Highlands Food and Wine Festival 2025
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Highlands Food and Wine Festival 2025
Celebrate food, wine, and music unique to the beautiful Highlands, NC
The 10th annual Highlands Food & Wine Festival in Highlands, North Carolina returns this November 13th through 16th, 2025. Join in celebrating food, wine, and world-class music.
The line up of talent drops on June 5th. VIP tickets go on sale on June 10th, and general admission tickets go on sale on June 12th.
Highlands Food and Wine Schedule 
November 13, 2025
Grand Tasting
The signature opening event, the Grand Tasting, invites you to get acquainted with our beloved Highlands-Cashiers restaurants and regional chefs.
November 14, 2025
Smoke Signals
Think everything chargrilled and seasoned. Featured chefs’ global foodways will make you nostalgic for backyard barbecues and campfire cookouts in a way you’ve never experienced before.
November 15, 2025
The Main Event
Take to the streets of Highlands, block-party style, with over 30 chefs and dozens of wines, specialty cocktails and mocktail brands, coffees, ciders and toddies galore.
For more information and to sign up to receive updates on the event, click here.
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