2011 MISSOURI 2011
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
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February 12-13, 2011 25th Annual Missouri Wine Fest 2011 - St. Louis, Missouri
Open to the Public Benefit for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America.
March 3, 2011 Kansas City Zinfandel Tasting - Kansas City, Missouri
Taste award-winning Zinfandels from over 35 premier wineries Mingle with top winemakers & principals in an intimate setting Learn about the remarkable richness & versatility of Zinfandel Discover why Zinfandel is America's Heritage Wine Sample tasty food tidbits that bring out the best in Zinfandel.
April 3, 2011 Grape Arts XIX - St. Louis, Missouri
Art Saint Louis’ Signature Fund Raiser, annually for 19 years in early spring. An exciting afternoon of wine tastings, silent & live auctions of fine art and donations from the community, accompanied by music and appetizers. The event raises funds for Art Saint Louis, its community programs and exhibits.
April 15-16, 2011 Capital City Cookoff - Jefferson City, Missouri
Professional BBQ cook-off and bluegrass festival.
April 15-16, 2011 12th Annual Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival - Springfield, Missouri
Benefits 6 Local Children’s Charities. 60 teams come together to compete for the best Barbeque in a ‘Kansas City BBQ Society’ Sanctioned event. Starting at 1:15, enjoy chicken, pork and beef. 11 hours of Live Music, a Kids Play Zone, Motorcycle Show and of course… plenty of Food and Drinks.
April 28-30, 2011 Marshfield Cherry Blossom Festival - Marshfield, Missouri
Japanese lantern lighting, annual cherry pie baking contest, musical entertainment, craft & food booths, and lectures.
April 29-30, 2011 Missouri Wine & Food Festival - Branson, Missouri
The Missouri WINE and FOOD Festival is a celebration of WINES and FOODS from around Branson, Missouri and from around the world.
April 30-May 1, 2011 Show Me Gourd Festival - Sedalia, Missouri
Show Me Gourd Society. Gourd Craft Competition, workshops, demonstrations and more.
May 6-7, 2011 30th Annual Mushroom Festival - Richmond, Missouri
Self proclaimed ‘Mushroom Capital of the World’. Large morel mushroom contest, fresh mushrooms, food, crafts, parade, music, BBQ cook-off, tractor pull, & more.
May 27-30, 2011 Annual St. Louis Rib America Festival - St. Louis, Missouri
A 2011 Rib America Festival Featuring Award Winning BBQ Teams, Live National, Regional Entertainment and More!
June 4, 2011 Strawberry Festival 2011 - Bridgeton, Missouri
Crafts, quilts, entertainment and all kinds of strawberry foods (strawberries, cake and ice cream, chocolate dipped strawberries, strawberry milkshakes, etc.) are just a few of the many reasons the festival is a day full of fun, food and fellowship for the entire family. A variety of handmade crafts and quilts are donated from all over the state to be auctioned and sold to benefit the Missouri Baptist Children's Home.
June 4-5, 2011 Kimmswick Strawberry Festival - Kimmswick, Missouri
If it is made with strawberries you will find it at this festival. Everything from Fresh Strawberries, Strawberry Shortcake, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, and Strawberry Cheesecake, to Strawberry Iced Tea. Also enjoy live entertainment, craft & food vendors and rides for the kids.
June 4-5, 2011 5th Annual Taste for the Arts - Hermann, Missouri
Held in historic Herman, the event will feature concerts, food, and fine art. Also enjoy the Hermann Garden Club Garden Tour & Plant Sale.
June 9-12, 2011 Elderberry Festival - Hartsburg, Missouri
The event offers an opportunity to learn about the benefits of elderberrries and growing them as a commercial crop. Enjoy 2 days of live music. Camping is available.
June 10-11, 2011 Saint Louis Brewers Heritage Festival - St. Louis, Missouri
Celebration of a rich brewing tradition and coming together of brewers both large and small. Sampling of nearly 70 different beers and styles. Attendance: 20,000.
June 11, 2011 Wine tasting at the Pierce City Arts Festival - Pierce City, Missouri
The 3rd annual Pierce City Arts Festival will be featuring 6 vintners of the Ozark Mountain Wine Trail. Buy a souvenir wine glass and sample the best of southwest Missouri wines!
June 24-25, 2011 37th Annual Sweet Corn Festival - East Prairie, Missouri
Tour de Corn bike ride, Huskers' 5K run, live music, classic car cruise-in, photography exhibit and much more.
JULY 4, 2011 - There are so many events on this day that they are too numerous to list. Virtually every community in the U.S. has a 4th of July celebration.
July 9, 2011 Soybean Festival - Mexico, Missouri
Located around the Mexico Village Square, the event will have an array of activities including a Mexico Idol competition, free live concert, food booths, a beer garden, arts and crafts vendors and a parade.
