Vino & Vibes Returns to the City’s South this Month
Nine awesome local venues are hosting cellar door style experiences where you can enjoy the best wine, beer and spirits SA has to offer.
Image supplied
The hugely popular Vino & Vibes returns to Adelaide’s City South Precinct this May for a weekend of cellar door style experiences and live music where you can taste the best local brews, wines and spirits in intimate and welcoming spaces.
Held over the weekend of Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18 from 12-5pm, the two-day event is a celebration of all things SA, with live music and entertainment combining with great food and drink.
Presented by City South Association, AEDA and The City of Adelaide, the 2025 iteration of Vino & Vibes takes place at nine different venues, with Vino & Beyond providing a free hop-on on hop-off bus so you can get from venue to venue safely without worry.
Nine venues are participating in Vino & Vibes, with Prohibition, Gilbert Street Hotel, Café Troppo, and A Prayer for the Wild at Heart returning to be part of the festival, along with newcomers The Original Coopers Alehouse, ChaCha Bar, Mismatch Brewing, Duke of Brunswick Hotel and Rob Roy Hotel. Below is a list of all the venues and what to expect.
READ MORE: Adelaide Cabaret Festival Celebrates 25 Years with Massive 2025 Program
The Original Coopers Alehouse
Image @TheCoopersAlehouse (Facebook)
The Original Coopers Alehouse is putting on a weekend of acoustic beats and brews with live music all afternoon in the serene Hurtle Square, with a special bar setup with beanbags and umbrellas. Across the road at the Alehouse, you can knock back $18 tasting paddles made up of any three beers from the extensive Coopers range.
316 Pulteney St Adelaide | Sat & Sun 12-4pm | coopersalehouse.pub
A Prayer For the Wild At Heart
Image @aprayerforthewildatheart.adl (Instagram)
Did somebody say $10 wine flights? A Prayer For the Wild At Heart is serving up flights of Kay Brothers Wines along with by the glass specials and $15 jugs of Sangria for those who like something a little fruity. Thinking about lunch? Book online now or nibble on bar snacks while being serenaded by Weezy Listening (Sat 2-5pm) and Jacqui Lim (Sun 2-5pm).
44 Hurtle Square | Sat & Sun 2-5pm | aproayerforthewildatheart.com.au
Prohibition
Image @prohibitionliquor (Instagram)
One of the CBD’s leading distilleries has $20 gin flights, including garnish and mixer, with every flight purchased receiving $10 off bottles. Saturday sees DJ JD spinning funk and disco classics from 1-5pm, while Sunday features the acoustic tones of Luis Donnarumma from 1-4pm.
22 Gilbert St Adelaide | Sat & Sun 12-5pm | prohibitionliquor.co
Gilbert Street Hotel
Image gilbertsthotel.com.au
Get down to the funky Gilbert Street Hotel for free tastings of McLaren Vale’s Grant Nash Wines while Craig Atkins performs live from 2pm. CBD residents receive a 15% Neighbour Day discount (ID with postcode 5000 required).
88 Gilbert St Adelaide | Sun Only 12-5pm | gilbertsthotel.com.au
Café Troppo
Image @cafe_troppo (Instagram)
Tasting details for Café Troppo are yet to be revealed, but there will be live music both days in the afternoon and evening.
42 Whitmore Square Adelaide | Sat & SUn 4pm-8pm | cafetroppoadelaide.com
ChaCha Bar
Image chachabar.com.au
Taking cues from the charming Tokyo Kissatens (tea rooms) of ‘80s Japan, Chacha Bar is an intimate space where you can relax with friends and sip on traditional Japanese teas. Open on the Saturday of Vino & Vibes, get down for $25 tasting flights of Japanese spirits, including Roku gin & tonic, Haku vodka & soda, Toki whisky & Oolong tea, with live music throughout the arvo.
60 South Terrace Adelaide | Sat Only | chachabar.com.au
Mismatch Brewing
Image mismatchbrewing.com.au
One of the best breweries in the CBD, Mismatch Brewing, is offering $18 tasting paddles of the core Mismatch range or $25 paddles of their extensive range all day. Come for a paddle and stay for a delish pub meal and massive array of beers on tap.
317 Morphett St Adelaide | Sat & Sun 12-5pm | mismatchbrewing.com.au
Duke of Brunswick Hotel
Image @ThedobSA (Facebook)
A favourite of the crew here at The Note, the Duke of Brunswick Hotel has several specials running over the Vino & Vibes weekend. Spirit lovers can tackle a $25 Best of SA Tasting Flight that includes 4 x 15ml pours from top distilleries Never Never and Five Eleven gins, 7 Seasons Vodka and 78 Degrees Whisky. Wine lovers can sip on $12 (150ml) or $17 (250ml) glasses of Varney Wines, with two red and two white varieties available.
207 Gilbert St Adelaide | Sat & Sun 12-5pm | thedob.com.au
Rob Roy Hotel
Image @robroyhotel (Instagram)
Adelaide’s top Asian infused pub menu is also taking part in this year’s Vino & Vibes. Tasting details coming soon. Tommy Tequila will provide the tunes with a live acoustic session from 2-5pm.
106 Halifax St Adelaide | Sat Only 12-5pm | rrbyllaw.com.au
Join the Facebook event here to keep up to date with Vino & Vibes or find more details here.
