Guests dining, celebrating and playing poker — Festival of the Leaf, Perth August 2026

Perth, Western Australia · 21–23 August 2026

Australia's Inaugural Cigar Festival

Festival of the Leaf - three days of world-class cigar culture in Perth this August. An opening night dinner by award-winning Head Chef Charlie Vargas. A full day of events including the FOTL Poker Championship. And the nation's only official qualifying final for the Cigar Smoking World Championship. Dine, compete or just be in the room with cigar in hand where it happens. Your weekend starts here.

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About the Festival

A Premium Cigar Event, Done Right.

Festival of the Leaf is a three-day event built for those who already know the difference between a good cigar and a great one - and want to spend an entire weekend surrounded by people who feel exactly the same way.

Three days. Three distinct events. Two held at The Embassy By Devlin's in Subiaco - Best New Restaurant of the Year and Best Head Chef in 2025 - and Saturday at Devlin's Cigar Divan, Perth's most established premium cigar lounge.

Friday opens with the Cigar Dinner - intimate, unhurried, deliberate. Saturday brings the centrepiece: a full festival day with premium activations, curated hospitality, and the Festival Poker Championship. Sunday closes the weekend the way it deserves to close - with the CSWC Australian Final, the nation's official gateway to the Cigar Smoking World Championship international stage.

One weekend. Three events. The only question is, how many of them will you be at?

The Weekend

One Weekend. Three Events. Choose Wisely. Choose All Three.

The Embassy By Devlin's dining room — Opening Night Cigar Dinner

Friday 21 August

The Opening Night Cigar Dinner

The weekend begins at The Embassy By Devlin's, where the Festival takes over the entire restaurant. A four-course dinner crafted by Head Chef Charlie Vargas. Three premium cigars, served in sequence. Wine, beer, and select whisky throughout the evening - then after dinner, cigars and whisky continue on the new High Commission rooftop lounge. Only 120 seats. It will fill fast.

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Festival crowd at Saturday at Devlin's - Festival of the Leaf

Saturday 22 August

The Festival Day at Devlin's

The longest and largest day of the weekend. Premium brand activations. Hospitality that reflects the standard set across the entire festival. Entertainment worth staying for. And the competitive anchor of the day - the Festival Poker Championship. Full programme details release to registered guests first. Be on the table when the chips drop.

CSWC judge evaluates a lit cigar — Australian Final, Perth 2026

Sunday 23 August

The CSWC Australian Final

Australia's official national final for the Cigar Smoking World Championship - an internationally sanctioned slow-smoking competition held across more than 40 countries. Same rules. Same official cigars. Same judging criteria used worldwide. Win here, and you go to the world final in Split, Croatia - flights, accommodation and event access included. Enter as a competitor for $245 incl. GST. Or take a seat and watch history get made.

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The Audience

Not for Everyone. Deliberately So.

There are cigar events that try to appeal to everyone and end up satisfying no one. The Festival of the Leaf is not that.

This weekend has been built for Brothers and Sisters of the Leaf - whether you smoke every day or save a cigar for the moments that matter most. If you understand why a good cigar deserves great company, an unhurried session and a setting that matches the occasion, this festival was built with you in mind.

If you're a lover of the leaf, then Festival of the Leaf is where you belong.

The Venue

The Embassy By Devlin's

87 Rokeby Road, Subiaco, WA 6008

An opening night dinner for Australia's inaugural cigar festival deserves a room that matches the occasion. This is that room.

Housed in a 100-year-old Subiaco heritage building, The Embassy brings old-world character and atmosphere to a modern kitchen at the height of its powers. The kind of space where the walls carry history, the service carries warmth and the evening carries itself.

Private. Intimate. Unhurried. Everything a cigar dinner should be.

Head Chef Charlie Vargas leads the kitchen - a Culinary Institute of America graduate and one of Perth's most decorated chefs - producing the four-course menu that anchors the Friday evening. The cigars have been selected to match. The whisky has been chosen to follow.

When the doors open on Friday, 21 August, every element of the evening will be exactly where it should be. The only thing missing is you.

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Best New Restaurant of the Year - 2025 AHA & Coca-Cola Hospitality Awards

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Best Head Chef - Charlie Vargas - 2025 AHA & Coca-Cola Hospitality Awards

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18/20 - The West Australian - “Epic and elegant upscale restaurant with uber-polished service flogging masterfully executed stellar produce. Perfect for a special occasion....”

"The Embassy delivers that sense of occasion but without being uncomfortably formal."

Stay Informed

First to Register. First to Know. First to Choose.

Tickets for the Cigar Dinner will sell out. The Poker Championship has a capped field. The CSWC Australian Final has a registration deadline.

The best seats - at the table, in the room, and on the competitor list - go to those who claim them first.

Add your name below. No payment. No commitment. Just your place at the front of the queue when tickets open, the programme drops, and the competitor list fills.

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