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food-drink · Saturday 18 July 2026 · 2:30pm 
LegenDerry Street Food Festival 2026
At Guildhall Street and Harbour Square · Guildhall Street, Derry BT48 6AF
At Guildhall Street and Harbour Square · Guildhall Street, Derry BT48 6AF
Every July, Guildhall Street and Harbour Square in Derry fill with the smell of wood-fired pizza, fresh coffee and craft beer, and the LegenDerry Street Food Festival is the reason. It is a free, outdoor, two-day event run by the LegenDerry Food Network with backing from Tourism NI and Derry City and Strabane District Council. The format is simple: local traders, local drinks, live DJ sets as the evening comes in. It suits families in the afternoon and a livelier crowd from early evening onwards - the whole run, 2:30pm to 11pm each day, is free.
The 2026 edition sits across two landmark city-centre spaces - the wide pedestrian stretch of Guildhall Street and Harbour Square beside the River Foyle. Traders confirmed for the weekend include Mena’s Pizza, Terra Bakehouse, El Tapas Gra, Doherty’s Meats, Notorious Street Food and Guild Café for food, with Offing Coffee and Silver Bean covering the coffee end. Drinks come from Walled City Brewery, Rough Brothers and Redgate Cider - all local or regional producers. Street entertainment runs through the afternoon, making it relaxed enough for families with young children, before DJ sets take over from early evening. The event also coincides with the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush, so the city will be busier than usual that weekend and the atmosphere will match.
Guildhall Street is right in Derry city centre, a short walk from the Waterside railway station via the Peace Bridge. Trains run from Belfast Great Victoria Street and take around an hour and a half; buses run from Belfast Europa and from towns across the North West. By car from Dublin, the A1/M1 and then the A5 through Omagh is the main route - roughly two hours and forty minutes without traffic. Pay-and-display parking is available on Foyle Street and at the Quay car park, both close to the festival site. The city centre is compact enough that most visitors walk between the festival and the wider city attractions.
The festival sits right beside the Guildhall, one of the most photographed buildings in the North, and the walled city is ten minutes on foot from the festival site. The Peace Bridge and the Bogside murals are both easily reached on the same day. There is more to see in Derry and across Co. Derry.
Heading to Guildhall Street and Harbour Square in Derry? Derry has plenty more to see. Read the Derry area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.