July Festivals - First Weekend

Filed in archive Morsels of Info on July 3, 2008

This weekend is jam-packed with festivities!

The folks in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, invite you to the 27th Annual Abbotsford Berrybeat Festival this Friday and Saturday.

Sample and indulge in sumptuous foods of the street vendors and sidewalk cafés, from strawberry tea gardens to country farm patios and oyster bars. Shop for fabulous arts, quality local products at sidewalk sales...and at the Abbotsford Farm & Country Market.

Tastes of the Sunshine Coast in Yandina, Queensland, Australia offers two delicious days of wine tasting, cooking classes, demonstrations by celebrity chefs and food from the area's best restaurants.


Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Olga Lyubkina


Traverse City, Michigan is hosting their week long National Cherry Festival. A few of the numerous festival events include a cherry pit spit contest, bed races, an air show, cherry pie eating contests and live music.

The Mandeville Seafood Festival in Mandeville, Louisiana, offers a fun-filled weekend of live music, 20 food booths serving fresh Louisiana seafood and New Orleans cuisine and a spectacular firework display.

The First Annual International Gourmet Festival, Gastronomy By The Seine, kicks off tomorrow in Paris, France.

The Festival will provide a unique and relaxed networking forum focused on international business opportunities in gastronomy, featuring Round Table Discussions, Cooking Demonstrations and Classes, Book Signings, Wine and Food Tastings, a Job Corner and a Culinary School Fair.

Also on this weekend:
The month long Singapore Food Festival in Singapore
The 5th Annual Clamerica Celebration in Cedar Key, Florida
The Seattle International Beerfest in Seattle, Washington