Boston Local Food Festival

SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2025

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY

SOLD OUT OF ALL VENDOR SPOTS!

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LOVE LOCAL FOOD… AND LOTS OF IT?

Join us on Sunday, September 14th (rain date 09/21) from 11:00-5:00pm on the Rose Kennedy Greenway (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.

In addition to nearly 100 food vendors with cuisines from all over the world, we are excited to share our Festival Highlights:

The Seafood Throwdown, where two chefs race through the festival to create stunning seafood dishes for the judges.
Chef Demos at the Clarke Kitchen, showcasing our vendors in action with free tastings for attendees.
The Family Fun Zone featuring open movement, learning, playing, face painting, lawn games and interactive exhibits from The Trustees, including Edible Native plant tasting and seed bomb-making, and the MA Division of Marine Fisheries Crab Smash-and-Tasting Activity.
The Trustees Adventure Van, Boston Public Library’s mobile bike library, and more.
FSNE’s New England Village educates festival-goers about their 50-by-60 Food Vision: By 2060, 50% of the food consumed in New England is produced in New England.

We can’t wait to see you this year for more food, fun, and community celebration!

Check out our GET INVOLVED page if you are interested in volunteering!

If you have any questions about the festival or need assistance with registration, reach out to the Local Food Program Manager, Kerry (kerry@sbnmass.org) or the Local Food Program Coordinator, Gabrielle, (gabrielle@sbnmass.org).

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Be Part of the Festival

There are many ways to GET INVOLVED!

Volunteers make the festival the joyful celebration it is. From set up to break down, from supporting the chef demos to overseeing our zero waste efforts, from public engagement to behind the scenes, there is a role for everyone who wants to be part of this amazing event. For more information, fill out the form at the link below.

It takes the proverbial village to bring you the unique local food makers. Although an event of this quality and size has many costs, we need to keep vendor fees as low as possible. Sponsors make this possible through their generosity and participation with in-kind and financial sponsorships. Sponsorship comes with many perks, reaching tens of thousands of festival goers, and even farther in our communications before and after the event; demonstrating your company’s values and commitment to local food, farming and fishing, communities and the local economy; and engaging nearly 100 local food businesses. We work with each sponsor to make sure we are meeting their communications and participation goals. For more information about sponsorship, see the link below, or email the Local Food Program Manager at kerry@sbnmass.org.

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2025 Sponsorship Brochure

FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES

Cooking Demonstrations

Learn a new trick or two from New England’s top culinary creatives. Watch our vendors chef up while featuring local ingredients from regionally inspired recipes.
⏰ 11:00AM Pickling Demo with Rascal Relish
⏰ 12:00PM Ancient Drinking Chocolate with Prophecy Chocolate
⏰ 1:00PM Edible Flowers in Shortbread Cookies with Sweet Botanical Bakes
⏰ 2:00PM Rainbow Burmese Noodles with Yoma Burmese Boston
⏰ 3:00PM Making Liver Pâté with Pluck Superfood Seasoning
⏰ 4:00PM Spicy Apple Grilled Cheese with Tapi Papi
📍Zone D on High Street
Seafood Throwdown

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
Family Fun Zone

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
The Corner Art Room: Veggie Prints
Green Crab & StOurs: Green Crab Dip tasting
Painting as Art & Ritual: Face Painting
The Greenway Conservancy: Lawn Games
⏰ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Author Corner:
Mia Wenjen, Author: Picture book reading and origami activity
📍Zone B at Rings Fountain
New England Village

SBN is excited to be partnering for the 11th 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!
Looking Deeper into the Vision
⏰ 1:00 – 2:00 PM
⏰ 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Reflecting on the New England Vision Journey
⏰ 3:30 – 4:30 PM
📍Zone C between Milk St. and India St.
Food Experiences

With vendors showcasing flavors from every continent and ingredients grown across New England, along with organizations representing food and agriculture from across the state, this event offers you the chance to taste, explore, and learn about a world of food—all in one place!
Zero-Waste Challenge

The Boston Local Food Festival aims to be a zero-waste event. Most outdoor festivals create mountains for trash for landfills. We aim to divert at least 90% of our disposables to compost or recycling. Help us keep Boston beautiful and the planet healthy!