Markets & Food Events

This dreamy dining and drinking playground is set to be tastier than ever, and the best part is: entry is completely free. 

We’re all for stretching a night out—especially when the cocktails are dialled up, the bites are bold, and buzzing entertainment induces napkin-swirling and tabletop boogies.

Low on funds? Don’t sweat it, because we’ve done you and your back pocket a major solid, penning a list of the best cheap eats on the Gold Coast.

Brisbane’s hottest food fest is back for its fifth year, serving up 100+ exclusive offers and one-off events from the city’s top bars and restaurants.

Queensland's leading food and drink festival, The Curated Plate is back for 2025—with a stacked lineup of over 60 events. 

Taking place on Friday 30 May within the enchanting Grounds of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Fireside will take your tastebuds on a decadent journey with dishes and tipples from Brisbane’s most celebrated venues.

Matcha has taken over the Gold Coast and it only seems to be growing in popularity. What was once an outlier in the morning beverage scene is now a firmly established drink of choice for many.

The Scenic Rim's Eat Local Month is back, hosting over 120 culinary events from late May to June. 

Dunedin may be a small student city at heart, but this heritage hotspot sure knows how to punch above its weight when it comes to drinking and dining. 

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.

As the action revs up on the track, we'll show you how to ace the off-track scene

It’s time for a round or three of cafe-hopping in Currumbin and Tugun.  

These are the best cafes and coffee shops in Mermaid Beach, dished up in no particular order.

Get your gifts, eat a mince pie and listen to some carols at these Gold Coast Christmas markets. 

Plus, win an adventurous Aussie holiday worth up to $3.5K.

These are the Gold Coast’s eleven best pho joints—perfect for winter. Grab your chopsticks and get ready to slurp.

From hippie haven to a mecca for Australia’s glitterati, Byron Bay/Cavanbah has undergone a serious glow-up over the past few decades. But one thing that hasn’t changed: its line-up of ridiculously tasty cafes.

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.

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. 

Fire up the group chat, here’s your action-packed hit list of everything you need to do at The Star.

With an abundance of local fishing spots, the ocean’s finest fresh seafood is dished up right across the Gold Coast.

Dust off your passport—Urban List Vacays has arrived. 

 Take the hassle and heartache out of feeding and watering your guests at your next event by getting in one of Gold Coast’s best caterers. 

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.

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.

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

We’ve wrapped up a stack of free events taking over The Star Gold Coast this February so you can eat, sip, laugh and dance your way through stunning summer evenings. 

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.  

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. 

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.

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?

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

Fill your stomach and your soul. 

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.

The Milkman’s Cookies is a sweet-as-can-be small business that first started out as two Gold Coast locals with a desire to join the market community and quickly turned into a mission to create the best cookies in town. And after tasting a few of these bad boys, we reckon they might have just completed this mission. 

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.

Rosé lovers—you know who you are—it’s time to unabashedly praise the most superior type of wine out there with the Gold Coast’s new Rosé festival.

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.

The GABS Summer Craft Beer Tour is hitting the Gold Coast this week and is set to be a weekend extravaganza of cold brews, delicious food and summer vibes.

Our favourite neighbours are planning an unforgettable weekend of curated events, celebrating the fertile farming region that supplies so many of our markets and eateries. 

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.

Grab your mates, warm up the car engine, pack a cut lunch, and hit the road with our pick of the Gold Coast's best day trips.

Get ready to binge on all your favourite street food this weekend, because Miami Marketta is back in action. 

You may not be able to visit your local cafe for a flat white, enjoy a beer with your buddies or catch a film with friends, but we’re arming you with 10 seriously cool things to do on the Gold Coast, while you batten down the hatches and self-isolate.

When availability slumps, look to your local heroes that deliver fresh fruits, vegetables and meats to your door, with no chance of you breaking any physical distancing rules.

We’ve rounded up some of the fiercest local women in business; pouring cups of ambition by the gallon, dreaming big and designing their futures on their terms, right here on the Gold Coast. 

Summer might be over, but March just so happens to be one of the most action-packed months of the year! 

Salt Meats Cheese in Surfers Paradise are hosting an all-you-can-eat arancini and meatball night, and we’re already drooling. 

