2026 Australian Food & Wine Festivals Calendar Of Events

Need an excuse to plan a long weekend away somewhere in Australia in 2026?

Here's over 70 fabulous food and wine festival events happening in not only the best-known Australian wine regions such as Barossa and Margaret River, but also those that are a little off the beaten track, and emerging culinary destinations, as well as those that are happening in cities and metropolitan areas in 2026.

Plan a 2026 food and wine festival away with your friends and help support regional tourism in Australia!

Please bookmark this blog post as a favourite and check back regularly for updates as more festivals occurring later in 2026 get confirmed and scheduled.

JANUARY
Macedon Ranges Summertime Fling 9-31 January 2026

FEBRUARY
Taste the Limestone Coast 7 February 2026

Beachside (Christies Beach, SA) Food & Wine Festival 7 February 2026

Tasmanian Wine Festival 7-8 February 2026

Central Highlands Forage & Feast 12 January-15 February 2026

Josef Chromy Grapes of Mirth 14 February 2025

Coonawarra Fringe Festival 14-15 February 2026

Mt Hotham Eats At The Peak 15-16 February 2026

Community Bank Tumbarumba Tumbafest 21-22 February 2026

Wedding & Wine Festival Hunter Valley 22 February 2026

Stanthorpe Apple & Grape Harvest Festival 27 February-8 March 2026

150km Feast (Horsham, VIC) 28 February 2026

The Prosecco Festival 28 February 2026



MARCH

Taste Great Southern (WA) 5-8 March 2026

Let's Do Lunch - A Progressive Feast Coonawarra 6 March 2026

Tastes of Rutherglen 6-8 March 2026

Shoal Bay Food & Wine Festival 7 March 2026

Swan Hill Region Food & Wine Festival 7 March 2026

Riverland Food & Wine Festival 7 March 2026

Geelong's Longest Lunch 13 March 2026

Melbourne Wine and Cheese Fest 14 March 2026

River Daze Barham 14 March 2026

Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 20-29 March 2026
 
Orange F.O.O.D (Food of Orange District) Week 20-29 March 2026

Innisfail Feast Of The Senses Festival 29 March 2026



APRIL
Macedon Ranges Autumn Tipple Trail 1-30 April 2026

Taste Tamworth Festival 10-19 April 2026

Pyrenees Unearthed Wine & Food Festival 11 April 2026

TrailGraze (Northern Tasmania) 10-12 April 2026

Sydney Wine and Cheese Fest 11 April 2026

Tastes of the Goulburn Fine Food and Wine Festival 11 April 2026

Norwood Food & Wine Festival 12 April 2026

Bright Autumn Festival 24 April-3 May 2026



MAY
Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 1-31 May 2026

GourMay Mary Valley 1-31 May 2026

Grampians Grape Escape 1-3 May 2026

Tasting Australia Adelaide 8-17 May 2026

Bickley Harvest Festival 2-3 May 2025

Unwined Perth 15-16 May 2026

Batlow CiderFest 16 May 2026

Clare Valley Gourmet Festival 15-18 May 2026

Taste of Kakadu 23 May 2026

Melbourne Good Food & Wine Show 29-31 May 2026

JUNE
Scenic Rim Eat Local Month 1-30 June 2026

Maryborough Relish Food & Wine Festival 6 June 2026

Rutherglen Winery Walkabout 6-7 June 2026

Glenworth Grazing Food and Wine Festival 6-7 June 2026

Noosa Eat & Drink Festival 11-14 June 2026

National Wine Festival of Australia 12 June 2026

Sydney Good Food & Wine Show 19-21 June 2026

JULY
Coonawarra Cellar Dwellers 1-31 July 2026

Hunter Valley Wine & Beer Festival 11 July 2026

Margaret River Cabin Fever Festival 17-26 July 2026

Perth Good Food & Wine Show 17-19 July 2026

The Curated Plate Sunshine Coast 24 July-2 August 2026



AUGUST-DECEMBER 2026
Fleurieu Food Festival 1-31 August 2026

Tasmanian Whisky Week 1-9 August 2026

Rutherglen: The Dark Side of Wine 7-16 August 2026

Taste Port Douglas Food & Drink Festival 6-9 August 2026

A Taste of Italy Griffith 24-30 August 2026

Heathcote Food & Wine Festival 3-4 October 2026 

Murrumbateman Moving Feast 4-5 October 2026

Brisbane Good Food & Wine Show 23-25 October 2026

Budburst Macedon Ranges Wine Festival 2026

Sydney Good Food & Wine Show Christmas Market 20-22 November 2026

Melbourne Good Food & Wine Show Christmas Market 4-6 December 2026

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