MELBOURNE, YOU'RE UP: CRAFTED FESTIVAL POURS ITS FIRST EVER MELBOURNE EVENT
Big news, Melbourne. Crafted Festival is heading south for the first time, bringing a decade of craft bee
seriously good food and live music to Riviera Beach Club on Saturday 21 November.
Ten years after it started life on the Gold Coast, Crafted has become the country's frothiest day out, and
2026 is the year it finally lands in Melbourne. Expect hundreds of craft brews, a stacked live music lineu
epic eats and the laidback, no-fuss energy Crafted is famous for. This is the first Melbourne event of man
and it's a cracking way to kick things of
The first wave of breweries has landed, and it's a beauty. Melbourne's craft heavyweights sit alongside
stack of interstate favourites making the trip down:
● Balter Brewing
● Barbarian Brewery
● Gage Roads
● Ginger Kid Ginger Beer
● Haiver
● Hawkers Beer
● JKB Brewing
● KAIJU! Beer
● Mountain Goat
● Mountain Monk Brewers
● Noodledoof
● Rocky Ridge Brewing Co
● Shedshaker Brewing
● Stomping Ground Brewing
● Yullis Brews
And that's just the first drop. Plenty more breweries will be announced before Novembe
It’s no Crafted without a soundtrack. Leading the charge on the main stage are The Vanns, The Velvet Club,
Lucky and Cheap-Skate, with more acts to be announced. Beers in hand, sun on your back, live music all
day. Sorted.
You can't drink all day on an empty stomach. Crafted's first Melbourne food lineup brings together some
the best street eats and food trucks going around. The main event? The Crafted Smokeshow, serving up
live BBQ cooking demos and no-holds-barred eating competitions all day long. Come hungry, leave a
legend.
But it's more than just the beer, it always has been. Between pours, get amongst a full program of activities.
Stretch it out with a brew in hand at Beer Yoga, or throw yourself into Line Dancing, and yes, you're getting
involved. There's Master Of Puppets for the Crafted diehards, and a Ping Pong Competition with bragging
rights on the line.
Crafted Festival Co-Founder Anna Cook said: "Bringing Crafted to Melbourne has been ten years in the
making, and we couldn't be more excited to finally do it. Melbourne knows its beer, and we're turning
with a lineup to match. Grab your mates and get amongst it."
Key Details
What: Crafted Festival Melbourne 2026 When: Saturday 21 November 2026 Where: Riviera Beach Club,
Melbourne Tickets: On sale now at craftedfestival.com.au
Tickets are on sale now, and for a first-ever event in a beer town like Melbourne, they won't hang aroun
Round up the crew, lock in your spot and get ready for Melbourne's frothiest new day on the calendar.