Markets & Food Events

Cheese lovers, get excited because MOULD: A Cheese Festival is returning to Brisbane for three days of cheese, wine and food in 2024.

There's no better way to spend a sun-soaked arvo in Brissy than with your favorite drop and a smorgasbord of treats—so don’t sleep on this year’s return of Providore Park to Roma Street Parkland.

We're frothing at the ultimate opportunity to scoff delicious eats in the open air at this year’s James Street Food & Wine Trail.

From weekend produce markets to late night artisan pop-ups, here are all the best Brisbane markets that are worth visiting.

With some of Brisbane City's best restaurants, bars, and eateries joining forces for the entire month of June, we’ve rounded up the events that are topping our 2024 Dine BNE City hit list.

From melt-in-your-mouth pastries to international eats that will take your tastebuds around the world, here’s our non-negotiable hit list next time you plan a day trip to Logan. 

Whether it’s a long lunch with family or an intimate evening degustation, Scenic Rim Eat Local Month has over 40 experiences with next-level dishes to tuck into. 

This year, Dine BNE City is kicking off their month-long food festival with Fireside, a culinary exploration under the stars at St Stephen’s Cathedral. 

With Mother’s Day mere weeks away, here are our ideas for ways to celebrate all things Mum this Mother’s Day in Brisbane. 

Paniyiri is back for which means it's time to eat your body weight in hot, golden honey puffs.

We’ve teamed up with Red Rock Deli to curate six perfect snack and sip pairings to suit whatever favourite drop you’ve had cellaring or sitting on your shelf waiting to be savoured.

If you’re after for a stay that’s as eclectic and exciting as the city you’re in, Hotel Indigo’s latest instalment in Brisbane’s North Quay is the perfect basecamp for exploring the best of the city. 

If you love oysters, you’re going to froth over the next epic feasting event that One Fish Two Fish is putting on. 

In a city that’s buzzing with bars, boutiques, galleries, theatres and high-end restaurants, you need a high-end hotel to match. Enter Hotel Indigo, Melbourne’s new laneway hotel smack bang in the middle of the action on the iconic Flinders Lane. 

Bring the light and flavours of Diwali home with some delicious help from our community and The Spice Tailor. 

Dust off your passport—Urban List Vacays has arrived. 

Meat-free Mondays, flexitarianism, part-time vegos—there are a whole bunch of ways people are trying to embrace plant-based eating. And while some of us aren't quite ready to ditch meat for good, swapping meat for plant-based alternatives where you can is becoming more common—especially among Urban List staff.

We want to help you live the dream in WA, so we asked the passionate locals who call it home to share all their must-visit experiences across this stunning state. Dive into our guides to the best places to play, eat and stay, steeped with local knowledge and all the tools you need to plan the trip of a lifetime.

To help you start mapping out your next New South Wales adventure, we’ve rounded up a bunch of the most exciting events to mark in your diaries.

Your favourite couch-change event is happening again this year. Yep, the Sunnybank Food Trail is rocking into Brisbane on 22 July.

Providore Park is set to take over Roma Street Parklands from 8–9 July. Here, you’ll be able to experience culinary delights of all kinds, all while basking in that gorgeous winter sun. So brush off your favourite shopping basket and gather your best mates, this one's going to be one of the tastiest times of the year. The best bit? Entry is free. 

Throughout June, the restaurants and bars of Brisbane City will unite to provide food lovers with a procession of delicious flavours.

Dine BNE City is about to take you on a month-long culinary journey that will make all your mouth-watering dreams come true.

Taking inspiration from the ultimate authentic addition to any meal, Cholula Hot Sauce, we spoke to the founders of Cartel del Taco in Brisbane,  Marco Ramirez And Erick Martinez, to dive a little deeper into what the day is all about and their favourite ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

Lovers of all things wagyu, angus and buttermilk chicken, ready your stomachs—your PT isn’t going to like this.

It's the perfect excuse to jump in the car, directly support the primary producers that feed us, and take in some fresh countryside air.

Whether you’re celebrating your number one gal pal or a budding bromance, here are some totally cute date ideas in Brisbane for your friendship.

Cocktail Porter has launched perhaps their most delicious cocktail kit yet: DIY Easter Cocktail Kits complete with chocolate Easter eggs to serve them in.

