June
Auckland Beer Week
Facebook (Postponed 2020)
FAWC - Food & Wine Classic (Hawke's Bay)
www.fawc.co.nz (Cancelled 2020)
Feast Festival (Taranaki)
www.feastival.co.nz
The Seriously Good Food Show (Tauranga)
www.seriouslygoodfoodshow.co.nz (Rescheduled to September)
Winetopia (Auckland in June, Wellington in July)
www.winetopia.nz (Postponed 2020)
July
Canterbury Truffle Festival
www.canterburytrufflefestival.nz (no festival 2020)
Chocolate Festival (Wellington)
www.chocolatefestival.co.nz (no festival 2020)
Craft'd Wine & Spirits Festival (Auckland - formerly NZ Boutique Wine Festival)
https://craftd.global (Rescheduled to August)
Dine Dunedin (June/July)
https://dinedunedin.co.nz
Eat Drink Love Ponsonby (July & August)
https://eatdrinkloveponsonby.co.nz
Food Show (Auckland)
www.foodshow.co.nz (Rescheduled to November 2020)
GABS Beer, Cider & Food Festival (Auckland)
www.gabsfestival.com
Winetopia (Auckland in June, Wellington in July)
www.winetopia.nz (Postponed 2020)
Winter Ales Festival (Wellington)
www.winterales.co.nz (Postponed 2020)
August
American Express Restaurant Month (Auckland)
www.heartofthecity.co.nz
Beervana (Wellington)
www.beervana.co.nz
Clicquot in the Snow (Queenstown)
www.clicquotinthesnow.co.nz New for 2019
Colombian Day (Nelson)
Facebook New for 2019
Craft'd Wine & Spirits Festival (Auckland - formerly NZ Boutique Wine Festival)
https://craftd.global (Rescheduled to August)
Dunedin Winter Beer Festival
Facebook
Eat Drink Love Ponsonby (July & August)
https://eatdrinkloveponsonby.co.nz New for 2019
Edible Fashion Awards (Hastings)
www.ediblefashionawards.co.nz
Tauranga Coffee Festival
Facebook
Visa Wellington On a Plate
www.wellingtononaplate.com
September
Central Hawkes Bay Artisan Festival
www.chbartisanfestival.co.nz
Culinary Cambridge
www.cambridge.co.nz New for 2019
Eat. Taste. Central (September - October, Central Otago)
www.centralotagonz.com
Otahuhu Food Festival (Auckland)
www.foodfestival.co.nz
Port Chalmers Seafood Festival
www.festival.portchalmers.com (returns 2019)
Russian Cultural Festival (Wellington)
www.wellingtonrussianclub.org New for 2019
The Seriously Good Food Show (Tauranga)
www.seriouslygoodfoodshow.co.nz (Rescheduled to September)
Vegan Vibes (Mount Maunganui)
Facebook
Volkswagen Oktoberfest (Auckland)
www.neuseeland.de
Whitianga Scallop Festival
www.scallopfestival.co.nz (returns 2019)
October
A Festival of Beer (Blenheim)
Facebook New for 2019
Akaroa Frenchfest
www.akaroa.com (returns 2019)
Art of Wine (Auckland)
www.greatlittlevineyards.com New for 2019
Eat. Taste. Central (September - October, Central Otago)
www.centralotagonz.com
Festival Italiano (Newmarket, Auckland)
www.festivalitaliano.co.nz
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
NZ Cheese Month (nationwide)
www.nzsa.org.nz
Okere Falls Beer Fest (Rotorua)
www.okerefallsstore.co.nz
Oktoberfest (Lincoln, Christchurch) www.thelaboratory.co.nz
Taste of Auckland (October/November)
www.tasteofauckland.co.nz
The Coffee & Chocolate Show (Auckland)
www.chocolatecoffeeshow.co.nz
Vegan Expo (Christchurch)
www.veganexpo.co.nz (no expo 2019)
Westport Whitebait Festival 2019
Facebook
November
Beers at The Basin (Wellington)
www.beersatthebasin.co.nz
Blondie Garden Party (Wooing Tree, Cromwell)
Facebook
Day of the Dead Festival (Nelson)
Facebook New for 2019
Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival
www.dunedinbeerfest.co.nz
FAWC - Food & Wine Classic (Hawkes Bay)
www.fawc.co.nz
Fiesta Del Sol (Auckland)
Facebook
Food Show (Wellington)
