Food festivals in Melbourne worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Melbourne worth planning a trip around, by month.
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival runs every March across the CBD and inner suburbs: World's Longest Lunch, masterclasses, restaurant pop-ups, producer events and the annual awards that benchmark Australian food culture for the year.
Taste of Melbourne brings Melbourne's top restaurants under temporary pavilions at the Royal Exhibition Building: multi-course tasting sessions, signature dishes from hatted kitchens and producer masterclasses over four November days.
The Queen Victoria Market Night Market runs Wednesday evenings from November through March: street food vendors from Melbourne's multicultural communities, live music and 8,000 visitors per evening at peak.
Good Food Month runs every October across Melbourne as the Good Food Guide's annual promotional event: hatted restaurants offer special menus, prix fixe lunches and behind-the-scenes events that draw the city's food media.
Brunswick Music and Food Festival fills Sydney Road every March with street food stalls, live music and pop-up bars from the suburb's independent operators: the multicultural food strip turns into a weekend party.
Moomba Festival over the Labour Day long weekend in March brings a food precinct to Alexandra Gardens: multicultural stalls, fairground snacks and a riverside setting that draws 300,000 visitors across four days.