September
Auckland Indonesian Festival
www.aucklandindonesianfestival.com
BMW Oktoberfest (Auckland)
CHB The Festival (Hawkes Bay)
www.thefestival.org.nz
Eat. Taste. Central (September - October, Central Otago)
www.centralotagonz.com New for 2018
Otahuhu Food Festival (Auckland)
www.foodfestival.co.nz
Port Chalmers Seafood Festival
www.festival.portchalmers.com (returns 2019)
Tastes of the North - Craft Beer, Food and Wine (Pahia)
www.paihianz.co.nz New for 2018
Vegan Vibes (Mount Maunganui)
Whitianga Scallop Festival
www.scallopfestival.co.nz (returns 2019)
October
Akaroa Frenchfest
www.akaroa.com (returns 2019)
Eat. Taste. Central (September - October, Central Otago)
www.centralotagonz.com New for 2018
Festival Italiano (Newmarket, Auckland)
www.festivalitaliano.co.nz
First Light Wine & Food Festival (Gisborne)
www.firstlightwineandfood.co.nz New for 2018
it! Bay of Islands Food & Wine Festival
paihianz.co.nz
Matakana Oyster & Wine Festival
www.oysterfestmatakana.co.nz
Mexfestival (Auckland)
www.mexfestival.com
NZ Cheese Month (nationwide)
www.nzsa.org.nz
Okere Falls Beer Fest (Rotorua)
www.okerefallsstore.co.nz
Rosebank Oktoberfest (Christchurch)
The Coffee & Chocolate Show (Auckland)
www.chocolatecoffeeshow.co.nz
The Shakespeare Brewery's Annual
Oktoberfest (Auckland)
Vegan Expo (Christchurch)
www.veganexpo.co.nz
Westport Whitebait Festival
Facebook
November
Art in the Olives Festival
www.telegraphhill.co.nz (Hastings) part of
F.A.W.C.
Bikes, Bands & BBQS (Auckland)
www.motat.org.nz New
Central Districts Wine & Food Show (Palmerston North)
Facebook New
Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival
www.dunedinbeerfest.co.nz
FAWC - Food & Wine Classic (Hawkes Bay)
www.fawc.co.nz
Fiesta Del Sol (Auckland)
Facebook New
Hobbiton Beer Festival (Matamata)
www.hobbitontours.com New for 2018
Kapiti Coast Festival (incorporating Mary Potter Hospice Strawberry Festival)
kapiticoastfestival.nz
New Zealand Cider Festival (Nelson)
www.nzciderfestival.com
Ocean Vine Hop (Marlborough)
www.oceanvinehop.co.nz New
St Francis Wine & Food Festival (Auckland)
Facebook New
Taste of Auckland
www.tasteofauckland.co.nz
Te Matuku Oyster Festival (Waiheke Island)
www.tematukuoysters.co.nz (returns 2018)
Toast Martinborough Wine, Food & Music Festival
www.toastmartinborough.co.nz
December
Beers at The Basin (Wellington)
www.beersatthebasin.co.nz New
Christchurch/South Island Wine & Food Festival
www.winefestival.co.nz
Cromwell Cherry Festival
www.centralotagonz.com
Kapiti Food Fair
www.kapitifoodfair.net
Waimate Strawberry Fare
www.waimatestrawberryfare.co.nz
January
Bridge Pa Wine Festival (Hawkes Bay)
Beast of a Feast (Mt Maunganui)
Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration (Queenstown)
www.pinotcelebration.co.nz (returns 2018)
Cromwell Food & Wine Festival
www.cromwellheritageprecinct.co.nz
Gladstonebury Festival of Music, Craft, Food & Wine (Wairarapa)
https://gladstonebury.co.nz New for 2018
Great FitzRoy Mussel Fest (Great Barrier Island)
www.thebarrier.co.nz
Katikati Avocado Food & Wine Festival
Facebook New for 2018
Sarau Festival (Upper Moutere)
www.saraufestival.co.nz
Summer Beer Festival (Queenstown)
Tairua School Wine & Food Festival
www.tairuawineandfood.co.nz
The Great Kiwi Beer Festival (Christchurch)
