Nebraska Food Festivals & Shows

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2025 Nebraska: January to July 2025
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
(See also: 2024  -  2023 -  2022  -  2020  -  2017 )

January 31-February 1, 2025
Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society Conference
Nebraska City, Nebraska
Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society (NSAS) is a non-profit, grass-roots membership organization. Initiated over 30 years ago by farmer members, NSAS has grown into a dynamic organization with members from all across Nebraska. We welcome farmers and non-farmers alike...everyone eats!  Our mission: To promote agriculture and food systems that build healthy land, people, communities and quality of life, for present and future generations.

February 14, 2025 - VALENTINE’S DAY
Most of the more than 1/2 million restaurants in the U.S. have special events scheduled for today. They are too numerous to list.

February 15-22, 2025  National FFA Week - Nationwide
The week of George Washington's birthday as National FFA Week in recognition of his legacy as an agriculturist and farmer.

February 15-23, 2025  Omaha Beer Week - Omaha, Nebraska
Started in 2012 by members and supporters of Omaha’s craft beer industry, Omaha Beer Week is an advocacy group that spotlights breweries, tap houses, craft beer bars, and hobby shops across the metro area. For a full week, people from across Nebraska and surrounding states come together over drinks to share friendship, fun, and entertainment.

March 3-7, 2025 - National School Breakfast Week - Nationwide
School Nutrition Association.  'Make the Grade with School Breakfast’.

March 18, 2025 - 'AgDay' National Agriculture Day - Nationwide
A day to recognize & celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture.
 

May 11, 2025 - MOTHER’S DAY
Most restaurants in the U.S. have special events scheduled for today. They are too numerous to list. (2nd Sunday in May)

JULY 4, 2025  4TH OF JULY - Nationwide
There are so many events on this day that they are too numerous to list. Virtually every community in the U.S. has a 4th of July celebration.

July 24-26, 2025  American Cured Meat Championships (ACMC)
Omaha, Nebraska
Held in conjunction with the Annual Convention of Meat Processors & Suppliers' Exhibition
 

2024 Nebraska: January to July 2024
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new dates

February 17-25, 2024  Omaha Beer Week - Omaha, Nebraska
Started in 2012 by members and supporters of Omaha’s craft beer industry, Omaha Beer Week is an advocacy group that spotlights breweries, tap houses, craft beer bars, and hobby shops across the metro area. For a full week, people from across Nebraska and surrounding states come together over drinks to share friendship, fun, and entertainment.

March 1-3, 2024  58th Annual Omaha Home & Garden Expo and Lawn Flower & Patio Show - Omaha, Nebraska
Everything for the Home Inside and Out.

April 22, 2024 - Earth Day - Worldwide

April 26-28, 2024  Arbor Day Celebration - Nebraska City, Nebraska
One of the original citizens of Nebraska City, J. Sterling Morton (whose son would go on to found the Morton Salt Company) was a famed agriculturalist who would go on to serve as Secretary of Agriculture under President Grover Cleveland. But first, in 1872, Morton founded Arbor Day to encourage individuals, groups and municipalities alike to plant trees. On that first Arbor Day alone, over one million trees were planted in Nebraska. Today, Arbor Day is celebrated worldwide.

May 31-June 2, 2024  27th Annual Taste of Omaha - Omaha, Nebraska
Showcasing Omaha's great foods and live entertainment.  A 3-day extravaganza and outdoor food festival open to the public and FREE to attend.

June 19-23, 2024  Homestead Days - Beatrice, Nebraska
Celebrates the importance of the 1862 Homestead Act to the settlement of Nebraska.  Attendance: 17,000.

July 12-14, 2024  The Wayne Chicken Show - Wayne, Nebraska
The Chicken Show is a fun event held annually on the second Saturday in July. Worlds Largest Chicken Dance, Egg Roulette, Cement Chicken Auction, Hot Wing Eating Contest, Chicken Parade, Live Rooster Crowing, Chicken Feed, Ice Cream Social, Arts, Crafts Fun and Food.  All things Chicken!

July 24-28, 2024  Gage County Fair - Beatrice, Nebraska
Whether you’re near or far, we welcome you to Come Home to the Gage County Fair this year!  Relive your childhood memories and make a whole lot more while you walk the fairgrounds, ride the rides, sing along to the music and cheer on your favorite racer.  There’s SO much to do at the Gage County Fair.
 

2023 Nebraska: January to July 2023
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new dates

February 25, 2023  Annual Beertopia Ultimate Beerfest
La Vista, Nebraska
The Midwest’s most extreme beer festival!  The Steppe Center.  Beertopia’s Ultimate Beerfest returns in a more intimate setting with a hand crafted list of breweries with brewery reps present, and focusing on rare, unusual and/or high abv beers.

June 24-25, 2023  Duncan Ribfest - Duncan, Nebraska
Duncan Ribfest is a fundraiser for the Duncan Volunteer Fire Department & the Duncan Wrestling Club. 5 BBQ Companies, Beer Garden and 6 Bands. A Family Affair.  This will be the LAST Duncan Ribfest. 
 

2022 Nebraska: January to July 2022
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new dates

June 17-18, 2022  Central Plains Ribfest - Holdrege, Nebraska
Hosted by the Holdrege Area Chamber of Commerce & Chamber Ambassadors. Beer garden, live music. LOTS of BBQ to sample and eat!  Beer Garden, Public Tasting & Judging open - Ribs & Pork Loin available for purchase from various vendors.
 

2020 Nebraska: January to July 2020
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new dates

January 8, 2020 - Mid-America Alfalfa Expo & Conference
Hastings, Nebraska
The Mid-America Forage Expo is designed especially for forage producers, livestock/dairy producers and others involved in forage production, purchasing, hay feeding or processing. Jam-packed with information, education and innovation—all focused on helping hay and livestock producers improve production, performance and profitability. A trade show featuring some 100 exhibitors and a fundraising auction are included. The Mid-America Forage Expo is sponsored by the Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association dba Independent Forage Growers.

June 26-27, 2020  Riverfest - Bellevue, Nebraska
Bellevue’s regional RiverFest annual festival draws more than 30,000 people to Bellevue.  If you love good food, good times, great music, Nebraska BBQ State Championship and a great setting then RiverFest is the place for you to promote your business and support Bellevue’s largest community festival.  Attendance: 30,000+.
 

2017 Nebraska: January to July 2017
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events still waiting for new dates

April 28-May 14, 2017  Apple Blossom Festival
Nebraska City, Nebraska
The Blossom Festival isn’t a single event as much as it is a month-long celebration of pollen. The fun keeps popping all month long. If spring has sprung and your medicine cabinet is chockablock with a seasons’ supply of anti-histamines, it must be time for the Blossom Festival. For three consecutive weekends from Arbor Day to Mother’s Day, Nebraska City becomes the place to be for fun worth returning for.

July 27-30, 2017  Lemon Days - Nebraska City, Nebraska
Join us for a very refreshing lemonade stand competition where area youth learn about entrepeneurism and small business ownership/operation. This is where we turn lemons into lemonade. And by lemonade we mean bargains. We can’t claim that this is the world’s biggest sidewalk sale, but that’s only because we’re too busy saving money to do the research.