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Walkabout Gourmet Adventures

 

Food and Wine festivals for Gourmet walkers

 

Food and wine festivals in 2024 for Gourmet walkers

 

How about combining your active holiday with a gourmet event in Australia or overseas?


There are plenty of events from regional Food & Fine Wine Festivals to Gastronomy Expos! These Events bring together Australian and world-renowned winemakers, chefs and industry insiders to entertain, educate and inspire, you may also visit farm gates and cellar doors, meet with local producers, attend degustation dinners, taste regional products or even attend cooking classes! We have put this list of gourmet events together for 2024 to encourage you to go walkabout and discover a new region or simply remind you of what's coming near you. So watch out!



 JANUARY 2024
gourmet 27/12

Tasmania's Taste of Summer [10 days]

Hobart, Tasmania Australia
gourmet 06/01

Day on the Deck at Petaluma [1 day]

Woodside, SA Australia
gourmet 08/01

South Melbourne Night Market [8 Thurday nights]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 12/01

Cape Jaffa Seafood and Wine Festival [1 day]

Mt Gambier, SA Australia
gourmet 13/01

Portarlington Mussel Festival [1 day]

Portarlington VIC Australia
gourmet 14/01

So French so Chic [1 day]

Werribee, VIC Australia
gourmet 20/01

So French so Chic [1 day]

Sydney, NSW Australia
gourmet 20/01

Geelong Beer Festival [1 day]

Geelong, VIC Australia
gourmet 20/01

Sunsetter Festival [1 day]

Auckland New Zealand
gourmet 23/01

Key West Food & Wine Festival [5 days]

Key West, Florida USA
gourmet 25/01

Wines of the West Festival [2 days]

Katoomba, NSW Australia
gourmet 26/01 Salons des Vins des Vignerons indépendants [4 days] Rennes France
gourmet 27/01

Vintage Vibes [2 days]

Woodside, SA Australia
gourmet 28/01

Rosé & Dumpling Festival [1 day]

Nairne, SA Australia
Food Wine Festival Perth WA
 
 FEBRUARY 2024
gourmet 01/02

Wellington Wine and Food Festival [1 day]

Wellington New Zealand
gourmet 02/02

Festivale in Launceston [3 days]

Launceston, TAS Australia
gourmet 07/02

Cellar Door Fest Adelaide [3 days]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 07/02

Melbourne International Coffee Expo [3 days]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 08/02

Taste the Limestone Coast Festival [3 days]

Naracoorte, SA Australia
gourmet 08/02

Marlborough Wine & Food Festival [1 day]

Blenheim New Zealand
gourmet 09/02

Sunset Wine [2 days]

Scarborough, WA Australia
gourmet 10/02

Beer Food and Wine Festival [3 days]

Fairy Meadow, NSW Australia
gourmet 14/02

Chinchilla Melon Festival [3 days]

Brisbane, QLD Australia
gourmet 15/02

Apollo Bay Seafood Festival [3 days]

Anglesea, VIC Australia
gourmet 16/02

Mairangi Bay Food and Wine Festival [1 day]

Auckland New Zealand
gourmet 16/02

Great Australian Beer Festival GABF [1 day]

Geelong, VIC Australia
gourmet 17/02

Nelson Wine & Food Festival [1 day]

Nelson New Zealand
gourmet 22/02 Salons des Vins des Vignerons indépendants [4 days] Strasbourg France
gourmet 23/02

Eltham Jazz, Food & Wine Festival [2 days]

Eltham, VIC Australia
gourmet 23/02

Heywood Wood Wine and Roses Festival [1 day]

Heywood, VIC Australia
gourmet 25/02

Apple & Grape Harvest Festival [8 days]

Stanthorpe, QLD Australia
       
Food Wine Festival Sydney NSW
         
 MARCH 2024
gourmet 02/03

Cellar Door Wine Festival [3 days]

Adelaide, SA Australia
gourmet 03/03

West Gippsland Railtowns Food & Wine Festival [1 day]

Garfield, VIC Australia
gourmet 03/03

Porongurup Wine Festival [1 day]

Porongurup, WA Australia
gourmet 04/03

Charleston Wine + Food [5 days]

Charlestone, CA USA
gourmet 04/03 Omnivore Festival 100% Jeune Cuisine [3 days] Paris France
gourmet 06/03 Salons des Vins des Vignerons indépendants [4 days] Lyon France
gourmet 06/03

Taste of the Snowies [3 days]

Thredbo, NSW Australia
gourmet 06/03

Newcastle Show [3 days]

