2026 Boston Local Food Festival
About this Event
Love local food… and LOTS of it?
Join us on Sunday, September 29th (rain date 09/27) from 11:00-5:00pm on the (191w Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02110) as 40,000 New Englanders flood the greenway to enjoy our region’s finest food. The festival features a multitude of activities to participate in, nearly 100 food vendors, free samples, chef demos, a Family Fun Zone, a thrilling Seafood Throwdown, and our New England Village. The Boston Local Food Festival has become a Boston tradition, boasting the character of New England’s thriving food culture. As one of New England's largest one-day food events, the festival is a can’t-miss celebration of our NE community.
We are also looking for volunteers.
**You are not required to present this ticket upon entry. We will keep track of the email used to get this ticket so we can keep you up to date regarding the 2025 Boston Local Food Festival and other related events.
Agenda
🕑: 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
New England Village
Info: Zone C between Milk St. and India St. SBN is excited to be partnering for the 12th year with Food Solutions New England (FSNE) to present The New England Village. The Village followed the announcement of FSNE’s 50 by 60 New England Food Vision at the 2014 Boston Local Food Festival. The Food Vision calls for our region to build the capacity to produce at least 50% of the food consumed in New England by 2060. The New England Village highlights our New England vendors as a sampling of how easy it is to support and celebrate our region’s interconnection, making a vision of 50 by 60 come to life!
Spend time in the New England Food Vision Gallery, take a closer look at the Vision, and dream about what is next for our food system!
🕑: 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Family Fun Zone
Info: Zone B at Rings Fountain. You’ll find the Family Fun Zone near Rings Fountain where face painting, movement, open-ended play, and animal interactions abound. There is something for everyone!
⏰ 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM ALL DAY Activities:
The Trustees: Edible Native plant tasting and seed bomb-making
MA Division of Marine Fisheries: Crab Smash-and-Tasting
Green Crab & StOurs: Green Crab Dip tasting
Painting as Art & Ritual: Face Painting
The Greenway Conservancy: Lawn Games
Zone B at Rings Fountain
🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Info: ?Milk St.
🕑: 12:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Seafood Throwdown
Info: ?Milk St. The Seafood Throwdown is presented in partnership this year with the North America Marine Alliance, Red’s Best, Chatham Harvesters Cooperative, Inc., and Lexavah Farms. The Throwdown highlights cooking with locally caught, values-based seafood and locally grown produce. The locally abundant “mystery” fish will be unveiled at the beginning of the Throwdown. Chef Audley Mills and his daughter, May May, and Chef Joubert Amazan and his son, Ilan, will go head-to-head. Judging the competition will be Reggie Jean, Executive Director of Haley House; Dr. Nadine Petty, Associate Vice President for Community, Civil Rights and Compliance at the University of New Hampshire; and Doug Feeney, co-founder and President of Chatham Harvesters Cooperative, Inc.
Brett Tolley, co-founder and General Manager, Chatham Harvesters Cooperative, Inc, will MC the event.
⏰ 12:30-2:30 PM Seafood Throwdown
?Milk Street between Zones B and C
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Looking Deeper into the Vision - New England Village
Info: ?Zone C between Milk St. and India St.
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Looking Deeper into the Vision - New England Village
Info: ?Zone C between Milk St. and India St.
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Reflecting on the New England Food Vision Journey - New England Village
Info: ?Zone C between Milk St. and India St.
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