If fun and free are two concepts you can get behind (and in this economy, who can’t?), you’re going to want to mark your calendars for Ipswich’s latest event, Tunes in Tulmur. 

Experience HOTA's world-exclusive exhibition, Pop Masters: Art from Mugrabi Collection, New York in a whole new light on two unmissable evenings, Up Late: New York Nights.  

Taking inspo from the simplicity and versatility of the Kumato® we chatted to Bondi Icebergs Head Chef, Alex Prichard, about all things hosting. From his top tips for catering for groups big and small, to his number one hack to leave your guest impressed after a night to remember. 

At the core of all good family feasts are good ingredients. Inspired by the experts in fresh and easy and authentic Asian, Asian Inspirations, we spoke to four Australian creatives about what LNY means to them and asked them what their favourite dish is to eat at home during the festivities. 

There is a tonne of events to check out this Chrissy season, from classic twilight carols to a Christmas Jazz Lounge with no shortage of lights and merriment in between.

Grab your mates and head down for live performances every Friday with some of the industry’s finest musicians at The Star’s vibrant Garden Kitchen & Bar Live On The Lawn, entertainment series.

Grab your favourite people and celebrate in style at this year's next-level events at The Star Gold Coast’s stellar venues, featuring phenomenal viewings of the big party in the sky the moment the clock strikes midnight. 

When it comes to being fancy AF in the foodie world, it’s all about three things—lobster, truffle and champagne. 

Usually, after you’ve knocked off a 5km or 10km run you’ll immediately reach for a big old bottle of water, or a Powerade. But that’s not what you’ll be doing if you take part in Brisbane’s upcoming Beer Run.

If you’ve not yet heard about Cakes and Sh!t, where you can custom order the naughtiest cookies, cupcakes and cakes in town (penis cake, anyone?), you’ll want to listen up.

Saturday, October 15 is National Mushroom Day, reminding us to pay homage to the mighty mushrooms in our lives. Whether you’re a mushroom farmer, cafe owner, or simply a humble mushy admirer, Saturday is the day to shout your love of mushrooms to the rooftops and celebrate everything about them—from their mind-boggling health benefits to that unparalleled taste.

Clear your calendar because the highly-anticipated Good Food & Wine Show (GFWS) presented by Citi is back for its 21st year and honestly, our tastebuds couldn't be more hyped.

Hosted by the legends at El Camino Cantina, Brisbane’s home of giant slushie margaritas, Ritapalooza will feature 24 margarita flavours, cheap eats and DJs.

No need to book, just rock up and enjoy Euro Summer vibes at Casa Aperol

From a Gelato tour to taking it slow with your fave hobbies, there are plenty of options to leave the hangover at the pub. 

Get amongst the glamour and debauchery at Blanc De Blanc Encore.

Foodies and culture fiends, it’s time to get excited. The world famous secret dinner party phenomenon, Diner en Blanc is returning in 2022.

Say goodbye to home delivery.

This month, the gang at AVC have launched The Pass, a fabulous new loyalty app which will earn you big points and perks at over 190+ restaurants, pubs and bars so you can enjoy the best of what our country’s hospitality scene has to offer. Better still, you’ll get $10 credit to use on your first order for free when you download the app, along with a heap of birthday gifts and exclusive offers all waiting  for you. How good is that?

Heat up your next date night with seafood feasts, brain-bending trivia and DIY dumplings at Gasworks.

Take your dream trip and lose yourself in the world of cinema and the best experiences WA has to offer. 

If the world is your oyster, then get ready to enter an entire universe at Sandstone Point Hotel’s Oyster and Seafood Festival in October. 

Returning to Brisbane is the ultimate bar-hopping experience every vino enthusiast needs in their life, The Urban Wine Walk.

Mad cooking schools are actually essential, to your health and relationship status, so it’s a good thing Brisbane has an abundance of great cooking classes.

Whatever you're into, there's something for everyone on the agenda at The Star Gold Coast over the next action-fueled months. 

Relax with live jazz at South Bank's Jazz On The Green this July.

Fill your stomach and your soul. 

A night dedicated to celebrating the oozy, gooey, chocolately goodness that is Nutella is happening at NightQuarter from on Saturday 23 July.

Here's how you can book Christina Laker, Wynona Davies, Sabina Newton, Sarah Clare, and Huda AlSultan as your own private chef for the night. 

If there's one event that really gets us hot under the collar every year, it's the return of the Night Noodle Markets.

