Live music, cooking demontrations, outdoor seating and pop-up DJs are set to entertain the tens of thousands of people expected to head along to next month's Norwood Food & Wine Festival.
There will also be culinary displays from the Tasting Australia Kitchen featuring chefs Kane Pollard, Laura Sharrad and Duncan Welgemoed and big screens showing the Geelong v West Coast match at Norwood Oval.
A headline music artist will be announced in the coming weeks.
Entry to the event, being held on Sunday 12 April from 11am, is free and there will be a range of dining options on offer such as:
- Pseudo Spaghetti x Signature Wines with snacks such as chicken cotoletta, porchetta skewers and ricotta gnudi.
- A variety of drinks from Reform Distilling, Heartland Wines and The Suburban Brew, plus Algerian-style paella in a collaboration with Le Souk.
- Turmeric hummus with slow-cooked pork and oyster mushrooms from spice queen Ragini Dey and award-winning Barossa producer The Dairyman and distiller Ginny Pig.
- Smoky Bay oysters, dry-aged kingfish and Australian salmon from Fair Seafood, with drinks from McLaren Vale labels Yangarra Estate Vineyard and Never Never Distilling.
- A selection of pasta from East End restaurant Enoteca – including an alfredo-style dish tossed through a parmesan wheel – served with pours of Schild Estate’s flagship Moorooroo shiraz.
- arkhé will be serving up Mayura Station wagyu beef burger alongside drops from Shaw & Smith and beer from Pirate Life.
More than 90,000 people enjoyed the Norwood Food & Wine Festival last year - a 28 per cent increase on 2024 attendance.
South Australian Tourism Commission Chair David Koch said the event was an opportunity for local businesses to capitalise on the influx of footy fans to the state.
"Fantastic footy, plus top-quality South Australian food and wine? It doesn’t get much better than that," Mr Koch said.
Jake Kellie, co-owner and executive chef at arkhé - one of the traders taking part in the festival - was looking forward to showcasing the "amazing food and beverages South Australia is famous for".
"Norwood Food & Wine Festival has such a buzz about it and we look forward to welcoming plenty of interstate visitors alongside our local supporters," he said.
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters Mayor Robert Bria said last year's Gather Round generated $15.8 million in consumer spending across the council area.
"We saw $4.6 million in hospitality spending across those three days, including $1.5 million on the Sunday when the Norwood Food & Wine Festival was held," Mr Bria said.
"Importantly, expenditure from interstate tourists during those three days was $1.2 million, reinforcing the economic benefits AFL Gather Round brings to The Parade and the Council area, more generally."
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