Markets & Food Events

Tucked away in Surry Hills, the Hollywood Quarter (HQ Sydney) is home to some of Sydney's hottest venues for films, LA-style cocktails, live music and DJs spinning vinyl.

Embracing the essence of Euro summer, we’ve partnered with the grazing board gurus at Sandhurst to add a dose of la dolce vita to your arvo plans this month.

We’ve joined forces with Sandhurst and Bondi’s vibey eatery Rocker to throw one last sunny Sunday sesh.

With almost 50 stalls serving 25 cuisines, the multi-million-dollar, 3000-square-metre Hay St Market is Sydney’s newest foodie destination in the heart of the Paddy’s Markets precinct in Chinatown.

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

Expect a three-course meal, inventive minty cocktails, wine and conversation cards to get to know your new mates.

Orange FOOD Week will run between Friday 28 March and Sunday 6 April, with almost 50 events including dinners and lunches with well-known chefs, vineyard sessions, masterclasses and family-friendly fun.

Sydney is celebrating Lunar New Year 2025 with epic banquets, luminous lanterns and cultural performances to welcome the Year of the Snake.

Camden Valley Inn is bringing the magic of a white Christmas to Sydney’s doorstep with daily snow flurries and a range of Christmas activities for the whole family to enjoy.

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

Awash with breathtaking nature, rich in culture and boasting a stacked events calendar year-round, Orange is the dreamy destination you need to start planning your next getaway to. 

We’ve found the ultimate foodie festival for you to hit up this spring

Every year, the Vivid food offerings get more creative and enlightening. Taste the best the festival has to offer with our picks for the most delightful dining options at Vivid Sydney 2024. 

Cheese dreams are made of these. 

If you’re craving la dolce vita but couldn’t afford Euro summer this year, we’re bringing the sunshine your way instead. We’ve teamed up with Peroni to bring you a slice of the good life from the best Amalfi-inspired spots all over the South Coast.

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. 

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. 

If you’re craving la dolce vita but couldn’t afford Euro summer this year, we’re bringing the sunshine your way instead. We’ve teamed up with Peroni to bring you a slice of the good life from the best Amalfi-inspired spots all over the Mornington Peninsula.

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

Understanding the assignment of lush views and decadent offerings, The Jackson, Sydney’s most luxurious and newest superyacht to hit the Harbour, has curated a stacked events calendar for a cracking Spring/Summer season.

Sparkling Sydney is a harbourside celebration of all things effervescent.

Dust off your passport—Urban List Vacays has arrived. 

To fill the pantry with fresh produce or your closet with locally-made goods, there's nothing we love more than Sydney's best markets. 

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.

Just a 90-minute drive from Melbourne, Bendigo is a place where you can step back in time to get a fix of the state's history. Here, you’ll uncover a vibrant arts scene, old-world architecture and some of Victoria’s most delicious eats. 

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. 

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.

For the ultimate food and spectacle experience during this year’s Vivid Sydney festival in Sydney, snag tickets to Chefs on the Harbour aboard luxury superyacht, The Jackson. 

Now is the perfect time to soak up some cultural experiences and Opera Australia has just the thing with their 2023 production of Madama Butterfly.

Naturally, you're going to need to fuel up to experience the best of Sydney WorldPride, which is where we come in. 

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

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.  

We've wrapped up five Sydney restaurants serving up mouthwatering seafood dishes starring Akoya this month.

Mirazur—a superstar from the Cote D’Azur—has revealed today it'll be popping up in Sydney for three weeks. 

Enter: Casa Aperol, the result of two icons —Aperol and Bondi Pavilion—coming together to create an immersive summer pop-up experience that will transport you straight to the Amalfi Coast. 

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. 

Just in time to spark your European summer wanderlust, Sydney's epic and enormous annual Greek food and culture festival is on the return. 

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. 

If your Christmas tree’s already been up in the living room and you’re wondering how else you can get into the spirit this season, the Noël Sydney Christmas festival has you covered with their extensive markets taking over the Royal Botanic Gardens and Macquarie Street this month.

The early bird gets the best fireworks worm. 

 True BAE.

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.

Slurp HubbaBubba, fairy bread, and a grape Nerd margaritas. 

The much-anticipated food festival has a new home in Prince Alfred Park, too.

