Two of the region's major food-and-beverage events will get underway this week, with Traverse City Food & Wine set to take place August 19-23 and Dirt to Glass scheduled August 20-21.

The 2026 lineup for TC Food & Wine includes over 80 events ranging from celebrity chef dinners to vineyard lunches to author signings to the Grand Tasting, a keystone event held in the Open Space Saturday afternoon featuring bites and sips from across the region. Several events this year have already sold out.

This year's lineup also includes a James Beard Foundation dinner in the Open Space, an event called The Global Table at the Delamar (featuring a reunion of Food & Wine's Best New Chefs and Friends), open-air chef demonstrations, a Bubbles by the Bay event celebrating sparkling wines with live music by a TC Phil jazz trio, a World at the Table dinner featuring Aarti Sequeria and Sarah Bobier, and a Viet-Cajun Low Country Boil led by The Good Bowl's Tony Vu. Two National Writers Series events with Ruth Reichl and Martin Sorge are planned, as is a film screening of documentary "Coldwater Kitchen" at the City Opera House about a highly regarded prison culinary training program in Coldwater, Michigan.

Also this week, the 2026 Dirt to Glass conference will feature 29 speakers ranging from Michigan growers to vineyard managers and producers to national and international industry experts. Held Thursday-Friday at the Cathedral Barn at the Historic Barns Park, Dirt to Glass "blends technical presentations with moderated panel discussions, educational guided wine tastings, and in-the-field visits to area vineyards," according to an event release. 

This year features a "Walk Around Tasting" event open to both conference attendees and the public that includes more than 100 wines from across the globe. Wine expert Susan Kostrzewa will guest host the event, which "showcases how Michigan’s most compelling wines stand alongside wines from producers around the world," according to the release. The event runs from 6pm to 9pm Thursday at Kirkbride Hall; tickets are $89.60 and available online.