NextFest Australia
ROOral™ Regional and Remote Festivals and Events Of Australia
What is NEXTFEST?
Your ROOral™ upcoming Festival Events calendar to keep you up to date with all the upcoming events and festivals around rural Australia.
* Please note that all dates and festivals were resourced from available data. Some may be postponed and dates moved. Please check on festival websites for confirmation. *
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JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY
Date TBC January 2023 Parkes Elvis Festival (celebrating 30 years), NSW
Date TBC January 2023 Tunarama Festival, SA
FEBRUARY
23rd February – Heywood Wood Wine and Roses Festival [1 day event] Heywood, VIC
23rd February – 3rd March Stanthorpe Apple & Grape Harvest Festival
PS: Spot Madison ROO as Lucille Ball crushing it in Stanthorpe
MARCH
3rd March – West Gippsland Railtowns Food & Wine Festival [1 day] Garfield, VIC
6th March – Taste of the Snowies [3 days] Thredbo, NSW Australia
6th March – Newcastle Show [3 days] Newcastle, NSW Australia
6th March – Swan Hill Region Food and Wine Festival [3 days] Swan Hill, VIC Australia
7th March – Tastes of Rutherglen [2 days] Rutherglen, VIC Australia
8th March – Peninsula Piers and Pinots [1 day] Flinders, VIC Australia
13th March – Regional World’s Longest Lunch [1 day] Bendigo, VIC
14th March – Bendigo Craft Beer and Cider Festival [1 day] Bendigo, VIC Australia
15th March – Melbourne Food and Wine Festival [16 days] Melbourne, VIC Australia
15th March – Harvey Harvest Festival [1 day] Perth, WA Australia
20th March – MOULD: A Cheese Festival [1 day] Bowen Hills, QLD Australia
22nd March – Fromage a Trois Cheese Festival [1 day] Werribee, VIC Australia
23rd March – City Feast WA [2 days] Perth, WA Australia
26th March – Feast of the Senses [4 days] Tropical North, QLD Australia
26th March – Taste Great Southern [10 days] Great Southern, WA Australia
27th March – F.O.O.D Week Orange [10 days] Orange, NSW Australia
27th March – Tasting Australia [9 days] Adelaide, SA Australia
28th March – The Peninsula Picnic [1 day] Mornington, VIC Australia
28th March – Harvest Hamper Trail [2 days] Murrumbateman, ACT Australia
28th March – Fish & Sips Festival [3 days] North Fremantle, WA Australia
APRIL
2nd April – Italian Cheese and Wine Night [1 day] Sydney, NSW Australia
3rd April – Wild Harvest Seafood Festival Mallacoota [3 days] Mallacoota, VIC Australia
3rd April – Adelaide Food Fringe [3 days] Adelaide, SA Australia
4th April – Albany Wine & Food Festival [1 day] Albany, WAC Australia
5th April – F.O.O.D Week Orange [10 days] Orange, NSW Australia
5th April – Taste Tamworth Festival [10 days] Tamworth, NSW Australia
8th April – Taste Orange [1 day] Watson Bay, NSW Australia
18th April – Pyrenees Unearthed Festival [1 day] Avoca, VIC Australia
18th April – Fresh Harvest Beer Festival [1 day] Rosebery, NSW Australia
19th April – Tinamba Food & Wine Festival [1 day] Maffra, VIC Australia
26th April – Chestnut & Wine Festival [1 day] Bossley Park, NSW Australia
30th April – Mindil Beach Sunset Markets [1 day] Mindil Beach, NT Australia
30th April – Italian Cheese and Wine Night [1 day] Sydney, NSW Australi
MAY
1st May – Narooma Oyster Festival [ 2 days ] Narooma, NSW Australia
1st May – Feast High Country Festival [ 30 days ] Mansfield, VIC Australia
1st May – Langhorne Creek Wine Show Luncheon [ 1 day ] Langhorne Creek, SA
1st May – A little bit of Italy [ 2 days ] Broke, NSW Australia
2nd May – Grampians Grape Escape [ 2 days ] Hall Gap, VIC Australia