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

Every Australian wine-lover should experience a mind-blowing drop at least once in their lives—luckily, the legends at Wine Selectors are about to give us that opportunity.

Supplies for every night of the week, sorted.

With three different banquets to choose from, everyone will be satisfied. 

Book in a bit of colour this spring with a direct trip to Bendigo. 

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?

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

Foodies, pay close attention. We’re about to dish on a delicious new event you need to add to the tasting calendar. 

Featuring over 100 gins, Junipalooza, London’s massive gin tasting festival, is coming to Sydney in 2022.

Clear your calendar because the highly-anticipated Good Food & Wine Show presented by Citi (GFWS) is back for its 21st year and honestly, our taste buds couldn't be more hyped. Slinging a bunch of new events, masterclasses and immersive experiences sure to ignite your senses, this year is set to be the best GFWS yet.

Sydney, get excited. The Good Food & Wine Show is officially back and bringing all the eats we could ever desire with it.

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. 

Messina has buddied up with another Melbourne institution—this time bringing Wonderbao’s glorious Gua Bao to Sydney as well as some other one-off inventions that’ll definitely blow your mind. 

With everything from salad platters, cheesesteaks, booze, and delicate French canapés, these caterers have you (and your party) covered. Here are Sydney's best caterers. 

This is not a drill, everyone's fave wine fest, Pinot Palooza, is officially returning to the thirsty city of Sydney after two years' hiatus.

Skip the queues, crowds and department stores all together these holidays, because we’ve found the ultimate gifting pop-up to solve all your pressie-woes this weekend. 

And it's bigger than ever.

The early bird catches a bucket of prawns and a Christmas Day snapper.

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.

Back for the fifth year in a row.

When it comes to yum cha—there are a few notable highlights and must-orders from those delightful roaming trolleys. Like dim sims, har gao, and steamed pork buns too. In the dessert category, however, you simply can not go past a plate full of mango pancakes.

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. 

No denying it, Messina has been a major lockdown saviour. Honestly, those fortnightly cookie pie specials have been as exciting for us to write about as they have been to pre-order, pick up, and devour. But while Messina has more than a few outposts across Sydney these days (there’s even a newbie in Brighton Le Sands)—there is a fair amount of territory they don’t take in. And yes, in this case, we’re talking about you legends up on the Northern Beaches.

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). 

Well, here we are again Sydney. With lockdown extended and no clear end date in sight—not to mention some of Sydney's toughest lockdown restricitons yet—it is without a doubt, really tough out there right now. And it's especially tough for Sydney's hospitality scene. 

It’s serving up Guadalajara-style street food and spicy Margaritas.

Think theatre-sized screens, huge margaritas, giant foosball tables, arcade games (to pass time beforehand) and even boozy shakes to fuel yourself through any match, fight, game or race.

Sydney, get excited. The Good Food & Wine Show is officially back and bringing all the eats we could ever desire with it. After a hiatus in 2020 for reasons we need not rehash, this year will be the best yet with the new Eat Local Pop Up supporting our neighbourhood faves. 

Head out on the Great Southern Pie Drive, try “pie tea”, and fill up flaky, meaty goodness. 

Everyone’s favourite grape dedicated festival, Pinot Palooza is coming back to Sydney this year.

And introducing: taco roulette.

Well, it’s back again—Meatstock is bringing you a festival filled with barbequed meats, barbers, butchers and live bands for the first weekend in May, 2020.

There used to be a time when the Sydney CBD was a bit of a cultural dead zone. Among office towers and gaudy shopping centres, things like decent bars and late-night spots, hyped restaurants, and well-made espresso was all few and far between.

Like your supper with a side of goodwill?

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. 

 Let the festivities be-gin.

Pooling the rich flavours from the likes of Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, there’s a lot to explore and the journey is 100 per cent worth it. 

Fact: beyond the borders of Sydney, NSW is home to some seriously good craft breweries and you should absolutely make a plan to hit the road and visit them soon.

If there’s one thing we’ve learned from paint and sip—it’s that fuelling our favourite creative pastimes with a drink (or three) is always a good idea. If you’re ready to expand your horizons in this regard, say hey to The Big Bake, Sydney’s brand new boozy baking school.

Kicking off in August, Surly's will be hosting 2-hour feasting sessions on Saturdays and Sundays that'll involve a bunch of smoked meats and a whole lot of beer. 