July 16, 2011 5th Annual Missouri Wine Festival - Excelsior Springs, Missouri
This event showcases Missouri wine from all over the state and includes art, crafts, music, and food demonstrations.
July 28, 2011 9th Annual Taste of the Ozarks - Springfield, Missouri
Benefiting Big Brothers-Big Sisters, this event features food, a wine pull, live & silent auctions, a raffle, & live music.
July 30-31, 2011 Berries and Barbecue Wine Trail - Hermann, Missouri
Enjoy delectable pairings of berries, barbeque, and Missouri wines at seven stops along the scenic Hermann Wine Trail.
August 7-10, 2011 NFSSC Annual Seminar & Exposition - St. Louis, Missouri
National Food Service Security Council
August 12-20, 2011 31st Annual Missouri Peach Fair - Campbell, Missouri
Visit the "Peach Capital of Missouri" for a celebration including pageants, a parade and musical entertainment.
August 13, 2011 Annual Great Stone Hill Grape Stomp - Hermann, Missouri
Have a rompin’ stompin’ good time by stomping for fun and charity. Help celebrate the beginning of grape harvest by dipping your toes in a barrel full of juicy grapes!
August 25, 2011 Tomato Festival - Columbia, Missouri
Hosted by the Bradford Research and Extension Center, this annual event offers visitors a chance to sample over 50 different kinds of tomatoes, including heirlooms, and over 30 types of peppers. Samples of salsas from local restaurants are also available.
September 8-10, 2011 39th Annual Seymour Apple Festival - Seymour, Missouri
Enjoy musical entertainment, Apple Princess coronation, senior citizens' activities, 5K fun run, craft booths, apple pie judging, apple peeling contests, parade and more in "The Land of the Big Red Apple". Attendance: 20,000.
September 8-10, 2011 78th Annual Grape & Fall Festival - St. James, Missouri
Activities include parade, queen pageant, bicycle race, livestock show, carnival, wine garden and grape stomp.
September 9-11, 2011 Greek Food Festival - Kansas City, Missouri
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church presents its 50th annual fest. Greek food choices abound. Music, dance and games for kids of all ages.
Sept 9-11, 2011 50th Annual Annunciation Greek Food Festival - Kansas City, Missouri
Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Greek Food Festival featuring traditional homemade Greek delicacies including soulvakia, gyros, domathes, spanakopitas, baklava and more. VIP seating for easier access to food and drink is available--call 816-942-9100 for reservations. Live bands and dance groups will perform traditional folk dances and invite festivalgoers to join in the fun. The Festival will offer many children’s activities also.
September 15-18, 2011 50th Annual Steam-O-Rama - Republic, Missouri
Daily parade, large steam traction engines in operation, antique & classic tractors, saw mill, threshing, flea market, molasses making and much more!
September 16-17, 2011 6th Annual Harvest Festival - Augusta, Missouri
Swingin” In The Vines" concert & picnic, wine tasting presented by the area's wineries, BBQ, pie baking contest and pie walk.
September 16-17, 2011 Summer Sizzle - Springfield, Missouri
This charity event is a major summer bash featuring the KCBS State Championship BBQ Contest and a massive music festival.
September 21-24, 2011 51st Annual Black Walnut Festival - Stockton, Missouri
Enjoy the parade, "Nut Run", pie baking contest, craft demonstrations, musical entertainment, queen pageant, baby contest, carnival rides, children's events, and a variety of food and craft booths. Wednesday thru Saturday.
September 23-24, 2011 7th Annual BarBQ & Brats Festival - Hermann, Missouri
The KCBS-sanctioned event includes professional and backyard chef competitions. Entertainment, wine & beer garden, bonfire and special appearances by "Hermann the German".
September 24, 2011 26th Annual Turkey Festival - Eldon, Missouri
Live music, turkey calling contest, food booths, arts & crafts, parade and more.
September 24, 2011 Grape and Fall Festival - Hollister, Missouri
Grape stomp, food vendors, children's activities, arts & crafts and live entertainment in historic downtown Hollister.
Sept 29-Oct 2, 2011 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kansas City, Missouri
The American Royal Barbecue is the opening event of the American Royal and the season finale for the competitive circuit. Spreading over 20 acres in Kansas City’s historic Stockyards District, and with nearly 500 teams competing in four culinary contests, The Royal is the largest barbecue contest in the world. Combine this with a barbecue-related trade expo, this four-day food festival is truly the “World Series of Barbecue.”
September 30-Oct 1, 2011 31st Annual Pecan Festival - Brunswick, Missouri
Celebrate the region's prolific pecan production with great food, contests, entertainment, two parades and a wide variety of vendors while visiting this charming riverside town. Don't miss "the world's largest pecan".
