Bulimba Festival Expands into a Week-Long Shindig

Festival-loving Eastsiders, clear your schedules for the second week of November. Not only is the beloved Bulimba Festival returning after funding issues threatened otherwise, but what was a single day of fun has now turned into a whole week of activities.

Running from November 9 to 15, the fifth annual Oxford Street-centric party has moved to later in the year — and that's not the end of the good news. After six days of showcasing what makes living in the riverside suburb so great, the festival will come to an end with the mixture of music and markets that is Lunch on the Lawn, headlined by local indie legends The Grates.

Given that the Southside Tea Room and Death Valley — the two Morningside establishments owned by the band's vocalist Patience Hodgson and guitarist John Patterson — are only a stone's throw away from Bulimba, they're the ideal to candidates to cap off what promises to be an exciting revamped event. Lunch on the Lawn also boasts all the browsing regulars know and flock to, plus food options, a licensed area and a VIP bar. Those heading along for the tunes will be treated to a lineup of some of Brisbane’s best burgeoning bands — including Cheap Fakes, Halfway, Avaberee, Eden Mulholland and Greg Chaipello — as brought together by The Triffid.

The rest of the festival features everything from a tasting day to showcase the area's best eateries to the suburb's first No Lights No Lycra dance party, plus movies in the park on Friday the 13th and a river regatta. Yes, there really is something for everyone. Yes, that really is how you throw a suburb-wide celebration.

The 2015 Bulimba Festival runs from November 9 to 15 at various venues across the suburb. For more information, visit the festival website.