Sella Vinoteca is the freshest addition to Randwick’s humming Newmarket dining precinct—and it might just be our favourite new wine bar and bottle shop. 

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

Hosted on Wednesday 25 December, it’s set to be a full-blown Christmas edition of Carriageworks’ famous Farmers Market. 

It’s been a pretty strange year—and look, if you’re feeling like you need to bow out of 2020 and sail into 2021 with a bang, we think we might have just found the best way to do so.

All hail the bottomless margaritas, tacos and tostadas.

We’ve got the inside scoop on all the best food trucks in town, where to find them, and what they are serving up. From breakfast spots to schnitzel vans, taco trucks, and roaming ice cream, eat your way through the day with the ten best food trucks in Sydney. 

Ditch those long lines, Good Food Month has cooked up a super-special home-delivered edition of the iconic Night Noodle Markets. 

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.

The Hashtag Burgers team is taking on tacos. 

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

 Sydney Good Food Month is returning for its 22nd year with a host of in-person events on the schedule, including the one-and-only Night Noodle Markets. 

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.

Messina has buddied up with Melbourne’s Hoy Pinoy to create a make-at-home dinner pack. Both Messina and Hoy Pinoy regularly hold court at the NNM each year, and if you’re a regular you’ll know their custom menus are typically the highlight of the whole market.

Redfern Surf Club has created sustainable party bags—basically fancy and environmentally friendly goon sacks. And they are slick. 

This weekend, Stanley’s will be hosting a Salt Beef Beigel (SBB) pop-up which we may as well call carb heaven on earth. These beigels were the staple dance floor feed at Sly Fox before the late-night spot on Enmore Road was (unfairly) shut down earlier this year. 

Sydney’s famous Northside Produce Market returns this weekend as a new "shop n' go" concept where you can pre-order all your groceries and pick them up on the day.

The Bella Vista Hotel has opened up its car park and driveway and created a laneway of food trucks—and you can cruise on over and order up a full feast from the safety of your car.

Messina is rereleasing their "Greatest Hits" specials—a lineup of the gelato juggernauts top 40 flavour specials that was a total sellout last year. 

Keep your eyes peeled for a giant cocktail shaker on wheels. 

If you’ve been missing your weekly market crawl—picking up fresh fruit and veg, fancy locally made condiments, baked goods and the like—you’ll be stoked to learn that Tramsheds Growers Market is now available to peruse and shop online.

Loaded with 500g of raclette cheese straight from the wheel for your at-home melting and scraping delight, this raclette box is the cold weather feasting dream we’ve been hanging out for. 

While it's usually something only Melbournians are treated to—this year's Rocky Road Festival is hitting the road, shipping its mountainous chocolate-marshmallow goodness Australia-wide. 

With isolation comes a distinct lack of fine dining—when was the last time you put on a fancy outfit and sat down to more than a single course meal (eating ice cream out of the tub after dinner isn’t a ‘course’)? One company is determined to bring that experience back into our lives, and they’re doing it with a home delivered four-course degustation. 

Ready yourself for an all-day food affair because a major Portuguese festival is descending on Sydney this weekend.

The purveyors of delicious and rare cheeses at Formaggi Ocello have kicked off a secret sale this weekend, and if you’re considering the impending “doomsday” on our doorstep, now’s a good time to stock up on life’s essentials (ahem, cheese).  

Messina’s iconic pandan and coconut, cookies and cream, milk chocolate and more—for FREE. 

This Tuesday at their Circular Quay outpost, the Salt Meats Cheese crew will be demonstrating their undying love of all things cheese with a one-off dedicated cheese feast that features—wait for it—bottomless pouring cheese fondue.

Banchō Bar is celebrating Chinatown's mixed bag of cultures by kicking off February with an epic night of Malaysian-inspired eats and drinks.

Coming to us in 2020 is Momo Fest, a festival dedicated entirely to the Nepalese and Tibetan take on the dumpling—the supremely delicious momo.

You’ll also go mad over the coffee spritz.

Joining in on the Black Friday bonanza this year is The Burger Collective. Basically, they’ve gathered a heap of Sydney’s absolute best burger joints, and asked them to drop 50% off your burgs across four hours this Friday only.