Regional Flavours Is Bringing Its Three-Day Food and Booze Festival Back to South Bank This Autumn
As well as hosting a heap top culinary names and the return of its jam-packed markets, this year's festival will feature a gin lovers' experience and a big focus on farm-to-fork sustainability.
UPDATE, May 13, 2022: Due to Brisbane's wet weather, Regional Flavours has been cancelled for 2022. The event's organised have advised that "it is with great sadness that we announce the cancellation of Regional Flavours 2022. This decision was not made lightly and ultimately took into account patron, stallholder, talent and staff safety given the current weather forecast and conditions."
Ticketholders will receive automatic refunds via Oztix.
If you're a Brisbanite who's fond of hitting up the city's festivals, the next few months are shaping up to be big — with Stones Corner Festival, Big Gay Day, Teneriffe Festival, Pinot Palooza and Paniyiri all returning before winter hits. Also joining them is Regional Flavours, and it's back to its three-day, once-a-year format. So, get ready to eat and drink your way around South Bank in a huge way.
The dates you need to block out in your diary: Friday, May 13–Sunday, May 15. And if you've flocked to this South Brisbane event before, you'll know that you won't be leaving feeling hungry or thirsty. For more than a decade, Regional Flavours has been the inner-city precinct's signature food and wine festival for good reason, even in 2021 when it broke up its usual festivities into separate mini fests. You can't beat the full experience, though, obviously.
The main attraction here: bites and booze. To take care of both, there'll be farmers, graziers, growers, winemakers, brewers, distillers and artisan producers hailing from both Queensland and Australia, all onsite to showcase their wares. That's what the jam-packed market part of the South Bank event will serve up — but there'll also be cooking demonstrations, masterclasses, a gin lovers' experience, and a significant focus on farm-to-fork sustainability. And, a whole heap of culinary stars will take to the fest's three stages as well.
Chefs doing the honours include Georgia Barnes, Khanh Ong, Courtney Roulston, Miguel Maestre, Peter Kuruvita and Alastair McLeod, as well as the folks behind a range of Brisbane restaurants — including from Otto, Paper Daisy, Stanley, Agnes, Golden Pig, Rosmarino and Essa.
If you're keen to learn more about bush tucker and slow food, Dale Chapman is on the bill as well — and to give the whole fest a soundtrack, DJs will be spinning live tunes and live music will be played across three venues.
This year's Regional Flavours also has a theme: 'the ultimate grazing table'. And yes, that sounds exactly like what you'll be doing as you munch your way around South Bank, stopping only to soak in the riverside view while you eat and drink.
Regional Flavours returns to South Bank between Friday, May 13–Sunday, May 15. For further details, head to the event's website.