Newcastle, NSW Australia
gourmet 06/03

Swan Hill Region Food and Wine Festival [3 days]

Swan Hill, VIC Australia
gourmet 07/03

Tastes of Rutherglen [2 days]

Rutherglen, VIC Australia
gourmet 08/03

Wine and Cheese Fest [1 day]

Port Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 08/03

Peninsula Piers and Pinots [1 day]

Flinders, VIC Australia
gourmet 08/03

North Canterbury Wine and Food Festival [1 day]

North Canterbury New Zealand
gourmet 08/03

Waipara Wine & Food Festival [1 day]

Waipara Valley New Zealand
gourmet 13/03 Salons des Vins des Vignerons indépendants [4 days] Bordeaux France
gourmet 13/03

Regional World's Longest Lunch [1 day]

Bendigo, VIC Australia
gourmet 13/03

Salon Vins et Terroirs [3 days]

Toulouse France
gourmet 14/03

Bendigo Craft Beer and Cider Festival [1 day]

Bendigo, VIC Australia
gourmet 15/03

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival [16 days]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 15/03

Harvey Harvest Festival [1 day]

Perth, WA Australia
gourmet 18/03

New Orleans Wine & Food Experience [4 days]

New Orleans USA
gourmet 21/03

Fete de la Gastronomie [4 days]

Country wide France
gourmet 20/03 MOULD: A Cheese Festival [1 day] Bowen Hills, QLD Australia
gourmet 20/03 Salons des Vins des Vignerons indépendants [4 days] Paris France
gourmet 21/03 Food and Drink Trail [2 days] Mudgee, NSW Australia
gourmet 22/03

Fromage a Trois Cheese Festival [1 day]

Werribee, VIC Australia
gourmet 22/03

Lara Food and Wine Festival [1 day]

Lara, VIC Australia
gourmet 23/03

City Feast WA [2 days]

Perth, WA Australia
gourmet 26/03 Feast of the Senses [4 days] Tropical North, QLD Australia
gourmet 26/03

Taste Great Southern [10 days]

Great Southern, WA Australia
gourmet 27/03

F.O.O.D Week Orange [10 days]

Orange, NSW Australia
gourmet 27/03

Tasting Australia [9 days]

Adelaide, SA Australia
gourmet 28/03

Wine Machine [1 day]

Yarra Valley, VIC Australia
gourmet 28/03

The Peninsula Picnic [1 day]

Mornington, VIC Australia
gourmet 28/03

Harvest Hamper Trail [2 days]

Murrumbateman, ACT Australia
gourmet 28/03

Fish & Sips Festival [3 days]

North Fremantle, WA Australia
       
Food Wine Festival Brisbane QLD
         
 APRIL 2024
gourmet 02/04

Italian Cheese and Wine Night [1 day]

Sydney, NSW Australia
gourmet 03/04 Salons des Vins des Vignerons indépendants [4 days] Mandelieu France
gourmet 03/04

Wild Harvest Seafood Festival Mallacoota [3 days]

Mallacoota, VIC Australia
gourmet 03/04

Adelaide Food Fringe [3 days]

Adelaide, SA Australia
gourmet 03/04

The Food Show [3 days]

Christchurch New Zealand
gourmet 04/04

Crave Food & Wine Festival [2 days]

Ottawa Canada
gourmet 04/04

Strategem Bendigo Winemakers Festival [1 days]

Bendigo, VIC Australia
gourmet 04/04

Albany Wine & Food Festival [1 day]

Albany, WAC Australia
gourmet 05/04

F.O.O.D Week Orange [10 days]

Orange, NSW Australia
gourmet 05/04 Taste Tamworth Festival [10 days] Tamworth, NSW Australia
gourmet 08/04 Taste Orange [1 day] Watson Bay, NSW Australia
gourmet 14/04

Tinamba Food & Wine Festival [1 day]

Maffra, VIC Australia
gourmet 17/04

Ubud Food Festival [3 days]

Ubud, Bali Indonesia
gourmet 18/04

Pyrenees Unearthed Festival [1 day]

Avoca, VIC Australia
gourmet 18/04

Fresh Harvest Beer Festival [1 day]

Rosebery, NSW Australia
gourmet 18/04

Salon des Vins de Macon [3 days]

Macon France
gourmet 24/04 Salons des Vins des Vignerons indépendants [3 days] Nogent sur Marne France
gourmet 24/04

Austin Food & Wine Festival [3 days]

Austin, TX USA
gourmet 26/04

Chestnut & Wine Festival [1 day]

