Barossa Events
Read about upcoming Barossa events to plan the best time for your Barossa getaway. There’s always something on and somewhere to go year round! There are plenty of regular food, wine and music events, markets, long lunches and special wine tastings. Find out here about the big, well known events, such as our picks for the Vintage Festival or Gourmet weekend as well as small, intimate, once-off events you may not of heard of before. You can also check out the events calendar on barossa.com for the full range of events throughout the Barossa.
Every Saturday
Barossa Farmers Market
7.30am – 11.30am
Vintners Sheds, Angaston
Now till 16 Feb
Endless Summer Home of the Brave
Cellar Door and Tapas Room open for summer evenings till 10pm
Easy drinking summer wines, tapas and food specials.
Smooth tunes, warm nights and good times!
Friday 2 February 2018 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Friday 9 February 2018 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Phone: 0431 635 719
For the first time ever, First Drop’s “Home Of The Brave” Cellar Door & Tapas Room is going late for good times, great wines and cracking food this summer!
Featuring DJ’s, wine specials, the full First Drop Menu and all manner of summer fun, this is a great opportunity to experience our quirky cellar door and catch up with friends.
Friday evenings for January & February 2018.
(Home Of The Brave Cellar Door regular opening hours are 10-4 Wednesday to Saturday)
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Stew & Shiraz is one of the most popular events staged at Whistler Wines each year.
Enjoy food by Owen Andrews and live music with The Lunchcutters. In addition, there will be a kid’s craft marquee, horse rides, campfires etc.
Numbers always build quickly at this event and the last one was no exception with over 1100 people huddling around campfires enjoying the food, wine and atmosphere.
Food Menu
Potato & Bacon Bone Soup $8.50
Slow Cooked Beef & Vegetable Stew with Potato Puree $13
Vegetarian Stew with Potato Puree $10
Please call to book your food! BYO chair. Please no BYO alcohol.
When: 9 June, 11am to 5pm
Where: Whistler Wines, Seppeltsfield Road, Marananga
Contact: 08 8562 4942.
Here’s a great family idea for Mother’s Day, enjoy good food, wine and live music together in the beautiful bushland setting of Whistler Wines.
Bring mum out for a treat on Mother’s Day at Whistler Wines. Food can be purchased from the kitchen so you don’t have to worry about booking anything. Live music by Sam Brittain and plenty of great Whistler Wines available to purchase.
Food Menu
Pumpkin soup & bread roll $6.50
Chicken pocket (stuffed with spinach, fetta, sundried tomato) and garden salad. $11
Spinach and tomato quiche and garden salad. $11
Kids option – pizza $3.50
When: 12 May, 10.30am to 5pm
Where: Whistler Wines, Seppeltsfield Road, Marananga
Contact: 08 8562 4942
Entries are now open for the Jacob’s Creek Barossa Marathon 2013.
The annual event, which is open to both runners and walkers, takes place on 26 May.
Competitors can choose from four divisions: marathon, half-marathon, 10kms and 5kms.
Organisers say that the course is now flatter and faster than ever. Early bird entries are available online. There are plenty of viewing positions for spectators along the route – and the race finishes in the main street of Tanunda.
When: 26 May, from 6.30am
Where: Tanunda Town Oval
Chateau Tanunda’s chief winemaker Stuart Bourne will conduct a very special ‘Terroirs of the Barossa’ vineyard tour on 19 April, followed by a luscious three-course lunch prepared by Owen Andrews.
Stuart will take guests on a personal tour through the vineyards that produce grapes for the Chateau’s Terroirs of the Barossa Shiraz. The vineyard tour includes visits to the Greenock and Ebenezer district, plus morning tea at Lyndoch.
Upon returning to the Château enjoy a three course meal to compliment the three Terroirs wines, along with a palate cleansing Sparkling aperitif.
Owen’s menu will take inspiration from his recent visit to the United States at the Mid-Atlantic Food & Wine Festival.
When: 19 April, from 9.30am
Cost: Tour and lunch $95, lunch only $55
Where: Chateau Tanunda, 9 Basedow Road, Tanunda
Bookings: Phone 08 8563 3888
The Barossa Air Show is back. The show has been running since 1998 and this year promises to be bigger than ever, with displays of vintage aircraft, plus the very latest models.
In addition, some of Australia’s top aerobatic champions will be performing in the skies above the Barossa Ranges. There will be plenty of family fun, including helicopter rides, food stalls, craft displays, sideshows and aircraft-themed exhibits.
Tickets: $50 (family), $20 (adults), $5 (children 5-15)
When: 14 April, 10am to 4pm
Where: Barossa Valley Way, Rowland Flat
Come along to Whistler Wines on 26 January for a free family fun day.
Music by John Williams
Aussie Tucker food by 40’s Café
Fun activities: Barossa Thong Throwing Competition, Tug-a-War: Aussies vs World, Two Up Competition, Kids craft and games
Prizes for “Best Dressed Aussies”
BYO chair
No BYO
When: 26 January, 11am to 5pm
Where: Whistler Wines, Seppeltsfield Road, Marananga
Contact: 08 8562 4942