World Food & Music Festival

Date: Friday, August 22, 2025 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Location: Western Gateway Park, N/A, 50309

Event Information

Description

The World Food & Music Festival presented by Veridian Credit Union has announced vendors, merchants and nonprofits for the 2025 Festival. The 2025 World Food & Music Festival will make its return on Friday, Aug. 22 – Sunday, Aug. 24 at Western Gateway Park in Downtown Des Moines (DSM). This year’s Festival will feature 56 food vendors from 23 countries, including 13 new vendors. The vendor list will include six vendors from the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Spark DSM Business Incubator. Once finalized, menus will be marked to denote items that are gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian or vegan. To see the full list of vendors, visit The Partnership’s website.

Neighborhoods

Western Gateway

Host Organization

Greater Des Moines Partnership

Website

https://www.dsmpartnership.com/worldfoodandmusicfestival/

Facebook Event URL

https://www.facebook.com/worldfoodfestival/

Hashtag

#downtownDSM

Pricing Information

N/A

Contact

Amelia Klatt
aklatt@downtownDSMUSA.com