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Special Events

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In 2025, Special Events, presented by Square, returns to the Festival with a program of over 160 delicious experiences, making it your biggest Special Events program in years.

A Festival highlight since way back when, Special Events are proudly led by the community and play out in and around the city’s favourite venues. Whether it’s eating or drinking, cooking or dancing, tattooing or hat-making (yes!), classical tradition or the latest trends, the chefs and restaurateurs, drinks makers, producers, milliners, tattooers, community groups and party people of Melbourne have a Special Event for you this Melbourne Food & Wine Festival.

 

A Symphony of Senses

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21 March

City of Casey - Bunjil Place

An Ode To Olive Oil: Luci x Goldi

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21 March

Luci

Breaking Bread

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21 March

75 Reid St

Cocoa Symphony: A Chef’s Table Experience

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21–29 March

Alessandro Luppolo Chocolate

Every Ingredient Has a Story to Tell

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21–22 March

FareShare

French Flair: Bon Ap’ at Eau de Vie

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21 March

Eau de Vie

Pinch and Sip Party

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21–30 March

OTAO Kitchen

Rare Spirits and the World’s Best Cheese

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21–28 March

Casa de Vinos

SEA LIFE Nights

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21–28 March

SEA LIFE Melbourne
Selling Fast

Suckling Pig Feast with Chef Adrian Richardson

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21–29 March

Bouvier Bar

Tedesca x Trioli

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21 March

Tedesca Osteria

The Dirty Dozen Exhibition

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21–30 March

City Gallery at Melbourne Town Hall

The Queen x ST. ALi

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21–29 March

ST. ALi and The Queen

A Wild Colonial Feast: Ned Kelly’s Final Dinner

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22 March

Old Melbourne Gaol

An Afternoon with Tony Tan at Flower Drum

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22 March

Flower Drum Restaurant

An Ode to Autumn

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22 March

Pinotta

Buschenschank: A Pop-up Austro-Hungarian Wine Tavern

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22–23 March

Cardwell Cellars

Cecconi’s La Famiglia Day

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22 March

Cecconis Toorak

Damien Neylon x Mesa Verde: The Whole Hog

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22 March

Mesa Verde

Dutch Rules at Archie’s Farm Restaurant & Bar

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22 March

Archie’s Farm Restaurant & Bar

Frederic’s Annual Lobster Lunch

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22 March

Frederic

Grain to Gourmet

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22 March

Tallboy & Moose

Hats and Wine

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22 March

ZIGGI ZUVER

Hungry Eyes

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22–23 March

Young Hearts

Keep it Natural: Pearl Diver’s Oyster and Natty Wine Party

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22 March

Pearl Diver

Little Bourke Street Block Party

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22 March

MoVida Aqui

Moon Dog Bus and Beer Crawl

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22 March

Moon Dog World

Mozzarella Making at Afloat with That’s Amore Cheese

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22–23 March

Afloat Melbourne

Okayama Japanese Breakfast

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22–29 March

CIBI

Slav-a-cue: The Slavic Barbecue

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22–23 March

Eat Pierogi Make Love

Spice Up Your World: Indonesian Street Food Festival

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22–23 March

Queen Victoria Market

The Finders Keepers Food Market

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22–23 March

Meat Market

Transform the Food System with Natoora

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22 March

Natoora Melbourne

Westside Golden Tinnie Trail Switch

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22 March

Luxsmith + The Vic Hotel

Yum Cha à la Française

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22–23 March

L'Hotel Gitan

A Ligurian Feast by Alta Trattoria

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23 March

Alta Trattoria

Blend Your Own Whisky with Archie Rose

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23–30 March

Whisky and Alement

Capers on The Moon

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23 March

The Moon Wine Bar

Eastern Ports of India

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23 March

Kolkata Cricket Club

Eltham Longest Lunch: A Celebration of Local Flavours

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23 March

Commercial Place

Festa di Sicilia

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23 March

Orlo

Habibi Halfa: Maha North x Runner Up

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23 March

Runner Up

Havana Bites: A Cuban Feast at Commis

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23 March

Commis

Maialata

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23 March

Johnny's Green Room

Nisiotika Sunday Greek Island Lunch

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23–30 March

Salona

Noodles x Pasta

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23 March

Bar Spontana

Sebastian White Beach Party

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23 March

Sebastian

Sips and Snacks: An Interactive Culinary Experience at Taxi Kitchen

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23 March

Taxi Kitchen

Soft, Semi, Hard, Stinky: A Degustation

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23 March

Hogget Kitchen

Swan Street Slumber Party

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23 March

Clover

The Smokehouse World Series

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23 March

Atlas Dining
Selling Fast

A Splash of Grenache at Lucy Liu

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24–25 March

Lucy Liu

An Evening in Roma

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24–27 March

Flour Child St Kilda

Askal x Kariton

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24 March

Askal

From the Vault

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24 March

Chancery Lane

Maha East | No Bull

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24 March

Maha East

To Roscioli with Love

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24–26 March

Enoteca Boccaccio

A Comedy Wine Tasting Dinner: Morris House x In Pour Taste

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25–26 March

Morris House

An Evening in Roma

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25–26 March

Flour Child Richmond

Caterina’s Does Venetian Street Food

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25 March

Caterina's Cucina e Bar

Chef’s Table with Michael Stolley at Suzie Q

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25–27 March

Suzie Q

Ducks in a Row

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25–26 March

RuYi Modern Chinese

Emilia with Friends

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25–27 March

Lagotto

Icon Dinner

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25 March

Botanical Hotel

Melbourne in a Glass: A Cocktail Masterclass

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25 March

1806

Semi Automatic Wine at Hope St Radio

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25 March

Hope Street Radio

Staying Grounded: Afghan Feast

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25 March

Molli

Steaks with Mates

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25 March

Cinder Restaurant

The MCG Progressive Dining Experience

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25–26 March

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Turkish Pide Party at HER ROOFTOP

