The Best Food and Drink Festivals to Look Forward to Around Brisbane in 2024
Add beer, wine, gin, whisky, bacon, Japanese and French festivals to your culinary plans for this year.
They say everything in moderation, but not in 2024. How can you keep things in check when Brisbane and its surrounding areas keep hosting food and drink festivals — including oh-so-many booze fests — spanning everything from beer, gin and whisky to bacon, French fare, Japanese bites and berries?
You can't, and they're just some of the culinary- and beverage-focused events to look forward across the new year. So, you may as well lean in and get among it. At these fests, you can have your cake (and your cheese, wine and poutine) and eat or drink it, too.
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Dine BNE City
Fri, 31 May - Sun, 30 Jun 2024
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
This month-long food and drink festival is filling the Brisbane CBD with culinary specials and events all throughout June.
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GABS Craft Beer Fest
Fri, 14 Jun - Sat, 15 Jun 2024
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
The Great Australasian Beer Spectapular returns to Brisbane with 120 brews, panels, games and a silent disco.
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Belgian Beer Week
Mon, 15 Jul - Sun, 21 Jul 2024
Saccharomyces Beer Cafe, South Brisbane
This South Bank bar is celebrating Belgian National Day with a week of Belgian brews, pouring more than 40 different varieties.
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Kingaroy BaconFest
Fri, 16 Aug - Sun, 18 Aug 2024
Various venues in Kingaroy, Kingaroy
Eat bacon ice cream — and plenty of other bacon dishes — at this three-day pork celebration.
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Matsuri Japanese Festival
Sat, 7 Sep, 2024
Whites Hill State College, Camp Hill
Celebrate all things Japanese from sushi and sake to katsu and matcha lattes at this free cultural festival.
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Scenic Rim Eat Local Month
Sat, 1 Jun - Sun, 30 Jun 2024
Various locations throughout the Scenic Rim region,
This annual month-long festival showcases the best food and drink that the Scenic Rim region has to offer.
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Beer Fest on the Grass
Sat, 10 Aug, 2024
Eatons Hill Hotel, Albany Creek
Hone your palate for the amber liquid, with more than 300 beers and ciders available to taste.
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Le Festival — Brisbane French Festival
Fri, 5 Jul - Sun, 7 Jul 2024
South Bank Parklands, Brisbane
Brisbane's three-day celebration of French wine, cheese and culture is returning to South Bank for the first time in five years.
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Stanthorpe Berry Festival
Sat, 16 Nov, 2024
Weeroona Park, Stanthorpe
Stanthorpe is spending an entire day celebrating berries, with strawberry ice cream, berry food stalls and berry-themed dress ups.
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Brisbane Good Food and Wine Show
Fri, 25 Oct - Sun, 27 Oct 2024
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
Prepare to sample all the food (and sip all the wine) at this weekend of food stalls, masterclasses and vino stations.
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Brisbane Gin Festival
Fri, 26 Jul - Sun, 28 Jul 2024
Lightspace, Fortitude Valley
This boozy festival is bringing 30 craft gin distillers from around the country to Fortitude Valley for three days of masterclasses and tastings.
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Whisky Live Brisbane
Fri, 14 Jun - Sat, 15 Jun 2024
W Brisbane, Brisbane City
Your $155 ticket to this whisky-sampling event includes tastings from distilleries around the world, bites to eat and classes to up your spirits knowledge.
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Grape Grazing by Night
Fri, 19 Jul, 2024
RNA Showgrounds, Fortitude Valley
Raise your glass to Aussie wine — and brews — at this annual event as part of the Royal Queensland Awards.
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Moreton Bay Food and Wine Festival
Fri, 23 Aug - Sun, 25 Aug 2024
Redcliffe Parade, Redcliffe
Enjoy three days of food and booze by the sea — whether you like beer, wine, cocktails, seafood or desserts.
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Crafted Beer Festival
Sat, 14 Sep, 2024
Kurrawa Pratten Park, Broadbeach
Broadbeach's beachside beer festival is back for another spring with 400-plus brews and live music.
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RedFest: Redlands Coast Festival
Fri, 6 Sep - Sun, 8 Sep 2024
Redlands Showgrounds, Cleveland
Feast on strawberry ice creams, hop on carnival rides and pick up show bags at this annual three-day celebration.
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Providore Park
Sat, 13 Jul - Sun, 14 Jul 2024
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane
This two-day food festival with live tunes and stalls to browse is popping up at Roma Street Parkland this winter.
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