Chocolate Events + Holidays Calendar
A calendar of Chocolate Festivals, Conferences, Exhibitions, Classes, Trade Fairs, and Food (& other) Holidays. Is there something missing or wrong? Please scroll down for instructions and let us know so it can be added or corrected. [ Updated April 2, 2025. ]
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Events & Holidays are listed in the month they generally take place if specific dates are not given. If a year is not given, date(s) are for the current calendar year or when the date is the same every year.
Holidays that are observed globally are highlighted in bold.
Holidays that are observed globally are highlighted in bold.
January 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| Jan – Feb — Salon du Chocolat – Japan — ISETAN Mitsukoshi Dept Stores (Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo) |
| 16th – 17th — Salon du Chocolat – India — Mumbai |
| Taste of Chocolate Festival — Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA |
| A Festival of Chocolate – Fairchild Botanical Garden, Miami |
| Sirha Lyon — Lyon, France |
| Grand Finals Bocuse d’Or — Lyon, France |
| Knoxville Chocolate Festival — Knoxville, TN |
| Norman Chocolate Festival — Norman, OK |
| Greensboro Wine & Chocolate Festival — Greensboro, NC |
| Chocolate Lovers Festival — Fairfax, VA |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 3rd — National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (US) |
| 27th – Chocolate Cake Day (US) |
February 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 6th – 8th — Salon du Chocolat – Lyon — Halle Tony Garnier |
| ISM/ProSweets – Köln, Germany |
| Amsterdam Cocoa Week — Amsterdam, NL |
| CHOCOA — Amsterdam, NL |
| Albany Wine & Chocolate Festival — Albany, NY |
| The Winter Chocolate Show — Toronto |
| Rochester Wine & Chocolate Festival — Rochester, NY |
| Taller de Chocolate Tradicional — Pichucalco, Chiapas, Mexico |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| First Saturday — National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day (US) |
| 5th — World Nutella Day |
| 8th — National Chocolate Cheesecake Day (US) |
| 13th — Mardi Gras |
| 14th – Valentine’s Day |
March 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
|---|
| Buffalo Wine & Chocolate Festival — Buffalo, NY |
| Pittsburgh Chocolate, Wine & Whiskey Fest — Pittsburgh, PA |
| Oregon Chocolate Festival ... Ticket Link — Ashland, OR |
| 2025 World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting — Location TBD |
| Salon du Chocolat NYC — Javits |
| Óbidos Chocolate Festival — Óbidos, Portugal |
| Coffee, Chocolate & Culture Expo — Miramar, FL |
| Buffalo Chocolate, Wine & Whiskey Festival – Buffalo, NY |
| SWCCF Sweet Week |
| 7th Festival Chiapaneco del Cacao y Chocolate |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 1st — World Zero Discrimintion Day |
| 3rd — World Wildlife Day |
| 8th — International Women’s Day |
| 3.14 — Pi Day |
| 17th — St Patrick’s (aka Green Food Day) |
| 20th — International Day of Happiness |
| 21st — World Poetry Day |
| 22nd — World Water Day |
| 25th — International Waffle Day |
| 27th — World Theatre Day |
| 30th — Mother’s Day (in the UK) |
April 2025
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 5th — Pikes Peak Cheese & Chocolate Festival — Colorado Springs, CO |
| 5th - 6th — Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest — Albuquerque, NM |
| 10th – 12th — Big Island Chocolate Festival — Waikoloa Village, HI |
| 11th – 13th — Norwich Chocolate Festival Norwich Chocolate Forum, Reception, and Festival featuring UK craft makers (link t/k) — Norwich, UK |
| 12th — Lewisburg Chocolate Festival — Lewisburg, WV |
| 12th — Mobile Chocolate Festival — Mobile, AL |
| 18th – 19th — Salon du Chocolat – Turkey — Istanbul |
| 21st – 24th — ICCO World Cocoa Conference — Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| 25th – 26th — 8th DC Chocolate Festival — Washington, DC |
| 25th – 26th — 1st annual Chocofest — Alberta Millennium Place, Sherwood Park, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| 26th — Utica Wine & Chocolate Festival — Utica, NY |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 14th — Oreo Cookie Cheesecake Day (US) |
| 20th — Easter |
May 2025
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| CANCELED — Craft Chocolate Experience — Now Le Marché du Chocolat |
| 9th – 10th — Colorado Chocolate Fest – Denver, CO |
| 10th – Hilo Chocolate Festival East Hawai Cacao Association Facebook event listing |
| 10th – 11th — Le Marché du Chocolat — Hilton Union Square, SF |
| 16th — 18th — Chocolate Festival of Belize – Punta Gorda/Toledo District, Belize |
| 16th — 18th — Long Grove Chocolate Fest – Long Grove, IL |
| 22nd – 27th — Grenada Chocolate Festival — Grenada |
