Bastille Festival
Australia’s largest French food, wine and art festival, held outdoors in Sydney (The Rocks & Circular Quay) and Adelaide (Festival Plaza), with free public entry.
- Dates
- July 16, 2026 — July 19, 2026
- Hours
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Unverified
- Frequency
- annual
Please double-check the dates and location on the organizer website before attending.
Bastille Festival
Bastille Festival is billed as the largest French festival outside France: a public celebration of French food, wine, art and live entertainment in Sydney and Adelaide.
Last confirmed editions (2026)
- Adelaide: 28–31 May 2026, Festival Plaza, Adelaide SA (free entry).
- Sydney: 16–19 July 2026, The Rocks & Circular Quay, Sydney NSW (free entry).
Sydney trading hours for the 2026 edition were Thursday 12pm–10pm, Friday 10am–11pm, Saturday 10am–11pm and Sunday 10am–9pm. Adelaide hours were Thursday 4pm–10pm, Friday 12pm–11pm, Saturday 10am–11pm and Sunday 10am–9pm.
The official site still presents those 2026 dates and locations. Adelaide pages also say several ticketed experiences are “coming next year,” but no 2027 dates have been published yet. Do not treat the 2026 dates as the next edition.
About the event
For more than a decade Sydney has hosted the festival (about 600,000 visitors in 2024). Programming typically includes French market food (crêpes, raclette, baguettes, cheeses), wines from regions such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, Loire and Provence, live music, cabaret and cinema. The Sydney footprint has spanned The Rocks and Circular Quay; Adelaide uses Festival Plaza and the Walk of Fame.
Official site: bastillefestival.com.au
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