Airfield Estate Festival of Food

The Airfield Estate Festival of Food takes place at the award-winning urban food and farm destination in Dublin on Saturday September 7th and Sunday September 8th. This free festival, now in its fifth year, promises more to see, do and eat than ever before.

The festival has grown from a modest 3,000 attendees at the inaugural event, to over 15,000 guests expected to spend the weekend on the farm this year. Entry to The Airfield Estate Festival of Food is free to all and can be enjoyed by families and friends alike, with the gates opening at 9.30am each day.

This year, along with all the family favourites from egg collecting to cow milking, lawn games to action adventure trails across 38 acres, festival-goers will experience an expanded Food Village with over 50 local producers. Take in the Mindful and Nature Area with Mindful Beauty from Sligo, offering yoga sessions for adults & kids.

There’ll be mindful workshops and art installations to feed the soul and enjoy a full programme of cooking events at the Demo Kitchen. Tastings and talks at the Artisan Food Village – including Simons Fish, Corleggy Cheese, Overends Kitchen and Cloonagh Smokin Soul –  and Airfield’s own harvested food. The SuperValu Food Academy will also be bringing some of their local vendors including Mama Nagis, Janet’s Country Fayre, Lainey’s Handmade Food, Wild About and Jo’s Absolute Nutrition!

Try your hand with your own creations and enter some of the “Best in Show” competitions for community brown bread and seasonal jams. Celebrity Chef Shane Smith will be judging your entries and announcing the daily the winners

Bands and performers will entertain throughout the Festival at the Music Stage, while visitors sip and sup the hot drinks supplied by coffee roasting demos by McCabes Roast House, Off the Cuffe Bitters and King of Kefir.

For an extravaganza of artisan food, cookery, gardening, workshops, wellness, live music and kids play the Airfield Estate Festival of Food is perfect for the whole family.

For all the latest information, please check out the Airfield Estate Festival of Food website at festivaloffood.ie. You can also follow on Facebook or Twitter for the very latest information. If you have any queries then please email [email protected] or call +353 (0)1 969 6666.