The oldest is also one of the largest draws: Galway, Ireland's Oyster & Seafood Festival, running since 1954 and having pulled in more than 500,000 attendees over its history. Hong Kong's Wine & Dine Festival, held last year at the Central Harbourfront Event Space, drew over 160,000 people on tickets ranging from HK$40 to HK$498. Melbourne's Food & Wine Festival, run by the nonprofit Food + Drink Victoria, has expanded from a dozen events at its 1993 founding to more than 400 today, now bringing in over 150,000 visitors a year.

In Lima, Peru's Mistura is billed as Latin America's largest food festival; this year's edition at the Jockey Club Exhibition Center hosted more than 400,000 people. Traverse City, Michigan's National Cherry Festival draws about half a million annually. New York's Food Network Wine & Food Festival, held at Pier 17, has raised $14.8 million for charity since 2007, with tickets starting at $195.

Italy's Coca-Cola Pizza Village in Pozzuoli attracts more than a million people a year across its events; its Naples/Pozzuoli gathering alone drew 600,000. Paris's Salon du Chocolat, running since 1994, draws over 100,000 attendees, with opening-night tickets priced at 25 euros.

Singapore's Food Festival, last held in 2025 with its next edition planned for 2027, typically draws half a million visitors. London's Taste of London features more than 130 dishes from 36 top restaurants and pulls in about 55,000 people, while Tokyo's Ramen Festa at Komazawa Olympic Park has attracted as many as half a million attendees in past years.

Bali's Ubud Food Festival, founded in 2016, drew more than 18,000 people this year under the theme "Farmers: Guardians of Land and Sea."