Regional Flavours ★ 4.3
South Bank's free weekend festival showcases Queensland producers, chef demos, winemakers and brewers in the open river-side parklands. Over 80 stalls.
Focus: Queensland produce, chefs and winemakers
Food festivals in Brisbane worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Paniyiri Greek Festival ★ 4.5
Queensland's longest-running cultural festival and Australia's largest Greek festival, drawing 50,000 over a weekend for souvlaki, loukoumades and dancing.
Focus: Greek
Brisbane Festival ★ 4.2
Brisbane's flagship spring arts festival turns South Bank's Cultural Forecourt into Festival Village with food and drink stalls running first light through late night.
Focus: Festival Village food and drink program
BrisAsia Festival ★ 4.1
Brisbane City Council's 10-day festival showcasing Asian culture, with chef-curated food pop-ups by Benny Lam, lunar new year street stalls and rooftop parties.
Focus: Asian street food, dim sum, pop-ups
Buddha Birth Day Festival ★ 4.2
Multicultural Buddhist festival at Chung Tian Temple with vegetarian food halls, tea ceremonies and Asian street kitchens across the May Day long weekend.
Focus: Asian vegetarian feasts
Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival ★ 4.0
Annual Paddington-Petrie Terrace street festival running since 1994. Prawn, calamari and fish-and-chip stalls line the strip with wine and beer tents.
Focus: Seafood, Queensland wine and beer
Brisbane Beer Fest ★ 4.0
Brisbane's biggest beer festival, 13th edition. 200-plus beers and ciders from Australian brewers paired with BBQ food trucks, live music and competitions.
Focus: Craft beer, BBQ and smoked meat trucks
The Curated Plate ★ 4.4
Sunshine Coast's premier 10-day food and drink festival, 50-plus events from hinterland to coast. Long lunches, chef collabs, producer tours, farm picnics.
Focus: Sunshine Coast producers, chef collaborations