Looking for something to do tonight? This weekend? Next month?
Whether you’re seeking out new beers, want to strut your stuff at a local trivia night, or out to
support local home brewers, there’s something for everyone on our busy calendar of events.
With Gold Coast events ranging from lunches to free tastings, and Brisbane events that allow you to meet your favourite brewer
or sample a fresh brew before anyone else, our beer events page is a comprehensive guide to what’s happening in southeast Queensland.
This page offers a consolidated list of beer festivals and special occasions celebrating beer
while also highlighting fun things to do at local venues that support the independent craft beer scene.
November 2025
SAT 22 NOV – EAGLEBY – DRM BBQ Fest @ Distillery Road Market / 11am onwards / FREE
WE’RE BACK FOR SECONDS! 🍽️🔥
Get ready for round two of the ultimate BBQ Fest at Distillery Road Market!
🍖 BBQ Competition – watch the pros fire up their grills in association with the Australian Barbecue Alliance
🍺 Cold Drinks – pouring all day in Perentie Brewing Co.
🍔 Foodie Heaven – eats in The F.E.D + food trucks galore
🛍️ Shop Local – Market stalls in the Indoor Market Hall
🍽️ Cooking Demos
🎶 Live Music (Headliner to be announced) – good vibes all day
This November, in association with the Australian Barbeque Alliance, the BBQ battle is back and bigger than ever. Expect fierce competition, rookie challengers, and one pitmaster crowned the DRM BBQ Fest Grand Champion 🏆
📍 Where: Distillery Road Market, Eagleby
📅 When: Saturday, Nov 22, 2025
🕚 Time: 11am – 9pm
🎟️ All Ages | FREE Entry
DRM BBQ Fest MEGA PRIZE 🔥
Valued at over $1,000!! Yes, yes, and hell yeah! This prize pack is fire and it’s easy as to enter…
To go in the draw:
🎟 Get your free tickets
🤳 Scan in at the Events Office on the day (this Saturday 22 November at Distillery Road Market)
It’s as simple as that. Come along for round 2 of our BBQ Fest and enjoy live music, market stalls, delicious eats & drinks and most of all, watch the BBQ competitors battle it out for a brag worthy trophy 🏆🍖🔥
Winner announced Friday 28th November 2025 on our socials!
This giveaway is not affiliated with Meta. Winner will be announced by this account only. Prize voucher is not refundable or redeemable for cash. Australian residents only.
More Information: https://drm.market/bbq-fest
FRI 28 NOV – GOLD COAST – Tap That Turns 1! @ Tap That / 12-10pm
Tappy Birthday!
That’s right… Tap That Brewery & Keghouse is turning ONE!
Save the date!!!
On Friday November 28, we’re extending our trading hours to 10pm for a night of beer, food, music and good company – everything we love most about what we do.
What would a Tap That party be without some new brews!
Our Summer Beer Release will include:
Cerveza – crisp, clean and perfectly sessionable.
Radler – light, refreshing with a citrusy twist.
Ranch Water – tequila, lime and sparkling water.
Sours – our new creation… a Redskin Sour, as well as the re-release of the incredibly popular and delicious Skittles Sour and Tiki Sour.
Smuggler’s Haze – a coconut rum infused Hazy.
FRI 28 – SUN 30 NOV – BRISBANE – 27 South Grand Opening! @ 27 South / 12-10pm
Hey Coorparoo 👋
It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for. We’re stoked to announce that 27 South Brewing will officially OPEN from Friday 28 November and you’re invited!
Join us Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November 2025 from 12pm till late and celebrate the GRAND OPENING of 27 South Brewing’s taproom at Coorparoo.
Come down to Milsom Street, say hi, and check out what we hope will become your new fave watering hole. Expect great beers including taproom limited releases, cool tunes, and a stacked little providore pantry and cheese fridge loaded with kettle chips, jerky, sardines, and some epic cheese and salumi. We’ve even got a couple of fresh threads and stickers so tell your mates and let’s go!
We love this community, and can’t wait to meet you all.
Come find us at 44 Milsom Street, Coorparoo.
SAT 29 NOV – BRISBANE – Happy Valley’s HAZEFEST! @ Happy Valley / 12pm onwards
Featuring hazy brews from us AND some of our favourite breweries (lineup dropping soon!) 🎉
Tickets available soon! 🤙
SAT 29 NOV – BRISBANE – St Andrew’s Day Weekend @ Archer / 12pm onwards
Och aye, it’s time to celebrate! ✨
Join us at Archer Brewing for a proper St Andrew’s Day bash — a day very close to the heart of our resident Scotsman and owner, Stu. We’re making a whole weekend of it. Party on the Saturday, and a big Sunday Roast Lunch on the Sunday.
We’re going all-in on the Scottish fun:
Food Specials:
Saturday:
🍫 Deep-fried Mars Bars
🥪 Scooby Snacks (a true Scottish classic)
Sunday:
🍫 Deep-fried Mars Bars
A full Sunday Roast Scotland style.
🎶 Scottish playlists rolling all day
⚽ Big-screen sporting replays (World Cup qualifier replays…)
🍺 Limited-release Scottish beers (Did someone say Iron Bru beer?!)
🍹 Scottish cocktails
🥃Stu’s favourite whiskeys from home
🧒 Kid-friendly activities to get the wee ones in the spirit
Bring your tartan, bring your friends, and bring your appetite.
Let’s show Stu how we do St Andrew’s Day in Newmarket!
It’ll be pure dead brilliant — nae better way to celebrate! Don your kilt, grab a dram, and let’s hae a braw time!
