Brisbane Ice Cream Festival 2022

Overview

In 2017, Brisbane screamed for ice cream at our own dedicated ice cream festival — and then we screamed again in 2018, 2019 and 2021. Those frozen sweet treat-induced exclamations are set to continue in 2022, too, with the Brisbane Ice Cream Festival returning to West End's West Village precinct — home to the old Peter's Ice Cream factory — for a huge fifth event. Perhaps this sweet treat-loving city's most popular occasion, BICF is hanging around for longer this time as well.

Brisbanites will be able to gorge on frosty, creamy food from Thursday, March 17–Saturday, April 9, with much of the dessert-themed fun concentrated on weekends between those dates. So, like choosing how high to pile ice cream on top of a cone or into a bowl, you have options, including tucking into dessert degustations and hitting up pop-up vendors.

On the luxe side of things, Brisbane Ice Cream Festival is hosting indulgent multi-course dinners — all filled with dessert. Chefs Phillip Johnson (E'cco Bistro and Philip Johnson Catering), William Wallace (William Wallace Group) and Matt Golinski (Ready Steady Cook and Peppers Noosa Resort) will do the honours in the kitchen, and attendees will be treated to an experimental lineup of twists on sweet-treat favourites for $129 a ticket. Some dishes will even be savoury, but they'll all tie into the dessert theme.

For young ice cream-lovers, the fest will also set up crafty activities for kids for $10 a pop. And, because there's no such thing as too much ice cream, the event will also dedicate a weekend to showcasing a heap of different ice cream joints — West Village's own newcomer Anita Gelato included, obviously, but also the likes of Ungermann Brothers and Roll It Ice Cream Co as well.

And, if you head along for an ice cream fix during the week, you can expect a host of different specials right through the entire fest.

Whichever part of the fest you attend — and how many times you go along — arrive hungry, obviously.

Updated April 4.