Savour The Tweed Festival Is Returning In 2026 With A Huge Five-Day Lineup

Mark your calendar; Savour The Tweed returns for its third year, with five flavour-packed days of culinary events running from Wednesday 21 to Sunday 25 October 2026.

Co-curated once again by local culinary star Christine Manfield and food advocate Amy Colli, this year's program has almost 30 events spanning the Tweed region, with a heavy focus on flavour, storytelling and the people behind the produce—farmers, First Nations storytellers and the chefs translating it all onto a plate.

The lineup brings in some serious out-of-town talent alongside Tweed regulars. Expect Bundjalung chef Mindy Woods, author and TV presenter Palisa Anderson, Le Cordon Bleu Master Samantha Gowing and Sydney-based Syrian chef Sharon Salloum working alongside local names including Ben Devlin (Pipit), Baxter Newstead (Paper Daisy), Dani Wilson and Ewen Crawford (Bistro Livi), and Dayron Concepcion (Tweed River House).

If you love eating, drinking, savouring and storytelling as much as I do, Savour The Tweed puts the region's best on display and is not to be missed.

Savour The Tweed Festival Highlights

Culinary Collaborations 

• Boon Luck Farm Comes To Dinner sees Palisa Anderson step into the Bistro Livi kitchen with organic produce from her Tyagarah farm, and sommelier Nikki Wilson matching wines to the heat.

• Arabesque Tapas & Tunes brings Sharon Salloum to Bar Bruto for one night of shared plates that shift from tapas to meze, with JJDJ on Arabic-inspired tunes after dinner.

• ​Basque To Tweed: Terroir & Fromage teams cheesemonger Kat Harvey with Tweed River House's Dayron Concepcion for a six-course lunch built around French artisanal cheese.

• Native Waterways reunites Mindy Woods and Christine Manfield aboard the Golden Swan for cruise along the Tweed River with storytelling and a wild-harvested seafood menu.

• ​Feast Of The Beast pairs wild game hunter Ryan Smith with Mindy Woods at Coolamon Station, where meats will be cooked over coals and paired with native botanical mead from Louis Costa.

Image Credit: No. 35 Kitchen & Bar | Mathilde Bouby

Cooking Masterclasses

Image Credit: Potager | The Tweed Tourism Co. 

Unique Dining Experiences

Image Credit: Fire and Forage | Sabine Bannard

Sip And Savour

• Old World New World at Six and Four Wine Store is a tutored parallel tasting pitting French sparkling, German riesling and Spanish tempranillo against their Australian counterparts.

• Cane Country Taste Makers in Condong: Sip through a tutored rum tasting and cocktail-making workshop for a deep dive into the sugar-to-rum journey with Birds of Isle Rum. Explore and taste the process of production with Distiller Sally Carter & Chanel Melani and their female- founded distillery begun four years ago. Tickets still available.

• The Natural World: Terroir And Taste is an epic wine and antipasti pairing event at the Natural Wine Shop & Bar in Burringbar, starring Indigenous and local winemakers. Tickets still available.

• Rum Parlour is an atmospheric dinner party at Husk Farm Distillery in North Tumbulgum, slinging Husk Rum cocktails and a three-course menu crafted by Husk’s head chef and Jason Saxby (Raes at Wategos). Think: fine dining meets distillery spirit. Tickets still available.

These balmy long lunches, unique dining experiences and live cooking demos are just a taste of what’s on offer across Savour The Tweed. If you’re as keen as we are to nab seats, take a look at the jam-packed lineup and book tickets early. Don’t forget to come hungry. 

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