Let’s look at some festivals in Europe in October to make it warmer
As the leaves change color and the weather turns cooler signalling the arrival of autumn, festival season winds down from the hectic summer months.
Although that said, there are still plenty of great options available for festival lovers.
Food and drink festivals are the highlight of the autumn months.
Below is a roundup where you’ll find events and festivals in Europe in October .
Cultural and Art festivals
Germany
Berlin has many monumental buildings and a wonderful time to see them is during the 12th Festival of Lights taking place from 7 – 16 October.
Spain
Toledo, Spain, is situated in the heart of vast saffron plantations.
The Rose of Saffron Festival celebrates the saffron harvest and takes place at the end of October each year.
Food and drink festivals
Guernsey
The 10-day International Food Festival finishes up in early October.
It takes place in the capital St. Peter Port from, and there will be plenty of local produce available to sample.
Germany
The first weekend in October it is the end of Munich’s famous Oktoberfest.
Over in Berlin, the Oktoberfest goes through to mid-October.
Italy
Italy is a food lovers delight, and a food festival is the perfect place to enjoy the best the country has to offer.
Boccaccesca Food and Wine Festival held in Tuscany in October is a gourmet’s delight.
Spain
Spain’s Cava capital, Sant Sadurni d’Anoia, hosts a three-day Cavatast Festival each year.
Cavatast is a celebration of Cava, a sparkling Catalan wine that is made in a similar fashion to Champagne.
Belgium
It’s a country famous for the beer it produces and the Poperinge Beer Festival takes place in the heart of hop country.
This annual beer festival held at the end of October is truly a treat for beer lovers.
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21sepAll Day14octOktoberfest in Berlin
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Berlin has its own Oktober festival - not as large as the one in Munich, but can be fun to visit anyway Read more >>
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Berlin has its own Oktober festival – not as large as the one in Munich, but can be fun to visit anyway
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September 21 (Friday) - October 14 (Sunday)
29sepAll Day01octKookeet Food Festival in Bruges
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This culinary festival includes 3 sumptuous days of cooking challenges and chowing down with more than two dozen of the top chefs from the ‘Venice of the North’ - Bruges
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This culinary festival includes 3 sumptuous days of cooking challenges and chowing down with more than two dozen of the top chefs from the ‘Venice of the North’ – Bruges / Brugge.
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September 29 (Saturday) - October 1 (Monday)
04octAll Day14Fiesta del Marisco Seafood Festivalin O Grove, Galicia, Spain
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A seafood festival in O Grove, Galicia, Spain, Over 200 000 visitors are expected to this cultural-gastronomic festival. Held in October every year since 1963. Read more >>
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A seafood festival in O Grove, Galicia, Spain, Over 200 000 visitors are expected to this cultural-gastronomic festival.
Held in October every year since 1963.
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october 4 (Thursday) - 14 (Sunday)
05octAll Day07Cavatast - Cava Festival in Catalonia, Spain
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The yearly Cava fair in the Penedes district in Catalonia, Spain. Read more >>
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The yearly Cava fair in the Penedes district in Catalonia, Spain.
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october 5 (Friday) - 7 (Sunday)
05octAll Day07Boccaccesca Food and Wine Festival, Tuscany, Italy
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A lovely Food and wine in beautiful Tuscany Italy. Every year in October. Read more >>
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A lovely Food and wine in beautiful Tuscany Italy. Every year in October.
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october 5 (Friday) - 7 (Sunday)
05octAll Day14Festival of Lights, Berlin
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All major attractions are illuminated during 9 days in October and lighted up in beautiful colors. Read more >>
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All major attractions are illuminated during 9 days in October and lighted up in beautiful colors.
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october 5 (Friday) - 14 (Sunday)
05octAll Day21CAFe Budapest Contemporary arts festival
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Budapest's leading contemporary arts festival, CAFe Budapest ... Read more >>
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Budapest’s leading contemporary arts festival, CAFe Budapest …
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october 5 (Friday) - 21 (Sunday)
08octAll Day14Mercado CervantinoMedieval festival in Alcala de Henares, Spain
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With over 200,000 visitors, the Cervantino Medieval Market is one of Spain's greatest regional historical tourist events. Read more >>
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With over 200,000 visitors, the Cervantino Medieval Market is one of Spain’s greatest regional historical tourist events.
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october 8 (Monday) - 14 (Sunday)
10octAll Day14Fete des Vendanges Wine Festival at Montmartre, Paris
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Paris's only working vineyard, Clos Montmartre, is found here. Over half a million visitors attend "Fete des Vendanges" wine festival every year. Read more >>
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Paris’s only working vineyard, Clos Montmartre, is found here.
Over half a million visitors attend “Fete des Vendanges” wine festival every year.
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october 10 (Wednesday) - 14 (Sunday)
17octAll Day21Amsterdam Dance Event - ADE
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ADE is a five day electronic festival in Amsterdam's Heineken Music Hall, Arena Park and Ziggo Dome with some of the greatest electronic music names. Read more >>
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ADE is a five day electronic festival in Amsterdam’s Heineken Music Hall, Arena Park and Ziggo Dome with some of the greatest electronic music names.
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october 17 (Wednesday) - 21 (Sunday)
20octAll Day21Jenever Festival, Hasselt, Belgium
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Every year on the 3rd weekend of October, Hasselt in Belgium hosts the fun and fabulous Jenever Festival. Read more >>
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Every year on the 3rd weekend of October, Hasselt in Belgium hosts the fun and fabulous Jenever Festival.
Time
october 20 (Saturday) - 21 (Sunday)
26octAll Day28Rose of saffron festival in Consuegra, Spain
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Rose of saffron festival in October, in Consuegra Spain Read more >>
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Rose of saffron festival in October, in Consuegra Spain
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october 26 (Friday) - 28 (Sunday)
26octAll Day28Conwy Feast with food, music and art. Conwy in Wales, UK
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The Conwy Feast is a weekend full of food, drink, music, arts and crafts. It takes place in the stunning medieval town of Conwy in North Wales in October Read
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The Conwy Feast is a weekend full of food, drink, music, arts and crafts. It takes place in the stunning medieval town of Conwy in North Wales in October
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october 26 (Friday) - 28 (Sunday)
27octAll Day28Vegfest UK - London
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The big Vegfest UK is coming to London in October. Get tips on vegetarian food and more Read more >>
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The big Vegfest UK is coming to London in October. Get tips on vegetarian food and more
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october 27 (Saturday) - 28 (Sunday)
27octAll Day28Poperinge beer festival
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The town Poperinge in Belgium organises a great annual beer festival in October. Read more >>
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The town Poperinge in Belgium organises a great annual beer festival in October.
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october 27 (Saturday) - 28 (Sunday)
29octAll Day04novCrossing Border - Music and Culture Festival in The Hague
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Crossing Border is a cultural festival about music and language and exploring ways to bring them together. It takes place in the heart of The Hague in a number of locations centred around
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Crossing Border is a cultural festival about music and language and exploring ways to bring them together.
It takes place in the heart of The Hague in a number of locations centred around the Grote Markt.
Time
October 29 (Monday) - November 4 (Sunday)
All Festivals in October

