Food Festivals & Food Events in Goa

Goa's food festivals follow the tourism calendar, and the state's 2026–27 list gives the outline, with every date still marked tentative. Goa Tourism plans a Sea Food Festival in December 2026 at a venue to be decided, the Ramponkaranche Fest, a celebration of the traditional fishing community, in Arambol in December, the Food and Cultural Festival in Margao in January 2027, and the Spirit of Goa Festival, built around feni and other local drinks, in Colva in April 2027. Around those, church feasts bring their own food fairs. The biggest is in Old Goa for the Feast of St Francis Xavier on 3 December, with stalls selling roasted gram, khaje and Goan sweets, and December is the month for kuswar, the plates of neureos, dodol and bebinca made for Christmas. Village festivals such as the Patoleanchem Fest in Socorro in the monsoon celebrate a single dish. The rest of the year is supper clubs, tasting menus, bakery and cocktail pop-ups and feni tastings in Assagao, Siolim, Panaji and Margao, and guided trails such as the Friday morning Mapusa market walk. This page lists food festivals, pop-ups, tastings and food walks as they are announced.