Food Events & Irish Food Festivals

Here’s some Irish food events and Irish food festivals taking place across 2013. To submit details of your own event, email news@anygivenfood.com or tweet @anygivenfood to start the conversation. This list of food events was last updated on 6 May 2013

April 2013

• 11-14 April: West Waterford Festival of Food
• 20 April: Slow Roots – Irish Food Heritage Symposium
• 25-28 April: Dublin Bay Prawn Festival

May 2013

• 1-6 May: Roscommon Lamb Festival
• 1-6 May: So Sligo
• 1-12 May: Drogheda Fringe Festival
• 3-5 May: Ballyhoura Food Festival
• 3-6 May: Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine
• 3-6 May: Riverfest 2013
• 3-6 May: Letterkenny Festival
• 3-5 May: Connemara Mussel Festival
• 5 May: Gourmet Greystones
• 10-11 May: Cork French Food & Wine Festival
• 11-12 May: Taste of Carlingford Festival
• 17-19 May: Burren Slow Food Festival
• 18-19 May: A Taste Of Leinster
• 24-26 May: Wexford Food & Wine Festival
• 25-26 May: A Taste Of Carlingford
• 25-27 May: Castleward International Bread Festival
• 26 May: Sheridan’s Irish Food Festival
• 31 May – 2 June: Foynes Irish Coffee Festival

June 2013

• 1-9 June: Love Gourmet Week 2013
• 2 June: June Summer Barbeques at Wells House
• 13-16 June: Taste Of Dublin
• 21-23 June: Dunmore East Festival of Food, Fish and Fun
• 22 June: Shandon Street Festival & Food Fair
• 23 June: Street Feast
• 29-30 June: Westport Festival of Music & Food

July 2013

• 4-7 July: Millstreet Summer Gathering
• 7 July: July Summer Barbeques at Wells House
• 12-14 July: Kenmare Food Carnival
• 13-14 July: Valentia Island King Scallop Festival
• 14 July: Victorian Tea Part at Wells House
• 20 July: Sligo County Show
• 20-21 July: Flavours of Fingal

August 2013

• 4 August: August Summer Barbeques at Wells House
• 8-11 August: Carlingford Oyster Festival
• 21 August: Virginia Show
• 23 August: Irish Chef’s World Culinary Challenge (Part of Carlow 800)
• 23-25 August: A Taste of Donegal Food Festival
• 23-25 August: Doolin Irish Craft Beer and Food Festival

September 2013

• 6-8 September: Westport Food Festival
• 9 September: A Taste of West Cork
• 9-15 September: Waterford Harvest Food Festival
• 11 September: The Celtic Cook-off
• 13-15 September: GIY Gathering 2013
• 13-15 September: Drogheda Food Festival
• 13-15 September: Portarlington Blueberry Festival
• 14 September: Middleton Food & Drink Festival
• 14 September: Dublin Harvest Festival
• 20-22 September: Slow Food Apple & Craft Cider Festival
• 20 September: The Taste of Togher
• 22 September: Blas an Fhomhair
• 26 September: Bord Bia’s Food & Drink Conference
• 26-29 September: Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival
• 27-29 Septemeber: Macroom Food Festival
• 28 September: Leenane Autumnal Festival

October 2013

• 3-6 October: Taste of Monaghan Festival of Food
• 4-6 October: Dingle Peninsula Food Festival
• 5 October: Blas na hEireann (National Irish Food Awards)
• 11-13 October: Kinsale Gourmet Festival
• 16 October:
• 23-28 October: Savour Kilkenny Food Festival

November 2013

Events pending

December 2013

Events pending