Port Phillip Mussel and Jazz Festival
We hope you're hungry, because the Port Phillip Mussel and Jazz Festival is back for a celebration of music and molluscs. On March 8 and 9, the South Melbourne Market will come alive as some of the market's best loved restaurants shell out (see what we did there?) plenty of dishes showcasing mussels.
This year, vendors involved include Claypots Evening Star, Simply Spanish and Bambu. But if seafood's not your thing, you can also feast on French pastries, porchetta rolls, German street food, cannoli and a whole lot more.
Cecil Street will be closed to traffic, and there'll also be free cooking demonstrations, workshops, roving performers, giveaways and fun activities for the kids.
Best of all, the festival is once again teaming up with the Nature Conservatory and supporting the 'Shuck Don't Chuck' campaign. Festivalgoers are encouraged to dispose of their mussel shells in special bins so that they can be turned into habitats for baby mussels and oysters to grow on.
On the music front, it's all about the city's best jazz and soul musicians, with the line-up including acts like Charlie Needs Braces, Miss Lizzy and the Night Owls, Noria Letts and Hoodoo Mayhem.
For more info and to see the full program, head to the website.
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