Taste Bundaberg Festival 2025
Taste Bundaberg Festival 2025 – A Flavour Filled Celebration
The Taste Bundaberg Festival is back for 2025 and it’s serving up more than just great food – it’s a full celebration of local flavour, creativity, and community connection.
Running from 5 to 14 September, this year’s program features a vibrant mix of long lunches, twilight markets, creative workshops, wellness events, family fun, and showstopping gala evenings. With guest chef Harry Butterfield from MasterChef Australia returning to the region, food lovers can expect seafood demonstrations, cooking stages, and intimate dining experiences that put Bundaberg produce in the spotlight.
📆 - 5 to 14 September
📍- Across the Bundaberg Region
⏰ - Times vary
One of the highlights of the festival is Bundy’s Biggest Picnic, proudly presented by Wide Bay Kids. This unique community event brings locals and visitors together on one giant, custom-made picnic blanket for an afternoon of connection, food, music, and play. Held across two Saturdays—6th and 13th September from 3–7pm at Christsen Park in Bargara—Bundy’s Biggest Picnic invites you to pack your own picnic or pre-order a hamper, settle in with lawn games and live entertainment, and meet new faces across the region.
Other crowd favourites include the Taste Bundaberg Market at Alexandra Park, Tide and Taste at Grunske’s Wharf, a delicious Long Lunch at Water Street Kitchen, and a lively Sunday Funday at Bargara Berries. There’s truly something for everyone—from families and foodies to creatives and culture-lovers.
Wide Bay Kids is thrilled to help bring the Taste Bundaberg Festival to life through Bundy’s Biggest Picnic—an event built around belonging, fun and delicious local fare.
📆 Weekend One
• Artisan Local Craft Experience
• Berries, Bubbles and Brushes
• Bundy’s Biggest Picnic
• Gather and Graze
• Mystery Pop-Up Picnic
• Taste Bundaberg Market
• The Sunday Fix Wellness Party
• Tide and Taste
📅 Weekday Events
• Berries, Bubbles and Brushes
• Chocolatier Experience
• Farmer’s Table
• Full Moon Markets
• Mystery Pop-Up Picnic
• Symphony in the Strawberry Fields
📆 Weekend Two
• Bundy’s Biggest Picnic
• Farm Flavours Picnic
• Flowers and Bubbles
• Mystery Pop-Up Picnic
• Long Lunch
• Sunset Serenade by the Rusty Gates
• Sunday Funday at the Farm
• The Mayor’s Ball