www.foodshow.co.nz (Rescheduled to 30 October & 1 November)
Food Show (Auckland)
www.foodshow.co.nz (Rescheduled to November 2020)
Kapiti Coast Strawberry Festival
kapiticoastfestival.nz
Kapiti Food Fair
www.kapitifoodfair.net
Manawatu Food Show (Palmerston North) www.manawatufoodshow.co.nz
Marsden Cove Seafood Festival (Whangarei)
Facebook (no festival 2019)
New Zealand Cider Festival (Nelson)
www.nzciderfestival.com
Ocean Vine Hop (Marlborough)
www.oceanvinehop.co.nz (returns 2020)
South Island Beer Festival (Christchurch)
www.sibf.nz
Taste of Auckland (October/November)
www.tasteofauckland.co.nz
Tauranga Food, Wine & Music Festival
www.taurangafwm.co.nz New for 2019
Toast Martinborough Wine, Food & Music Festival
www.toastmartinborough.co.nz
Vegan Expo (Whangarei)
www.veganexpo.co.nz
Waihi Vegetarian Festival
FacebookAsian Food & Cultural Festival (Orewa)
Facebook New for 2019
Christchurch/South Island Wine & Food Festival
www.winefestival.co.nz
Cromwell Cherry Festival
www.cromwell.org.nz
SIT Multicultural Festival (Queenstown)
Facebook New for 2019
Sour Fest (Auckland)
Facebook New for 2019
The Pukekohe Veggie Basket Food & Wine Festival
Facebook New for 2019
Waimate Strawberry Fare
www.waimatestrawberryfare.co.nz
Wanaka Beer Festival
Facebook
January
Bridge Pa Wine Festival (Hawkes Bay)
Facebook
Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration (Queenstown, 30 Jan - 1 Feb 2020)
www.pinotcelebration.co.nz
Cromwell Food & Wine Festival
www.cromwellheritageprecinct.co.nz
FitzRoy Family Fest (no Mussel Fest 2020) (Great Barrier Island)
www.thebarrier.co.nz
Gindulgence Gin Festival (Wellington)
www.gindulgence.co.nz
Gladstonebury Festival of Music, Craft, Food & Wine (Wairarapa)
Facebook (on hold for 2020 pending new venue)
Hare Krishna Food Festival (Kumeu, Auckland)
Facebook
Ice Cream Sundae (Silo Park, Auckland)
www.silopark.co.nz
Katikati Avocado Food & Wine Festival
Facebook
Rose (as in wine) All Day (Auckland)
www.aucklandnz.com New for 2020
Tairua School Wine & Food Festival
www.tairuawineandfood.co.nz
The Great Kiwi Beer Festival (Christchurch)
www.greatkiwibeerfestival.co.nz
Whakatane Seafood Festival
www.whakataneseafoodfestival.nz XX Fest (Auckland)
Facebook New for 2020
February
Banks Peninsula Festival
www.bankspeninsulafestial.co.nz New for 2020
Beer Appreciation Day Riverside (Taupo)
Facebook New for 2020
Central Otago Craft Beer Festival (Alexandra)
www.craftbeerfest.co.nz
Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration (Queenstown, 30 Jan - 1 Feb 2020)
www.pinotcelebration.co.nz
City of Ales 2020 (Auckland)
Facebook
Food Forest & Wellbeing Festival (Kaiapoi)
Facebook
Gincredible Gin Festival (Tauranga)
www.bopginfestival.co.nz
Gindulgence Gin Festival (Auckland)
www.gindulgence.co.nz New for 2020
Hokonui Moonshiners Festival (Gore)
www.moonshinefest.co.nz (returns 2021)
International Kai Festival 2020 (Nelson)
www.itson.co.nz
Japan Day Festival 2020 (Eden Park, Auckland)
https://www.japanday.org.nz
Japanese Summer Festival (Whakatane)
Facebook New for 2020
Kawhia Kai Festival
Facebook
Mairangi Bay Food and Wine Festival
Facebook
Marlborough Wine & Food Festival (Blenheim)
www.wine-marlborough-festival.co.nz
Meatstock - The Music & Barbecue Festival (Auckland)
www.meatstock.co.nz
Nelson Wine and Food Festival
www.nwff.co.nz and
Facebook
North West Wine, Beer & Food Festival (The Hunting Lodge, Waimauku, Auckland)
Facebook
Outfield Music, Food & Arts Festival
www.outfieldfestival.co.nz (Te Awanga, Hawkes Bay)
