Kingaroy BaconFest 2023

Overview

If you're serious about bacon, then there's only one place to be over the weekend of Friday, August 18–Sunday, August 20. That's the town of Kingaroy, about two-and-a-half hours north-west of Brisbane. As it does every year, it's dedicating three whole days to one glorious type of foodstuff.

Whether you're keen on eating it or buying a heap of it, if there's bacon involved, it's on offer during Kingaroy BaconFest. Browse the bacon market, watch bacon cooking demonstrations, catch pork masterclasses or try your hand at the tastiest eating contest there is. Yes, it's about bacon, obviously.

Getting cooking: headlining chef Miguel Maestre, plus Alastair McLeod leading the Ready, Steady... Bacon food series.

There'll also be a big bacon breakfast and a wine-and-swine party. Live music is also on the bill, plus bacon ice cream. And, you can get jogging at the running event called Rasher's Fun Run, then have your tastebuds tempted again a barbecue pork smoke-off competition.

Nancy Jayde Photography

Updated June 19.