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25–27 March

HER ROOFTOP

Film, Food and Fun at East Brunswick Village

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26 March

East Brunswick Village

Gaucho Bebop: A Collaboration with San Telmo

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26 March

Robata

Henrietta Chicken Goes Mangal

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26 March

Henrietta

La Fiesta!

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26 March

Tres a Cinco

Laneway Night Bites

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26 March

Penny Young

Morena x Warabi: Perú to Japan, a Nikkei experience

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26–27 March

Morena Restaurant

Thai Flavours with Richard Hemming MW

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26 March

Longrain

USA Whiskey Road Trip: From Washington to Vermont

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26–27 March

The White Oaks Saloon

Westside Wanders: Sunshine

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26–27 March

M.B Lynch Memorial Gardens

Yan x Sachi: Seafood, Smoke and Sake

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26–27 March

Yan Melbourne

Amatrice x Tommy’s Booze Pasta Festa

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27 March

Amatrice

Atria and Bass Phillip Wines: A Taste of Terroir

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27 March

Atria

Dine at the Shrine

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27 March

Shrine of Remembrance

Food Meets Art

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27 March

Lanson Place Parliament Gardens

Into the Vines: Iberia

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27 March

The Rochester Hotel

La Sirène x Gaea

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27 March

La Sirène Brewing

Larousse in Real Life

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27 March

Smith St Bistrot

Late Night Supper Club: Siam Soirée

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27–28 March

Aster Cocktail & Wine

Mornington meets Melbourne at Lucia

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27 March

Lucia Melbourne

Sake and Skewers: Tokyo Meets Tuscany

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27 March

The Cordial Club

Scandivino

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27 March

Circl Wine House

Snapshots and Flavours at Navi

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27 March

Restaurant Navi

Step into the World of Hopper Joint

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27 March

Hopper Joint

The Myth of Kung Fu Tea

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27 March

Chef David

Brazilian Carnival

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28 March

Pincho Disco

Comfort Food Cabaret: A Mid-Century Menu

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28–29 March

Walsh Street

Fields of Sound: Matilda x Tamil Rogeon

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28 March

Matilda 159 Domain

From Farm to Fiesta: A City Tour by Farmer’s Daughters and Morena

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28 March

Farmer's Daughters

Keep the Fire Burning

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28 March

Yarra Botanica

Martin Benn x Tedesca

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28 March

Tedesca Osteria

Night of the Negroni

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28 March

Bottega

A Coastal Aegean Feast Under the Melbourne Sky

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29–30 March

Mid Air

A Polish Table

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29 March

Plain Sailing

A la Mexicana – Mamasita x El Primo Sanchez

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29 March

Mamasita

Askal x Barra

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29 March

Barra

Brick Lane x Yolk Group: a Brunch Showdown

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29 March

Brick Lane Market

Coast Mouse, Country Mouse

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29 March

Copycat Bar & Restaurant

Flavours of Mexico: A Tequila Showcase

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29–30 March

Casa NOM Bar & Dining

Italo-Victorians Do It Better

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29 March

Rosa's Canteen

Late Night Kafeneion

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29–30 March

Kafeneion / Supper Club

Sicilian Sausage: Making, Curing and Cooking

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29 March

Bar Idda

Snacks and Tatts

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29–30 March

The Beast

Street Stories of Crime and Spirits

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29 March

Old Melbourne Gaol

The Theatre of Dining: Japanese High Tea

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29 March

Miss Pearl Bar + Dining

Westside Wanders: St Albans Street Eats

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29 March

St Albans Market

Wildpie Party

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29 March

Mr West

Women in Wine at Estelle

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29 March

Estelle

BBQs of the World

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30 March

Dandenong Market

Bistro Gitan x Western Plains Pork Tour

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30 March

Bistro Gitan

Fusion Frontiers: An Otherworldly Feast

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30 March

Science Gallery Melbourne

Grape Crushin’

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30 March

Melbourne Winery

Lobley at Lane’s

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30 March

Lane's Edge Wine Bar

MoVida Pintxos Party

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30 March

MoVida

Pinoy Party

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30 March

Whitehart

Sabor Till Sundown

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30 March

Back Alley Sally's

Tram del Vino!

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30 March

Toorak Cellars
Sold Out

Melbourne Wholesale Market Sunrise Tour

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27 March

Melbourne Market
Sold Out

A Day in Sicily with the Cavallaro Family

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25–27 March

T Cavallaro Sons
Sold Out

Maker and Monger Fondue Night

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21 March

Maker & Monger