Sheffield Food Festival
Sheffield Food Festival is a large market-style event that celebrates the city’s vibrant food and drink scene, showcasing great local produce and mouth-watering street food.
The 2026 edition of the event will take place on the Bank Holiday Weekend, 23 - 25 May.
Currently the city’s largest free to attend event, the festival takes place in the city centre across the Peace Gardens, Winter Garden, Millennium Square, Town Hall Square and Fargate, attracting thousands of visitors across the weekend.
The festival is split into several distinctive areas. The Artisan Market showcases a whole host of local food producers from across Sheffield and the wider region, offering fresh produce, spices, preserves, oils, cakes, craft beers, spirits and much more.
An extensive Street Food Market is also jam-packed with delicious treats from local companies, with over 90% of the traders based in the city, demonstrating how strong and diverse the Sheffield food scene is. The main festival stage also hosts live entertainment, with a variety of bands and DJs playing over the weekend.
2026
Sheffield Food Festival 2026
Sheffield Food Festival returns to celebrate the city's finest food, drinks and music, during the late May Bank Holiday Weekend, Saturday 23 May - Monday 25 May.
2026 Trader Applications Now Open
Festival producers, Swans Events, are busy working with the local community to deliver the best street food, artisanal produce, drinks, live entertainment, music and more.
Applications to trade at the popular Sheffield Food Festival 2026 have now opened. If you're interested in getting involved, please contact info@sheffieldfoodfestival.co.uk
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