Bossley Park, NSW Australia
gourmet 30/04

Mindil Beach Sunset Markets [1 day]

Mindil Beach, NT Australia
gourmet 30/04

Italian Cheese and Wine Night [1 day]

Sydney, NSW Australia
       
Food Wine Festival Adelaide SA
         
 MAY 2024
gourmet 01/05

Narooma Oyster Festival [2 days]

Narooma, NSW Australia
gourmet 01/05 Feast High Country Festival [30 days] Mansfield, VIC Australia
gourmet 01/05 Langhorne Creek Wine Show Luncheon [1 day] Langhorne Creek, SA Australia
gourmet 01/05 A little bit of Italy [2 days] Broke, NSW Australia
gourmet 02/05

Grampians Grape Escape [2 days]

Hall Gap, VIC Australia
gourmet 05/05

Bites on the Boulevard [2 days]

Mawson Lakes, SA Australia
gourmet 09/05 The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular NSW[1 day] Brisbane, QLD Australia
gourmet 13/05

Nantucket Wine & Food Festival [4 days]

Nantucket, MA USA
gourmet 14/05

Noosa International Food & Wine Festival [4 days]

Noosa, QLD Australia
gourmet 15/05

Nantucket Wine & Food Festival [3 days]

Margaret River, WA Australia
gourmet 15/05

Clare Valley Gourmet Weekend [2 days]

Clare Valley, SA Australia
gourmet 16/05 Hunter Valley Wine and Food Festival [1 day] Pokolbin, NSW Australia
gourmet 16/05

Grazing the Granite Belt [2 days]

Stanthorpe, QLD Australia
gourmet 16/05

Lovedale Long Lunch [2 days]

Lovedale, NSW Australia
gourmet 16/05

Milton Wine & Food Festival [1 day]

Milton, NSW Australia
gourmet 16/05

The Hampton Festival [2 days]

Hampton, QLD Australia
gourmet 17/05 Lavandula Autumn Harvest festival [1 day] Hepburn Springs, VIC Australia
gourmet 17/05 The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular [3 days] Carlton, VIC Australia
gourmet 22/05 Taste of Kakadu [1 day] Jabiru, NT Australia
gourmet 22/05 The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular VIC [3 days] Carlton, VIC Australia
gourmet 22/05 MOULD: A Cheese Festival [3 days] Sydney, NSW Australia
gourmet 22/05

City Wine - Perth Winter Wine Festival [2 days]

Perth, WA Australia
gourmet 22/05 Port Douglas Carnivale [3 days] Port Douglas, QLD Australia
gourmet 25/05

Sparkling Sydney [1 day]

Pyrmont, NSW Australia
gourmet 29/05

Melbourne Good Food & Wine Show [3 days]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 29/05

Heartland Festival [3 days]

Fyn Denmark
gourmet 29/05

Vintage Tamar [3 days]

Tasmania Australia
gourmet 29/05

Taste of Amsterdam [3 days]

Amsterdam Netherlands
gourmet 30/05

Noosa Eat & Drink Festival [4 days]

Noosa, QLD Australia
gourmet 30/05

Taste of Manly [2 days]

Manly, NSW Australia
gourmet 30/05 The GABS Hottest Craft Beers QLD [1 day] Sydney, NSW Australia
gourmet 30/05 Gold Coast Food & Wine Festival [3 day] Gold Coast, QLD Australia
       
Food Wine Festival Melbourne Victoria
         
 JUNE 2024
gourmet 05/06

F.A.W.C! Food & Wine Classic Winter [24 days]

Napier New Zealand
gourmet 06/06

Relish Food and Wine Festival [1 day]

Maryborough, QLD Australia
gourmet 06/06

Mornington Peninsula Winter Wine Weekend {2 days]

Red Hill, VIC Australia
gourmet 06/06

Rutherglen Winery Walkabout [2 days]

Rutherglen, VIC Australia
gourmet 06/06

Glenrowan Food & Wine Festival [3 days]

Glenrowan, VIC Australia
gourmet 17/06

Les Epicuriales [17 days]

Bordeaux France
gourmet 19/06

Sydney Good Food & Wine Show [3 days]

Sydney, NSW Australia
gourmet 19/06 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen [2 days] Aspen, CO USA
gourmet 20/06 Truffle Melbourne Festival Weekend [2 days] Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 20/06

Melbourne Italian Wine Festival [1 day]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 25/06

The Monti's 'Kitchen Confidential' [1 day]

Durham, NC USA
gourmet 27/06

Hunter Valley Wine Festival [1 day]

