Food Festivals in Brisbane

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

Paniyiri Greek Festival ★ 4.5

Queensland's longest-running cultural festival and Australia's largest Greek festival, started in 1976 and drawing up to 50,000 to Musgrave Park over a weekend of Greek food, music and dancing.

Focus: Greek

Tip: Children under 13 enter free with an adult; seniors and pensioners pay $5 at the door with ID. Tickets and the programme go up on paniyiri.com in March.

Brisbane Festival ★ 4.2

Brisbane's flagship spring arts festival turns South Bank's Cultural Forecourt into Festival Village, with food and drink offerings and free and ticketed shows running from first light through to late night.

Focus: Festival Village food and drink program

BrisAsia Festival ★ 4.1

Brisbane City Council's 10-day festival of Asian culture, 28 events across 17 suburbs in its 14th year in 2026, from a Benny Lam market-style pop-up at Southside Restaurant to Lunar New Year street food on opening night.

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

Brisbane Viral Food Festival ★ 3.6

A touring fair of street food that trends online: 50-plus stalls of cheeseburger burritos, paratha burgers and Dubai bubble waffles, plus DJs, eating contests and funfair rides; Brisbane's first ran 28 to 30 August 2026.

Focus: Social-media street food and desserts

Tip: Entry is a few dollars and every dish is bought separately, so budget per stall; Friday runs 5pm to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday noon to 10pm, rides cost extra.

Ekka (Royal Queensland Show) ★ 4.5

Queensland's royal show fills the Brisbane Showgrounds for nine days each August: livestock and woodchop by day, EkkaNITES by night, halls of award-winning produce and wine, and the show staple Strawberry Sundae.

Focus: Strawberry sundaes, Dagwood dogs, Queensland produce and wine

Tip: Gates open 9am; the 2027 show runs 7 to 15 August with the People's Day public holiday on Wednesday 11 August. Buy tickets online before you go.

Festitalia ★ 4.0

Festitalia fills the Brisbane Showgrounds for one Sunday in September with handmade pasta, wood-fired pizza, gelato, espresso and 10,000 cannoli, plus Venetian performers, stilt walkers and live music.

Focus: Italian food and wine, cannoli, wood-fired pizza

Tip: Runs 10:30am to 4:30pm on the Showgrounds; tickets are sold through Oztix, so buy before the day.

Good Food & Wine Show Brisbane ★ 4.0

The Good Food & Wine Show fills the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre for three days in late October with 200 plus exhibitors, Good Eat Street stalls, Cheese Corner, Bakers Alley, wine pavilions and masterclasses.

Focus: Cheese, wine, street food, chef masterclasses

Tip: Open 9am to 5pm Friday and Saturday, 10am to 5pm Sunday; single day tickets start at $49.95 and a three day pass at $99.95.

Scenic Rim Eat Local Month ★ 4.1

Scenic Rim Eat Local Month runs through June an hour from Brisbane, a council-run programme of more than 150 events: long lunches in vineyards and paddocks, farm tours, workshops and the Winter Harvest Festival.

Focus: Farm lunches, vineyard dinners, on-farm tours

Tip: Events are spread across farms and vineyards, so plan on driving; the programme lists more than 60 on-farm experiences alongside the ticketed lunches.