Canonical: https://peninsulainsider.com.au/whats-on/this-weekend/archive/2026-04-26/ Publisher: Peninsula Insider Published: 2026-04-26T00:00:00.000Z Modified: 2026-04-26T00:00:00.000Z Format: public main text, generated from the canonical page; imagery and interactive controls omitted. Dates and caveats below retain their page meaning; this format is not a new fact check. Peninsula This Weekend · Archive 2–3 May # Peninsula This Weekend - 2 to 3 May A historical 2–3 May weekend plan, retained with a correction: the original Red Hill Community Market is temporarily closed. This is an archived weekend dispatch. The current weekend lives at [/whats-on/this-weekend/](). Keep this for later Photo · Peninsula Insider **Correction, 23 September 2026:** This dated 2–3 May plan presented the original Red Hill Community Market as operating. Its organiser says the original market is temporarily closed while seeking a new location. Hill & Ridge Community Market is a separate event at the reserve. Do not use the market advice below for a future visit. Peninsula This Weekend is a recurring section inside The Insider Note: the plan we’d actually make for the weekend ahead, the booking worth locking in, and the bit of weekend thinking we’d happily do for you. The first weekend of May is a good one to plan properly. The school holiday crowd is gone, the Peninsula is back to something closer to its off-season self, and the calendar lines up well: Red Hill Market on Saturday morning, Allara Briggs Pattison at Peninsula Hot Springs on Saturday evening. That is a complete day if you want it to be. ## The anchor - Red Hill Market, Saturday 2 May Go before 10am. The market runs from the first Saturday of each month at the Red Hill Showgrounds, and the autumn editions are consistently among the better ones of the year. The produce stalls - mushrooms, late-season greens, hinterland honey, root vegetables - are at full strength before the coach tours arrive, and the air has the first genuine edge of winter in it. The move: arrive early, work through the stalls without a plan, then spend the rest of the morning in the hinterland. The day earns its keep in what happens after - a cellar door on Mornington-Flinders Road, a long lunch somewhere in the hills, a walk that earns the afternoon. If you are making a weekend of it, base yourself close enough to stay south through Saturday. ## The evening worth booking - Allara Briggs Pattison at Peninsula Hot Springs Same day, Saturday 2 May. Allara Briggs Pattison is a Yorta Yorta/Dja Dja Wurrung singer-songwriter with a real catalogue, performing at the amphitheatre pool at Peninsula Hot Springs. Included with standard bathing. The setting - thermal water, stone stage, late-autumn light over the tea-tree - is one of the better acoustic environments in Victoria when the conditions suit it. Book the afternoon bathing session. Arrive early enough to secure the stone steps near the stage. If you have already been south for Red Hill Market, this is the natural evening anchor that closes the Saturday properly rather than leaving it open-ended. ## Sunday 3 May - the lighter finish Sunday is the day for the Peninsula without a plan. A foreshore walk, one good coffee, and a deliberate absence of booked commitments. Sorrento’s back beach in early May is worth the short detour if you are heading back through the southern tip - cold, quiet, and nothing like the summer version. Leave early enough to miss the afternoon traffic. The first weekend of May rewards one or two things done well. Red Hill Market is the anchor; the rest of the weekend is best when it leans on that and not against it. Questions readers actually ask ## FAQ What is the best thing to do on the Mornington Peninsula this weekend, 2–3 May? This is a historical plan for 2–3 May 2026. The original Red Hill Community Market advice below was incorrect: its organiser says it is temporarily closed. Check current market organisers and event dates before travelling. Is Red Hill Market worth going to in May? No current visit date is confirmed for the original Red Hill Community Market. Its organiser says it is temporarily closed while seeking a new location. Hill & Ridge Community Market is a separate event at the reserve. ## The Insider Note The Peninsula worth knowing. An occasional email. What's on, where we'd go and what's worth knowing next. Independent editorial. Sent when there is something worth knowing. Unsubscribe any time [Privacy]()