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2020 NEW YORK - OCTOBER 2020
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
(see also: 2019  -  2018  -  2017  -  2016  -  2015)

October 10-11, 2020
Famous Food Festival
Deer Park, New York
Join us at the Deer Park Tanger Outlets in Long Island, NY for a family friendly food experience you will never forget! Featuring over 60 food vendors, 175,000 SF of outdoor space, Live Music, Beer and Wine Garden, Virtual Gaming Area, Butterfly Exhibit and much more. This all ages fun for the whole family event is only $5 to attend each day and Kids under 10 get in for free!

October 12-16, 2020 - National School Lunch Week - Nationwide
School Nutrition Association.

October 29, 2020 - WhiskyFest New York - New York, New York
WhiskyFest is the longest running whisky festival in the country and is held in Chicago, San Francisco and New York.  WhiskyFest offers you the opportunity to taste from a selection of more than 350 whiskies from around the world; many of them rare and exclusive. Meet the whisky makers at their booths to learn first-hand how the whiskies are made. Take some time to enjoy the never-ending gourmet buffet.
 

2019 NEW YORK - OCTOBER 2019
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
waiting for new dates

October 3, 2019 - Slice Out Hunger $1 Pizza Party - New York, New York
St. Anthony's Church, 155 Sullivan St. NYC.  Buy $1 tickets with exact change as you enter the event (cash only - bring exact change).   Exchange RED tickets for slices of pizza (limit 10), BLUE tickets for drinks, desserts, and raffle (no limit).  Limit 1 slice per person per pizzeria.  100% of funds raised at event will be split 50/50 between these lovely organizations: The Sylvia Center and City Harvest.

October 4-5, 2019 - Saratoga Wine and Food Festival
Saratoga Springs, New York
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is pleased to present the Annual Saratoga Wine & Food Festival and Concours D’Elegance.  One of the Northeast's fastest growing Wine & Food Festivals.  Over the course of the weekend, patrons will indulge in a variety of premier wines, spirits and exhibitors from across the country, while enjoying mouthwatering cuisine from some of the finest restaurants in the Capital Region and New York City. It’s time to get up close and personal with expert chefs, wine connoisseurs, and luxury automobile experts for a great cause! The goal of the Festival is to help raise funds for the Saratoga Performing Art’s Center Children’s Education Program.  (also: https://spac.org/promo/saratoga-wine-and-food/ )

October 5-6, 2019  39th Annual Hilton Apple Fest - Hilton, New York
Celebrating the area's apple harvest with crafters, an auto show, entertainment and more!

October 5-6, 2019  The Great Cortland Pumpkinfest
Cortland, New York
Something for Everyone--Crafters, Children's Games, Entertainment, Food, 5K Race or Walk, Antique Tractors, Hay Rides, Tons of Pumpkins, Exhibits and Displays.

October 6, 2019 - Lower East Side Pickle Day - New York, New York
The sweet and sour anticipation is finally over and at long last, Lower East Side Pickle Day will be returning to the ‘hood to cover Orchard Street in brine-soaked goodness. Featuring the artist formerly known as cucumber, there will be a full city block full of world-renowned picklers, a home pickling contest (with celebrity judges), live music, two additional city blocks full of the best in LES food and fashion vendors, games and a Halloween Costume Contest for kids and adults. Brine me up!

October 6, 2019 - Warwick Applefest - Warwick, New York
Experience the extraordinary variety of Warwick's apples, culture, and entertainment--over 200 craft vendors, six stages of music & entertainment, farmers' market, apple pie baking contest. Proceeds benefit local non-profit organizations.  Attendance: 35,000.

October 10-13, 2019 - New York City Wine & Food Festival
New York, New York
The Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival pays homage to one of the greatest dining cities in the world. It is the only festival in New York to bring together both legendary culinary icons from around the globe and America's most beloved television chefs.  The New York City Festival benefits the hunger-relief programs of Food Bank For New York City and No Kid Hungry. One hundred percent of the net proceeds from the Festival go directly to these community-based organizations.

