Boston Local Food Festival

SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2025

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY

SOLD OUT OF ALL VENDOR SPOTS (*10’ x 10’, Shared Tent, and Food Truck Spots)!

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 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.

If you are interested in getting involved, our volunteers are the engine that keeps the festival running. Volunteering at our festival provides excellent networking opportunities with like-minded volunteers, vendors, sponsors, and attendees. As part of our thanks, we will provide you a t-shirt and a $15 voucher at the beginning of your volunteer shift. We ask you to be committed, enthusiastic, and responsible while helping strengthen the New England food system. If you want to volunteer, please fill out this form or email Gabbie at gabrielle@sbnmass.org.

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).

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 movement, learning, playing, face painting, and lawn games and interactive exhibits from 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!

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.