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The following is an incomplete list of festivals in Florida.

Festivals in Florida

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Food festivals

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ID Festival Location County Category
1 Giant Shiitake Mushroom Festival[8] Interlachen Putnam 2nd weekend in January, mushroom growing and mushroom eating, contest[9]
1 Miami Fine Wine & Spirits Festival[10] Coconut Grove Miami-Dade Wine, food, chocolate, and spirits
1 Northeast Florida Veg Fest[11] Jacksonville Duval Vegetables
1 Fairchild's Annual International Chocolate Festival[12] Coral Gables Miami-Dade Chocolate
1 Grovetoberfest[13] Coconut Grove Miami-Dade Beer
1 Brew on the Bay[14] Key Largo Monroe Beer
1 Coconut Grove Seafood Festival[15] Coconut Grove Miami-Dade Seafood
1 Sunshine State Steak Cook-Off[16] Ave Maria Collier Steak
1 The Festival of Chocolate - Tampa, FL[17] Tampa Hillsborough Chocolate
1 99.9 Kiss Country Regional Chili Cookoff[18] Pembroke Pines Broward Chili
1 Goodland Mullet Festival[19] Marco Island Collier Seafood, mullet
1 Naples Winter Wine Festival[20] Naples Collier Wine
1 Buckhead Ridge Catfish Festival Buckhead Ridge Glades Seafood, catfish
1 Central Florida BBQ Festival[21] Sebring Highlands
1 Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival[22] Fellsmere Indian River Wild game
1 Taste of Pine Island[23] Pine Island Lee Various
1 Florida Keys Seafood Festival[24] Key West Monroe Seafood
1 Great Southern Gumbo Cook-off[25] Sandestin Okaloosa Gumbo
1 Sunshine Regional Chili Cook-Off [26] Kissimmee Osceola Chili
1 Kumquat Festival[27] Dade City Pasco Kumquat
1 Fine Wine & Food Festival Oldsmar Pinellas
1 Jim's Chili Cookoff St. Petersburg Pinellas Chili
1 Lakeland Pig Festival[28] Lakeland Polk
2 Panama City Mardi Gras Festival Panama City Bay Various
2 Grant Seafood Festival Grant Brevard Seafood
2 Titusville Sunrise Rotary Club Chili Cookoff Titusville Brevard
2 Taste of the Beach Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Broward
2 Everglades Seafood Festival Everglades Collier Seafood
2 'Do It At The Line' Super Chili Bowl Cookoff Pensacola Escambia Chili
2 Sour Orange Festival Lakeport Glades Orange
2 Grillin & Chillin on Main Wauchula Wauchula Hardee BBQ
2 Swamp Cabbage Festival La Belle Hendry Swamp cabbage
2 Plant City Arts Council Chili Cookoff Plant City Hillsborough Chili
2 Taste of Chocolate Festival Plant City Hillsborough Chocolate
2 Einstein on Wine Tampa Hillsborough Wine
2 Flan Fest Tampa Hillsborough Flan
2 Lakeridge Winefest Clermont Lake Wine
2 Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival Cortez Manatee
2 Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival Miami Miami-Dade
2 Chili in the Village Regional Cookoff Pinecrest Miami-Dade Chili
2 Florida Keys Regional Cookoff Key Largo Monroe Various
2 Firefight at Spanish Springs The Villages Lake, Sumter
2 Delray Beach Garlic Fest Delray Beach Palm Beach Garlic
2 "Smoke on the Water" BBQ Winter Haven Polk BBQ
2 San Sebastian Winefest St Augustine St Johns Wine
2 Florida Fiddler Crab Festival[29] Steinhatchee Taylor Seafood, gumbo, BBQ
3 Aliquity Chili Fest[30] Brandon Hillsborough Various, beer
3 Desoto Seafood Festival Bradenton Manatee Seafood
3 The Big Squeeze Palm Bay Brevard Orange
3 A Sip of Wine... A Taste of Heaven Pembroke Pines Broward Wine
3 Placida Rotary Seafood Festival Placida Charlotte Seafood
3 Floral City Strawberry Festival Floral City Citrus Strawberries
3 Naples Country Jam Chili Cookoff Naples Collier Chili
3 Hog Wild and Pig Crazy Barbecue Cook-off Lake City Columbia BBQ, pork
3 Backyard BBQ Blast Jacksonville Duval BBQ