October 1, 2011 Republic Pumpkin Daze - Republic, Missouri
Activities include weigh-in and awards for produce, pet parade, kids' tractor pull, pumpkin' chuckin', and musical entertainment.
October 1, 2011 Taste of Springfield - Springfield, Missouri
Over 25 locally owned and operated restaurants will be serving sample size portions of signature dishes. Festival attendees will be able to sample some of the best food Springfield has to offer and vote on their favorites in the 'Best of Fest' competition.
October 1-2, 2011 14th Annual Apples, Arts & Antiques - Lexington, Missouri
Apple cook-off, parade, fashion show, music, tractor & car shows, apple auction, raffle, children's activities and antique, craft and food vendors on Main Street.
October 7-9, 2011 Ozark Fall FarmFest - Springfield, Missouri
One of the largest agricultural trade shows in the Midwest, the 32nd annual Farmfest offers over 750 booths of products and services for the farm and ranch as well as more than 500 head of purebred livestock on display.
October 8, 2011 9th Annual Missouri Chestnut Roast - New Franklin, Missouri
Thousands of festival visitors each year enjoy samples of roasted chestnuts. Hosted by the MU Horticulture & Agroforestry Research Center, the event is an opportunity to introduce landowners to the benefits of implementing agroforestry practices on their land. There are cooking demonstrations, musical entertainment and chestnut products available to buy.
October 8, 2011 3rd Annual Hannibal Uncorked Fine Wine Pub Crawl - Hannibal, Missouri
Hannibal wine pubs, restaurants and art galleries will be participating in an evening of fun that includes 1. Wine tasting in 10 different venues from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm, 2. Second Saturday gallery walk from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm, 3. Food specials in participating restaurants all evening. 4. Music in several pubs from 8:00 till 11:00 pm.
October 8-9, 2011 Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival - Hartsburg, Missouri
Self-claimed "Missouri's Pumpkin Patch", Hartsburg will be filled with outstanding arts and crafts, musical entertainment, Halloween decorations, and tens of thousands of pumpkins. The festival offers pumpkin carving, pumpkin pie eating competitions, hayrides, pumpkin painting, apple butter making, and straw & corn mazes.
October 15, 2011 Springfield Oyster Festival - Springfield, Missouri
Oysters served by local restaurants. There is also a Full Bar & Grill serving Oyster Shooters, beer, and other food and drinks. Live entertainment. There are more than 60 vendors of shopping. Children's activities, including a bounce house, facepainting, cartoon characters, sand castle building, hula hooping and much more. A Breast Cancer Benefit.
October 22-23, 2011 Missouri Waterfowl Festival - Kennett, Missouri
Almost 250,000 acres of rice farms in the Missouri Bootheel have been developed in the last twenty years, and the ducks and geese are stopping here by the thousands. Area farmers re-flood their rice fields after harvest and hold the water until the birds migrate back in the spring. Festival activities include a duck calling contest, 5K run, gun show, student art contest, exhibits, and retriever contest.
October 28-29, 2011 Persimmon Days - Sparta, Missouri
This year's attractions include: Miss Persimmon contest, arts and crafts, 5K run, food, games, vendors, cake walk, costume parade, persimmons and persimmon-based goods.
October 29-30, 2011 Kimmswick Apple Butter Festival - Kimmswick, Missouri
Come enjoy the small town ambience and stroll through our streets lined with 500 to 600 food, drink and craft vendors. Visitors are encouraged to help members of the Historical Society stir the apple butter cooking over a woodburning fire. Apple butter is for sale each day. Also enjoy lots of live entertainment throughout the town. Attendance: 100,000.
November 5, 2011 Wingapalooza - Springfield, Missouri
Sample wings from local restaurants at the Annual Springfield Sertoma Wingapalooza. The Ozark's annual Charity Wing Contest.
November 6, 2011 Wine and Food Celebration - Springfield, Missouri
A Springfield tradition in its 24th year, the event boasts over 100 wines from around the world and the area's top restaurants and caterers serving their finest foods.
November 19-20, 2011 Holiday Fare Wine Trail - Hermann, Missouri
Travel to 6 local wineries tasting seasonal holiday foods paired with wine.
November 20, 2011 22nd Annual WineFeast 2011 - Joplin, Missouri
Sip and sample more than 60 wines from internationally known wineries, as well as many Missouri Wineries. Taste the best foods from the areas finest restaurants and caterers. Sponsored by Ozarks Public Television.
December 2-3, 2011 Missouri Livestock Symposium - Kirksville, Missouri
An educational program for those interested in horses, beef cattle, sheep, meat goats, forages, stock dogs, or other agriculturally related topics or products, featuring nationally known speakers, and a trade show.
December 9-10, 2011 SEMO Farm Toy Show - Sikeston, Missouri
John Deere and farm fans enjoy this special show featuring a variety of toy and miniature farm implements and equipment.
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