Teaming up The Good Food Catering Co., our fave twighlight market is throwing one massive day of ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT mussels. Just let that sink in for a second...

Set amidst the fertile farmlands and lush hinterland that makes this Northern Rivers area so treasured, Bangalow’s Sample Food Festival returns this weekend and is absolutely worth jumping in the car for. 

You heard it here first, Gold Coast, a huge festival featuring our favourite clear beverage is coming to the sunshine state and we’re almost drunk with excitement!

If you’re on a plastic-free mission it can be a little disheartening when you arrive at the supermarket to find more than a third of the fresh produce suffocated in plastic. Had plans to make risotto and need one stick of celery? Too bad, you can only choose from a huge bunch (of which most will go to waste), half a bunch wrapped in cling-wrap or a few pre-chopped sticks in a sealed plastic bag.

Pack some breath mints, because Welcome To Bowen Hills is throwing a vitamin-rich Garlic Bread Festival this weekend.

Let’s chat about breaking a dirty, little habit. No, we don’t mean your daily 3pm chocolate binge, we’re talking about using and abusing plastic for just about everything. The time has come to give it all up. 

Sure, we may complain about the frosty mornings, but really, we don’t have winter too bad in these parts, especially when the GC are putting on some seriously stellar events. And there is absolutely no way we are accepting an ‘it’s too cold’ excuse not to get in on food fests, fireworks competitions and Cooly Rocks On! Here are the best things to do on the Gold Coast this June.

If there’s one thing we’re missing on the Gold Coast, it’s a venue that allows us to sink our toes in the sand, cold beverage in hand, enjoying delicious food and taking in our stunning backyard. Well, we’re in for a treat because we’re about to be blessed with a seriously special set up.

It’s no secret that we’re pretty spoiled when it comes to life on the Gold Coast. An endless summer, stunning beaches, cool bars and a great live music scene are just a few of the things we get to indulge in as locals. But, arguably one of the Gold Coast’s best features is its market scene.

Move over food trucks, mobile cocktail trucks are our newest addiction.

Magnum has announced that vegans can have a piece of the goodness.

If it’s not already super obvious, which we highly doubt, we at The Urban List HQ are massive, MASSIVE fans of a good market.

When it comes to summer on the Gold Coast, it’s basically a given that ice cream will become 65% of your daily diet, so it makes sense that we’re getting a festival dedicated to the good stuff.

When we speak about food, we tend to speak in hyperbole. It’s hard not to when we pride ourselves on being ride-or-die foodies.

Grab your best dress robes, Brisbane. We’re about to gather for an evening of well-mannered frivolity. There’s a huge wizard-themed brunch heading our way.

Another day, another collab doing the rounds on the internet. But we’re not here to discuss the latest sneaker drop or fashion house mash up. No, today we’re bringing to your attention Jelly Belly jelly beans’ wondrously whacky collaboration with the world of Harry Potter. Accio, cravings!

If it’s not already super obvious, which we highly doubt, we at The Urban List HQ are massive, MASSIVE fans of a good market.

Thankfully, unlike our tans, the best markets on the Gold Coast aren’t going anywhere this winter.

In what we can only describe as a stroke of genius, the Australians of the Year gang over at Gelato Messina have gone above and beyond this time around, creating probably the most Aussie of all gelato flavours. May we present to you, Fairy Bread gelato. (Permission to lose your shit, 100% granted!)

Guys, it’s time to celebrate! No, it’s not our birthday—although we’re just as pumped! Nay, it’s National Chicken Wing Day, AKA the best day of the year. 

Oh, do we have some truly stellar news for you Gold Coast! The good folk at Miami Marketta are launching one seriously epic gin parlour and we’re buzzing. Not content simply delivering mouth-watering food trucks, awesome live music and a rad venue, the popular Miami night market will launch their latest venture on September 13—just in time for the warmer weather.

How a festival dedicated to probably the world’s most iconic food hasn’t popped up before really does leave us stumped. Name a more delectable food than a crispy rasher of bacon. We’ll wait…

A treasure trove awaits—here’s our pick of the best markets on the Gold Coast to visit this July. 