October 12-13, 2019  47th Annual LaFayette Apple Festival
LaFayette, New York
Bringing community, non-profit organizations, friends, artists and crafters together to promote apples and small town America.

October 13, 2019  12th Annual Troy Chowderfest - Troy, New York
It's Soup for the People!  The Troy Chowderfest welcomes chowder-lovers throughout Capital Region to come out and judge who has the best chowder in the area. On the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend, over 30 restaurants fill Riverfront Park, with decorated booths and all sorts of creative chowders. It's a full day of fall food, live music, and family fun!  Prizes are awarded for best seafood, vegetarian, most original and overall favorite – judged by a secret panel of local restaurant critics. Festival-goers are able to vote on the coveted 'People's Choice' award.  Attendance: 15,000.

October 17-19, 2019  New York Wine Experience - New York, New York
Only at the New York Wine Experience can you sit down and taste the world's best wines guided by the estates' owners and winemakers. All seminars are moderated by Wine Spectator senior editors.You'll enjoy outstanding vintages, rare wines from the producers' cellars and top-scoring wines from around the world. $2,495 per person.

October 18, 2019
Plate by Plate Annual Tasting Benefit
New York, New York
Plate by Plate is the premier annual food and wine charity and fundraising event benefitting Project by Project. Each year, the event showcases New York City's premier restaurants and is attended by over 550 food and wine loving guests who look forward to sampling what the city's best has to offer.

October 19, 2019
10th Annual Taste of the Seaport
New York, New York
An annual fall festival that celebrates the amazing food and beverage scene nestled in Lower Manhattan comprising the Financial District and the Historic South Street Seaport. With musical entertainment, children’s activities and sublime treats from more than 40 food and beverage purveyors, proceeds from the event benefit arts and enrichment programs at two local elementary schools, PS 343 Peck Slip School and PS 397 Spruce Street School.

October 19, 2019
Pumpkinfest
Bay Shore, New York
TJ Finley's Public House.

October 19-20, 2019
NYS Sheep & Wool Festival
Rhinebeck, New York
Always the third full weekend in October, the festival includes livestock shows & sales, photo contest, workshops, cooking demonstrations, children's activities, sheep dog trials, Make It With Wool Contest and more.

October 20, 2019 - Beacon Sloop Club Pumpkin Festival
Beacon, New York
The Beacon Sloop Club holds or participates in several festivals and events each year to raise funds for the clubs activities and bring awareness to many environmental and social issues.

October 21, 2019 - New York Taste - New York, New York
Experience extraordinary, innovative cuisine from more than 40 of New York City’s most celebrated restaurants at New York Taste.  New York culinary editor Gillian Duffy orchestrates Gotham’s greatest feast for one night only - benefiting City Harvest.

October 24-27, 2019 - NYC Food Film Festival - New York, New York
The NYC Food Film Festival is a competitive film festival that presents awards in six categories. Through documentaries, features and short films, the Festival showcases the best, and the most memorable, of the world's favorite foods. Along with a heaping helping of mouth-watering films, guests are served food they are watching on the screen for a multi-sensory, full-bodied experience. The NYC Food Film Festival is proud to announce its partnership with the Food Bank For New York City

October 27, 2019  The Chocolate Expo - Monroe, New York
Celebrate your passion… and celebrate life! Chocolate is one of life’s true pleasures. No matter what your age, background or interests, almost everyone loves chocolate.  The Chocolate Expo has by far become the northeast’s largest chocolate-themed event. The Chocolate Expo offers tastings & sales of chocolates, baked goods, specialty foods, gelato, cheeses and much more from local and regional vendors. Depending on location, tastings and sales of wines, beers and other “adult beverages” may also be offered.  Each Chocolate Expo event combines chocolate and food with a dash of fun such as unique exhibits, performances, demonstrations and/or celebrity appearances.

