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Food and harvest festivals

Village festivals are one of the best ways to taste what is in season and meet the people who make it. Dates come from official sources; always check before you travel.

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Coming up

Dates confirmed by the organisers or the Deputy Ministry of Tourism.

  1. Sat 26 September – Sun 4 October

    Limassol Wine Festival 2026

    Limassol, Limassol

    Limassol's wine festival, held every year since 1961, in the Municipal Gardens every evening from 19:00 to midnight: wine tastings, open-air food stalls, performances and children's activities. Entry free to €5.

    Official source

  2. Fri 2 October – Sat 3 October

    10th KOAP Agricultural Culture Festival

    Protaras, Famagusta

    Two evenings (17:00-23:00) at Lefkolla municipal square with stalls selling traditional Cypriot products and tastings of palouze, soutzoukos, fresh halloumi and village bread, plus folk dancing, a free cooking demonstration on Saturday and concerts.

    Official source

  3. Sun 4 October

    Commandaria and Ppalouzes at Agios Mamas

    Agios Mamas, Limassol

    Free village celebration (11:00-19:00) at the square of Saint Mamas church: watch and join the making of Commandaria wine, palouzes and soutzoukos, with a market of traditional food and drink, music and dancing.

    Official source

  4. Sun 4 October

    Afamia Festival

    Koilani, Limassol

    Koilani's end-of-harvest wine festival (10:00-18:00): wine from local wineries, a zivania distillation demonstration, freshly made palouzes and other grape sweets, with traditional music.

    Official source

  5. Sun 4 October

    Analiontas Olive and Tradition Festival

    Analiontas, Nicosia

    Olive-picking walk through the village groves and a demonstration of the traditional olive press in the square (from 10:00). Food stalls sell palouzes, freshly distilled zivania, halloumi, spoon sweets, loukoumades, trachanas and bread.

    Official source

  6. Fri 9 October

    Wheat Harvest Festival

    Acheritou-Vrysoulles, Famagusta

    Evening festival (from 19:00) in the village square about growing, harvesting and grinding wheat: local women bake traditional bread and make trachanas and resi, with old farming tools, crafts, music and dancing.

    Official source

  7. Sat 10 October

    Olives and Aromas Festival

    Evrychou, Nicosia

    Day of olives and herbs in the village square (10:00-22:00): workshops on olive pies and cracking green olives, a visit to an olive press, talks on the Mediterranean diet, food stalls and live music.

    Official source

  8. Sat 10 October – Sun 11 October

    22nd Kyperounta Apple Festival

    Kyperounta, Limassol

    Two-day festival in the village square (Sat 10:00 to Sun 20:00) with stalls of local producers selling apples and apple products, workshops on traditional techniques, and Cypriot music and dance. Free entry.

    Official source

  9. Sun 11 October

    Athienou Products Festival

    Athienou, Larnaca

    Food festival at Konstantineio Municipal Park (10:00-22:00): Athienou bread and pastries, halloumi and anari, loukoumades and ofto kleftiko, with workshops on making halloumi, anari, trachanas and bread, and live music in the evening.

    Official source

  10. Sun 11 October

    Festival of Authentic Traditional Flavours

    Lagoudera, Nicosia

    Free day event (10:00-17:00) at Agios Georgios church square with hands-on demonstrations of cheese-making, soutzoukos and palouzes, and stalls selling souvla, halloumi, Cypriot pies, wine and zivania.

    Official source

  11. Sat 17 October – Sun 18 October

    Commandaria & Tradition Festival

    Kalo Chorio (Limassol), Limassol

    Weekend in one of the Commandaria wine villages (Sat 14:30 to Sun 22:00, central square): join in making palouze and taste Commandaria wine, zivania and other local products for free.

    Official source

  12. Sun 18 October

    Kolotzi (Pumpkin) Festival

    Moutoullas, Nicosia

    Autumn festival (11:00-20:00) on the 'Gefyri' road in Marathasa, dedicated to pumpkins and squash: kolokotes, pumpkin soups, courgette spoon sweets and kolotzi liqueur, with workshops and live music.

    Official source

  13. Sun 18 October

    Banana Festival

    Kissonerga, Paphos

    Afternoon festival (from 15:00) in the village square celebrating Kissonerga's bananas: fresh and dried bananas, banana sweets, juices and liqueurs, plus palouzes, resi and fresh bread, and walks to banana plantations.

    Official source

  14. Sun 25 October

    Olive Oil Fair

    Agios Ioannis (Paphos), Paphos

    Village fair (from 14:00) with a demonstration of oil-making on the traditional stone mill and press, free toasted bread with olive oil and palouzes, olive-oil tasting and stalls of local products such as resi.

    Official source

  15. Sun 25 October

    Zivania Festival – Alona

    Alona, Nicosia

    Pitsilia village festival (10:30-15:30): watch zivania being distilled in the traditional cauldron, taste it with local smoked meats such as hiromeri and lountza, and browse traditional products, with folk music and dance.

    Official source

  16. Sun 25 October

    Zivania Festival – Pedoulas

    Pedoulas, Nicosia

    Zivania festival in the Marathasa valley (11:00-17:00): traditional distillation demonstration, zivania tasting with local smoked meats, folk music, dancing and stalls of traditional products.

    Official source

  17. Sat 7 November – Sun 8 November

    Zivania Festival – Pelendri

    Pelendri, Limassol

    Two-day zivania festival in Pitsilia (Sat 11:00-22:00, Sun 10:00-22:00): distillation in the traditional cauldron, tasting with hiromeri, lountza and sausages, and folk music and dance.

    Official source
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