Natchez Food & Wine Festival 2025

One of the most highly anticipated culinary events in Mississippi, the Natchez Food & Wine Festival returns July 25th through July 27th. The event attracts top chefs and restaurateurs from throughout the Gulf South. Each summer, they gather in Natchez to stage multiple-course dinners in historic mansions, progressive dining events, gourmet tastings, and casual social occasions that make the most of the city’s spectacular riverside setting.
All along the Great River Road, renowned chefs, restaurateurs, vintners, and craft beer brewers descend on Natchez for the summer Festival. Friday night offers a huge taster’s fair—”Tastings Along the Mississippi River”—with scores of regional chefs and restaurants participating; and top regional chefs stage elaborate feasts in grand Natchez mansions on Saturday night. It’s a weekend-long chance to enjoy fine food, wine, and craft brews in Natchez—the oldest permanent settlement along the Mississippi River and home to more than five hundred antebellum structures.
Natchez Food & Wine Schedule
July 25th
Visit Mississippi Tastings Along the River
The popular Tastings Along the River fair offers delicious tidbits by scores of local and regional chefs, paired with premium wine and craft beer tastings and live music in a casual atmosphere, at the Natchez Convention Center.
July 26th
Mixology at Smoot’s 319 N Broadway
11 am will be hosted by Hallelujah Wine & Spirits, 1 pm will be hosted by Blue Chair Bay Rum.
July 26th
Wine & Cheese Tasting at The Castle Restaurant
Hosted in a circa 1790’s building that once served as the plantation’s carriage house, this event brings experts from New Orleans’ St. James Cheese Company to lead an international tour into the world of cheese.
July 26th
‘Food is Art’ Dinner at Conde Contemporary Art Gallery
Chefs will prepare exquisite courses as participants dine in real life art installation inside of the Gallery.
For more information, ticket information, and a detailed itinerary, please visit visitnatchez.org
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