London is absolutely packed full to the brim with restaurants, cafes, pubs, bars, and all manner of food and drink venues. And yet, our ravenous appetite for the next best thing sees us still constantly searching out the new, the spectacular, the exciting, and the unexpected. But to do so with sit-down venues can add up pretty quickly – both in terms of time commitment and cost. That’s where the city’s many incredible food and drinks festivals come into play.
Throughout the year, all manner of vast, sprawling festivals drop down in the city to allow you to chow down and sip your way through all manner of culinary delights. Whether it’s a blazing BBQ festival or a wine-tasting event, there’s a festival for all appetites.
So, if you’re looking for your next foodie day out or delightfully boozy tasting affair, see below for the best food and drinks festivals in London in 2026.
Taste of London is perhaps the most anticipated date on the London food and drinks festival calendar. The city’s best restaurants, food vendors, drinks suppliers, and more descend upon Regent’s Park for a five-day long celebration of eating and drinking. Attendees can explore a world of deliciousness thanks to the festival’s roster of 36 restaurants, 50 chefs, and 150 artisan producers, across eight sessions of deliciousness.
Ben & Jerry’s Sundaes in the Park returns to Chiswick House & Gardens this June to treat attendees to unlimited ice cream and two stages of live music. The festival also features talks and workshops, with 100% of ticket proceeds donated to social mission partners.
If you’re after a truly meat-y affair, be sure to run on down to Richmond this summer to check out the outrageous Burger Fest. Following a blow-out event last year, they’re back for 2026 with some of the best burger vendors from across the country. It’s your chance to try award-winning burgers and viral-favourite-vendors, all in one place.
Boomtown Coffee Festival
Beloved independent coffee companies, Batch Baby and Coborn Coffee, are joining forces to bring back the intimacy, nerdiness, joy, and fun of coffee festivals before they became enormous events. In their own words: “What if we just put all the coffee people in a room again… and took the pressure off?” It’s a chance for roasters to meet customers, and for baristas to meet farmers – for everyone to get together, try incredible coffee, and get ‘stuck in.’
All that results in Bloomtown: “No ticket sales. No exhibitor fees. No barriers. Just good people, making and sharing really good coffee.”
Entry is free, but tickets are required. Grab yours here.
The largest Sicilian food and drink event in the city is back for 2026, following a blow-out 10th anniversary event, and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever before. This year’s festival sees them expanding to a whopping five days of food and drink celebration. Explore everything from “volcanic Etna wines and artisan bronze-die pasta to sun-drenched pistachios, savoury panelle, crispy pizza fritta, and world-class cannoli and cassata”.
Basically, it’s everything amazing about Sicilian food and drink in one place.
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
Meatopia
This meat-focused love letter to BBQ and carnivorous delights describes itself quite simply as “a festival of fire cooking, live music, and delicious drinks”. And that’s exactly what it serves up! Going strong since 2013, when it crossed the pond from New York, where the festival was founded, Meatopia offers up 4 days of delicious food from “some of the very best live-fire chefs from UK, Europe and the World”.
It’s an ideal day out where you can eat, drink, and party – surrounded by grills, smokers, and roaring fire-pits. Come hungry, leave happy!
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
London’s first-ever Korean food festival touches down in King’s Cross this May, courtesy of popular TikTok foodie, Rollin Lee (widely recognised as London’s leading Korean food content creator) and Market Root (the team behind six successful Korean creator markets in the capital). As well as firm favourites like kimchi and Korean Fried Chicken, the festival will give Londoners the chance to immerse themselves in the country’s cuisine and tuck into many other delicious Korean dishes.
Calling all hop-heads, sour-beer-sippers, and larger-lovers, this is the event for you. The annual London Craft Beer Festival is “London’s biggest celebration of all things beer”. How big exactly is it? The event features “150 breweries from the UK & around the world, serving up over 800 different beers and hosting 20,000 people across the two day event.”
Oh, and there’s no faffing about with tokens or beer purchases, either. One ticket nets you access to the festival, all your beer samples during your session, and a special branded tasting glass to take home.
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
If you’re heading to this particular food and drink festival in London, be sure to brace for the caffeine jitters! That’s because this caffeine-fuelled celebration features “275 artisan coffee and gourmet food brands”. Guests can enjoy everything from coffee tastings and interactive workshops to street food, cocktails, music, art, and more.