Oktoberfest in Munich, September 21 – October 6, 2019
Enjoy Oktoberfest in Munich !

Cavatast – Cava and Gastronomy Tasting Fair, October in Spain

Gwledd Conwy Feast, Wales, UK. 26 – 28 October, 2018

Fete des Vendanges Wine Festival, Montmartre Paris 10-14 October 2018

Mercado Cervantino, Medieval festival, Alcala de Henares, Spain in October

Oktoberfest in Berlin – 21 September to 14 October 2018

Boccaccesca Food and Wine Festival in Tuscany, 5 – 7 October 2018

Fiesta del Marisco – Seafood Festival in O Grove, Spain – 4 – 14 October 2018

Jenever Festival, Hasselt, Belgium. 20 – 21 October 2018

Vegfest UK – London, 27 – 28 October 2018

Poperinge Beer Festival in Belgium, 27 – 28 October 2018

Rose of saffron festival in Consuegra Spain. 26 – 28 October 2018

Amsterdam Dance Event, 17 – 21 October, 2018

CAFe Budapest Contemporary arts festival, 5 – 21 October, 2018

Crossing Border, Den Haag, Netherlands. 29 October – 4 November 2018

The light is the art at Festival Of Lights in Berlin, 5 – 14 October 2018

Kookeet Food Festival in Bruges, Belgium – September 2018

Nottingham, the UK’s number one Festival City in October
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