www.greatkiwibeerfestival.co.nz
Wellington Wine, Food & Craft Beer Festival
www.wineandfoodfestival.co.nz (moved from March to January)
February
Chow & Tipple Food, Wine & Beer Festival (Cambridge)
www.chowandtipple.co.nz New for 2018
Clevedon Jazz, Wine & Food Festival
Facebook (returns 2019)
Coromandel Oyster Fest
www.musselkitchen.co.nz
Greater Wellington Brew Day (Upper Hutt)
www.brewday.co.nz
International Kai Festival (Nelson)
www.itson.co.nz
Kawhia Kai Festival
Marlborough Wine & Food Festival (Blenheim)
www.wine-marlborough-festival.co.nz
Meatstock - The Music & Barbecue Festival (Auckland)
www.meatstock.co.nz New for 2018
Nelson Wine and Food Festival
www.richmondrotary.org.nz
North West Wine, Beer & Food Festival (The Hunting Lodge, Waimauku, Auckland)
Facebook
Rotorua Summer Seafood Festival
Facebook
Sunshine and a Plate Food Festival (Whakatane) (February/March)
www.sunshineandaplate.nz
Takapuna Food, Wine & Music Festival
www.takapunafestival.co.nz New for 2018
The Central Otago Craft Beer Festival (Alexandra)
www.craftbeerfest.co.nz New for 2019
Twizel Salmon & Wine Festival
www.twizel.info
Wild Stock (Wellington)
Facebook New for 2018
Wine & Food Wind Down (Blenheim)
www.vinesvillagecafe.co.nz
March
Auckland Coffee Festival
www.aucklandcoffeefestival.co.nz
Beer Appreciation Day (Havelock North)
www.beerappreciationday.co.nz
Burning Lamb (Auckland)
www.burninglamb.co.nz New for 2018
Gibbston Wine & Food Festival (Queenstown Gardens)
www.gibbstonwineandfood.co.nz (returns 2019)
Harcourts Mangere Bridge Autumn Festival
Havelock Mussel & Seafood Festival
www.havelockmusselfestival.co.nz
Heritage Harvest Festival (Riverton)
www.sces.org.nz
Hokitika Wild Food Festival
www.wildfoods.co.nz
Hokonui Moonshiners Festival (Gore)
www.moonshinefest.co.nz (returns 2019)
Kaimoana at the Park (Napier)
www.hawkesbaynz.com New for 2018
Kegkoura Craft Beer Festival (Kaikoura)
www.emporiumbrewing.co.nz
Mangawhai Food & Wine Festival
www.mangawhai.co.nz
MarchFest (Nelson)
www.marchfest.com
Marton Harvest Fair
Facebook New for 2018
Melt Festival of Chocolate (Easter - Rotorua)
www.meltrotorua.co.nz New for 2018
Nelson Beer Week
www.nbw.co.nz New for 2018
North Canterbury Wine & Food Festival
www.ncwineandfood.co.nz
Oyster Festival (Princes Wharf, Auckland)
www.eurobar.co.nz New for 2018
Sunshine and a Plate Food Festival (Whakatane) (February/March)
www.sunshineandaplate.nz
Waiheke Island Wine & Food Festival
www.festival.waihekewine.co.nz (returns March 2019)
Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival
www.wairarapaharvestfestival.co.nz
Whangarei Fritter Festival
Facebook
Whiskey Galore's Dramfest (Christchurch)
Facebook (returns 2018)
April
A Taste of Matarangi
www.atasteofmatarangi.co.nz
Better Food Fair, part of Go Green Expo (Auckland)
www.gogreenexpo.co.nz
Clyde Wine & Food Festival
www.promotedunstan.org.nz
Craft Beer Capital Hopstock (Wellington)
Fermentation Fantasia (Christchurch)
Facebook New for 2018
Food Show (Christchurch)
www.foodshow.co.nz
Gin Jubilee (Auckland)
www.ginjubilee.com New for 2018
Hop'N'Vine Craft Beer, Wine & Food Festival (Invercargill)
www.hopnvine.co.nz
Melt Festival of Chocolate (Easter - Rotorua)
www.meltrotorua.co.nz New for 2018
Motueka Kai Fest
