Date: April 24-27, 2025
Tickets: available here >

The Music City Food & Wine Festival invites locals and visitors alike to gather in the heart of Nashville to enjoy the city’s vast entertainment options, celebrate and enjoy its thriving culinary community and give back to charitable organizations that keep our hearts and stomachs full.

MCFW will bring together several of the city's favorite festivities into one massive weekend celebrating Nashville’s cuisine and culture. Join us April 24- 27, 2025 for culinary delights from local restaurants, a lively chef competition, vendor market, sips from top wine and spirits brands, pairings dinners and entertaining brunches happening throughout the city.

MCFW will be both an enticing regional destination experience, as well as one of the city’s most thoughtfully curated local experiences, showcasing the restaurants and businesses that make our city sing.

The all-star culinary lineup features some of the brightest stars in the Nashville food world, including: Vivek Surti, the creative force behind Tailor; 2025 James Beard Award semifinalists Julio Hernandez of Maiz de la Vida (also 2024’s Iron Fork champion) and Dung “Junior” Vo of Noko and Kase x Noko; Chris Crary, executive chef of 1 Hotel Nashville; Deb Paquette and Jess Lambert of Etch and etc.; Hal Holden-Bache of Lockeland Table; Giovanna Orsino of Tutti da Gio; Margot McCormack and Hadley Long of Margot Cafe & Bar; Arnold Myint of International Market; Mark Grimes of Deacon’s New South and Puckett’s Restaurant, and Edgar Victoria of Alebrije. Other restaurateurs joining the weekend’s events include Mark Waldo of Waldo’s Chicken and Beer, hosting his version of “Waldo & Friends” alongside a lineup of regional and local chefs.

NOTE: The festival is produced by FW Publishing.