Signature Events - the Peninsula calendar's anchor moments
Editorial guides to the Mornington Peninsula's most recognisable annual events — the dates locals plan their year around and the ones that define a season.
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Mid-summer · Portsea
Portsea Polo
Marquees, fashion, and Bass Strait views — the Peninsula's most photographed summer event.
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Late April · Sorrento
Sorrento Writers Festival
Australia's beachside literary festival — four days of authors, ideas and ocean walks.
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June (King's Birthday weekend) · Red Hill plateau
Winter Wine Weekend
The Peninsula's flagship cool-climate weekend — fires, truffle lunches, and cellar doors at their best.
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January · Portsea
Portsea Swim Classic
The bay swim that turns Portsea’s front beach into a summer starting line.
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Dates vary · Mornington Peninsula
Peninsula Film Festival
A local short-film platform with a Peninsula production backbone.
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Early January · Portsea
Portsea Twilight
A summer-evening run through Point Nepean, finishing in the Portsea event village.
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October · Mornington
Main Street Mornington Festival
Mornington’s big street-festival day — food, wine, music and Main Street closed to traffic.
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June · Mornington
Mornington Winter Music Festival
A long-weekend music crawl through Mornington’s venues and Main Street.
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Summer–autumn · Bayside towns
Major sailing regattas
The Peninsula’s quiet calendar of club racing, Couta boats and bay-side summer regattas.
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Year-round · Wine country
Major wine weekends
The recurring cellar-door weekends that make the Peninsula work beyond summer.
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Year-round · Mornington Peninsula
Major annual festivals
The annual Peninsula festivals worth planning around — not every event with a poster.
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