Noosa’s Eat & Drink Festival gets dramatic shake-up
As organisers adapt to a new COVID-19 world, one of southeast Queensland’s most popular festivals has been scrapped in its old format – but foodies will still have plenty of reasons to cheer with a series of “exciting experiences” planned.
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NOOSA’S iconic annual food festival as we know it will be no more, with the culinary event getting a dramatic shake-up in 2021.
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The hugely popular four-day Noosa Eat & Drink Festival in May has been scrapped in favour of a series of events throughout the year, as organisers adapt to changing COVID-19 restrictions around public gatherings.
“There is a very real reality that we may not be able to host our usual large-scale festival which attracts over 10,000 visitors across the four days,” said Tourism Noosa chief executive Melanie Anderson.
“With this in mind we have reimagined what the festival could look like and in collaboration with our festival partners and industry, have redesigned the festival into a series of smaller, more frequent events throughout the year, which will ultimately provide our visitors more opportunities to enjoy the Noosa Eat & Drink experience”.
Ms Anderson said the goal of the festival was to bring tourists to the region, and by spreading the events out it would enable more opportunities to do this.
“We believe this is the best option to take the festival forward during these uncertain times, allowing us to program positive COVID-safe events for smaller, more intimate groups” Ms Anderson said.
Organiser said they will work with existing festival partners, visiting chefs, local restaurants, and hospitality industry groups to create a range of “exciting experiences”.
The first event will occur at the end of the year, with details announced soon.