) www.fawc.co.nz

Hop Dogs (Wellington) Facebook New for 2021

The Seriously Good Food Show (Tauranga) www.seriouslygoodfoodshow.co.nz

Winetopia (Auckland) www.winetopia.nz


July

Canterbury Truffle Festival www.canterburytrufflefestival.nz

Chocstock Chocolate Festival (Wellington) Facebook New for 2021

GABS Beer, Cider & Food Festival (Auckland) www.gabsfestival.com (Postponed)

Gindulgence Gin Festival (Christchurch) www.gindulgence.co.nz

Selwyn Winter Festival (Wine, Beer & Whiskey) www.selwynwinterfestival.co.nz New for 2021

The Smallest Beer Festival (Upper Hutt) Facebook New for 2021

Winetopia (Christchurch) www.winetopia.nz

Winter Ales Festival (Wellington) www.winterales.co.nz


August

Auckland Fried Chicken Festival Facebook

Auckland Restaurant Month www.heartofthecity.co.nz

Beervana (Wellington) www.beervana.co.nz

Dine Dunedin https://dinedunedin.co.nz

Pinot Palooza (Auckland) www.pinotpalooza.com.au New for 2021

Visa Wellington On A Plate www.visawoap.com

Welly Boutique Wine Festival www.craftd.global New for 2021

September

Auckland Boutique Wine Festival www.craftd.global New for 2021

Culinary Cambridge www.culinarycambridge.co.nz

Eat. Taste. Central (September - October, Central Otago) www.centralotagonz.com

Edible Fashion Awards (Hastings) www.ediblefashionawards.co.nz

Ferment Fest (Hamilton) www.waikatofoodinc.com

Whitianga Scallop Festival www.scallopfestival.co.nz (Returns 2021)


October

Akaroa Frenchfest www.akaroa.com (Returns 2021)

Art of Wine (Auckland) www.greatlittlevineyards.com (Returns 2021)

Craft'd Spirits Festival (Auckland) https://craftd.global (Returns 2021)

Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival www.dunedinbeerfest.co.nz

Eat. Taste. Central (September - October, Central Otago) www.centralotagonz.com

First Light Wine & Food Festival (Gisborne) www.firstlightwineandfood.co.nz

Food Show (Wellington) www.foodshow.co.nz (Rescheduled to 30 October & 1 November)

Greater Wellington Brew Day (Upper Hutt) www.brewday.co.nz

Hop'N'Vine Craft Beer, Wine & Food Festival (Invercargill) www.hopnvine.co.nz

it! Bay of Islands Food & Wine Festival paihianz.co.nz

Matakana Oyster Festival www.oysterfestmatakana.co.nz (Cancelled 2020)

NZ Cheese Month (nationwide) www.nzsa.org.nz

Okere Falls Beer Fest (Rotorua) www.okerefallsstore.co.nz

Oktoberfest (Tauranga) Facebook New for 2020

Oktoberfest (Lincoln, Christchurch) www.thelaboratory.co.nz

Taste of Auckland (October/November) Facebook (no festival 2020)

Vegan Vibes (Mount Maunganui) Facebook

Visa Wellington On a Plate www.wellingtononaplate.com

Westport Whitebait Festival Facebook

Winetopia (Wellington) www.winetopia.nz (Rescheduled October 2020)

Winetopia (Auckland) www.winetopia.nz (Rescheduled to October 2020)

November

Asian Food & Cultural Festival (Orewa) Facebook

Beers at The Basin (Wellington) www.beersatthebasin.co.nz

Beervana (Wellington) www.beervana.co.nz

Day of the Dead Festival (Nelson) Facebook (No event 2020)

Edible Fashion Awards (Hastings) www.ediblefashionawards.co.nz (Rescheduled to November 2020)

FAWC - Food & Wine Classic (Hawkes Bay) www.fawc.co.nz

Food Show (Wellington) www.foodshow.co.nz (Rescheduled to 30 October & 1 November)

Food Show (Auckland) www.foodshow.co.nz (Rescheduled to November 2020)

Gisborne Beer Festival https://gisbornebeerfestival.nz (November 2020 and then 3 April 2021)

Hobbiton Beer Festival (Matamata) www.hobbitontours.com

Kapiti Coast Strawberry Festival www.kapiticoastfestival.nz

Manawatu Food Show (Palmerston North) www.manawatufoodshow.co.nz

Meatstock - The Music & Barbecue Festival (Auckland) www.meatstock.co.nz

New Zealand Cider Festival (Nelson) www.nzciderfestival.com

South Island Beer Festival (Christchurch) www.sibf.nz

Taste of Auckland (October/November) Facebook (no festival 2020)

Tauranga Food, Wine & Music Festival www.taurangafwm.co.nz (Dates to be confirmed)

The Coffee & Chocolate Show (Auckland) www.chocolatecoffeeshow.co.nz

Toast Martinborough Wine, Food & Music Festival www.toastmartinborough.co.nz (Returns 2021)

Vegan Expo (Whangarei) www.veganexpo.co.nz

Vegan Expo (Christchurch) www.veganexpo.co.nz
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