October 27-29, 2019  14th Annual StarChefs International Chefs Congress - Brooklyn, New York
Fortify yourself and your team with three days of main stage cooking demonstrations, hands-on workshops, beverage tastings, and business seminars—explored through the lens of Cooking with Respect: Better People, Better Food.
 

2018 NEW YORK - OCTOBER 2018
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
waiting for new dates

October 1, 2018 - Long Island Potato Festival - Calverton, New York
THIS EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

October 4, 2018 - Spain's Great Match - New York, New York
Wines from Spain is pleased to host the 25th Annual Spain’s Great Match, an annual event organized by the Trade Commission of Spain in which American importers and distributors of wines present the latest vintages of the Spanish wines in their portfolio to wine industry professionals and consumers. For wine novices and connoisseurs alike, discover Spain’s wine, food, and design at Spain’s Great Match.  NY Trade & Press Noon; Public 6:30pm.

October 9, 2018 - Autumn Harvest Dinner - New York, New York
Annual Autumn Harvest Dinner to benefit Share Our Strength.
 

2017 NEW YORK - OCTOBER 2017
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
waiting for new dates

October 7-9, 2017 - 6th Annual Oktoberfest
Eisenhower Park, Nassau County, New York

October 21, 2017 - Chestnut Festival at Goose Watch Winery
Romulus, New York
Each fall we harvest the chestnuts grown right at Goose Watch Winery and host one of the biggest celebrations of the year! Come enjoy Live Music while you sample a variety of foods made from our own chestnuts. We will also have mulled wine and wine slushies for you to purchase and enjoy while playing lawn games and overlooking the beautiful fall foliage of Cayuga Lake!

October 21, 2017 - Rochester Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival
Rochester, New York
Food Truck Festivals of America.  Featuring 25+ local (and delicious) food trucks. Also enjoy some of the best regional and national craft beers.
 

2016 NEW YORK - OCTOBER 2016
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
waiting for new dates

October 1-2, 2016  Central NY Great Pumpkin Festival
Oswego, New York
Giant Pumpkins, Entertainment, Kids Rides, Craft Vendors, Food, Wine Tasting.

October 8, 2016  Apple Harvest Festival - Cairo, New York
Craft vendors, rides, book sale, great food and fresh produce, entertainment, puppets, petting zoo and vendor demonstrations--all in Cairo, "Crossroads of the Catskills".

October 20, 2016  Big Apple Crunch - Various Locations, New York
FarmOn! Foundation, in partnership with hundreds of local farms and New Yorkers will host the 4th annual BIG APPLE CRUNCH! Millions of participants around the state will bite into a locally grown apple creating a “crunch” to celebrate New York food and farming!
 

2015 NEW YORK - OCTOBER 2015
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
waiting for new dates

October 4, 2015  Pumpkin Patch for No Kid Hungry - Armonk, New York
Bring the entire family to this walk around tasting event celebrating the fall harvest and Armonk's local culinary scene. Everyone can participate in hands-on activities, like pumpkin carving and cookie decorating while enjoying the season's bounty from local chefs and artisans.

October 5, 2015  Autumn in Armonk at Restaurant North
Armonk, New York
The evening will include a cocktail reception, multi-course dinner, prepared by special guest chefs, with wine pairings and a live auction all in support of ending childhood hunger now.

October 9-11, 2015
Seeds of Change Conference: Cultivating the Commons
Rhinebeck, New York
Over the past decade, presenters and participants at the Omega Center for Sustainable Living's conferences have added an important voice to the national conversation on our environmental, economic and social challenges.  By bringing together thought leaders and activists working on diverse and interconnected issues central to a more regenerative future, a compelling and hopeful vision is emerging toward a socially just, inclusive, and ecologically sustainable society.  Whether you are already working closely with these issues, or are interested in learning more, we invite you to be part of a growing community coming together to protect and care for the commons, including the pivotal right to save and share seeds, the necessity of stewarding our water resources, as well as transparency in labeling and access to healthy food.

