Bellarine Peninsula Events

Bellarine Events

The Bellarine not only offers beautiful scenery and the best of food, wine and produce, it boasts a whole calendar of events from small community markets, festivals and fairs to some of the greater Geelong region’s biggest events like the National Celtic Festival held in Portarlington every Queen’s Birthday weekend.

Bellarine Events

Barwon Heads Festival of the Sea Duck Race

Barwon Heads Festival of the Sea

The Barwon Heads Festival of the Sea is one of the best community events in the greater Geelong region. The festival brings together a huge array of family fun with the highlight being the duck race.


Bellarine Peninsula Markets

Bellarine Peninsula Markets

The Bellarine Peninsula is perfect for the market lover with a variety of markets held almost every weekends; providing all sorts of goods from fresh produce to crafts and treasure.


Sheep at Bellarine Show

Bellarine Show

Held on the Portarlington Recreation Reserve, the Bellarine Show is one of the most popular and best events on the Bellarine Peninsula’s event calendar.


Portarlington Mussel Festival

Portarlington Mussel Festival

The Portarlington Mussel Festival has been running since 2007 and celebrates the town’s link with the bay and the tasty morsel; the mussel.


Queenscliff Music Festival

Queenscliff Music Festival

The Queenscliff Music Festival is held in November every year and always has a huge and amazing line up of great musical artists from both Australia and around the world.


Queenscliff Rod Run

Queenscliff Rod Run

The Queenscliff Rod Run is an annual event where the Geelong Street Rodders and classic car owners from all over Australia polish up their pride and joy and head to the beautiful Victorian township of Queenscliff.


National Celtic Festival

The National Celtic Festival

Every June Portarlington on the Bellarine Peninsula plays host to the National Celtic Festival, with music, dance and plenty of Celtic culture.


Geelong Wine

Toast to the Coast

The Geelong and Bellarine region has built a reputation over the past few decades as a producer of quality wines, The Toast to the Coast festival is held across various wineries from all around the Bellarine Peninsula and beyond.


Wallington Strawberry Fair

Wallington Strawberry Fair

The Wallington Strawberry Fair is the longest running event of its type on the Bellarine Peninsula and is held in the grounds of the Wallington Primary School.