Sugar Republic is the latest, greatest interactive candy museum you never knew you needed in your life.

We’ve got a bucket list of the best markets on the Gold Coast; the perfect way to spend the next few weekends, no matter your preferred market style.

Because our love for Mexican food and dessert is matched equally in its importance in our lives (really, we couldn't choose), news of a dessert taco making the rounds in Brisvegas made us feel things we never thought possible.

The Gold Coast is VERY close to securing yet another crazy cool permanent night market.

We're warming you up with a swag of hot events popping up on the Gold Coast this June.

Grab your brollie, those cute gumboots you never get to wear, and head out to enjoy any of these cool things to do on the Gold Coast—happening this weekend.

The Green Marquee Eco Markets—is all about bringing together creators and doers who go above and beyond in the sustainability stakes.

We’ve got some beery good news for all the Gold Coast’s hops lovers: the Crafted beer and cider festival is coming soon.

We’re throwing open our arms to April and the stack of festivals it’s bringing our way.

There’s over 100 events being held across 17 days, so we’ve rallied together seven Bleach* Festival events we don’t wanna miss.

Hot diggity damn, the wait is over! One the Gold Coast’s original food trucks has just lifted the lid on its shiny new diner.

While it can be hard to take your eyes off the wave-slaying action, it’s not the only reason you’ll wanna head south over the coming 10 days.

Paddy Skicko and The Wiener Haus crew have, just this second, given us the green light to help them break the news. You ready?

Opening weekend of the 2017 Quiksilver Pro will seriously step it up a notch with the creation of our very own surf music event: Cooly BeachFest.

The days of hunting down one of the Gold Coast’s raddest original food trucks are officially (almost) over.

Grab the last month of summer by the short and curlies, with this epic round up of things to do on the Gold Coast this February.

No plans? That’s about to change with this wee round up of things to do on the Gold Coast this weekend.

Christmas may be just around the corner but the presents are already starting to flow, with news the Gold Coast is getting another massive night market!

We’re edging closer to the end of the year, folks. But with so much happening in the next 31 days, we reckon it’s time we all hit the brakes and enjoy!

The weekend is over, but there’s no use crying into your acai bowl when the week ahead is looking so freakin’ bright.

If you’re on the hunt for things to do on the Gold Coast this November, add these babies to your calendar.

Whether you’re a foodie, fitness feign, nature lover, or all the above, we’ve rounded up 50 things to do on the Gold Coast before you kiss goodbye to 2016.

From craft beer fests, to outdoor cinemas, and an after-dark yoga silent disco, there’s a whole lotta things to do on the Gold Coast this October.

This is no ordinary weekend, people. It’s a looooong one and we have the best things to do on the Gold Coast to make it three days of pure F-U-N.

Get amongst this epic list of things to do on the Gold Coast this weekend and give spring the warm welcome it deserves. You're welcome!

We’ve wadded through the interwebs to bring you our pick of the best things to do on the Gold Coast this September. Diaries at the ready, folks!

Summer is just around the corner, so we've raised our glasses to bring you our pick of the best Sunday sessions on the Gold Coast. Cheers!

Spring is just around the corner, folks! To carry you over the finish line, here’s nine awesome things to do on the Gold Coast in August.

Flick off the Uggs, get out from under that lap blanket, and scoot your way over to some of the best things to do on the Gold Coast this month.

Congrats team, we survived another #eastcoastlow.

To help get you through the grey and dreary times, local movers and shakers have planned a host of epic things to do on the Gold Coast this weekend.

We’ve rounded up 11 awesome things to do on the Gold Coast this June, to keep you busy over the winter season. Winter? LOLJK.

What goes hand in hand with a weekend session in the sunshine? A heaping plate of nachos, that’s what! Here's seven of the best nachos on the Gold Coast.

Don’t let this weekend pass you by. Add any of these things to do on the Gold Coast to your diary, ‘cause before you know it, winter will be a knockin’.

The arrival of cooler temps means the event calendar is heating up. Don't believe us? Here's 13 awesome things to do on the Gold Coast in May.

Here’s five epic things to do on the Gold Coast that's sure to make your May Day long weekend one to remember. You're welcome.