10th annual Relish Food & Wine Festival coming June, Maryborough

The Relish Food and Wine Festival is returning to Maryborough in June, promising a packed line-up to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.

The Relish Food & Wine festival is returning to Maryborough this June for its 10th anniversary.

Held on Saturday June 3 in the Portside Precinct and Queens Park, the festival will feature local cuisine served up by celebrity and local chefs, with gourmet tastings, cooking demonstrations, live music and more.

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This year’s event will feature more ticketed sessions with hosts including Odyssey Bistro, Dan and Steph and Ricardo’s Italian and Seafood partnering with Low ‘n’ Slow BBQ Shack.

Fraser Coast Tourism and event manager Chelsea Larner-Simpson said chefs would bring “their own interpretation of the long lunch back for 2023”.

Live cooking demonstrations will be run with special Relish guests, Television star couple, Dan and Step, and Chef Alastair McLeod, who is returning to the festival for his 10th consecutive year.

Festival goers are also encouraged to have a “delightful tasting experience and sample the finest provisions” at local wineries.

Performing on the Hyne Timber Main Stage, the festival’s headlining acts will include: upcoming music artist Emma Newman, who has recently played alongside Kate Miller-Heidke at the 2023 SummerSalt concert in Hervey Bay, as well as local rockers Red Betty, acoustic rock band Ryaz, and Roots-Fusion 7-piece Brisbane band Kurilp.

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“Fraser Coast music legends and local favourites John Vea Vea, Frank Benn, Sam Maddison, Doug Edwards and Bre Ferguson will perform on the Wharf Street stage on the day from 10 to 3pm,” a festival spokesperson said.

The “ten-year anniversary tickets” will go sale for $10, on Monday April 3 but only for one week. After that, general admission tickets will be $19 for adults, and $10 for children.

For more information or to secure your ticket visit the site: www.relishfrasercoast.com.au

Preview the gallery for last year’s Relish Food & Wine Festival in Maryborough:

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