Next stop, Australia: Sample a diverse range of food and drink at Tasting Australia festival
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
Tasting Australia has over 150 experiences that run over 10 days.
PHOTO: SOUTHERN AUSTRALIAN TOURISM COMMISSION
SINGAPORE – One state, 10 days and more than 150 food and drink experiences, from a Viking Age-inspired long table feast to a casual Riesling tasting with local winemakers.
All this takes place at Tasting Australia, one of the country’s longest-running food and drink festivals. In 2024, it welcomed over 78,000 visitors, with more than 100 sold-out events.
In 2025, the festival will run from May 2 to 11 in destinations across South Australia, from renowned wine-producing region Barossa Valley to fresh seafood haven Eyre Peninsula.
Its festival hub, called Town Square, is at Victoria Square in Adelaide’s city centre. Admission is free and visitors can buy hot meals from 15 F&B vendors, such as taqueria Braising Boy and burger shop Gang Gang.
Tasting Australia will station its festival hub at Victoria Square in Adelaide.
PHOTO: SOUTHERN AUSTRALIAN TOURISM COMMISSION
Paid experiences run the gamut from Sunday Supper Club (A$79 or S$67), which features four different renditions of bolognese pasta, to A Tasting Journey From Adelaide To Bordeaux & Hawke’s Bay (A$50), a masterclass that includes 12 wine tastings and a cheese plate for each participant.
Book experiences early, as some have already sold out.
Food and drink vendors like taqueria Braising Boy and burger shop Gang Gang will sell dishes throughout the 10-day festival.
PHOTO: SOUTHERN AUSTRALIAN TOURISM COMMISSION
Australia is abuzz with festivals throughout the year. So, if a food and drink festival is not your thing, perhaps an arts and culture event like CinefestOZ – one of the country’s premier film festivals – will be more enticing.
Held from Aug 30 to Sept 7, CinefestOZ will showcase feature and short films, as well as run workshops and activities in cinemas, wineries, restaurants and galleries across Western Australia.
And in Australian capital Canberra, Floriade – an annual celebration of springtime – will take place from Sept 13 to Oct 12 with more than one million flowers such as tulips, daisies, pansies and poppies in bloom across 4ha of the city’s Commonwealth Park.
Each year, Floriade runs between September and October with over one million blooms of multiple flower varieties.
PHOTO: FLORIADE
Its 38th edition in 2025 will include family-friendly activities, art exhibitions, food and drink stations, horticultural workshops and markets. Admission to Floriade is free, while charges apply for some activities within the festival site.
Brought to you by Tourism Australia.