| Hawaii Chocolate & Cacao Association — O’ahu Island, HI |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 10th — National Ice Cream Cake Day (US) |
| 10th — National Chocolate Fish Day (NZ) |
| 11th — Mother’s Day (in the US) |
June 2025
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 16th – 20th — Penn State Chocolate Short Course – University Park, PA |
| 26th – 29th — Chocolat Xingu — Altamira, Para, Brazil |
| Chorley Chocolate Festival — Duxbury Park UK — MOVED to July 26-27 |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 3rd — National Chocolate Macaroon Day (US) |
| 7th — Chocolate Ice Cream Day (US) |
| 11th — National German Chocolate Cake Day (US) |
| 16th — National Fudge Day (US) |
| 16th — Father’s Day (UK & US) |
| 26th — National Chocolate Pudding Day (US) |
July 2025
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 1st – 3rd — Salon du Chocolat – Malaysia — Kuala Lumpur |
| 5th – 6th – Australian Chocolate Festival – Melbourne, Australia |
| 17th – 20th — Salon del Cacao y Chocolate – Lima, Perú |
| 17th – 20th — Chocolat Bahia — Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil |
| 26th – 27th — Chorley Chocolate Festival — Duxbury Park UK // NEW DATES! Interested in exhibiting? Email the organizers. |
| Dates TK Festival Chiapaneco del Cacao y Chocolate – San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| Third Sunday – National Ice Cream Day (US) |
| 3rd — National Chocolate Wafer Day (US) |
| 7th — World Chocolate Day |
| 8th – National Chocolate w/ Almonds Day (US) |
| 21st — International Lamington Day (Australia |
| 23rd — National Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day (US) |
| 25th — National Hot Fudge Sundae Day (US) |
| 28th — National Milk Chocolate Day (US) |
August 2025
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| All Month — Hot Chocolate Festival — Melbourne, Australia |
| 1st - 3rd — Eurobean – Rochsburg, Germany |
| 14th – 20th — Chocolat São Paulo — SP, SP, Brazil |
| 2026 Dates TBC — PastryCon – Charlotte, NC |
| Oman Chocolate Festival – Dhofar, The Sultanate of Oman — Unconfirmed for 2025; last took place in 2023 |
| HOLIDAYS |
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September 2025
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 12th – 14th — Dallas Chocolate Festival — Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas |
| 30th – Oct 2nd — Salon du Chocolat – UAE — Dubai |
| ? Broodway – Kortrijk, Belgium |
| ? ConfectioneryLIVE – Global/virtual |
| ? Loveland Chocolate & Cheese Fest – Loveland, CO |
| ? Tampa Bay Chocolate Festival |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 13th — International Chocolate Day (USA) *The date is the birth of Milton Hershey |
October 2025
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 9th — The London Chocolate Forum — Prospero House, London |
| 23rd – 26th — Chocolat Portugal — WoW, Porto |
| 30th – Nov 2nd — Salon du Chocolat – Paris — Porte de Versailles |
| ? Hamrun Chocolate Festival – Malta |
| ? Unconference – Bellevue, WA |
| ? Northwest Chocolate Festival – Bellevue |
| ? Choctoberfest – Aurora, CO |
| ? International Chocolate and Cocoa Forum – London |
| ? Heartland Tea, Coffee and Chocolate Festival – Kansas City, MO |
| ? Chocolat Portugal – Porto |
| ? Salon du Chocolat – Paris |
| ? Ottawa Chocolate Show – Ottawa |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| World Vegan Month |
| 1st – World Vegetarian Day |
| 16th — World Food Day |
| 31st — Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (Africa) |
| 31st — Hallowe’en |
November 2025
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 12th – 14th — Salon du Chocolat – China — Shanghai |
| 14th – 17th — Festival del Chocolate — Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico |
| 14th – 23rd — Eurochocolate – Perugia City Center, Perugia, Italy |
| 20th – 23rd — Salon du Chocolat – Canadq — Montreal |
| 21st - 23rd – Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival — Rushville, IN |
| 29th — Syracuse Wine & Chocolate Festival — Syracuse, NY |
| CHOCOMAD Salón Internacional del Chocolate Madrid – Spain |
| Chocolat São Paulo — Brazil |
| Montreal Salon du Chocolat — Grande-Place du Complexe Desjardins |
| CioccolaTò — Turin, Italy |
| California Chocolate Expo — Redding, CA |
| Royal Cocoa Festival — Eti-Oni, State of Osun, Nigeria |
| World Cocoa and Chocolate Day — Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 11th — Pocky Day (Japan) |
December 2024
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 3rd – 8th — ChocolART — Tubingen, Germany |
| 7th – 8th — 18th Barga in Cioccolato — Barga, Lucca, Italy |
| 10th – 12th — CHOCO TEC International Chocolate Congress — Köln, Germany |
| 15th – 1tth — Salon du Chocolat – Saudi Arabia — Riyadh |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| Chanukah |
| 25th — Christmas |
| 31st — New Year’s Eve |
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