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EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival
Bay Lake, FL · Central Florida
Florida's biggest food festival: dozens of global marketplaces serving small plates and sips around World Showcase.
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EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays
Bay Lake, FL · Central Florida
Holiday Kitchens serve seasonal treats from around the world while carolers and the Candlelight Processional fill EPCOT.
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EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
Bay Lake, FL · Central Florida
Food Studios serve artfully plated small bites alongside live art, Broadway concerts and interactive installations.
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EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival
Bay Lake, FL · Central Florida
Spring Outdoor Kitchens pair fresh, garden-inspired dishes with topiaries, gardens and the Garden Rocks concert series.
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South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Miami Beach, FL · South Florida
Celebrity chefs, beachside tasting villages and late-night parties at one of the country's premier food festivals.
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Florida Strawberry Festival
Plant City, FL · Tampa Bay
Plant City's 11-day salute to the winter strawberry harvest, with shortcake, headline concerts and fair food.
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Florida State Fair
Tampa, FL · Tampa Bay
Tampa's 12-day state fair: outrageous fair food, Florida agriculture, livestock and midway thrills.
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Calle Ocho Music Festival
Miami, FL · South Florida
Little Havana's legendary street party stretches for blocks with Cuban food, Latin music and Carnaval spirit.
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Universal Orlando Mardi Gras: International Flavors of Carnaval
Orlando, FL · Central Florida
Parade nights and food booths featuring Carnaval dishes from New Orleans, Brazil, the Caribbean and beyond.
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SeaWorld Orlando Seven Seas Food Festival
Orlando, FL · Central Florida
Weekend food and beer festival with global booths, sampler lanyards and a weekly concert series.
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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Food & Wine Festival
Tampa, FL · Tampa Bay
Spring weekends of chef-driven tasting booths and headline concerts at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.
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Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival
Fernandina Beach, FL · Northeast Florida
Fernandina Beach's beloved celebration of the birthplace of the modern shrimping industry.
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Florida Seafood Festival
Apalachicola, FL · Panhandle
Florida's oldest maritime festival celebrates Apalachicola Bay seafood with oyster shucking and eating contests.
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Pensacola Seafood Festival
Pensacola, FL · Panhandle
Gulf Coast seafood, live music and art fill historic Seville Square every fall.
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Destin Seafood Festival
Destin, FL · Panhandle
The World's Luckiest Fishing Village celebrates its catch on the Destin Harbor.
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Naples Winter Wine Festival
Naples, FL · Southwest Florida
An exclusive charity wine weekend of vintner dinners and a high-stakes auction benefiting Collier County children.
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Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival
Palm Beach, FL · South Florida
Celebrity chefs, grand tastings and chef dinners across the Palm Beaches every December.
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Key West Lobsterfest
Key West, FL · Florida Keys
Kick off Florida spiny lobster season with Duval Street parties and lobster in every style.
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Fairchild International Mango Festival
Coral Gables, FL · South Florida
Taste rare mango varieties, attend lectures and buy trees at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
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Everglades Seafood Festival
Everglades City, FL · Southwest Florida
Stone crab, gator tail and frog legs at a long-running small-town festival on the edge of the Everglades.
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Naples Stone Crab Festival
Naples, FL · Southwest Florida
Naples welcomes stone crab season with fresh claws, waterfront music and family fun.
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Grant Seafood Festival
Grant-Valkaria, FL · Treasure & Space Coast
A volunteer-run Space Coast tradition serving seafood on the Indian River since the 1960s.
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Sebastian Clambake
Sebastian, FL · Treasure & Space Coast
Steamed clams, clam chowder and live music on the Indian River Lagoon, all run by volunteers for local charities.
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St. Augustine Lions Seafood Festival
St. Augustine, FL · Northeast Florida
Seafood, crafts and live music benefiting Lions Club charities in the nation's oldest city.
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International Cuban Sandwich Festival
Tampa, FL · Tampa Bay
Tampa's celebration of its signature sandwich, with a world-record-sized Cuban and a best-sandwich competition.
