The UK coffee festival calendar runs for most of the year. The London Coffee Festival is the giant of it, drawing tens of thousands to Brick Lane each May, but the heart of it is regional: Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol, Brighton, Liverpool, Nottingham and more, each with its own character and its own crowd.
This is every festival worth travelling for, with dates, venues and what actually happens at each. The year at a glance is below, then where they are on the map, then a proper guide to every one.
Every festival we track, ordered through the year. Coral marks a confirmed date; the rest show the month.
Scotland's leading specialty coffee event, run by Dear Green Coffee Roasters each April.
The largest coffee festival in the UK, held each May at the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane.
A tasting-led weekend festival held each June, most recently at Black Lodge Brewery.
A weekend festival held each August at All Saints in Hove, running since 2019.
The biggest celebration of specialty coffee in the South West, held at Bristol Beacon.
Northern Ireland's first dedicated coffee festival, launching in October 2026.
An annual October festival held at St Mary's, a dramatic church venue in the Lace Market.
The North's biggest coffee festival, held each November at the BEC Arena in Trafford Park.
A one-day festival at the Kings Centre, run by brothers Ed and David Myatt.
Festival dates move every year, and events come and go. We check each one against the organiser's own sources, and we would rather show the month than a date we cannot stand behind. If you spot anything out of date, email hello@roasterlist.co.uk and we will fix it.
These are newer or smaller events we are watching. Once a festival has run a second year and confirmed its details, it gets a full page of its own.