Program
Hervey Bay Bus Transfers
If you want to make the most of everything Relish Food & Wine Festival has to offer, consider adding a return bus transfer ticket from Hervey Bay with our friends at G & D Ross.
Bus option 1 departs Hervey Bay Transit Centre at 9:15 am with a return departure from Relish Food & Wine Festival at 4:00 pm.
Bus option 2 departs Hervey Bay Transit Centre at 10:45 am with a return departure from Relish Food & Wine Festival at 5:30 pm
Tickets: available Monday, 11 April
Odyssey Food & Cocktail Journey
The Odyssey team will be providing a journey through some of the Fraser Coast and regions' farms and distilleries by showcasing their product with food and drink. Journeys will start at 11:00 am & 1:00 pm and last 1.5 hours.
Location: Gatakers Green Space (Rear of Maryborough Military and Colonial Museum).
Time: 11 am session | 1 pm session
Duration: 1.5 hours
Tickets: available Monday, 11 April
Pigs, Pots & Pinot - Eat @ Dan + Steph's
Pigs Pots + Pinot is a celebration of all things Dan + Steph love. Join them for a unique + exciting three-course meal with refreshments. Crafted + curated by Dan + Steph in the Excelsior City Band Hall. Pigs Pots + Pinot runs from 11.30 am - 1:30 pm.
Location: Excelsior City Band Hall
Time: 11:30 am session
Duration: 2 hours
Tickets: available Monday, 11 April
Blues and Brews Cruise - Hervey Bay Boat Club
Unwind aboard the Boat Club's M.V. Amaroo to soulful blues rhythms laid down by an acoustic legend. Your ticket includes a 45-minute river cruise, your choice of 2 drinks, a cheese tasting platter and live music. Enjoy a premium craft beer, refreshing alcoholic ginger beer or some of our wine selections and other drinks available for purchase. The Blues and Brews Cruise will depart from the March Street Jetty at 11:15am, 12:30pm, and 1:45pm.
Location: M.V. Amaroo - entry via March Street Jetty
Time: 11:15 am session | 12:30 pm session | 1:45 pm session
Duration: 45 minutes
Tickets: available Monday, 11 April
Twilight River Cruise - Hervey Bay Boat Club
What better way to make your way home from Relish Food & Wine Festival than by a Twilight River Cruise along the Mary River? Unwind aboard The Boat Club's M.V. Amaroo as you enjoy the sunset on the beautiful journey back to Hervey Bay. There will be a bar on board with a premium craft beer, a refreshing alcoholic ginger beer or some of our wine selections plus other drinks for purchase. The Twilight River Cruise will depart from the March Street Jetty at 3:00 pm, arriving at The Hervey Bay Boat Club at appoximately 6 pm.
Location: M.V. Amaroo - entry via March Street Jetty
Time: 3 pm session
Duration: 3 hours
Tickets: available Monday, 11 April
Champagne High Tea - Portside Cafe & Restaurant
Enjoy elegant handcrafted sweet petit fours, ribbon sandwiches, scones with cream and house-made jam, paired with a glass of champagne, espresso coffee & loose-leaf tea selection. With fantastic views overlooking the Mary River and Queens Park, learn from Portside Mary about the origins and etiquette of the High Tea in a heritage-listed setting. Champagne High Tea run for 1 hour starting at 10:15am, 11:40am, 1:05pm, 2:30pm, 3:55pm.
Location: Portside Cafe & Restaurant
Time: 10:15 am session | 11:40 am session | 1:05 pm session | 2:30 pm session | 3:55 pm session
Duration: 1 hour
Tickets: available Monday, 11 April
Paint & Sip - Gin & Gesso
Join Elley from Gin & Gesso and create a unique masterpiece on canvas for you to keep. Situated in the stunning grounds of Portside Residence, be guided step-by-step to create your piece de resistance, while sipping on regional wine. Painting will take 1.5 hours and start at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm and 2:15 pm.
Location: Portside Gardens
Time: 10:30 am session | 12:30 pm session | 2:15 pm session
Duration: 1.5 hours
Tickets: available Monday, 11 April
Cheese 'n' Charcuterie - PRE-ORDER ONLY - MAD Providore
Pre-order your personal Cheese and Charcuterie platter from Maryborough's own specialty deli MAD Providore. Platter is a single serving and includes a selection of cheeses, charcuterie, antipasto, fruit & nuts and is not available to purchase on the day. Pre-Order today
Food Lovers Marquee presented by Wide Bay Sound
10.30 am - Dan & Steph
Porchetta
11.45 am - Matt Golinski
Ricotta gnocchi, Wild Boar salami, Oyster mushrooms & Zuchinni salad
Beef tacos, tomatillo and smoked olive salsa, Ash Brie & Jicama slaw
1.15 pm - Andrew Kemp
Zucchini flowers stuffed with housemade ricotta
2.30 pm - Matt Golinski
Coconut tapioca, pomelo and carambola, Macadamia crumble
Ginger mascarpone crepes with Strawberrie in rosella syrup
The Cellar Door presented by Delux Party Hire
Live Music
Hyne Timber Main Stage
10.00 am - Jon Vea Vea & The Acoustic Jabiru
11.15 am - The Flying AU79's
1.15 pm - Ryza
3.15 pm - Raw Ordio
Downer Wharf Street Stage
10.00 am - Alex Newberry
11.15 am - Sam Maddison
12.30 pm - Derek F Smith
1.45 pm - Leonie Kingdom
3.00 pm - Doug Edwards
Our Sponsors
© Fraser Coast Tourism & Events
We, at Relish Food & Wine Festival respectfully acknowledge the original custodians of the land on which we work, live, and play – the Butchulla People.
Butchulla people for thousands of years, cared for and nurtured this land and all that live here as they live on and maintained cultural and spiritual practices.
To reflect our recognition and respect for the Butchulla Peoples, we encourage all visitors to our Fraser Coast Region to care for and maintain the health of this land, by protecting and lives and homes of all living things in this area.
We all walk together on these lands and we continue to be guided by the Butchulla people and their 3 laws –
1. What is best for the land must come first.
2. Do not take or touch anything that does not belong to you.
3. If you have plenty you must share.
Please remember in your travels – Leave only footprints – and we can all, continue to enjoy this land together.
(Written on behalf of the Fraser Coast Tourism and Events by Karen Hall – Butchulla 2021)