World's Best Food and Wine Festivals This Fall 2026: Alba's Truffle Fair, Turin's Terra Madre and More

A month of white truffle auctions in Piedmont. Four days of chef dinners around Manhattan's Tin Building. A market called the Table of a Thousand People in Gwangju. Fall 2026 has a lot to eat.

Turin's Terra Madre closed on September 27, but the calendar keeps going. Alba opens on October 10, New York follows on October 15, and Gwangju on October 23.

Alba hosts the largest international white truffle fair in the world, and it returns every fall. Expect tastings, a truffle market, auctions known as aste, and the wines of Barolo and Barbaresco. 2026 is the 96th edition.

Prices start at €6. Our listing does not detail the schedule of auctions and tastings, so check the official site before you book your days.

Food Network organizes this festival in Manhattan's Seaport District. Chefs, sommeliers and culinary personalities gather around the Tin Building for more than 80 events: tastings, master classes and dinners with starred chefs.

Tickets start at $95. With a program that spreads across four days, pick your events early.

The festival celebrates the most recognizable food of Korean cooking. Workshops teach you how kimchi gets made. A large food market called the Table of a Thousand People fills the area, and the national contest crowns the best kimchi.

Entry is free, which makes it an easy stop if you already plan to be in South Korea in late October.

Late November still counts as fall. Alsace opens two of its biggest markets then, and both put regional food at the center.

Founded in 1570, the Christkindelsmärik is the oldest Christmas market in France. More than 300 chalets spread across a dozen squares in the historic center. Alsatian crafts, local specialties and monumental lights share the space, and more than 3 million people visit every year. Entry costs nothing; only food and purchases do.

Colmar runs six themed markets in its historic center, including Place des Dominicains, Petite Venise and the Koïfhus. Wooden chalets sell mulled wine, gingerbread and local crafts. Nearly 2 million people visit each year.

Slow Food, the Piedmont Region and the City of Turin organize this gathering around good, clean and fair food. The historic center becomes an international market with talks, taste workshops and meetings with producers from around the world. The 2024 edition drew more than 300,000 visitors over four days.

The next edition is not in our database yet. Check the official site for dates and plan around them.

Work out the full cost with our guide to budgeting for a festival trip. For the flight and hotel side, read when to book flights and hotels. Staying in Europe? 5 underrated European fall festivals adds more ideas.