3 Great Atlantic Seafood Festival Jacksonville Beach Duval Seafood
3 Beulah Sausage Festival Pensacola Escambia Sausage
3 Gulf Coast Regional Chili Cookoff Eastpoint Franklin Chili
3 Florida Strawberry Festival Plant City Hillsborough Strawberry
3 Denning's Lounge Chili Cookoff Tampa Hillsborough Chili
3 Florida Brewers Guild BeerFest Tampa Hillsborough Beer
3 Steve Otto Chili Cook-off Tampa Hillsborough Chili
3 Astor Chamber Of Commerce Chili Cook-off Astor Lake Chili
3 Pig on the Pond Clermont Lake Pork
3 Estero High Key Club Chili Cookoff Estero Lee Chili
3 Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival Fort Myers Beach Lee Seafood, shrimp
3 Cactus Jack's Chili Cookoff Salt Springs Marion Chili
3 Coral Gables Wine & Food Festival Coral Gables Miami-Dade Wine
3 Miami Wine and Food Festival Miami Miami-Dade Wine
3 Marathon Seafood Festival Marathon Monroe Seafood
3 Speckled Perch Festival Okeechobee Okeechobee Seafood, fish
3 Top of the Lake BBQ Affair Okeechobee Okeechobee BBQ
3 Boca Bacchanal Winefest Boca Raton Palm Beach Wine
3 Cajun Cafe on the Bayou Crawfish Festival Pinellas Park Pinellas
3 Chili Blaze Pinellas Park Pinellas Chili
3 Safety Harbor Seafood Festival (formerly Harbor Sounds Seafood & Music Festival) Safety Harbor Pinellas Seafood
3 Cajun Zydeco Crawfish Festival St Petersburg Pinellas
3 Bluegrass & BBQ Festival Auburndale Polk BBQ
3 Englewood Beach / Burr Smidt Memorial Chili Cookoff Englewood Sarasota Chili
3 Florida Sunshine Pod Cookoff Englewood Sarasota
3 St. Augustine Lions Seafood Festival St Augustine St Johns Seafood
4 National Oyster Festival[31] Orange Beach Escambia Seafood
4 Festival of Chocolate at UCF Arena[17] Orlando Orange Chocolate
4 Bradford County Strawberry Festival Starke Bradford Strawberry
4 New Times Beerfest Fort Lauderdale Broward Beer
4 Pompano Beach Seafood Festival Pompano Beach Broward Seafood
4 'Make it Mild or Make it Wild' Chili Cook-off Jacksonville Duval Chili
4 A Taste of the Coast An Artful Affair Port Saint Joe Gulf Various
4 Sugar Festival Clewiston Hendry Sugar
4 Spring Jubilee Chili Cook-off Riverview Hillsborough Chili
4 Bern's Winefest Tampa Hillsborough Wine
4 Spring Fish Fry Leesburg Lake Seafood, fish
4 Celebrate Bonita District Chili Cookoff Bonita Springs Lee Chili
4 Taste of the Islands Sanibel Lee Various
4 Florida Wine Festival Tallahassee Leon Wine
4 Taste of Key West Key West Monroe Various
4 Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival Niceville Okaloosa BBQ
4 Sandestin Wine Festival Sandestin Okaloosa Wine
4 Rajuncajun Crawfish Festival Orlando Orange Seafood, crawfish
4 Great American Pie Festival Orlando Osceola Pie
4 Cajun Blues Crawfish Festival Palm Beach Palm Beach Seafood, crawfish
4 Sweet Corn Fiesta West Palm Beach Palm Beach Corn
4 St. Johns River Catfish Festival[32] Crescent City Putnam Seafood, catfish
4 Florida Winefest & Auction Sarasota Sarasota Wine
4 A Taste of St. Augustine St Augustine St Johns Various
4 An Evening with EPIC Chefs St Augustine St Johns Various
4 Rhythm and Ribs Festival St Augustine St Johns BBQ ribs
4 Shrimp Fest Ponce Inlet Volusia Seafood, shrimp
4 Taste of New Tampa Tampa Hillsborough Various
5 Ragin Cajun Crawfish Festival,[33] Memorial Day weekend Orange Beach Escambia Crawfish
5 Ragin Cajun Crawfish Festival,[33] Memorial Day weekend Pompano Beach Broward Crawfish
5 BBQ & Blues Festival[34] Pensacola Escambia BBQ
5 Windsor Zucchini Festival Gainesville Alachua Zucchini
5 Newberry Watermelon Festival Newberry Alachua Watermelon
5 Las Olas Wine and Food Festival Fort Lauderdale Broward Wine
5 Taste of Collier Naples Collier Various