www.motuekakaifest.nz New for 2018
Pie, Pint & Pinot (part of Arrowtown Autumn Festival)
www.arrowtownautumnfestival.org.nz
SOBA Mountain Ales Craft Beer Festival (Taranaki), see
SOBA Taranaki
The Great Pumpkin Carnival (Hamilton)
www.thegreatpumpkincarnival.co.nz
The Smallest Beer Festival (Paekakariki)
Facebook New for 2018
May
Bluff Oyster & Food Festival
www.bluffoysterfest.co.nz
Coromandel Seafood Fest
Facebook
Feast Marlborough
www.feastmarlborough.nz New for 2018
Food Show (Wellington)
www.foodshow.co.nz
International Food and Culture Festival (Whangarei)
www.whangareinz.com New for 2018
NZ Hot Sauce Festival (Auckland)
www.sweatshopbrew.co.nz
Pinot & Prosciutto (various locations)
www.cloudybaypinotandprosciutto.co.nz New for 2018
The Great Eketahuna Cheese Festival
Facebook New for 2018
The Great NZ Food Show (Hamilton)
www.greatnzfoodshow.co.nz
The World of Wine Festival (Auckland)
www.theworldofwinefestival.nz New for 2018
June
Auckland Beer Week
Facebook
Edible Fashion Awards (Hastings)
www.ediblefashionawards.co.nz (moved from July - June 2018)
FAWC - Food & Wine Classic (Hawke's Bay)
www.fawc.co.nz
Feastival - Taranaki Restaurant Week
www.feastival.co.nz New for 2018
GABS Beer, Cider & Food Festival (Auckland)
www.gabsfestival.com
Le Renault French Festival (held in Auckland and Wellington in June)
www.frenchfestival.nz New for 2018
NZ Boutique Wine Festival (Auckland)
www.boutiquewine.co.nz
Okere Falls Store Strong Beer Festival (Rotorua)
www.okerefallsstore.co.nz
The Seriously Good Food Show (Tauranga - June/July)
www.seriouslygoodfoodshow.co.nz
The Smallest Beer Festival (Paekakariki, April & June 2018)
Facebook New for 2018
Winetopia (Auckland & Wellington)
www.winetopia.nz
July
A Mid Winter's Ale Festival (Cathedral Square, Christchurch)
www.canterburybeerfestival.co.nz
Bastille Day Street Festival (Remuera, Auckland)
Canterbury Truffle Festival
www.canterburytrufflefestival.nz
Chocolate Festival (Wellington)
www.chocolatefestival.co.nz Returns 2018
Food Show (Auckland)
www.foodshow.co.nz
Gintopia - A Festival of Gin (Wellington)
Facebook New for 2018
Meadowfresh NZ Latte Art Championship (Auckland)
www.eventbrite.co.nz New for 2018
Moonshine by the River (Riverhead, Auckland)
Facebook New for 2018
Moveable Feasts (July/August, Nelson)
www.uniquelynelson.co.nz New for 2018
Tauranga Coffee Festival
Facebook
The Seriously Good Food Show (Tauranga June/July)
www.seriouslygoodfoodshow.co.nz
WAI.TAI and Kai (part of Matariki Festival, Maritime Museum in Auckland)
www.maritimemuseum.co.nz New for 2018
Winter Ales Festival (Wellington)
www.winterales.co.nz
August
American Express Restaurant Month incorporating The Curious Food Festival (Auckland)
www.heartofthecity.co.nz
Beervana (Wellington)
www.beervana.co.nz
Dunedin Winter Beer Festival
Facebook New for 2018
Moveable Feasts (July/August, Nelson)
www.uniquelynelson.co.nz New for 2018
Sweat Shop Brew Kitchen's Annual Brew Fest (Auckland)
www.sweatshopbrew.co.nz New for 2018
Taste Tauranga Tapas Trail
www.downtowntauranga.co.nz New for 2018
Tutukaka Coast Boutique Beer Festival (returns 2019)
Visa Wellington On a Plate
www.wellingtononaplate.com
Wine & Food Celebration (Auckland)
www.event.foodandwine.co.nz
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