February
Art in the Olives Festival (Hastings)
www.telegraphhill.co.nz
Auckland Vegan Food Festival by Auckland Food Truck Collective
Facebook New for 2019
City of Ales (Auckland)
Facebook
Clevedon Jazz, Wine & Food Festival
Facebook (returns 2019)
Hare Krishna Food Festival (Kumeu, Aucklnd)
Facebook New for 2019
Hokonui Moonshiners Festival (Gore)
www.moonshinefest.co.nz (returns 2019)
International Kai Festival (Nelson)
www.itson.co.nz
Kawhia Kai Festival
Facebook
Mairangi Bay Food and Wine Festival
Facebook New for 2019
Marlborough Wine & Food Festival (Blenheim)
www.wine-marlborough-festival.co.nz
Meatstock - The Music & Barbecue Festival (Auckland)
www.meatstock.co.nz
MELTED Ice Cream & Frozen Dessert Festival (Tauranga)
www.melted.co.nz Festival cancelled for 2019
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
Sarau Festival (Upper Moutere)
www.saraufestival.co.nz
Spitfire Heihei Festival (Gisborne)
https://tairawhitigisborne.co.nz New for 2019
Sunshine and a Plate Food Festival (Whakatane) (February/March)
www.sunshineandaplate.nz
Takapuna Food, Wine & Music Festival
www.takapunafestival.co.nz
The Central Otago Craft Beer Festival (Alexandra)
www.craftbeerfest.co.nz New for 2019
The Performance Arcade including Taste Arcade (Wellington, 23 February to 3 March)
https://www.theperformancearcade.com New for 2019
Twizel Salmon & Wine Festival
www.twizel.info
Wellington Wine, Food & Craft Beer Festival
www.wineandfoodfestival.co.nz
Wine & Food Wind Down (Blenheim)
www.vinesvillagecafe.co.nz
World On The Street food series (February & March in Silo Park, Auckland)
https://silopark.co.nz New for 2019
March
Beer Appreciation Day (Havelock North)
www.beerappreciationday.co.nz
Ferment! Fermentation Festival (Auckland)
www.ferment.co.nz New for 2019
Gindulgence Gin Festival (Christchurch)
www.gindulgence.co.nz New for 2019
Havelock Mussel & Seafood Festival
www.havelockmusselfestival.co.nz
Heritage Harvest Festival (Riverton)
www.sces.org.nz
Hokitika Wild Food Festival
www.wildfoods.co.nz
Kegkoura Craft Beer Festival (Kaikoura)
https://eventskaikoura.co.nz/event/kegkoura/
Mangawhai Food & Wine Festival
www.mangawhai.co.nz
MarchFest (Nelson)
www.marchfest.com
Marton Harvest Festival
Facebook
Multicultural Food Festival (Invercargill)
Facebook New for 2019
Nelson Beer Week
www.nbw.co.nz
New Zealand Coffee Festival
www.nzcoffeefestival.co.nz
North Canterbury Wine & Food Festival
www.ncwineandfood.co.nz
Princes Wharf Oyster Festival (Auckland)
https://www.aucklandnz.com
SOBA Mountain Ales Craft Beer Festival (Taranaki), see
SOBA Taranaki
Sunshine and a Plate Food Festival (Whakatane) (February/March)
www.sunshineandaplate.nz
The Great Pumpkin Carnival (Hamilton)
www.thegreatpumpkincarnival.co.nz
The Performance Arcade including Taste Arcade (Wellington, 23 February to 3 March)
https://www.theperformancearcade.com New for 2019
Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival
www.wairarapaharvestfestival.co.nz
Whangarei Fritter Festival
Facebook
Whiskey Galore's Dramfest (Christchurch)
Facebook (returns 2020)
Wild Stock (Auckland)
Facebook New for 2019
World On The Street food series (February & March in Silo Park, Auckland)
https://silopark.co.nz New for 2019
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
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
Pie, Pint & Pinot (part of Arrowtown Autumn Festival)
www.arrowtownautumnfestival.org.nz
Waiheke Island Wine & Food Festival (returns April 2019)
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
Greater Wellington Brew Day (Upper Hutt)
www.brewday.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
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
Craft'd Wine & Spirits Festival (Auckland - formerly NZ Boutique Wine Festival)
Facebook New for 2019
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
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
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)
Tairawhiti Gisborne Wine & Food Weekend incorporating First Light Wine & Food Festival
www.firstlightwineandfood.co.nz New for 2018
Taste of Takapuna
www.ilovetakapuna.co.nz New for 2018
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
Blondie, Beer & BBQ (Wooing Tree, Cromwell)
Facebook New for 2018
Budburst Natural Wine Festival (Wellington)
www.budburst.nz New for 2018
Central Districts Wine & Food Show (Palmerston North)
Facebook
Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival
www.dunedinbeerfest.co.nz
FAWC - Food & Wine Classic (Hawkes Bay)
www.fawc.co.nz
Fiesta Del Sol (Auckland)
Facebook
Hobbiton Beer Festival (Matamata)
www.hobbitontours.com New for 2018
Kapiti Coast Festival (incorporating Mary Potter Hospice Strawberry Festival)
kapiticoastfestival.nz
Marsden Cove Seafood Festival (Whangarei)
Facebook New for 2018
New Zealand Cider Festival (Nelson)
www.nzciderfestival.com
Ocean Vine Hop (Marlborough)
www.oceanvinehop.co.nz
South Island Beer Festival (Christchurch)
www.sibf.nz New for 2018
Taste of Auckland
www.tasteofauckland.co.nz
Toast Martinborough Wine, Food & Music Festival
www.toastmartinborough.co.nz
Vegan Expo (Whangarei)
www.veganexpo.co.nz
New for 2018
Waihi Vegetarian Festival
Facebook New for 2018
December
Beers at The Basin (Wellington)
www.beersatthebasin.co.nz
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
Wanaka Beer Festival
Facebook New for 2018
January
Bridge Pa Wine Festival (Hawkes Bay)
Facebook
Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration (Queenstown)
www.pinotcelebration.co.nz (returns 2019)
Cromwell Food & Wine Festival
www.cromwellheritageprecinct.co.nz
Gindulgence Gin Festival (Wellington)
www.gindulgence.co.nz New for 2019
Gladstonebury Festival of Music, Craft, Food & Wine (Wairarapa)
https://gladstonebury.co.nz
Great FitzRoy Mussel Fest (Great Barrier Island)
www.thebarrier.co.nz
Ice Cream Sundae (Silo Park, Auckland)
www.silopark.co.nz New for 2019
Katikati Avocado Food & Wine Festival
Facebook
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 New for 2019
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