Hunter Valley, NSW Australia
gourmet 27/06

Melbourne Italian Wine Festival [1 day]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 27/06

Scenic Rim Eat Local Week [8 days]

Scenic Rim, QLD Australia
gourmet 28/06

Grand Taste Experience [3 days]

Durham, NC USA
       
Middle East
         
JULY 2024
gourmet 04/07 GABS Hottest Auckland [1 day] Auckland New Zealand
gourmet 04/07

Scenic Rim Winter Harvest Festival - Eat Local Week [1 day]

Aratula, QLD Australia
gourmet 08/07 Taste of Chicago Festival [5 days] Chicago USA
gourmet 08/07

Fireside Yarra Vallley [16 days]

Yarra Valley, VIC Australia
gourmet 09/07

Bastille Festival [4 days]

Sydney, NSW Australia
gourmet 10/07

Cellar Door Fest Winter Adelaide [2 days]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 10/07

Huon Valley Mid-Winter Festival [3 days]

Ranelagh, TAS Australia
gourmet 11/07

Barrel Tasting Weekend [2 days]

Bendigo, VIC Australia
gourmet 12/07

Bastille Day French Festival [3 days]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 17/07

Cabin Fever Festival [10 days]

Margaret River, WA Australia
gourmet 18/07 Regional Flavours [2 days] Brisbane, QLD Australia
gourmet 24/07

Winter Reds Weekend [3 days]

Adelaide Hills, SA Australia
gourmet 24/07

Le Festival - Brisbane French Festival [3 days]

Musgrave Park, QLD Australia
gourmet 28/07 The Curated Plate [4 days] Sunshine Coast,QLD Australia
gourmet 28/07

Perth Good Food & Wine Show [3 days]

Perth, WA Australia
       
Iceland
         
 AUGUST 2024
gourmet 01/08 Visa Wellington on a plate [1 day] Wellington New Zealand
gourmet 05/08 Gascoyne Food Festival [4 days] Carnarvon, WA Australia
gourmet 08/08 Pinot Palooza Adelaide [1 day] Adelaide, SA Australia
gourmet 08/08 Aroma Coffee and Chocolate Festival [1 day] Maitland, NSW Australia
gourmet 09/08 Hervey Bay Seafood Festival [1 day] Hervey Bay, QLD Australia
gourmet 10/08 Tasmanian Whisky Week [7 days] Hobart, TAS Australia
gourmet 11/08

Taste Port Douglas [4 days]

Port Douglas, QLD Australia
gourmet 15/08 Cellar Treasures Weekend [2 days] Langhorne Creek, SA Australia
gourmet 14/08 Barossa Gourmet Weekend [3 days] Barossa Valley, SA Australia
gourmet 21/08

Perth Good Food & Wine Show [1 day]

Perth, WA Australia
gourmet 29/08 The Entrance Food & Wine Festival [1 day] The Entrance, NSW Australia
       
Brittany
         
 SEPTEMBER 2024
gourmet 04/09

Great Eastern Wine Weekend [3 days]

Freycinet, TAS Australia
gourmet 04/09

Barossa Gourmet Weekend [3 days]

Greenock, SA Australia
gourmet 05/09

Sample Food Festival [3 days]

Byron Bay, SA Australia
gourmet 04/09

Royal Adelaide Show [3 days]

Adelaide, SA Australia
gourmet 06/09

Barossa Seasons: Summer [3 days]

Greenock, SA Australia
gourmet 07/09 Fine Food Australia [3 day] Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 11/09 Mudgee Win + Food Festival [20 days] Mudgee, NSW Australia
gourmet 13/09 South Coast Food and Wine Festival [3 day] Berry, NSW Australia
gourmet 13/09 Music City Food & Wine Festival [3 days] Nashville, TN USA
gourmet 14/09

Franschhoek Uncorked Cape Town [2 days]

Cape Town South Africa
gourmet 19/09 End 2 End Festival [1 day] Pokolbin, NSW Australia
gourmet 19/09 Newport Mansions Wine & Food [3 days] Newport, RI USA
gourmet 19/09 Capricorn Food & Wine Festival [1 day] Rockhampton, QLD Australia
gourmet 22/09 Food TechWine Festival [1 day] Rockhampton, QLD Australia
gourmet 28/09 Flavours of Mudgee Wine & Food Festival [1 day] Mudgee, NSW Australia
gourmet 30/09 Fulton Market Harvest Fest [3 days] Chicago, IL USA
       
Provence
         
 OCTOBER 2024
gourmet 01/10

Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations [30 days]

