Our top 5 food festivals 2025.
Our top 5 food festivals 2025. We’ve delivered sampling and experiential activations at most UK food festivals. From food brands to tech brands we’ve created consumer experiences for clients like Tofoo, Pip & Nut, Little Moons and more. Here’s a selection of our favourite food festivals and why.
Barcode Festival is an absolute blast. Getting the food and drink industry’s finest brands and agencies together all in one place for a huge party. Taking place in London in July this is a unique festival where brands can show off their latest products to potential buyers. Under the guise of a professional event, this quickly descends into an all day party featuring the likes of Pete Tong, Rylan (!) and other superstars. A great gig if you want brand exposure and a good time (and a day off work).
Held at Regent’s Park in June, this is the biggest UK food festival of the year. We exhibit, trade and sample for food and drink brands every year. Definitely not a budget friendly event – it’s very expensive for a pitch – but it gets over 55,000 hungry visitors across the 5 days. This year is their 20th anniversary and whilst it does cost a few quid to exhibit, from a brand exposure and taste perspective it’s second to none. A huge event and always sunny.
Foodies Festival used to be a little one-off food event on Blackheath Common. Now it’s a nationwide food festival held every year in Guildford, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oxford just to name a few locations. It spans May, June, July, August and September and the larger dates gather more than 30,000 foodies together. We think this is a great value for money event. Loads of exposure, good fun and well organised. We always suggest a few of these events to clients and brands look for a cost effective food festival.
Held at the NEC Birmingham the Good Food Show Summer is the ultimate foodie day out. Always packed and boasting top chefs and experts cooking live, fabulous shopping AND entry to BBC Gardeners’ World Live. An awesome place to sell or to sample brands, the footfall is always consistently high. Whilst some stands can be expensive, we find there’s always room for negotiation especially for repeat year on year brands. The summer one is in June, then one in August at Goodwood Racecourse, then the Good Food Show Winter back at the NEC Birmingham.
Big Feastival is like Glastonbury with (good) food. It’s hosted on Alex James’ (Blur fame) idyllic Cotswolds farm. Big Feastival fuses music from the UK’s biggest artists, Michelin-starred chefs, award-winning street food and a multitude of family activities. It’s held over one weekend in late August and is definitely one of our favourites. A really relaxed atmosphere, very family orientated and loads of camping opportunities. Another great food festival for brand exposure and taste.
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