The standard tickets net you entry to the festival as well as access to the coffee and food tastings, as well as the workshops and talks. You can wander around and fill up your cup with some of the best coffee from around the world – all in one place. Or if you want the ultimate experience, upgrade to the Ultimate Ticket, which also nets you fast track entry, access to LCF Club Lounge, a Coffee Cocktail, and an LCF Tote Bag full of goodies.
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
Calling all spice-lovers, this is the London food and drink festival for you. The Hot Sauce Society Festival is London’s biggest hot sauce festival. Meet, mingle with, and sample the wares from over 40 independent craft hot sauce makers, whilst also enjoying street food pop-ups, craft beers, frozen margaritas, DJs, competitions, and more.
And if you fancy testing your spice tolerance, why not sign up for the Hop Burns & Black Chilli Karaoke? Warning: it’s NOT for the faint of heart.
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
FUME is a relative newcomer to London’s food and drink festival scene, having launched in 2024. Founded by Eating With Tod in collaboration with Alex Holland Davis from Savour Events, the celebration of worldwide BBQ has grown from a sell-out event in a carpark in Peckham to taking over West Village at Allianz Stadium.
Spread across 4 days, the event’s goal is simple: “to bring the best barbecue in the world together in London and make it accessible to everyone.” Festival attendees also get to vote for their favourites, culminating in an awards ceremony on the final day.
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
Are you a lover of agave? A tequila fiend? A mezcal maestro? Then this is the festival for you. With over 250 tequilas, mezcals, and agave spirits to try, there’s a world of opportunity to explore the Mexican imports. Regardless of whether you’re dipping your toe into the world of the spirits, or are already a seasoned sipper, there’s plenty to learn and experience.
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
The world’s largest chicken wing festival returns to London this July with a bumper weekend of live music, entertainment, games, rides, eating competitions, and TONS of chicken wings. Head to Wing Fest to try the UK’s very best chicken wing purveyors, all battling to be crowned the best in the country. With 45 street food traders, restaurants, and BBQ teams serving up their wares, the festival expects to serve a whopping 500,000 chicken wings.
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
The UK’s Biggest Pizza Festival will touch down in Richmond this summer with an enormous celebration of, you guessed it, pizzas. This is your chance to try the best pizzas, in all manner of guises, from across the country. Expect wild, wacky, traditional, and regional pizzas alongside live entertainment and top-notch cocktails from expert mixologists.
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
Grabbing a ticket to attend the Pour Choices wine tasting festival sure wouldn’t be a poor choice. That’s because this particular event allows visitors to sample a wide variety of some of the UK’s very best wines. And this year they’ve got their biggest line-up yet, with everything from juicy pet-nats to textural skin-contact whites. Plus, the event also features wild beer and cider, sake, oysters, talks from leading names in the natural wine world, and more.
A ticket for Pour Choices includes 5 tasting tokens, a branded tasting glass to keep, and access to all workshops and talks.
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
Vegan beer, vegan food, and live entertainment collide at Mile End Stadium this September as the Vegan Beer Fest returns after an 8-year hiatus. Attendees can expect “a carefully curated line-up of independent breweries, top vegan food traders, and a full programme of music, entertainment, and shopping.” Oh, and did we mention the dedicated karaoke tent?
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
What happens when you combine award-winning chefs, beverage experts, and the picturesque surroundings of the historic Royal Hospital Chelsea? You get the Savour Festival, which is rapidly becoming one of the city’s favourite food and drink festivals. There are over 120 different showcases to explore, ranging across beloved local restaurants and artisan producers. Plus, with taster dishes available for just £3, you can try Michelin-starred food without breaking the bank!
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
Taste of the Caribbean
This roving festival is Europe’s largest food & drink festival dedicated to Caribbean food. And you’ll find it popping up in and around London from May through to September. It’s a perfect day out for the whole family, with authentic Caribbean food, cocktails, celebrity chef cooking demos, live music, funfair rides, and more.
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
This spirited touring drink festival brings people together in one place to celebrate the delicious worlds of gin and rum. Londoners can sample from over 120 of the best gins and rums on the market – including locally-made British spirits, as well as delicious drinks from around the world. “If you’re thirsty for knowledge or just want to party the night away, the Gin & Rum Festival is for you!”
Find out more and grab your tickets here.
St James’s Food Fair
A stand-alone food and drink festival that forms part of The Future of Food Festival, the St James’s Food Fair will transform St James’s Market “into a lively open-air celebration of food and drink.” The event will feature curated stalls, live demonstrations, tastings, and plenty of special products and brands to discover.
Find out more about The Future of Food Festival here.