5 Taste of Fort Myters Beach Family Festival[35] Fort Myers Beach Lee Seafood
5 Arcadia Watermelon Festival Arcadia DeSoto Watermelon
5 World of Nations Celebration Jacksonville Duval Various
5 25th Annual Pensacola Crawfish Fiestival Downtown Pensacola Escambia Seafood, crawfish
5 Tupelo Honey Festival Wewahitchka Gulf Honey
5 Ruskin Tomato Festival Ruskin Hillsborough Tomato
5 BBQfest Tampa Hillsborough BBQ
5 Indian River County Firefighters' Chili Cookoff Vero Beach Indian River Chili
5 Taste of Mount Dora Mount Dora Lake Various
5 Biltmore International Food & Wine Weekend Coral Gables Miami-Dade Various
5 Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival Fernandina Beach Nassau Seafood, shrimp
5 Zellwood Sweet Corn Festival Zellwood Orange Corn
5 Smoke ‘n Blues BBQ St Cloud Osceola BBQ
5 Cotee River Seafood Festival and Boat Show New Port Richey Pasco Seafood
5 Palatka Blue Crab Festival Palatka Putnam Seafood, blue crab
5 Daytona Beach Bayou Boil Daytona Beach Volusia Cajun
5 DeLand Wild Game Feast DeLand Volusia Wild game
5 Panacea Blue Crab Festival[36] Panacea Wakulla Seafood, crab
6 Bikini Parade - BEER & BBQ Festival,[33] July 4 weekend Pensacola Escambia BBQ, beer
6 A World of Dreams Epicurean Feast Jacksonville Duval Various
6 Food Fight Jacksonville Duval Various
6 Jefferson County Watermelon Festival Monticello Jefferson Fruit, watermelon
6 Chiefland Watermelon Festival Chiefland Levy Fruit, watermelon
6 Florida Keys Tropical Fruit Fiesta Marathon Monroe Fruit
6 Northeast Florida Blueberry Festival Callahan Nassau Fruit, blueberry
6 Taste of Boynton Boynton Beach Palm Beach Various
6 Taste of Pinellas[37] St Petersburg Pinellas Various
6 Bostwick Blueberry Festival Bostwick Putnam Fruit, blueberry
6 Wellborn Blueberry Festival Wellborn Suwannee Fruit, blueberry
6 Shores Wine and Food Festival Daytona Beach Volusia
6 Panhandle Watermelon Festival Chipley Washington Fruit, watermelon
7 Folio Weekly Beer & Music Festival Jacksonville Duval Beer
7 Mangomania Tropical Fruit Fair Pine Island Lee Fruit
7 Clamerica Celebration Cedar Key Levy Seafood, clam
7 International Mango Festival Coral Gables Miami-Dade Fruit, mango
7 Key West Food and Wine Festival Key West Monroe Various
7 Gavel & Grapes Festival Tarpon Springs Pinellas Fruit, grape
8 Gulf County Scallop Festival[38] Port Saint Joe Gulf Seafood, scallop
8 WaZoo Tampa Hillsborough Various
8 San Sebastian Harvest Festival & Grape Stomp St Augustine St Johns Fruit, grape
9 Fall Seafood and Pirate Fest Panama City Bay Seafood
9 Q-Fest BBQ & Music Festival Grant Brevard BBQ
9 Taste of Weston Fort Lauderdale Broward Various
9 Hollywood Beach Clambake Hollywood Broward Seafood, clam
9 Florida Barbecue Association Funcook Crystal River Citrus BBQ
9 Emerald Coast Brew Fest & Beach Party Pensacola Escambia Beer
9 Pensacola Seafood Festival[39] Downtown Pensacola Escambia Seafood
9 Seafood & Mini Wine Fest Sandestin Okaloosa Seafood
9 Florida Cracker Oyster Festival Orlando Orange Seafood, oyster
9 Taste of Clearwater Clearwater Pinellas Various
9 'I Like It Hot!' Festival & Barbecue Largo Pinellas BBQ
9 Sun-N-Fun RV Resort Chili Cookoff Sarasota Sarasota Chili
9 Tallahassee Food Festival Tallahassee Leon Various
10 Oyster & Beer Festival[40] Pensacola Escambia Seafood
10 Sarasota Pumpkin Festival [41] Sarasota Sarasota Various
10 New Smyrna Beach Uncorked New Smyrna Beach Volusia Various
10 Indian Summer Seafood Festival Panama City Beach Bay Seafood
10 Hospice Chili Cookoff Wilton Manors Broward Chili
10 Southeast Chili Cookoff Homosassa Citrus Chili
10 Waterfront Chili Cookoff Homosassa Citrus Chili
10 Caring Chefs[42] Jacksonville Duval Various
10 Hernando County BBQ & Rodeo Festival Brooksville Hernando BBQ