December 2025
FRI 05 DEC – GOLD COAST – Precinct Turns 5! @ Precinct / 12pm onwards
5 years of great beers and good times! Bust out the party shirts, it’s our birthday 🎂🍻
Friday 5th of December we’re throwing a party shirt party to celebrate with you all! We’ll be releasing the hottest brew of the summer in our new Watermelon Sour which is an absolute thirst quencher 🍉😋
Doors open at 12pm sharp with a double header of live music from 4pm 🎸🎤 DM us now to grab a table
SAT 06 DEC – GOLD COAST – Haze Fest @ Black Hops
Our beloved celebration of hazy beers is back! Expect brand new hazy brews, a fan favourite rebrew, plus food trucks and giveaways. If you love a hazy IPA, this one’s for you.
SUN 07 DEC – GOLD COAST – Miami Christmas Block Party @ Various Locations
Visit Hard Fizz, Precinct, Pretty Hansome, Black Hops, and Granddad Jack’s Distillery during the Miami Christmas Block Party!
SAT 06 DEC – BRISBANE – Helios’ 8th Birthday Party! @ Helios / 12pm onwards
Helios Brewing turns 8, and it’s time to throw a party like it’s 1990-something! We’ll be breaking out the 90s party faves, activities, and fun.
PLUS the return of a Helios superstar beer – Dionysus Oat Cream Double IPA! We might even have a second special beer launching on the day too…stay tuned!
There’ll be food, music, and plenty of stories to share from eight years of Helios Brewing. We look forward to seeing you all there!
SAT 20 DEC – BRISBANE – Ugly Xmas Sweat(er) Comp @ Saccharomyces / 12-5pm
It is the Saturday before Christmas, and the heat and humidity of Brisbane summer have well and truly turned the venue into a sweat box. It’s time to forget the ugly sweater and break out that ugly Xmas Singlet!
Get down the lane on Saturday, December 20th, in your finest ugly festive gear to celebrate the season with us. Our mates from Working Title are bringing the festive spirit to Sacch with their legendary Scrooged Xmas brews. These four brews are the liquid embodiment of nostalgic Christmas treats that will give even the most jaded grinch a taste of holiday happiness. Get in early and grab your Chrissy paddle of:
🍬🎄Hive 5.0% Candy Cane Sparkling Mead: Inspired by Santa’s secret stash of Arctic bees, this peppermint and icing sugar loaded sparkling mead is full of good hivings and holiday cheer.
🎄🎄The Place Beyond The Pines ’25 8.5% Pine IPA: Our 2025 Pines expression sees us return to spring pine tips on the hot side, with the addition of new, 1 and 2 year old toasted timber on the cold side. Sappy, herbal, and woody. It’s native pine in a glass.
🎅🎅Jingle All The Way 6.0% Christmas Cake Pastry Red: We’re risking it all to find that ultimate Christmas Cake Red Ale. Cinnamon, sultanas, raisins, cherries, currants, sherry, and cake, lovingly combined in a Pastry Red Ale.
🥃🥚Spirited 8.5% Eggnog Stout: How far can we go before we are deemed beyond redemption? Let’s find out with this massive milk stout, loaded with condensed milk, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, and brandy.
It is not just all great beer and questionable fashion. Sacch Santa will be on site as well to spread some festive cheer! The first 20 punters wearing an Ugly Xmas Singlet who buy a Working Title Scrooged paddle will score a limited edition Working Title Scrooged enamel pin to take home. The best (read: ugliest) festive outfit will walk away with the grand prize: a massive Working Title Scrooged Gift Pack!
We’ll be closed on December 24th, 25th, and 26th for a short holiday break, so this is your last chance for a massive pre-Christmas Saturday session. Catch ya down the lane!
2026!
SAT 24 JAN – BRISBANE – Sacch Summer Sour Sesh 2026 @ Saccharomyces / 12pm onwards
Sacch Summer Sour Sesh 2026: 16 Taps of Pucker Power!
It’s back! Our annual cure for the summer heat is here: the Sacch Summer Sour Sesh. If you’re looking for an excuse to pucker up and fight the Brisbane humidity, we’ve got 16 excellent reasons why you need to join us. Get down the lane to enjoy the whole sour spectrum as we tap 16 wild and funky brews over two sessions.
We’ve been hunting down some seriously rare, unique, and delicious sour beers from across the globe to bring you a tap list so sour it makes our faces hurt just looking at it. We’ve secured limited releases from absolute giants, including rare finds from the USA, New Zealand, and of course, some of the best in Australia.
This year the lineup is looking out of this world. We’re talking about everything from Duncan’s Peanut Butter Jelly Sour and 450 North’s Cotton Candy Lazer Gun to unique terroir expressions from Wildflower.
The competition for these rare pours is fierce! As this is a free event with no bookings, taps will pour until they run dry. Get in early to grab your favourites before they’re gone.
We’ll confirm the final beer list shortly, so keep an eye on this page for the latest updates on all the funky brews!
SESSION DETAILS (Free Entry!)
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026
Session I: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Session II: 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
17-19 JUL BRISBANE – Brisbane Gin Festival @ Brisbane Showgrounds / from $53pp
The Brisbane Gin Festival will be back in 2026 with a tasty mix of Aussie craft gin distillers keen for you to sample their latest batch of hand crafted gins, get ready for some tasty gin tasting Brisbane!
- All gin samples are included over the 3 hour tasting sessions.
- Complimentary tonic & soda mixers for your gin samples.
- Bottles available for purchase plus complimentary tote bag and tasting cup.
- Food is available for purchase with tasty food truck options.
Session Times
Friday 17 July 2026
5:30pm – 8:30pm
Saturday 18 July 2026
1:00pm – 4:00pm
5:00pm – 8:00pm
Sunday 19 July 2026
12:00pm – 3:00pm
