Discover New Zealand’s best food and drink events, from wine festivals and craft beer expos to farmers’ markets, street food nights, and regional food festivals. Our events calendar makes it easy to browse upcoming listings across all regions, filter by location, and subscribe so you never miss a taste of what’s happening around Aotearoa.
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September 2026
Christchurch Food Expo
19–20 September 2026
A free entry food and drink expo with tastings, workshops and demonstrations from local and national producers.
Whitianga Oceans Festival
Saturday 19 September 2026
A one day seafood and barbecue festival on the Coromandel waterfront combining ocean and farm flavours with live music, celebrating its 20th year.
NZ Organic Wine Week
21–27 September 2026
A nationwide series of tastings and events celebrating organic wine, run by Organic Winegrowers New Zealand, with the main consumer tasting held in Auckland.
Alexandra Blossom Festival
25–27 September 2026
New Zealand's longest running festival marks the arrival of spring with an international food court of food trucks, a grand procession, market stalls and entertainment.
October 2026
Morepork Oktoberfest
Saturday 3 October 2026
New Zealand's biggest Oktoberfest style festival returns for a fifth year with beer, barbecue, live music and camping options.
Oktoberfest Tauranga
Saturday 3 October 2026
An R18 German style beer festival on the Tauranga waterfront, pouring Alchemy Street Brewing beers with live music, games and shared BBQ platters.
Heritage Food Festival
3–11 October 2026
Food heritage festival at Cornwall Park with a feast trail, workshops and demonstrations.
NZIWS Champions List Tasting
Wednesday 7 October 2026
A public tasting of all Gold and Double Gold winning wines from the New Zealand International Wine Show.
Wine Nelson Tasting Event
Thursday 8 October 2026
Public tasting of Nelson wines paired with local cheeses and other local food.
Mountain Ales
Saturday 10 October 2026
Taranaki's oldest craft beer and cider festival, with 30+ beers and ciders from New Zealand's best craft breweries.
Auckland Asia Festival
10–11 October 2026
A two day celebration of Asian cultures with hundreds of street food stalls spanning cuisines from across Asia alongside a business expo and travel showcase. Free entry.
Eatropolis
Saturday 10 October 2026
A one day food festival bringing together 30+ award winning Auckland chefs and signature plates under one harbour shed.
¡Salud! Festival
Saturday 17 October 2026
Food and spirits festival with boutique drinks producers, food trucks and live music.
Otahuhu Food Festival
Saturday 24 October 2026
New Zealand's largest street food festival with more than 150 food stalls and trucks representing Pacific, Maori, Asian, African, Middle Eastern and Latin American cuisines alongside live music.
Wine & Food Gisborne
Sunday 25 October 2026
An annual Labour Weekend tradition pairing more than 14 varietals of Gisborne wine with local food producers and live music.
Wellington Diwali Festival of Lights
Sunday 25 October 2026
Cultural festival with vegetarian food stalls, Indian performances and fireworks.
Nelson Tasman Oktoberfest
Sunday 25 October 2026
German food and beer festival with live music and a shared meal.
The Arnott's Gluten Free Food Festival
Saturday 31 October 2026
A gluten free celebration bringing together local and national gluten free food brands, expert seminars and cooking demonstrations.
Waikato Diwali Mela
Saturday 31 October 2026
A festival of lights featuring cultural performances, a bustling selection of Indian food stalls and a fireworks finale over Hamilton Lake.
BNZ Auckland Diwali Festival
31 October – 1 November 2026
Free cultural festival with Indian food vendors, performances and fireworks.
November 2026
Dunedin Diwali Festival
Sunday 1 November 2026
Free family festival with Indian street food, cultural performances and food stalls.
Waihi Vegetarian Festival
Sunday 8 November 2026
A vegetarian and vegan food festival with over 30 food stalls, live cooking demonstrations and live music for the whole family.
Toast Martinborough
Saturday 14 November 2026
New Zealand's iconic wine, gin and food festival with wineries, craft gin, a sophisticated food offering and live music. Tickets are sold out for 2026.
NZ Cider Festival
Saturday 14 November 2026
Over 100 varieties of cider from New Zealand's best cider makers, with the 2026 Cider Award winners announced on the day, live music and food trucks.
Hobsonville Diwali Festival
Saturday 14 November 2026
Free community festival with food trucks, Indo-Asian cuisine, cultural performances and market stalls.
Harvest Hawke's Bay
Saturday 21 November 2026
Eighteen wineries, one craft brewery and nine eateries gather in the Tuki Tuki Valley for Hawke's Bay's food and wine festival with live music throughout the day.
Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival
27–28 November 2026
A two day celebration of craft beer, food and live music, now in its fifth year and one of the South Island's biggest beer festivals.
Manawatū Craft and Food Fair
28–29 November 2026
Craft and food fair with handmade food products, craft and food stalls, live music and food trucks.
December 2026
Kāpiti Food Fair
Saturday 5 December 2026
Food fair with local products, ready-to-eat food, demonstrations and live entertainment.
South Island Wine & Food Festival
Saturday 5 December 2026
Wine and food festival showcasing South Island producers with live music, food and wine seminars.
Gindulgence Hawke's Bay
Saturday 5 December 2026
Gin festival with tastings from 18 or more distillers, a gin theatre and local food vendors.
Wānaka Beerfest
Saturday 5 December 2026
Beer festival featuring New Zealand breweries, wineries, distilleries, non alcoholic beverages and local food vendors.
Waimate Strawberry Fare
Saturday 12 December 2026
Free family festival celebrating locally grown strawberries with food stalls and regional producers.
January 2027
NZ Pie Fest Wellington
15–17 January 2027
Three day pie festival on the Wellington waterfront, with signature pies and the People's Pie vote.
Ales & Eats
Saturday 30 January 2027
Food and beverage festival with food trucks, local brews, cocktails, beverage producers, market stalls and live music.
Great Kiwi Beer Festival
Saturday 30 January 2027
Beer festival with more than 35 breweries, 300 or more brews, 30 or more food vendors, cooking demonstrations, workshops and tasting seminars.
Coast to Toast
Saturday 30 January 2027
Food festival featuring Southland kai, bubbles, cocktails, dishes from local chefs and gourmet food trucks.