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Hernando County Blueberry Festival
Brooksville, FL · Tampa Bay
A free spring festival in Brooksville celebrating Florida's early blueberry harvest with berry treats, music and vendors.
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Delray Beach GarlicFest
Delray Beach, FL · South Florida
Garlic-forward dishes, a chef competition and live music for South Florida's garlic lovers.
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Pensacola Crawfish Festival
Pensacola, FL · Panhandle
Tons of boiled crawfish, Cajun food and live music on Pensacola's waterfront.
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Cedar Key Seafood Festival
Cedar Key, FL · North Central Florida
Farm-raised clams, smoked fish and arts and crafts in a charming Gulf island town.
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Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival
Cortez, FL · Tampa Bay
Fresh catch and maritime heritage in one of Florida's last working fishing villages.
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Swamp Cabbage Festival
LaBelle, FL · Southwest Florida
LaBelle's tribute to the heart of the sabal palm, Florida's state tree, served fried, stewed and raw.
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Chiefland Watermelon Festival
Chiefland, FL · North Central Florida
Small-town summer fun with free watermelon, seed-spitting and a watermelon queen.
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Newberry Watermelon Festival
Newberry, FL · North Central Florida
One of Florida's oldest watermelon festivals, with free melon, contests and live music.
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Panhandle Watermelon Festival
Chipley, FL · Panhandle
Chipley's summer celebration of Washington County's watermelon farms.
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Hastings Cabbage, Potato & Bacon Festival
Hastings, FL · Northeast Florida
A farm-town festival celebrating St. Johns County's potato and cabbage fields.
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Kumquat Festival
Dade City, FL · Tampa Bay
Dade City's downtown celebration of the tiny, tart citrus grown in nearby St. Joseph.
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Clewiston Sugar Festival
Clewiston, FL · Southwest Florida
America's Sweetest Town celebrates its sugarcane heritage near Lake Okeechobee.
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Panacea Blue Crab Festival
Panacea, FL · Panhandle
Blue crab, mullet and Forgotten Coast charm on Wakulla County's waterfront.
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Okeechobee Speckled Perch Festival
Okeechobee, FL · Southwest Florida
Fried specks, a parade and rodeo-town fun on the north shore of Lake Okeechobee.
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Firefighters' Indian River County Fair
Vero Beach, FL · Treasure & Space Coast
Ten days of fair food, rides, rodeo and country concerts, organized by the county's firefighters.
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Sebastian ShrimpFest
Sebastian, FL · Treasure & Space Coast
Shrimp dishes, a chili contest, pie baking, food trucks and a car show at Sebastian's Riverview Park.
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Florida Craft Brew & Wingfest
Vero Beach, FL · Treasure & Space Coast
More than 200 craft beers and a chicken-wing showdown at Royal Palm Pointe on Valentine's weekend.
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Vero Beach Oktoberfest
Vero Beach, FL · Treasure & Space Coast
Three days of German food, a huge beer tent and polka bands at the Indian River County Fairgrounds.
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Treasure Coast Seafood Festival
Vero Beach, FL · Treasure & Space Coast
Shrimp, crab, lobster and fish from local vendors with live music and crafts at the Vero Beach fairgrounds.
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Schacht Groves Fall Festival
Vero Beach, FL · Treasure & Space Coast
A family day at a third-generation Vero Beach citrus grove and farm market, with food vendors and fall fun.
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Burgers & Brews Festival
Vero Beach, FL · Treasure & Space Coast
Local chefs compete for Best Burger in Indian River County, with craft beer and live music, benefiting United Against Poverty.
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Wausau Fun Day & Possum Festival
Wausau, FL · Panhandle
A gloriously quirky Panhandle tradition honoring the humble possum.
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Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival
Fellsmere, FL · Treasure & Space Coast
Thousands of pounds of fried frog legs, gator tail and catfish at a beloved Treasure Coast small-town festival.
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