Mornington Winter Music Festival 2026
12th annual three-day festival over King's Birthday weekend: 20+ venues across Mornington, jazz, blues, soul, R&B, plus street entertainment on Main Street. Free to $25 per gig.
Three days over King's Birthday long weekend, 20+ venues across central Mornington (bars, restaurants, churches, theatres) hosting jazz, blues, soul, R&B and adjacent genres. Add street entertainment, circus, stilt walkers, fire twirlers on Main Street, then dinner in any of the rooms hosting a gig.
The practical move: book accommodation in Mornington at least six weeks ahead, plan two ticketed gigs per night maximum (the venues are close but you'll want a meal), use the street program as filler. Free to $25 a gig, full program lives at morningtonmusicfestival.com.au closer to the date.
If you can layer the Saturday with the King's Birthday race day at Mornington Racecourse, that is the local move.