10 Hernando Beach Seafood Festival Hernando Beach Hernando Seafood
10 Taste at Bay Street Tampa Hillsborough Various
10 Minneola Fall Fest BBQ Contest Minneola Lake BBQ
10 Cedar Key Seafood Festival Cedar Key, 3rd weekend in October Levy Seafood
10 Central Florida Harvest and Peanut Festival[43] Williston Levy Peanut
10 Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival Bradenton Manatee Pumpkin
10 Mighty Mullet Maritime Festival[44] Panacea Wakulla Mullet, Seafood
10 St. Marks Stone Crab Festival[45] St. Marks Wakulla Stone Crab, Seafood
10 Stone Crab, Seafood, and Wine Festival Longboat Key Manatee Seafood, stone crab
10 Belleview Chili Cook-off Belleview Marion Chili
10 Marion County Chili Cook-Off Ocala Marion Chili
10 Chocolate Festival Coral Gables Miami-Dade Chocolate
10 Stone Crab Fest Summerland Key Monroe Seafood, stone crab
10 Destin Seafood Festival Destin Okaloosa Seafood
10 Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival Niceville Okaloosa Seafood, mullet
10 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Orlando Orange Various
10 Frenchy's Stone Crab Festival Clearwater Beach Pinellas Seafood, stone crab
10 John's Pass Seafood Festival Madeira Beach Pinellas Seafood
10 Taste of Plant City Plant City Pinellas Various
10 Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art Stone Crab Fest Tarpon Springs Pinellas Seafood, stone crab
10 Mulberry Fine Swine At The Pit Mulberry Polk BBQ Pork
10 Gabbert Farm Peanut Festival Jay Santa Rosa Peanut
10 Great Bowls of Fire Chili Cookoff DeLand Volusia Chili
11 The Festival of Chocolate - Palm Beach County Convention Center[17] West Palm Beach Palm Beach Chocolate
11 First Coast Ham Jam[46] Green Cove Springs Clay Pork
11 Nosh Fest - S. Florida's Jewish Food Festival[47] Cooper City Broward Jewish foods
11 Florida Seafood Festival Apalachicola Franklin Seafood
11 Plant City Pig Jam[48] Plant City Hillsborough Pork
11 Ruskin Seafood Festival Ruskin Hillsborough Seafood
11 Zoofari Tampa Hillsborough Various
11 Sebastian Clambake Lagoon Festival[49] Sebastian Indian River Seafood, clam
11 Leesburg Chili Cook-Off Leesburg Lake Chili
11 Fort Myers Taste of the Town Fort Myers Lee Various
11 Greek Food Festival Tallahassee Leon
11 Tallahassee Wine and Food Festival Tallahassee Leon
11 Taste of Manatee Bradenton Manatee
11 Jerk Fest Jerk Festival Sunrise Broward Meat, Caribbean jerk seasoning
11 Jensen Beach Pineapple Festival Jensen Beach Martin Fruit, pineapple
11 Orlando Beer Festival Orlando Orange Beer
11 Palm Beach County Firefighters/Paramedics M.D.A. Chili Cookoff Lake Worth Palm Beach Chili
11 Hudson Seafest Hudson Pasco Seafood
11 Land o' Lakes Flapjack Festival Land o' Lakes Pasco Pancake
11 Chiliblast Clearwater Pinellas Chili
11 Dunedin Wines the Blues Dunedin Pinellas Wine
11 Taste of Gulfport Gulfport Pinellas
11 Safety Harbor Wine Festival Safety Harbor Pinellas Wine
11 Ribfest St Petersburg Pinellas BBQ ribs
12 Beefcember Fest Starke Bradford Beef
12 Death By Chocolate Largo Pinellas Chocolate
12 Cheesecake Challenge St Augustine St Johns Cheesecake
13 Treasure Coast Seafood Festival Port St. Lucie St. Lucie Seafood
14 Annual Chili Cook-Off to Benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of St. Lucie County Fort Pierce at the Havert L. Fenn Center St. Lucie Chili
16 Crawfish Festival Downtown Orlando Orange County Seafood
16 Taste of Little Italy [50] Port St. Lucie & Jupiter St. Lucie & Palm Beach Italian
16 Great American Burgerfest[51] St. Augustine St. Johns Hamburgers

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References

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