October 10, 2015  Chili, Cheese & Cider Fest - Hudson, New York
Join us for a gastronomical celebration of the fall harvest season featuring the best the Hudson Valley has to offer: our highly competitive chili chefs, our award-winning artisanal cheesemakers, and our renowned cider makers. It will be a fun-filled, palate testing day, all set against the magnificent Hudson River and the scenic town of Hudson which will be bustling with local artists featured in the Columbia County Council on the Arts' annual ArtsWalk.

October 10, 2015  Adirondack Coast Wine, Cider & Beer Festival
Plattsburgh, New York
The Adirondack Coast Wine, Cider, and Food Festival is a fall harvest festival showcasing local wines & foods.

October 17, 2015  Eating Through Time: Food, Health and History
New York, New York
New York Academy of Medicine, 11am - 6pm.  Join us to celebrate the intersection between food, history, and public health at the Eating Through Time Festival. Using food as our common theme, we will bring together chefs, historians, writers, and public health experts to discuss the past, present, and future of food in society, culture, and policy.  This daylong event will include lectures, panels, demonstrations, workshops, book signings, performances, tastings, food trucks, a pop-up bookstore and marketplace, and historic cookbooks on display in the Academy Library.  Featuring: Chef Jacques Pépin on food memories, a theme of his upcoming final PBS show Jacques Pépin Heart and Soul and its companion cookbook.  - Cookbook author Bryant Terry in conversation on food, politics, and the power of culture.  - A Place at the Table documentary screening and Q&A with the producers.  - “Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives” with the Culinary Institute of America and Harvard School of Public Health.  - Talks by historians Ken Albala and Betty Fussell.  - Panels on food and its relationship to aging, the law, technology, the future, and community health.  - Workshops on topics from insect eating to aphrodisiacs.  - And more!  Cost: General Admission $65; VIP Ticket $80; Friends, NYAM Fellows & Members $50; Friends, NYAM Fellows and Members VIP $65; Students and Housestaff (ID Required) $30.

October 18, 2015  Meatopia - New York, New York
Meatopia, the world's most famous meat festival, is partnering with NYCWFF to once again present Meatopia hosted by Michael Symon. Don’t miss this annual festival, created and envisioned by the late carnivorous visionary and longtime friend of our Festival, Josh Ozersky.   Called “a meat-lover’s paradise” by New York Magazine, and a “bacchanal of pork, beef, lamb, chicken, duck, turkey and quail” by The New York Times, Meatopia has a simple concept: The greatest meat chefs in the world cook every part of every animal over open fires. The "Whole Animal Court" will include whole hogs, lambs, and goats. Join celebrity chef and epic carnivore Michael Symon an unforgettable festival of live music, fine wines, cold beer, cocktails and the greatest concentration of sizzling, crusty, delicious meat ever seen.

October 24-25, 2015  Farm2Fork Festival - Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Rodale's Organic Life presents 3 unique food-focused experiences celebrating the harvest season and its best ingredients.  BITES OF BROOKLYN: Oct. 24, 11am-3pm.  Join us for a harvest festival in celebration of the season and its best ingredients, featuring tastes of Brooklyn’s best farm-to-table restaurants.  SLOW DOWN DINNER: Oct. 24, 7pm-10pm.  Organic Life partners with Slow Food NYC to present an exclusive dinner celebrating the founding father of Brooklyn farm-to-table dining, restaurateur Andrew Tarlow, with a menu inspired by his award-winning restaurants.  FARM FEAST BRUNCH: Watch the premiere of the groundbreaking documentary, “Food for Thought, Food for Life,” followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Susan Rockefeller and special guest Dan Barber, led by Organic Life Editor-in-Chief James Oseland. Then sit down to a farm fresh brunch, inspired by Dan’s new book, “The Third Plate.”  See website to purchase tickets.