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, 2026 ]
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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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| Salon du Chocolat – Japan — ISETAN Mitsukoshi Dept Stores (Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo) |
| Salon du Chocolat – India — Mumbai |
| SCHOKOLADEFEST — Vienna, Austria |
| The Red Rock Region Chocolate and Fine Foods Festival – St George area, UT |
| 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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| 1st – 4th — ISM/ProSweets – Köln, Germany |
| 6th – 8th — Salon du Chocolat – Lyon — Halle Tony Garnier |
| 13th – 17th — CioccolaTò — Turin, Italy |
| 16 – 20 — Amsterdam Cocoa Week / CHOCOA — Amsterdam, NL |
| 18 – 19 — World Cocoa Foundation Partner Meeting — 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) |
| 14th – Valentine’s Day |
| 17th Mardi Gras |
March 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 6th – 8th — SCHOKOLADEFEST — Graz, Austria |
| 7th — Mobile Chocolate Festival — Mobile, AL |
| 7th – 8th — Salon du Chocolat NYC — Center 415; 415 5th Avenue 36th/37th |
| Buffalo Wine & Chocolate Festival — Buffalo, NY |
| Pittsburgh Chocolate, Wine & Whiskey Fest — Pittsburgh, PA |
| Oregon Chocolate Festival — Ashland, OR |
| Óbidos Chocolate Festival — Óbidos, Portugal |
| Coffee, Chocolate & Culture Expo — Miramar, FL |
| Buffalo Chocolate, Wine & Whiskey Festival – Buffalo, NY |
| SWCCF Sweet Week |
| 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 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 4th — Pikes Peak Cheese & Chocolate Festival — Colorado Springs, CO |
| 11th – 12th — Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest — Albuquerque, NM |
| 11th – 12th — Salon du Chocolat – Turkey — Istanbul |
| 14th – 15th — PMCA/Pennsylvania Manufacturing Confectioners’ Association — PA |
| 15th – 16th — Festival Chiapaneco del Cacao y Chocolate — Tapachula, Chiapas, MX |
| 23rd – 25th — Big Island Chocolate Festival — Waikoloa Village, HI |
| 24th – 25th — DC Chocolate Festival — Embassy of France, Washington, DC |
| 24th – 25th — Chocofest — Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Utica Wine & Chocolate Festival — Utica, NY |
| ?2026? — Norwich Chocolate Festival — Norwich, UK |
| 2027! 10th — Lewisburg Chocolate Festival — Lewisburg, WV |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 14th — Oreo Cookie Cheesecake Day (US) |
| 20th — Easter |
May 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 9th — Colorado Chocolate Fest – Denver, CO |
| 9th — Hilo Chocolate Festival East Hawai Cacao Association Facebook event listing |
| 15th – 17th — Long Grove Chocolate Fest – Long Grove, IL |
| ?Dates TBD? Le Marché du Chocolat — SF |
| ?2026? — Chocolate Festival of Belize – Punta Gorda/Toledo District, Belize |
| ?2026? Grenada Chocolate Festival — Grenada |
| 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 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 18th – 21st — Chocolat Xingu — Altamira, Para, Brazil |
| 22nd - 26th – Penn State Chocolate Short Course – University Park, PA |
| 24th – 27th — Gladmat Food Festival — Stavanger, Norway |
| 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 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 10th – 12th – Hawaii Chocolate & Cacao Association — O’ahu Island, HI |
| ?2026? — Salon del Cacao y Chocolate – Lima, Perú |
| 25th – 26th — Americas Selection for the Pastry World Cup and Bocuse d’Or — New Orleans, LA |
| ?2026? — Australian Chocolate Festival – Melbourne, Australia |
| ?2026? — Chorley Chocolate Festival — Duxbury Park UK |
| 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 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| All Month — Hot Chocolate Festival — Melbourne, Australia |
| 7th – 8th —Skåne Food/Nordic Craft Cbocolate Festivals — Skåne, Sweden |
| 7th – 9th — Festival Chiapaneco del Cacao y Chocolate — San Cristobal de las Casas |
| 13th – 16th — Bean to Bar Chocolate Week – Associacão website — São Paulo, SP Brazil |
| ?2026? —Eurobean – Rochsburg, Germany |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 4th — National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day (US) |
| 25th — National Banana Split Day (US) |
| 27th — Pots de Crème Day (US) |
September 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 2nd – 5th — Festival Chiapaneco del Cacao y Chocolate — Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
| Bergen Food/Norwegian Cider Festivals — Bergen, Norway |
| IBIE/International Baking Industry Exposition — Las Vegas |
| Philly Candy Show — Atlantic City, NJ |
| ECA / European Cocoa Forum — Malta |
| Salon du Chocolat UAE — Dubai |
| Dallas Chocolate Festival — Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas |
| Broodway – Kortrijk, Belgium |
| ConfectioneryLIVE – Global/virtual |
| Loveland Chocolate & Cheese Fest – Loveland, CO |
| ? Tampa Bay Chocolate Festival |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 12th — Nartional Chocolate Milkshake Day (USA) |
| 13th — International Chocolate Day (USA) The date is the birth of Milton Hershey |
October 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 2nd Unconference – Bellevue, WA |
| 3rd – 4th — Northwest Chocolate Festival – Bellevue |
| 3rd – 6th — PastryCon – Charlotte, NC |
| 5th The London Chocolate Forum — Hippodrome, London |
| 10th — Choctoberfest – Aurora, CO |
| 24th – 25th — Pennsylvania Chocolate & Coffee Festival — Oaks, PA |
| Hamrun Chocolate Festival – Malta |
| Heartland Tea, Coffee and Chocolate Festival – Kansas City, MO |
| Chocolat Portugal — WoW, Porto |
| Ottawa Chocolate Show – Ottawa |
| Salon du Chocolat – Paris — Porte de Versailles |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| World Vegan Month |
| 1st – World Vegetarian Day |
| 16th — World Food Day |
| 28th — National Chocolate Day (US) |
| 31st — Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (Africa) |
| 31st — Hallowe’en |
November 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| 6th - 7th – Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival — Rushville, IN |
| Salon du Chocolat – China — Shanghai |
| EXPOLAT: Commercial & Cultural Fair dedicated to Latin America — Basel |
| Festival del Chocolate — Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Eurochocolate – Perugia City Center, Perugia, Italy |
| California Chocolate Expo — Redding, CA |
| Salon du Chocolat – Canada — Montreal |
| Syracuse Wine & Chocolate Festival — Syracuse, NY |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| 11th — Pocky Day (Japan) |
| 11th — National Sundae Day (US) |
| 29th — National Chocolates Day (US) |
December 2026
| FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, & EXHIBITIONS/TRADE FAIRS |
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| ChocolART — Tubingen, Germany |
| 19th Barga in Cioccolato — Barga, Lucca, Italy |
| CHOCO TEC International Chocolate Congress — Köln, Germany |
| Salon du Chocolat – Saudi Arabia — Riyadh |
| HOLIDAYS |
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| Chanukah |
| 25th — Christmas |
| 31st — New Year’s Eve |
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