A quick 15 minutes from Caloundra, you’ll find possibly the most diverse foodie haven in Queensland: NightQuater.

The big guns of Australia and New Zealand’s independent beer scenes are hitting the Valley for the inaugural Juicy Beer Festival on Saturday 9 July.

South Bank Parklands’ local-loving food festival, Regional Flavours, lands back in Brisbane this year, with a stellar lineup and free entry.

In celebration of everyone's best friend, gin, Fever-Tree and Howard Smith Wharves are partnering up to put on an unmissable four-day festival dedicated to all things gin (and tonic).

Australia’s biggest pinot noir festival, Pinot Palooza, is coming back to Brisbane in May for its tenth anniversary.

Brace yourself for a brand new foodie experience that will leave you downright speechless.

When it comes to pastry-based comfort food, there really is nothing that competes with the humble sausage roll. 

The infamous Brisbane Ice Cream Festival is back for 2022 with plenty of glorious frozen treats, and more chances to get in a scoop of the fun.

We're spilling the tea on all the details on the tea festival hitting Fish Lane in February.

Put down the tin of mushrooms, here are some of Brisbane’s best fresh grocery delivery services. 

The legends at Harajuku Gyoza have teamed up with Omu Sydney to bring the viral omurice stall to Brisbane. 

Here are 10 of the best truckin’ good food trucks in Brisbane for you and your crew to track down and tuck into. 

Your first date venue of choice is speaking VOLUMES, so don’t screw it up.

Everyone’s favourite gourmet ice cream Connoisseur is surprising us this summer by giving away ice cream sticks across the city.

Rather than wait for the New Year's resolution we know won't stick, we're all about habits to get more good on your plate.

If a three-course meal that’s all about flaky, buttery croissants sounds like your dream dining experience, then you’re going to want to hear what Lune Croissanterie is bringing to Brisbane. 

Bottom’s up!

Do you know what we miss? Travelling. Like, a lot. The anticipation of landing in a new destination, the excitement of exploring the culture and most of all, the food. We seriously miss the food.

Dubbed the Mystery Picnic, this self-guided experience will see you solving clues and riddles to figure out the locations of local artisan producers, where you’ll pick up delicious goodies to create an amazing picnic spread. 

Just when you thought Messina's creativity couldn't get any better—they've gone and outdone themselves (again). We've been living for the fortnightly cookie pie drops—from gooey red velvet to rainbow-hued fairy bread bake-at-home treats, the hype is as real as these limited-edition desserts are delicious. 

This September, we know where we’ll be heading—the Strawberry and Dessert Festival.

We’ve become quite reliant on Messina Gelato over here, their speciality desserts have been seeing us through each lockdown, and true to their nature they’ve gone and done it again. The supreme ice cream leaders have just announced that they’re dropping their ‘Lockdown Snack Pack’ a two dessert combo that is designed to pair perfectly when consumed together, (no problem there). 

The RNA is bringing back their wildly popular Ekka Drive-Thru from this Saturday 14 August, with all of your favourite show treats on offer.

City Winery, lockdown saviours that they are, are launching a mac ‘n’ cheese and wine drive-through, perfect for this cold, wet weather while we’re all stuck inside. 

Here are nine delicious things you probably didn’t know you can get delivered right to your door in Brisbane.

Brisbane’s first lasagne drive-thru is launching tomorrow. 

The James Street Food & Wine Trail was due to shut down all of James Street tomorrow, with almost 30 venues doing pop-up stalls dishing up delicious eats and drinks—so now they're going takeaway.

Calling all foodies and vino lovers. The Moreton Bay Food + Wine Festival is just around the corner and we’re ready to dig in. 

Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws and Slytherins are all invited to this magical high tea that will be coming to Brisbane in October. Bring your wands and don your cloaks and get ready for butterbeer—a mystery location awaits.

How far would you travel to pig out at an entire festival dedicated to bacon? If you’d go any distance, you’re in luck, because Kingaroy’s epic BaconFest is back for 2021. 

Queensland’s very first Coles Local has finally arrived, landing in Ascot, right on Racecourse Road.

There are plenty of niche ‘festivals’ happening around the country; some come and go, but one that Victoria has always been in full support of is the Rocky Road Festival. 

OTTO is serving up a five-course degustation dedicated to the beloved fungus, happening all throughout July for Good Food Month.

