The Taste of Abby is a fall food festival in Abbotsford. It includes a market, guided circle farm tour, Harvest Fest event and other activities in September.
In 2023 the events ran from September 15th until the 24th. The calendar of events for 2024 is to be confirmed.
For tickets and full details about the festival, see the Taste of Abby website.
A Taste of Abby 2023
The first Taste of Abby festival took place in 2022 and was a great success. The festival returned in 2023 with over a week of fun community events following the night market that kicked off the schedule.
Taste of Abby is meant to promote both local restaurants as well as the Fraser Valley farmers who provide them with fresh, wholesome ingredients. Participating restaurants feature new items on their menus during the event and there are special offers on hand as well.
In 2023 people could enter to win an 18-ticket Abbotsford Canucks flex pack by simply eating at a participating restaurant.
The Night Market
The Taste of Abby Night Market is the beginning of the festival. In 2023 the Night Market took place on September 15th from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm in Jubilee Park.
Tickets this past year cost $35 for everyone ages 13 and up. Children under 13 years old have free admission. Along with admission each ticket includes eight tokens that can be used to get food and drinks from the various vendors at the site.
Sixteen different food trucks, brewing companies and wineries had been announced as participants in the 2023 Night Market as of mid-August. There was plenty more at the event, including food stalls with food and drinks from places like Maan Farms and Taves Family Farms. There was live music at the market as well.
For tickets and full details about the festival, see the Taste of Abby website.
2023 Taste of Abby Schedule
After the Night Market there were a number of other events taking place between then and the 24th. Below was the 2023 schedule. For details on all these events click Taste of Abby Local Events.
- Friday, September 15th – the Taste of Abby Night Market in Jubilee Park (5:00 pm to 10:00 pm)
- Saturday, September 16th – Taste of Abby Guided Circle Farm Tour at Abbotsford Farm & Country Market (10:30 am to 4:00 pm)
- Sunday, September 17th – 19th Annual Arty Awards at the Kanton Art Gallery (2:00 pm to 5:00 pm)
- Monday, September 18th – Taste of Abby Fraser Valley Artisans Food Hub Culinary Showcase at the Fraser Valley Artisans Food Hub (4:00 pm to 6:00 pm)
- Tuesday, September 19th – Taste of Abby Pickleball + Pints at Jubilee Park (4:00 pm to 6:00 pm)
- Wednesday, September 20th – Taste of Abby Grape-Stomping at Singletree Winery (noon to 5:00 pm)
- Thursday, September 21st – Harvest Fest 2023 at Abbotsford Exhibition Park
- Friday, September 22nd – Downtown Abbotsford Art & Wine Walk (4:00 pm to 8:00 pm)
- Saturday, September 23rd – Taste of Abby Foraging Workshop at Howesclere Evergreens & Gardens (5:00 pm to 8:00 pm)
- Sunday, September 24th – Taste of Abby Food & Farm Awards at Ecofarm (2:00 pm to 4:00 pm)
Other Information
For more information about the series of events, visit the Taste of Abby website.
To learn more about the region, see the following articles or the Tourism Abbotsford website:
Other places and events of interest in the area between late summer and autumn that you might like include the following:
- Maan Farms – a farm that’s also a kid-friendly attraction with farm animals and play structures. It also has Pumpkin Patch activities for young families and a Haunted Corn Maze in the fall for serious fright seekers.
- Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival – a flower festival at Lakeland Flowers Farm. (It’s the same venue as the Abbotsford Tulip Festival in the spring.)
- Snowbird RV Show – a motor home and recreational vehicle trade show at the Tradex Centre.
- Circo Osorio Circus – a Las Vegas-based circus with shows in a number of Lower Mainland communities. In 2023 it played in Abbotsford from September 7th to 11th.
