Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Good Food Events, formerly Good Food Month, runs year-round chef collaborations, dinners and talks, including a Festival of Food at The Streets of Barangaroo.
24 food festivals with a guide across 3 cities in Australia, in date order from today. Each opens the festival page with dates, what to eat and what to book around it. How these cities compare with the rest: the city food festival index.
October 2026
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November 2026
All festivals in NovemberThe Queen Victoria Market Summer Night Market runs on Wednesday evenings from mid November to mid March, with free entry, more than 50 street food vendors and live music.
Sydney Cellar Door ★ 4.4
Sydney Cellar Door is a three-day NSW wine festival in First Fleet Park, The Rocks, from 13 to 15 November 2026, with 35-plus wineries and 200-plus labels.
The Good Food & Wine Show Christmas Edition fills ICC Sydney from 20 to 22 November 2026 with over 200 producers, cooking demonstrations, wine and gifts.
December 2026
All festivals in DecemberThe Melbourne Christmas edition of the Good Food and Wine Show fills the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre for a weekend with 200-plus exhibitors, wine pavilions, live cooking demonstrations and a festive market. The same show runs its main Melbourne edition in May.
February 2027
All festivals in FebruaryBrisAsia Festival ★ 4.1
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
Sydney Lunar Festival ★ 4.5
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sydney Lunar Festival, run by the City of Sydney, held 14 February to 1 March in 2026 with feasts, shows and artworks at more than 80 events.
Lakemba Ramadan Nights ★ 4.7
Lakemba Nights during Ramadan turns Haldon Street and The Boulevarde into a food bazaar, Thursday to Sunday from 6pm to 2am, 11 February to 7 March 2027.
Auburn Iftar Fair ★ 4.4
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Cumberland City Council's Ramadan Street Festival closes Auburn Road for two nights of halal street food, cultural performances and stalls, 7pm to midnight.
Brunswick Music Festival ★ 4.2
Brunswick Music Festival returns from 28 February to 7 March 2027 in Merri-bek, Melbourne, a week of live music and community celebration; the organiser names no food programme.
March 2027
All festivals in MarchMoomba Festival on the Labour Day weekend in March brings a food precinct to Alexandra Gardens: multicultural stalls, fairground snacks and a river setting.
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival runs every March across the CBD and inner suburbs: World's Longest Lunch, masterclasses, restaurant pop-ups.
May 2027
All festivals in MayExpected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Buddhist festival at Fo Guang Shan Chung Tian Temple in Priestdale over the May Day long weekend, with dragon and lion dances, tea ceremonies, more than 100 events, a Saturday night laser show and vegetarian feasts.
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.
TipChildren under 13 enter free with an adult and seniors and pensioners pay $5 at the door with a valid card; the 2026 tickets and schedule came out on 19 March.
Vivid Sydney Food ★ 4.7
Vivid Sydney Food is the food strand of Vivid Sydney, the festival of light, music, minds and food that returns from 28 May to 19 June 2027.
Vivid Fire Kitchen ★ 4.6
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Vivid Fire Kitchen is Vivid Sydney's free open-fire food program; its 2026 edition moved to Barangaroo Reserve and sold over 250,000 dishes and drinks.
June 2027
All festivals in JuneScenic 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.
TipEvents are spread across farms and vineyards, so plan on driving; the programme lists more than 60 on-farm experiences alongside the ticketed lunches.
July 2027
All festivals in JulyBastille Festival Sydney ★ 4.4
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Bastille Festival Sydney is a free French festival at Circular Quay and The Rocks, held since 2013, with French food and wine and over 70 performances.
The Curated Plate ★ 4.4
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Sunshine Coast's 10-day food and drink festival, delivered with Sunshine Coast Council: around 50 events from coast to hinterland, from long lunches and farm tours to a finger lime farm picnic and fire feasts.
August 2027
All festivals in AugustBrisbane Beer Fest ★ 4.0
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Brisbane Beer Fest is a one-day August festival on the Eatons Hill Hotel lawn with 200-plus beers and ciders, BBQ and smoked meat food trucks, live music and beer competitions.
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.
TipGates 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.
September 2027
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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.
Festitalia ★ 4.0
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Festitalia, first held in 2006 for the 60th anniversary of the Italian Republic, fills the Brisbane Showgrounds for one Sunday in September with Italian food and wine, music, masterclasses and a motoring concorso.
October 2027
All festivals in OctoberExpected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
TipOpen 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.
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