Alanna Sapwell, ex-head chef of Arc Dining and all-round hospitality superstar, is bringing her pop-up restaurant Esmay to Brisbane in July for Good Food Month. 

The ex-baker from the now iconic bakery, Mal Meiers, is teaming up with some other hospitality superstars for a bakery takeover at Jocelyn’s Provisions.

Mould, creators of the epic annual cheese festival and the cheese deliveries that got us all through lockdown, have just released a Fondue For Two Box.

For those of you dreaming about taking a winter trip to the snowy wonderland that most of Europe turns into every Christmas, we’ve found a festival that might just be the next best thing.

A double decker gin bus just landed in Brisbane, stocked to the rafters with gin, tonic and everything else needed to whip up delicious gin-based cocktails. 

Is there a better way to end the week than by sipping wine, listening to live music and tasting the region’s best seafood, all against the spectacular backdrop of the Brisbane River? 

Brisbane winters are pretty underwhelming in the frost department, but this year we’ve finally got a reason to break out a woolly scarf with the Winter Village coming to town.

If you’re not familiar, GABS—the Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular—is a massive beer event that aims to quench your thirst in a big way. It’s coming to Brisbane this weekend and will feature 170 unique craft beers and ciders that have been brewed specifically for GABS.

After the last several year’s shell-out success (sorry, we had to), One Fish Two Fish has delighted seafood-lovers around the city by bringing back their annual Crab & Cray Cray Feast. 

Polish your wine glasses Brisbane, Welcome to Bowen Hills is hosting an all day Rosé And Cheese Party in their laneway venue and you’re going to want to be there. 

Trek down to the wharves on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 March and discover the Howard Smith Wharves Music Trail. 

Our friends at Spicers Retreats have the same passion for epic food and while they boast eight award-winning restaurants across Queensland and New South Wales, they also offer a range of next-level foodie experiences that will put your usual dinner plans to shame. So, to help you level up your foodie adventures for 2021, we’ve rounded up some of their best experiences on offer this year. 

Calling all cheese-aholics (is there anyone who doesn’t love cheese?). We’re bringing you some legen-dairy news that we haven’t been this excited about since, well, ever.

What if there was a place you could go to munch on fancy Easter egg-inspired desserts and hot cross buns with a twist, and then wash them all down with a pot of your favourite tea, or even a martini?

Clear your calendars—the Noosa Eat and Drink Autumn Fare is hitting the Sunshine Coast next month and we couldn’t be more excited. That’s right, our fave food and drink festival is back in March and with more than fifteen events jam-packed into one epic long weekend, it’s set to be a foodie’s dream. 

Featuring 13 brand new, limited-edition house made sauces and rubs. 

One of Brisbane's best food trucks, King Of The Wings, has finally opened their first permanent digs in Stafford.

Start planning your eat-inerary, because our beloved Eat Street is finally re-opening, and we’re ready to celebrate.

Called Bon Fromage, the weeklong virtual cheese festival has been masterminded by some pretty serious French cheese pros (the Centre National Interprofessionel de l’Economie Laitière, to be exact) along with the European Union. 

The West Village Daydreams and Ice Cream pop-up is here to provide you with your sweet fix and some colourful photo opportunities.

What happens when Gelato Messina, the absolute masters of creative gelato flavours, and Donna Chang, the hottest modern Chinese restaurant in town, decide to team up for a one off event for Good Food Month?

Although Oktoberfest may be over, it's not too late for a sausage party.

On Saturday 17 October, we’re hosting Isolation Degustation, a massive virtual degustation that will see an incredible four-course dinner from Gathar delivered right to your door.

What better way to start a Monday than with news about fried dough? 

At Urban List, we believe small businesses are the lifeblood of our cities and our communities, and with 2020 throwing every curveball in the book to businesses across the nation, we wanted to share the stories of hard-working Aussies who have faced adversity head-on in 2020.

Eat Street’s Kombi Alley will be open for drive-through sweet treats to order from the comfort of your car.

Read up on the ultimate guide on where to go strawberry picking near Brisbane. 

Introducing the Mould Cheese Collective—a cheese delivery box containing delicious handmade cheeses straight from the producers lined up for the Mould festival. 

It was only a matter of time until this happened. The guys at Portside Wharf are celebrating World Chocolate Day (7 July) with Brisbane’s only chocolate festival. The immortal ChocWeek.