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FESTIVAL CATERING IRELAND

Irish festivals
vendor application directory.

Vendor catering pitches at 20 Irish festivals — application windows, pitch fees, attendance and cover requirements, laid out month by month so you can see a whole trading season at once. Most windows open between September and February for the following summer, and several close far earlier than operators expect.

The season, month by month

Dates shown are the 2026 edition. Application windows generally run six to nine months ahead of the event — Savour Kilkenny closes in early May for October, which is the one that catches most people out.

April

1 festival
Waterford Festival of Food
Co. Waterford · Over 80 events across the weekend

May

1 festival
Bord Bia Bloom
Co. Dublin · 100,000+ across the five days

June

4 festivals
Forbidden Fruit
Co. Dublin · ~15,000 daily across 3 days
Vantastival
Co. Louth · Independent campervan-culture festival
Body & Soul
Co. Westmeath · ~12,000 capacity (boutique / wellness-led festival)
Sea Sessions
Co. Donegal · The largest event in the Donegal calendar

July

5 festivals
Kaleidoscope
Co. Wicklow · Mid-size family festival
Longitude
Co. Dublin · ~40,000 per day
Tralee Food Festival
Co. Kerry · Town-centre food festival
Forest Fest
Co. Laois · Independent mid-size festival
All Together Now
Co. Waterford · ~25,000 capacity (mid-size + family-skewed)

August

5 festivals
Tullamore Show
Co. Offaly · Ireland's largest one-day agricultural show
Cork on a Fork Fest
Co. Cork · City-wide food festival across five days
Big Grill Festival
Co. Dublin · Mid-size urban festival across four days
Another Love Story
Co. Meath · Around 1,000 — deliberately small
Electric Picnic
Co. Laois · ~70,000 capacity (largest weekend festival in Ireland)

September

2 festivals
National Ploughing Championships
Co. Various (rotating annually) · ~280,000 across 3 days (Europe's largest outdoor agricultural show)
Galway International Oyster Festival
Co. Galway · The world's oldest oyster festival — a major draw for Galway city

October

2 festivals
Dingle Food Festival
Co. Kerry · Over 50 market stalls plus the Taste Trail — fills the town
Savour Kilkenny
Co. Kilkenny · Over 74,500 visitors reported in 2025

Every festival A–Z

Laois

Electric Picnic

Last weekend of August / first weekend of September (3 days, Friday–Sunday)

Vendor application + pitches →
Westmeath

Body & Soul

Mid-June (3 days, Friday–Sunday) — Father's Day weekend

Vendor application + pitches →
Waterford

All Together Now

Late July / early August (3 days, Friday–Sunday)

Vendor application + pitches →
Dublin

Forbidden Fruit

June bank holiday weekend (3 days)

Vendor application + pitches →
Various (rotating annually)

National Ploughing Championships

Late September (3 days, Tuesday–Thursday)

Vendor application + pitches →
Dublin

Longitude

Early July (2 days, Saturday–Sunday)

Vendor application + pitches →
Dublin

Bord Bia Bloom

June bank holiday weekend (5 days, Thursday–Monday)

Vendor application + pitches →
Dublin

Big Grill Festival

August (4 days, Thursday–Sunday)

Vendor application + pitches →
Kilkenny

Savour Kilkenny

Late October bank holiday weekend (5 days)

Vendor application + pitches →
Kerry

Dingle Food Festival

Early October (3 days, Friday–Sunday)

Vendor application + pitches →
Offaly

Tullamore Show

Second Sunday in August (one day)

Vendor application + pitches →
Donegal

Sea Sessions

Late June (3 days)

Vendor application + pitches →
Wicklow

Kaleidoscope

Early July (3 days)

Vendor application + pitches →
Laois

Forest Fest

Late July (3 days)

Vendor application + pitches →
Meath

Another Love Story

Late August (3 days)

Vendor application + pitches →
Louth

Vantastival

Early summer (3 days)

Vendor application + pitches →
Waterford

Waterford Festival of Food

Late April (3 days)

Vendor application + pitches →
Galway

Galway International Oyster Festival

Late September (4 days)

Vendor application + pitches →
Cork

Cork on a Fork Fest

Mid-August (5 days)

Vendor application + pitches →
Kerry

Tralee Food Festival

Summer (weekend)

Vendor application + pitches →

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