in Stockton, California; the ¡Latin Food Festival! in San Diego, California; the Lexington Barbecue Festival in North Carolina; the Posen Potato Festival, in Posen, Michigan; the Norwalk Oyster Festival, in Norwalk, Connecticut, Vaisakhi Festival in Yuba City, California, and the Howell Melon Festival in Howell, Michigan, known for electing the Howell Melon Queen. Vegetarian food festivals include VegFests in Boston, Massachusetts; Salt Lake City, Utah; and San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; including the premier Boston Vegetarian Food Festival in autumn, an event originally copied from the then already longstanding Toronto Vegetarian Food Fair in Toronto, Ontario. The List of vegetarian festivals includes hundreds of such events in North America, and hundreds elsewhere, also. Asia South America Europe Italy Asti's Festival of Festivals held in Asti in September. Battle of the Oranges is a traditional orange fight held in Ivrea each February. Cibus Spain La Tomatina - a tomato-throwing festival held in late August in Buñol. L’Aplec del Caragol - a snail-eating festival held in Lleida in May. Switzerland The Räbechilbi turnip festival is held annually in September. A cheese festival is held in Gruyére in May. United Kingdom See also List of dining events References External links Food and drink festivals