Events - 26 Oct 19

Devour! Italiano Party
When a moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie...that’s amore! Join us for a party in honour of our Celebrity Headliner Guest, Lidia [...]

Devour! Spotlight Gala Party
Drink, dance, and mingle with new and old festival friends alike into the wee hours! $25 per guest; includes two drink tickets and music by [...]

Devour! The Market
Festival favourite 'Cincinnati Steve' will grill a delectable vegetable dish on a charcoal grill using fresh seasonal produce from market vendors in the midst of [...]

The Mayors' Bike Ride for Devour!
Regional mayors Jeff Cantwell (Wolfville), Sandra Snow (Kentville), and Peter Muttart (Kings County) will lead a three-hour relaxed morning bike ride from Wolfville to Kentville, [...]

From the Wild Filmmaking Intensive w/Kevin Kossowan
In this day-long workshop, From The Wild filmmaker Kevin Kossowan will lead chefs and filmmakers into the wilds of Nova Scotia to hunt, fish, forage, [...]

Better Together: Italian Wine & Cheese Workshop
Boasting an enormous selection of Italian wines, it is safe to say that the team at Bishop’s Cellar has a love affair with wine from [...]

Culinary Workshop w/Stella Shi
Born in Bari, Puglia, into a second-generation Chinese family, Chef Stella Shi will showcase the cuisine of her restaurant in Rome, Cu_Cina, and her unique [...]

Shorts Program: Comedy
American Marriage Leonardo, a New York Italian immigrant facing deportation, fakes a marriage with Hispanic single mother Nikki, all in an effort to get American [...]

Pizza Workshop w/Chef Rocco Agostino
Pizzeria Libretto is synonymous with pizza in Toronto. Chef-owner Rocco Agostino is credited with bringing the first VPN-certified pizza to Toronto—sparking the infamous “pizza wars”, [...]

Shorts Program: Slice of Life
73 Cows Jay and Katja Wilde are cattle farmers in England who woefully give their herd of cows to the Hillside Animal Sanctuary and take [...]

Culinary Workshop w/Alida Solomon
One of the leading lights of Italian cuisine in Canada—Chef Alida Solomon from Toronto (Tutti Matti)—will talk about what it is to be at the [...]

Soak Up the Sun: The Wines of Southern Italy
From Puglia to Campania, Calabria to the slopes of Etna- Wine Enthusiast Magazine calls Southern Italy one of “the largest grape biodiversity hotspots on the [...]

Whisky Luncheon Workshop with the Whiskey Lassie & Chef Martin Ruiz SalvadorÂ
Come spend a few hours where opulence and gastronomy collide, and where scotches are perfectly paired with mouth-watering courses. Join the one and only Whisky [...]

Shorts Program: Olive Oil
AmalaTerra The spread of the disease Xylella is harming not only the Apulian economy, but also its wonderful landscape. More than 60 million olive trees [...]

Special to the Program: Sustainable Blue Farm Tour
Before the film screening of Artifishal, join us at 2 pm for a tour of Sustainable Blue, a leading Canadian producer of sustainably-raised fish of [...]

Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy w/The Dishwasher
Master chef, teacher, and environmental activist Diana Kennedy is living proof that size has nothing to do with strength. Now in her nineties and barely [...]

Daily HAPPY devHOUR! at The Church Brewing Co.
Join us in our most hospitable of hours at the Devour! Festival Lounge over three days of the festival. Raise a glass and mingle with [...]

The Bubbles Bus
All aboard the Bubbles Bus! It’s time to drink in the beautiful Gaspereau Valley. This tour features three tastings per vineyard at two of the [...]

Short Doc Shop Talk with Filmmaker Ben Proudfoot
Ben Proudfoot—award-winning filmmaker and founder and CEO of Breakwater Studios—takes you on a deep dive into the craft and step-by-step process of short documentary filmmaking, [...]

The Great Italian w/Hole
Gualtiero Marchesi is a chef but also an artist, a revolutionary. His cooking changed the history of Italian regional cuisine forever. For Marchesi, it’s all [...]

Artifishal: The Road to Extinction Is Paved with Good Intentions w/The Youngest Captain
Man has had a profound and damaging effect on the wild fish population, driving it closer to extinction. This film is about what it means [...]

Devour! Chefs & Short Gala Dinner
Each dish in this five-course dinner is inspired by a corresponding short film screened right in the Barrel Cellar at Lightfoot & Wolfville Winery with [...]

Devour! Down-Home Lobster Supper
Back by popular demand, we're hosting a classic lobster dinner with all the fixings. Come and savour an unforgettable and truly Atlantic Canadian experience with [...]

Maxima w/Kahawa
Undeterred by corporate intimidation, subsistence farmer Maxima knows what’s at stake. This landmark film portrays one woman’s courageous journey to stand against the destruction of [...]

Hang Time w/Sweater
A wine movie for millennials! Three 20-something friends get some much-needed hang time when a cancelled wedding reunites them for a long weekend together at [...]

Devour! Cocktail Pop-up Party
For the seventh year running, super talented mixologists will serve up this year’s Italian-inspired signature cocktails at our Devour! HQ. $25 per guest; includes two [...]