5th May – Bites on the Boulevard [ 2 days ] Mawson Lakes, SA Australia
9th May – The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular NSW [ 1 day ] Brisbane, QLD Australia
14th May – Noosa International Food & Wine Festival [ 4 days ] Noosa, QLD Australia
15th May – Nantucket Wine & Food Festival [ 3 days ] Margaret River, WA Australia
15th May – Clare Valley Gourmet Weekend [ 2 days ] Clare Valley, SA Australia
16th May – Hunter Valley Wine and Food Festival [ 1 day ] Pokolbin, NSW Australia
16th May – razingG the Granite Belt [ 2 days ] Stanthorpe, QLD Australia
16th May – Lovedale Long Lunch [ 2 days ] Lovedale, NSW Australia
16th May – Milton Wine & Food Festival [ 1 day ] Milton, NSW Australia
16th May – The Hampton Festival [ 2 days ] Hampton, QLD Australia
17th May – Lavandula Autumn Harvest festival [ 1 day ] Hepburn Springs, VIC Australia
17th May – The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular [ 3 days ] Carlton, VIC Australia
22nd May – Taste of Kakadu [ 1 day ] Jabiru, NT Australia
22nd May – The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular VIC [ 3 days ] Carlton, VIC Australia
22nd May – MOULD: A Cheese Festival [ 3 days ] Sydney, NSW Australia
22nd May – City Wine – Perth Winter Wine Festival [ 2 days ] Perth, WA Australia
22nd May – Port Douglas Carnivale [ 3 days ] Port Douglas, QLD Australia
25th May – Sparkling Sydney [ 1 day ] Pyrmont, NSW Australia
29th May – Melbourne Good Food & Wine Show [ 3 days ] Melbourne, VIC Australia
29th May – Vintage Tamar [ 3 days ] Tasmania Australia
30th May – Noosa Eat & Drink Festival [ 4 days ] Noosa, QLD Australia
30th May – Taste of Manly [ 2 days ] Manly, NSW Australia
30th May – The GABS Hottest Craft Beers QLD [ 1 day ] Sydney, NSW Australia
30th May – Gold Coast Food & Wine Festival [ 3 day ] Gold Coast, QLD Australia
JUNE
6th JUNE – Relish Food and Wine Festival [ 1 day ] Maryborough, QLD Australia
6th JUNE – Mornington Peninsula Winter Wine Weekend [ 2 days ] Red Hill, VIC Australia
6th JUNE – Rutherglen Winery Walkabout [ 2 days ] Rutherglen, VIC Australia
6th JUNE – Glenrowan Food & Wine Festival [ 3 days ] Glenrowan, VIC Australia
20nd JUNE – Truffle Melbourne Festival Weekend [ 2 days ] Melbourne, VIC Australia
20nd JUNE – Melbourne Italian Wine Festival [ 1 day ] Melbourne, VIC Australia
27th JUNE – Hunter Valley Wine Festival [ 1 day ] Hunter Valley, NSW Australia
27th JUNE – Melbourne Italian Wine Festival [ 1 day ] Melbourne, VIC Australia
27th JUNE – Scenic Rim Eat Local Week [ 8 days ] Scenic Rim, QLD Australia
JULY
4th July – Scenic Rim Winter Harvest Festival – Eat Local Week [ 1 day ] Aratula, QLD Australia
8th July – Fireside Yarra Vallley [ 16 days ] Yarra Valley, VIC Australia
9th July – Bastille Festival [4 days ] Sydney, NSW Australia
10th July – Cellar Door Fest Winter Adelaide [ 2 days ] Melbourne, VIC Australia
10th July – Huon Valley Mid-Winter Festival [ 3 days ] Ranelagh, TAS Australia
11th July – Barrel Tasting Weekend [ 2 days ] Bendigo, VIC Australia
12th July – Bastille Day French Festival [ 3 days ] Melbourne, VIC Australia
17th July – Cabin Fever Festival [ 10 days ] Margaret River, WA Australia
18th July – Regional Flavours [ 2 days ] Brisbane, QLD Australia
24th July – Winter Reds Weekend [ 3 days ] Adelaide Hills, SA Australia
24th July – Le Festival – Brisbane French Festival [ 3 days ] Musgrave Park, QLD Australia
28th July – The Curated Plate [ 4 days ] Sunshine Coast,QLD Australia
28th July – Perth Good Food & Wine Show [ 3 days ]Perth, WA Australia
