Jamaican Food Event Calendar — November 2024
Jamaica Food and Drink Festival 2023 (📸 : WongaGyal)
Happy November, WongaFam!
We’ll keep this message short, because between Day of the Dead, food festivals and markets, November has a lot of exciting food events for us to tell you about!
NOVEMBER 1
Dia De Los Muertos | Chilitos JaMexican
Chilitos kicks off November honouring the dead with music, food and drinks—is there any other way?
NOVEMBER 3
Sunday Brunch | Oceano
Bottomless Dim-Sum? Absolutely, yes.
Japanese Caribbean fusion? Absolutely, yes.
Oceano completely understands the assignment for their Sunday Brunch.
NOVEMBER 7-10
Jamaica Food & Drink Festival
From the Kitchen through Kingston, Jamaica Food and Drink celebrates 10 years of the Jamaica Food and Drink Festival!
They have a weekend’s worth of exciting events and yummy food planned that’s not to be missed.
NOVEMBER 7
Kuyah | Jamaica Food & Drink Festival
JA Food and Drink Festival starts Downtown, Kingston at The Craft Market with premium food and rum.
November 8
Decade | Jamaica Food & Drink Festival
Four festival favourites, one epic night.
In ten years, Jamaica Food and Drink Festival has had some absolute banger event themes, and they’re bringing the best back for Decade Night at UWI Mona—hello, Pork Palooza, lovely to see you again ♡
NOVEMBER 9
Meet Street | Jamaica Food & Drink Festival
Raise your hand if you remember the WongaGyal: The Podcast episode about street food in Jamaica.
The JA Food and Drink Festival takes on Jamaican street food on November 9 at the Historic Naval Dockyard in Port Royal with our favourite food trucks, restaurants and vendors.
NOVEMBER 22
Eat Jamaican Day Food Festival
Did you know November is Eat Jamaican Month?
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining has exciting events planned all month (scroll down to see a full list), but on November 22 there’s a whole day food festival happening over at Devon House.
NOVEMBER 22-24
MoDa Market
We don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s time to start thinking about holiday presents.
And if you have to do Christmas shopping, you might as well do it at a market where you can eat, drink, and shop local.
NOVEMBER 22-29
We ❤️ Food Week | Plantation Smokehouse and Sharkies Seafood Restaurant
Fill your last week of November with food and vibes over at Sharkies and Plantation Smokehouse.
NOVEMBER 23
Love Jamaica Music and Food Festival
The Love Jamaica Music and Food Festival is an annual R&B and reggae music festival with an international food court. In other words, it’s the event for everyone whose love language is food and music.
NOVEMBER 23–30
Food Week | Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records
As if we needed another excuse to visit Tracks and Records, they’ve planned an entire week of special dishes for us to end November with full bellies.
NOVEMBER 24
Dishes by MI Fall Pop Up
It’s always the season for good food.
Dishes by MI brings the yum in autumn with a flavourful seasonal pop up menu on November 24.
NOVEMBER 30
Manchester Food & Drink Festival
Food festivals don’t only happen in Kingston!
The Manchester Food and Drink Festival launches for the first time ever on November 30 at Brooks Park in Mandeville with food, drinks, and a bag of excitement.
NOVEMBER 17-28
ROK Hotel November Events
End November right with exciting foodie events from special three course meals to National Cake Day and Seafood Night over at ROK Hotel Kingston.
NOVEMBER
Eat Jamaican Month | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Mining
November is also Eat Jamaican Month and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has planned a whole heap of events to celebrate.
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As a November gift to you, here’s some throwback WongaGyal content from JA Food and Drink Festival 2023.
Thanks for checking out this month’s food event calendar—only one more to go before the year is over 😱 !
As always, comment down below if you know any other upcoming food events we should all know about. Feel free to also just say hi, or click one of the emojis below.
Okay, until next month, remember WE ARE WONGA.