Coonawarra, SA Australia
gourmet 02/10 Ceduna Oysterfest l [4 days] Ceduna, SA Australia
gourmet 03/10

Murrumbateman Moving Feast [2 days]

Murrumbateman Australia
gourmet 04/10

Taste of the Best [1 day]

Adelaide, SA Australia
gourmet 08/10

New York City Wine & Food Festival [4 days]

New York USA
gourmet 10/10

The White Truffle Festival [4 days]

Alba Italy
gourmet 10/10

Entwined in the Valley [3 days]

Swan Valley, WA Australia
gourmet 11/10

Hills Food and Wine Festival [1 day]

Bella Vista, NSW Australia
gourmet 18/10

The Orange Wine Festival [9 days]

Orange, NSW Australia
gourmet 20/10

Prahran Market Cheese Festival [1 day]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 20/10

Ballina Food and Wine Festival [1 day]

Ballina, NSW Australia
gourmet 21/10

Le Salon du Chocolat [4 days]

Paris France
gourmet 22/10

National Cool Climate Wine Show [1 day]

Bathurst, NSW Australia
gourmet 23/10

Dartmouth Food Festival [2 days]

Dartmouth England
gourmet 23/10

Brisbane Good Food & Wine Show [3 days]

Brisbane, QLD Australia
gourmet 24/10

Craft Beer & Cider Festival Sunshine Coast [1 day]

Caloundra, QLD Australia
gourmet 24/10

UnWined - Wine and Food Festival [2 days]

Subiaco, WA Australia
gourmet 25/10

First Light Wine and Food Festival [1 day]

Gisborne New Zealand
gourmet 29/10

Wahroonga Food + Wine Festival [1 day]

Wahroonga, NSW Australia
gourmet 30/10

Southern Highlands Food and Wine Festival [2 days]

Moss Vale, NSW Australia
gourmet 31/10 Ottawa Wine & Food Festival [3 days] Ottawa Canada
       
Australia
         
 NOVEMBER 2024
gourmet 01/11

Good Food Month Melbourne [30 days]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
gourmet 01/11

Wine Island [3 days]

Sydney, NSW Australia
gourmet 01/11

Taste of Auckland [4 days]

Auckland New Zealand
gourmet 06/11

F.A.W.C! Food & Wine Classic Summer [9 days]

Napier New Zealand
gourmet 07/11

Toast to the Coast [2 days]

Geelong, VIC Australia
gourmet 08/11 Margaret River Gourmet Escape [10 days] Margaret River, WA Australia
gourmet 08/11

San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival [7 days]

San Diego, California USA
gourmet 14/11

Handpicked Festival [1 day]

Langhorne Creek, SA Australia
gourmet 15/11 Toast Martinborough Wine, Food & Music Festival [1 day] Martinborough New Zealand
gourmet 15/11 Margaret River Gourmet Escape [10 days] Margaret River, WA New Zealand
gourmet 19/11

East Malvern Food & Wine Festival [1 day]

East Malvern, VIC Australia
gourmet 21/11

Budburst Food & Wine festival [2 days]

Macedon Ranges, VIC Australia
gourmet 21/11

Bicheno Food and Wine Festival [1 day]

Bicheno, TAS Australia
gourmet 21/11

Coconut Grove Food Wine Festival [1 day]

Miami, Florida USA
gourmet 21/11

Spring Wine & Food Festival [2 days]

King Valley, VIC Australia
gourmet 21/11

La Dolce Vita Wine & Food Festival [2 days]

King Valley, VIC Australia
gourmet 26/11

Sparkling Sydney [1 day]

Pyrmont, NSW Australia
gourmet 28/11

Mudgee Festival of Snags [1 day]

Mudgee, NSW Australia
gourmet 29/11

Paris to Provence festival [3 days]

Melbourne, VIC Australia
       
Austria Italy
         
 DECEMBER 2025
gourmet 04/12

Salon Saveurs des Plaisirs Gourmands (Noel) [4 days]

Paris France
gourmet 28/12

The Taste of Tasmania [7 days]

Hobart, TAS Australia
         
January 2025
gourmet 08/01

Gold Coast Food Wine Expo [3 days]

Gold Coast, QLD Australia
         
February 2025
gourmet 05/02

Festivale [3 days]

Launceston, TAS Australia
gourmet 13/02

Marlborough Food and Wine Festival [1 day]

Marlborough New Zealand
         
APRIL 2025
gourmet 14/04

Barossa Vintage Festival [5 days]

Tanunda, SA Australia
         
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