Chocolate Events + Holidays Calendar
A calendar of Chocolate Festivals, Conferences, Exhibitions, Trade Fairs, and Food (& other) Holidays. This is a work in progress. Is there something missing? Scroll down for instructions on how to let us know so it can be added. [ Updated November 13, 2024. ]
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Events & Holidays are listed in the month they generally take place if specific dates are not given. (Holidays that are observed globally are highlighted in bold.) Click on the link to go to the website for the dates for the upcoming event when no date is given.
If a year is not given, date(s) are for the current calendar year or when the date is the same every year.
If a year is not given, date(s) are for the current calendar year or when the date is the same every year.
January
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 23rd - 27th – Sirha Lyon — Lyon, France |
| 26th - 27th – Grand Finals Bocuse d’Or — Lyon, France |
| 2025 — Knoxville Chocolate Festival — Knoxville, TN |
| 2025 — Taste of Chocolate Festival — Cambridge, MA |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 3rd — National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (US) |
| 27th – Chocolate Cake Day (US) |
February
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 2025 2nd - 5th – ISM/ProSweets – Köln, Germany |
| 2025 3rd - 9th – Amsterdam Cocoa Week — Amsterdam, NL |
| 2025 5th - 9th – CHOCOA — Amsterdam, NL |
| 2025 7th - 9th – Chocolate Lovers Festival — Fairfax, VA |
| 2025 — World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting — Amsterdam |
| 2025 — Taller de Chocolate Tradicional — Pichucalco, Chiapas, Mexico |
| 2025 — 12th Tampa Bay Chocolate Festival |
| 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
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 18th – 21st — 2025 World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting — São Paulo |
| 21st – 23rd NEW DATES — Salon du Chocolat NYC — Javits |
| 2025 — Oregon Chocolate Festival Info — Ashland, OR |
| 2025 — Norman Chocolate Festival — Norman, OK |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 10th — Mother’s Day (in the UK) |
| 31st — Easter |
April
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 2025 Dates TBC |
| 3rd - 6th, 2025 — Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest — Albuquerque, NM |
| Mobile Chocolate Festival — Mobile, AL |
| Pikes Peak Cheese & Chocolate Festival — Colorado Springs, CO |
| (ICCO) World Cocoa Conference — Brussels |
| Big Island Chocolate Festival — Hawaii |
| Craft Chocolate Experience — San Francisco |
| DC Chocolate Festival — Washington, DC |
| Lewisburg Chocolate Festival — Lewisburg, WV |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 14th — Oreo Cookie Cheesecake Day (US) |
May
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 2025 Dates TBC |
| Hawaii Chocolate & Cacao Association - Ticket Link – O’ahu Island, HI |
| Colorado Chocolate Fest – Denver, CO |
| Grenada Chocolate Festival — Grenada |
| Chocolate Festival of Belize – Punta Gorda/Toledo District, Belize |
| Long Grove Chocolate Fest – Long Grove, IL |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 10th — National Ice Cream Cake Day (US) |
| 10th — National Chocolate Fish Day (NZ) |
| 12th — Mother’s Day (in the US) |
June
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 16th – 20th, 2025 — Penn State Chocolate Short Course – University Park, PA |
| 28th – 29th — Chorley Chocolate Festival — Duxbury Park UK // Interested in exhibiting? Email the organizers. |
| 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
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 7th (World Chocolate Day) – Australian Chocolate Festival – Melbourne, Australia |
| Salon del Cacao y Chocolate – Lima, Perú |
| 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
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| Future Dates TBC |
| All Month — Hot Chocolate Festival — Melbourne, Australia |
| 1st - 3rd 2025 — Eurobean – Rochsburg, Germany |
| 2026 Dates TBC — PastryCon – Charlotte, NC |
| 2025 Dates TBC — Oman Chocolate Festival – Dhofar, The Sultanate of Oman |
| HOLIDAYS |
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September
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 2025 Dates TBC |
| Broodway – Kortrijk, Belgium |
| Dallas Chocolate Festival — Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas |
| ConfectioneryLIVE – Global/virtual |
| Loveland Chocolate & Cheese Fest – Loveland, CO |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 13th — International Chocolate Day (USA) *The date is the birth of Milton Hershey |
October
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| Hamrun Chocolate Festival – Malta |
| 3rd - 4th Unconference – Seattle |
| 4th - 6th — Northwest Chocolate Festival – Now Friday afternoon/evening, Saturday, and Sunday @ Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, WA |
| 12th — Choctoberfest – Aurora, CO |
| 15th - 17th (TBC) — International Chocolate and Cocoa Forum – London |
| 18th - 27th — Eurochocolate – Perugia City Center, Perugia, Italy |
| 19th - 20th — Heartland Tea, Coffee and Chocolate Festival – Kansas City, MO |
| 24th - 27th — Chocolat Portugal – Porto |
| 30th - Nov 3rd — Salon du Chocolat – Paris |
| 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
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| CHOCOMAD Salón Internacional del Chocolate Madrid – Spain |
| Festival del Chocolate — Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Chocolat São Paulo — Brazil |
| POSTPONED to March 2025 Salon du Chocolat NYC |
| 8th - 10th —Montreal Salon du Chocolat — Grande-Place du Complexe Desjardins |
| 9th - 18th — CioccolaTò — Turin, Italy |
| 16th — Inaugural California Chocolate Expo — Redding, CA |
| 17th - 24th — Royal Cocoa Festival — Eti-Oni, State of Osun, Nigeria |
| 22nd - 23rd – Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival — Rushville, IN |
| 29th – 30th — World Cocoa and Chocolate Day — Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 11th — Pocky Day (Japan) |
December
| 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 |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| Chanukah |
| 25th — Christmas |
| 31st — New Year’s Eve |
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