2026 EAT Festival, Sapphire Coast NSW

Welcome

EAT Festival is back in March 2026!!  Over 4 days, locals and visitors can indulge in a series of paddock to plate and tide to table experiences that celebrate the food, the heritage and the pristine natural wilderness of the Sapphire Coast.  Not to mention our super talented chefs and producers!

We love welcoming visitors to our beautiful Sapphire Coast region and hope you'll stay a while and experience our pristine nature, vibrant communities, award winning produce and picturesque coastline.  To find out more, visit the official Sapphire Coast site

We're looking forward to seeing our loyal locals and visitors in 2026 so save the date!!!

Sunday March 8th 2026  EAT Merimbula   Fishpen Road, Merimbula   10am to 2pm. 

Check out our Stallholder page for details of all your fave eateries and check the menu page to see what they will dish up on the big day.

Our 2025 partner experiences offered bespoke dining & adventure experiences that showcased collaboration between chefs and producers and 2026 will be even better.   Stay tuned as we add these events early in 2026.

We're everyone friendly!

EAT Festival is proudly inclusive event, we're family friendly, accessibility friendly, DEI friendly, allergy friendly and pet friendly too.

Our festival considers our friends with food allergies and we provide a wide cross section of dishes that are gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, vegan and more

Well behaved pets are welcome on leads (byo waste bags and pet water bowls). 

Accessibility & all abilities

Our festival is held on flat ground with accessible concrete pathways and within close proximity of 2 x accessible public toilets - at Mitchies Jetty, Ocean Drive and Ford Oval, Ocean Drive (approx 200 metres).   

For extra assistance, email us at eat@sapphirecoast.com.au  in advance of the event and we'll see what we can do to make your day at EAT Festival as fun as possible.