Feria de las Flores 2026 Food Events: Dates & Venues

Medellín’s official program for Feria de las Flores 2026 is out, and this guide maps the Feria de las Flores 2026 food events worth building a trip around. The fair runs July 31 through August 9, per El Colombiano’s programming rundown. At its Bogotá presentation of the 2026 agenda, the city put the program at more than 500 activities, with roughly 70% open to the public, according to Bogotá’s Instituto Distrital de Turismo and La FM. The three biggest food and drink events on that calendar are the ones worth planning a trip around — plus a fourth, smaller fonda event worth knowing about — before hotels and reservations fill up.

Dates and venues below come from the official 2026 program as published as of this writing (July 2026); hours, ticketing, and vendor lineups for individual events had not yet been released and are marked as such throughout.

The three Feria de las Flores 2026 food events, at a glance:

Event	Dates	Venue
Festival Gastronómico y de Cervezas Artesanales	Aug 1–9	Centro Comercial La Central
Fondas de mi Tierra	Aug 7–8	Aeroparque Juan Pablo II
Primavera Urbana	Jul 31–Aug 2	Plazoleta de la Villa de Aburrá

Feria de las Flores 2026 dates at a glance

The fair opens Friday, July 31, and closes with the Desfile de Silleteros on Sunday, August 9, per El Colombiano’s official programming rundown. The parade itself will include more than 500 flower carriers spanning generations, per that same rundown — continuing a tradition now nearly seven decades old that Medellín’s city government has said it wants recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to El Tiempo. That’s a stated goal, not a status UNESCO has granted yet. For a broader look at how the fair’s core traditions typically run year to year, including the parade route and the dog walk, see our 2024 Feria de las Flores guide.

The three Feria de las Flores 2026 food events worth planning around

That ten-day window is packed with concerts, parades, and orchid shows, but three events stand out specifically for food and drink. A fourth, smaller fonda event, Fondas de mi Pueblo Antioqueño, also runs Aug 6-9 at the Parqueadero Jumbo de la 65, per Feria de Flores’ own event page — it’s a separate, single-venue event from Fondas de mi Tierra below, and worth a mention if you’re chasing every fonda on the calendar rather than just the headline three.

Festival Gastronómico y de Cervezas Artesanales (Aug 1–9)

The Festival Gastronómico y de Cervezas Artesanales — the craft beer and food festival — runs August 1 through 9 at Centro Comercial La Central (Calle 49 – Carrera 20b, in the Las Mellizas de Buenos Aires area), per the official programming coverage and Comfenalco Antioquia’s business-directory listing for the mall. The closest metro connection is Miraflores station on the tram line, a walking path of under five minutes from the mall; Buenos Aires station is a short walk further, per public-transit routing data for the venue. La Central has hosted craft beer and food pairings before, including past editions centered on artisanal beer and chorizo, per the venue’s own event listings. The 2026 vendor lineup hasn’t been published yet, but if past editions are a guide, expect a mix of Antioquia’s independent breweries and food stalls. Because it runs for nearly the full length of the fair, it’s one of the easiest events to work into a longer visit — it isn’t a single-day pop-up.

Fondas de mi Tierra (Aug 7–8)

Fondas de mi Tierra takes place August 7 and 8 at the Aeroparque Juan Pablo II, per the official programming coverage. The event recreates traditional Antioqueño pueblo taverns, or fondas, as full-scale replicas where visitors eat, drink aguardiente, and listen to live música parrandera into the night, according to Feria de Flores’ own event page.

The venue sits at Carrera 70 # 16, in the Belén comuna; the closest metro connection is Industriales station, roughly an 11-minute walk, with a Metroplús or integrated-route transfer the rest of the way, per Comfenalco Antioquia’s venue listing and public-transit routing data for the venue.

The 2026 event’s exact hours and ticket prices weren’t published as of this writing. For reference only, the 2025 edition ran roughly 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. on its Friday and Saturday dates and charged a tiered general-admission price — COP 25,000 early-bird through July 20, rising to COP 30,000 afterward — per Q’Hubo Medellín’s 2025 coverage, with tickets sold through La Tiquetera — treat those figures as a prior-year ballpark, not a quote, until the city confirms 2026 pricing. If you want the closest thing to a crash course in paisa food and drinking culture, this is the single event to prioritize: it’s less about a curated menu and more about the atmosphere of a rural Antioquia town square dropped into the city for two nights.

Primavera Urbana (Jul 31–Aug 2)

Primavera Urbana opens the fair on July 31 and runs through August 2 at the Plazoleta de la Villa de Aburrá (Belén), spotlighting local brands, design, gastronomy, art, and music in one open-air space, per El Colombiano. The nearest metro station is Floresta, about a 14-minute walk, with a “Villa de Aburrá” Metroplús stop directly at the plaza, per public-transit routing data for the venue. It’s the most walkable, casual option of the three: smaller food stalls and local vendors rather than a sit-down festival, and it’s over before the fair hits its second week, so it suits visitors arriving right at the opening weekend.

Planning your visit

A few practical notes based on the confirmed schedule:

• Book lodging for late July, not just early August. Primavera Urbana opens July 31, days before the craft beer and food festival (Festival Gastronómico) starts August 1 — both run well before the fair’s most famous event, the silleteros parade on August 9. Arriving only for the parade weekend means missing the food programming entirely.
• The craft beer and food festival is the longest-running food event, spanning nine of the fair’s ten days, making it the safest bet if your travel dates don’t line up with a single-day event.
• Fondas de mi Tierra runs the Friday and Saturday immediately before Sunday’s silleteros parade, when the city is at its busiest — go early in the evening if you want to avoid the heaviest crowds.
• Full official scheduling, including exact hours and any ticketing for individual concerts, is being published by the city; check VisitMedellín’s Feria de las Flores 2026 listing as the dates approach, since specific set times for smaller stages are still being finalized.

If you’re building out a dinner plan around the festival crowds, our guide to budget-friendly first-date restaurants in Medellín covers reliable spots in El Poblado and Laureles that stay solid even during peak tourist weeks. And since getting between these three venues means at least one metro or tram ride, our guide to why the Medellín metro is Latin America’s safest transit system is worth a read before you go.

Quick answers

Is Feria de las Flores 2026 free? Much of it. The 2026 program runs to more than 500 activities, with roughly 70% open to the public, per Bogotá’s Instituto Distrital de Turismo. The food events above are the exception: expect paid admission or vendor pricing once each one’s details are published.

When is the Desfile de Silleteros? Sunday, August 9, 2026, closing out the fair, per El Colombiano.

How much are Fondas de mi Tierra tickets? 2026 pricing hasn’t been published yet. The 2025 edition charged a tiered general-admission price — COP 25,000 early-bird through July 20, rising to COP 30,000 afterward — per Q’Hubo Medellín — treat that as a prior-year reference, not a 2026 quote.