Original photo Pramuk Perera / Unsplash
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.
🗒️
Holidays that are observed globally are highlighted in bold.
🗒️
Events & Holidays are listed in the month they generally take place if specific dates are not given. 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. When a year is given (in bold) it means the event/holiday is past and the date is for the next calendar year.
January
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
|---|
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
| 3rd — National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (US) |
| 27th – Chocolate Cake Day (US) |
February
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
|---|
| 6th - 7th — 2024 World Cocoa Foundation 2024 Partnership Meeting – Amsterdam |
| 7th - 11th — 2024 CHOCOA – Amsterdm ——The 2023 Cocoa of Excellence winners will be announced during Chocoa 2024. |
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
| First Saturday — Ice Cream for Breakfast Day (US) |
| 5th — World Nutella Day |
| 8th — National Chocolate Cheesecake Day (US) |
| 13th — 2024 Mardi Gras |
| 14th – Valentine’s Day |
March
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
|---|
| 1st - 3rd — 2024 Oregon Chocolate Festival – Ashland |
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
| 10th — 2024 Mother’s Day (in the UK) |
| 31st — 2024 Easter |
April
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
|---|
| 21st - 24th — 2024 (ICCO) World Cocoa Conference — Brussels |
| Big Island Chocolate Festival – Hawaii (2024 dates scheduled to be announced Fall 2023) |
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
| 14th — Oreo Cookie Cheesecake Day (US) |
May
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
|---|
| Grenada Chocolate Festival |
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
| 10th — National Ice Cream Cake Day (US) |
| 10th — National Chocolate Fish Day (NZ) |
| 12th — 2024 Mother’s Day (in the US) |
June
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
|---|
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
| 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 — 2024 Father’s Day (UK & US) |
| 26th — National Chocolate Pudding Day (US) |
July
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
|---|
| Salon del Cacao y Chocolate – Lima, Perú |
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| All Month — Hot Chocolate Festival — Melbourne, Australia |
| 4th - 6th — Eurobean – Rochsburg, Germany |
| 6th - 19th — Oman Chocolate Festival – Dhofar, The Sultanate of Oman |
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
September
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
|---|
| 2nd - 3rd — Festival Chiapaneco del Cacao y Chocolate – San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico |
| 8th - 10th — Dallas Chocolate Festival |
| 24th - 27th — Broodway – Kortrijk, Belgium |
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
October
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
|---|
| 5th - 6th — Unconference – Seattle |
| 7th - 8th — Northwest Chocolate Festival – Seattle |
| 13th - 22nd — Eurochocolate – Umbriafiere, Umbria Italy |
| 19th - 22nd — Chocolat Portugal – Porto |
| 24th - 26th — International Cocoa and Chocolate Forum – London |
| 28th - Nov 1st — Salon du Chocolat – Paris |
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 15th - 19th — Festival del Chocolate – Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico |
| 26th - Dec 3rd — Eti-Oni Cocoa Festival – Eti-Oni, State of Osun, Nigeria |
| 30th - Dec 3rd — Chocolat São Paulo – Brazil |
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
| 11th — Pocky Day (Japan) |
December
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
|---|
| 5th – 10th — ChocolART (Tubingen, Germany) |
| HOLIDAYS |
|---|
| 7th - 15th — Chanukah |
| 25th — Christmas |
🗒️
Last Updated: August 17th, 2023.
🗒️
Do you organize a festival, conference, and/or other chocolate-centric program (or know someone who does)? Enhanced listings and promotional collaborations on TheChocolateLife are available. Email Member Support for more information.
💡
Do you know of a festival and/or conference that should be on this list?
Leave the info (including the URL) in the comments. Not a member? You must be a member to comment. Click the Join button to become a Free or Premium member.
You can also email Member Support with the information if you prefer.
Leave the info (including the URL) in the comments. Not a member? You must be a member to comment. Click the Join button to become a Free or Premium member.
You can also email Member Support with the information if you prefer.