AUGUST
2nd – 4th August Tara Festival, QLD
5th August – Gascoyne Food Festival [ 4 days ] Carnarvon, WA Australia
8th August – Pinot Palooza Adelaide [ 1 day ] Adelaide, SA Australia
8th August – Aroma Coffee and Chocolate Festival [ 1 day ] Maitland, NSW Australia
9th August – Hervey Bay Seafood Festival [ 1 day ] Hervey Bay, QLD Australia
10th August – Tasmanian Whisky Week [ 7 days ] Hobart, TAS Australia
11th August – Taste Port Douglas [ 4 days ] Port Douglas, QLD Australia
15th August – Cellar Treasures Weekend [ 2 days ] Langhorne Creek, SA Australia
14th August – Barossa Gourmet Weekend [ 3 days ] Barossa Valley, SA Australia 17 18 Kingaroy Baconfest QLD
21th August – Perth Good Food & Wine Show [ 1 day ] Perth, WA Australia
29th August – The Entrance Food & Wine Festival [ 1 day ] The Entrance, NSW Australia
SEPTEMBER
4th September – Great Eastern Wine Weekend [ 3 days ] Freycinet, TAS Australia
4th September – Barossa Gourmet Weekend [ 3 days ] Greenock, SA Australia
5th September – Sample Food Festival [ 3 days ] Byron Bay, SA Australia
6th September – Barossa Seasons: Summer [ 3 days ] Greenock, SA Australia
7th September – Fine Food Australia [ 3 days ] Melbourne, VIC Australia
13th September – South Coast Food and Wine Festival [ 3 days ] Berry, NSW Australia
19th September – Capricorn Food & Wine Festival [ 1 day ] Rockhampton, QLD Australia
28th September – Flavours of Mudgee Wine & Food Festival [ 1 day ] Mudgee, NSW Australia
OCTOBER
1st October – Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations [ 30 days ] Coonawarra, SA Australia
2nd October – Ceduna Oysterfest l [ 4 days ] Ceduna, SA Australia
3rd October – Murrumbateman Moving Feast [ 2 days ] Murrumbateman Australia
4th October – Taste of the Best [ 1 day ] Adelaide, SA Australia
10th October – Entwined in the Valley [ 3 days ] Swan Valley, WA Australia
18th October – The Orange Wine Festival [ 9 days ] Orange, NSW Australia
20th October – Prahran Market Cheese Festival [ 1 day ] Melbourne, VIC Australia
20th October – Ballina Food and Wine Festival [ 1 day ] Ballina, NSW Australia
23th October – Dartmouth Food Festival [ 2 days ] Dartmouth England
23th October – Brisbane Good Food & Wine Show [ 3 days ] Brisbane, QLD Australia
24th October – Craft Beer & Cider Festival Sunshine Coast [ 1 day ] Caloundra, QLD Australia
24th October – UnWined – Wine and Food Festival [ 2 days ] Subiaco, WA Australia
29th October – Wahroonga Food + Wine Festival [ 1 day ] Wahroonga, NSW Australia
30th October – Southern Highlands Food and Wine Festival [ 2 days ] Moss Vale, NSW
NOVEMBER
7th November – Toast to the Coast [ 2 days ] Geelong, VIC Australia
8th November – Margaret River Gourmet Escape [ 10 days ] Margaret River, WA Australia
14th November – Handpicked Festival [ 1 day ] Langhorne Creek, SA Australia
19th November – East Malvern Food & Wine Festival [ 1 day ] East Malvern, VIC Australia
21th November – Budburst Food & Wine festival [ 2 days ] Macedon Ranges, VIC Australia
21th November – Bicheno Food and Wine Festival [ 1 day ] Bicheno, TAS Australia
21th November – Coconut Grove Food Wine Festival [ 1 day ] Miami, Florida USA
21th November – Spring Wine & Food Festival [ 2 days ] King Valley, VIC Australia
21th November – La Dolce Vita Wine & Food Festival [ 2 days ] King Valley, VIC Australia
26th November – Sparkling Sydney [ 1 day ] Pyrmont, NSW
28th November – Mudgee Festival of Snags [ 1 day ] Mudgee, NSW Australia
29th November – Paris to Provence festival [ 3 days ] Melbourne, VIC Australia
DECEMBER