New for 2020
Rotorua Summer Seafood Festival
Facebook ?2020
Sarau Festival (Upper Moutere)
www.saraufestival.co.nz
South Island Beer Festival (Christchurch)
www.sibf.nz
Sunsetter Food, Wine & Music Festival (Takapuna, Auckland)
www.sunsetterfestival.co.nz
Sunshine and a Plate Food Festival (Whakatane) (February/March)
www.sunshineandaplate.nz
Sustainable Food Festival (Kaponga)
www.trc.govt.nz New for 2020
Tasman Asian Night Food Fair (Richmond, Nelson)
Facebook New for 2020
Twilight in the Vines Wine and Food Festival (Ashburton)
Facebook New for 2020
Twizel Salmon & Wine Festival
www.twizel.info
Wellington Wine, Food & Craft Beer Festival
www.wineandfoodfestival.co.nz
Wild Stock (Christchurch)
Facebook New for 2020
Wild Stock (Wellington)
Facebook New for 2020
March
Auckland Vegan Food Festival by Auckland Food Truck Collective
Facebook
Beer Appreciation Day (Havelock North)
www.beerappreciationday.co.nz
Food for Thought (Tauranga)
Facebook (postponed until October 2020)
New for 2020
Gindulgence Gin Festival (Christchurch)
www.gindulgence.co.nz
Happy Hire's Eats & Beats (Kaiapoi)
Facebook New for 2020
Havelock Mussel & Seafood Festival
www.havelockmusselfestival.co.nz
Hawkes Bay Beer Week
Facebook New for 2020
Heritage Harvest Festival (Riverton)
www.sces.org.nz
Hokitika Wild Food Festival
www.wildfoods.co.nz
Kegkoura Craft Beer Festival (Kaikoura)
Facebook
Mangawhai Food & Wine Festival
www.mangawhai.co.nz (no festival 2020, may return 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 New for 2020
SOBA Mountain Ales Craft Beer Festival (Taranaki), see
SOBA Taranaki
Sunshine and a Plate Food Festival (Whakatane) (February/March)
www.sunshineandaplate.nz
The Great Kiwi Beer Festival (Hamilton)
www.greatkiwibeerfestival.co.nz New for 2020
The Great Pumpkin Carnival (Hamilton)
www.thegreatpumpkincarnival.co.nz
Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival
www.wairarapaharvestfestival.co.nz
Whangarei Fritter Festival
Facebook
Whiskey Galore's Dramfest (Christchurch)
Facebook (returns 2020)
April
A Taste of Matarangi
www.atasteofmatarangi.co.nz (Cancelled 2020)
Beer-a-Palooza (Napier)
Facebook (Postponed 2020)
Berba Croatian Harvest Festival (Kumeu, Auckland)
Better Food Fair, part of Go Green Expo (Auckland)
www.gogreenexpo.co.nz (Rescheduled to 31 October & 1 November 2020)
Clyde Wine & Food Festival
www.promotedunstan.org.nz (Cancelled 2020)
Feast Waikato
www.waikatofoodinc.com
Food Show (Christchurch)
www.foodshow.co.nz (Cancelled 2020, returns April 2021)
Gisborne Beer Festival
https://gisbornebeerfestival.nz (Rescheduled to November 2020)
Pie, Pint & Pinot (part of Arrowtown Autumn Festival)
www.arrowtownautumnfestival.org.nz (Cancelled 2020)
May
Auckland Fried Chicken Festival
Facebook
Bluff Oyster & Food Festival
www.bluffoysterfest.co.nz (Cancelled 2020)
Coromandel Town Seafood Fest
www.coromandelseafoodfest.com (Cancelled 2020)
Craft Beer Capital Hopstock (Wellington)
https://www.craftbeercapital.com (Cancelled 2020)
Feast Marlborough
www.feastmarlborough.nz (Postponed 2020)
Food Show (Wellington)
www.foodshow.co.nz (Rescheduled to 30 October & 1 November)
NZ Hot Sauce Festival (Auckland)
https://www.firedragonchillies.co.nz
The Chardonnay Affair (Gisborne)
www.thechardonnayaffair.co.nz (Cancelled 2020, returns 2021)
The Great Eketahuna Cheese Festival (Postponed 2020)
The Great NZ Food Show (Hamilton)
www.greatnzfoodshow.co.nz (Cancelled 2020)
Urban Harvest Festival (Christchurch)
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