Events and wine festivals in Slovak Tokaj

Dates confirmed by the organisers are shown as confirmed. A date we expect from the usual pattern is marked as not yet confirmed; otherwise we say when the event usually takes place.

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The year in Slovak Tokaj

May

May Festival of Farmers' Wines

Malá Tŕňa · Usually a Saturday in May

A spring day of open farmhouse cellars on the Medzipivničná lane in Malá Tŕňa, where about a dozen small growers pour their wines.

June

Across the border in Hungary

Tokaj Wine Days

Tokaj · Usually in June

An early-summer wine festival in the Hungarian town of Tokaj, about 56 km from Malá Tŕňa.

Tokaj Unplugged

Veľká Tŕňa · Usually a Saturday night in June, around St John's Eve

A night-time tasting in the tuff cellars of Veľká Tŕňa around midsummer, with candles, bonfires, acoustic music and a whole roasted bull.

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Tokaj Festival in Borša

Borša · Usually a Saturday in late June

A village festival in the grounds of the Rákóczi manor with Tokaj wines, folklore, crafts, period food and evening concerts.

August

Across the border in Hungary

Zemplén Festival

Sárospatak · Usually in mid-August

A major Hungarian arts festival held each August at around 40 venues in Sárospatak and the towns of Hungarian Zemplén.

Tokaj LIVE – Festival of Farmers' Wines

Veľká Tŕňa · Usually a Saturday in late August

An open-cellar day in the Gazdovské pivnice of Veľká Tŕňa, where you taste directly with the growers, followed by concerts in the amphitheatre.

September

Open Tokaj Cellars Day

Veľká Tŕňa, Malá Tŕňa, Veľká Bara, Viničky, Ladmovce · Usually the second Saturday of September

The region's main tasting day, when member wineries of TOKAJ REGNUM open their cellars, linked by a free circular bus from Čerhov station.

Tokaj Harvest Festival

Čerhov · Every year on the last Saturday of September

Slovak Tokaj's main harvest celebration, held on the last Saturday of September in Čerhov, Malá Tŕňa and Veľká Tŕňa.

October

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Zemplín Delicacies festival

Kaluža (Zemplínska šírava) · Early October; in 2026 the weekend after the Tokaj Harvest Festival

A two-day regional food festival at Zemplínska šírava with pirohy, lokše, halušky, koláče, burčiak, Tokaj tastings and a goulash contest.

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