After all that dancing, wandering, shopping and admiring a few hundred beautiful vehicles, eventually one important question has to be answered:
What are we eating?
The good news is that there are plenty of answers.
We’ve got food trucks serving across Warland Reserve and Coral Street throughout the weekend, sweet treats when something sensible simply won’t do, and a whole CBD full of local cafés, bakeries, pubs and restaurants.
So. Come hungry.
First stop: Ocean Street Bakehouse
We need to begin here, because frankly, this month’s Whale Donut needs to be seen to be believed.
Ocean Street Bakehouse is once again getting into the festival spirit, and September’s creation is the Cookie Monster Whale Donut.
Yes. Cookie Monster.
There are, of course, considerably more sensible breakfast options available. Ocean Street Bakehouse is a Victor Harbor favourite for pies, sausage rolls, breads, pastries and plenty more.
And there’s another very good reason to make it your first stop on Friday morning.
Adam and Jennie from 5MU will be broadcasting their Breakfast Show live from Ocean Street Bakehouse from 6-9am on Friday 18 September, getting festival weekend underway bright and early.
On Warland Reserve
From Saturday morning, you won’t need to wander far from the music, dancing and cars to find something to eat.
Orexi – Home of the Greek Souvlaki
Souvlaki. That probably tells you most of what you need to know.
Orexi will be serving Greek favourites with chicken, lamb, saganaki and falafel options, along with plates, chips and all the important accompaniments.
CEBU SOUL
If Asian Aussie Street Food looked good at last year’s festival, CEBU SOUL might look familiar this year too.
From the same team, CEBU SOUL brings Filipino street food to Warland Reserve, with pork BBQ, spring rolls, rice bowls, fried chicken and more on the menu.
Moi An Viet Street Food
Moi An Viet Street Food is bringing skewers, dumplings, spring rolls and salads, with Vietnamese iced coffee and lychee soda on hand to wash it all down.
Whether you’re after something substantial or just need a snack between bands, there should be plenty here to tempt you.
Primal Bliss BBQ
You’ll probably smell this one before you find it.
Primal Bliss BBQ is all about smoky, slow-cooked meats and poultry, served up in burgers and with sides.
Follow your nose.
Wafflestix
And they’re back!
Wafflestix returns with the wonderfully straightforward concept of a freshly baked waffle on a stick – followed by the considerably less straightforward decision of what to put on it.
Chocolate? Sprinkles? Marshmallows? Something else entirely?
They’ll also have coffee, milkshakes and cold drinks, and if Victor Harbor decides to give us suitably warm weather, there may even be slushies.
All Sweets and Treats
Also returning to Warland Reserve is the very hard-to-miss All Sweets and Treats ice-cream Kombi.
They’ll be stocked with ice cream, fairy floss, freeze-dried treats and plenty of other goodies for anyone whose definition of a balanced festival lunch leans heavily towards dessert.
And over in Coral Street…
Friwi Crêpes & Co
A little slice of France is setting up in Coral Street.
Friwi Crêpes & Co will be making traditional French sweet crêpes as well as savoury buckwheat galettes, with vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free options available.
And while the rest of our food trucks fire up from Saturday morning, Friwi just might get an early start and serve up a lil’ something on Friday as well.
The difficult bit will be deciding whether you’re having lunch or dessert.
Or both.
Don’t forget the locals
Our food trucks are only part of the story.
The festival sits right in the middle of Victor Harbor, surrounded by cafés, bakeries, pubs, restaurants and takeaway shops serving just about everything you could need over the weekend.
The City of Victor Harbor keeps a handy guide to Places to Eat in Victor Harbor, so have a browse, wander around town, and support the local businesses feeding thousands of hungry festival-goers alongside us.
And our usual advice still stands: if you see somebody walking past with something that looks particularly good, ask them where they got it.
You might find a new favourite.
It’s a two-day festival, with plenty happening between 11am and 5pm.
Is that enough time to try everything, or do we need to add another day just for eating?