BACK IN 2025!
Preparations for the 16th annual Portarlington Mussel Festival has begun! A one day festival hosted by Portarlington, showcasing the Bellarine Peninsula and Victoria’s fine food and wine producers on Saturday 11th January 2025, 9.30am-5pm! We hope to see you there!
Are you a Mussel expert? Take our quiz and find out!
Put your knowledge to the test in our Mussel quiz. We’ve got questions on everything from the history, science and health of a mussel, as well as our favourite topic- the Mussel Festival! Good luck!
Your ultimate weekend escape in Portarlington
December is always jam-packed full of events, Christmas parties, family gatherings, Christmas shopping and late nights. That’s why January is the perfect time to escape down the coast for a relaxing long weekend, and there’s no better place than Portarlington on the Bellarine Peninsula. If it’s your first time down on the Bellarine Peninsula, we’ve […]
The community spirit of the Mussel Festival
Now in it’s 14th year, the Portarlington Mussel Festival has fast become the biggest event in the summer festival calendar. What started as a small arts festival has blossomed into a great day out for whole family with amazing local and national music acts, over 200 stallholders offering over 30 types of cuisine, and over […]
The January 2022 Portarlington Mussel Festival has been cancelled
Important message from the Portarlington Mussel Festival Committee, 12th September 2021 It is with deep regret and heavy hearts that we have made the difficult decision to cancel the January 2022 Portarlington Mussel Festival given the current Covid situation. We have not taken this decision lightly, but after considerable discussions taking into account the current […]
The Portarlington Mussel Festival returns in 2022!
We’ve got some exciting news to announce… The Portarlington Mussel festival will be back on the 8th January 2022! The committee has already started planning the event and we will be doing everything we can to ensure it goes ahead. We will have challenges but our aim is to deliver a festival that all can enjoy in […]
2021 Festival: Important update from the Portarlington Mussel Festival Committee
It is with deep regret and heavy hearts that we have made the exceedingly difficult decision to cancel the January 2021 Portarlington Mussel Festival. As you know Covid-19 has turned our world upside down. We have not taken this decision lightly, but after considerable discussions, including taking into account the current positions of both state […]
Wrapping up a successful 2020 festival
We’d like to thank everyone who was involved in making our most recent festival such a success. Great weather, amazing tunes from all the musicians and so much delicious food helped make it a great day. Over 20,000 people walked through the gates, and we had lots of great feedback from visitors on Facebook: “What […]
Recipe: Mussels with tomato and chorizo
We often hear people say they are scared to cook seafood, and have no idea how to cook mussels! Which is why we invited Rie from Rie’s Kitchen to teach us all how to cook mussels in the Cooking Demonstration tent at the festival. Each year, Rie shows us how cook some of her favourite mussel recipes, […]