Food festivals and events

Many food festivals are annual events, repeated at about the same time each year. So we leave this list on our site all year round, to let you make a note in your diary well in advance.

We update the details of individual events as and when information becomes available.

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Food festivals and events

Spring

Rye Bay Scallop Week
Around Rye
25 February to 4 March 2012

Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival – Spring Harvest
Around Brighton & Hove
30 March to 9 April 2012

Fiery Food Festival
Around Brighton & Hove
2 to 4 April 2011

Foodies Festival
Hove Lawns
25 to 27 May 2012

Food and South Downs Fair
 The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum,
Singleton, West Sussex
6 to 7 May 2012

Summer

Sussex Food Festival
 Bluebell Railway, Horsted Keynes
26 June 2011

MedFest: A Taste of the Mediterranean
 West Dean Gardens, near Chichester, West Sussex
23 to 24 June 2012

Glynde Food and English Wine Festival
Glynde Place, Glynde
14 to 15 July 2012

Chilli Fiesta
West Dean Gardens, near Chichester, West Sussex
27 to 29 July 2012

British Food Fortnight
Around the county
27 July to 12 August 2012

Craft and Food Fayre
 Bignor Roman Villa, Pulborough
20 to 21 August 2011

Autumn

Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival
Around Brighton & Hove
7 to 30 September 2012

Apple Fair
West Dean Gardens, near Chichester, West Sussex
1 to 2 October 2011
29 to 30 September 2012

Horsham District Food and Drink Festival
Around Horsham
3 September to 2 October 2011

Fiery Food Festival
Victoria Gardens, Brighton
17 to 18 September 2011

Hastings Seafood and Wine Festival
Around Hastings
17 to 18 September 2011

Lewes OctoberFeast
Around Lewes
30 September to 9 October 2011

Apple Affair
West Dean College, near Chichester, West Sussex
29 to 30 September 2012

Apple Festival
Middle Farm, Firle
15 to 16 October 2011

Wild Boar Week
 Around Rye
15 to 23 October 2011

Autumn Foraging and Countryside Day
 Parham House, near Pulborough
7 October 2012

Winter

Festive Food and Drink Fayre
Ardingly showground, West Sussex
3 and 4 December 2011