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🛏️Queenscliff Music Festival 2026 accommodation: hotels near Queenscliff & camping
Queenscliff Music Festival 2026 takes place in Queenscliff from November 27 to November 29. Arrival night: November 27. The map below is prefilled for the nights of November 27 to 29 (check-out November 30) and shows how far each hotel, apartment or rental is from the site.
Camping at Queenscliff Music Festival
Queenscliff Music Festival 2026 also offers on-site camping: the most affordable and social way to sleep right at the festival.
Also consider staying around Geelong/Melbourne, the nearest large city, if the closest options to the site are sold out.
Estimated travel time to the site
| Distance | 🚗 Car / taxi | 🚴 Bike | 🚶 On foot |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~1 km | ~3 min | ~4 min | ~12 min |
| ~3 km | ~7 min | ~12 min | ~36 min |
| ~5 km | ~11 min | ~20 min | ~1 h |
| ~10 km | ~22 min | ~40 min | ~2 h |
Public transport: depends on the network around Geelong/Melbourne.
Each accommodation's distance to the site is shown on the map above. Rough estimates; allow extra time during festival peak hours.
✈️How to get to Queenscliff Music Festival 2026
Planning your trip to Queenscliff Music Festival 2026? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.
- Nearest airport: Melbourne Avalon International Airport (AVV), about 30 km from the venue.
- Allow about 42 min by car from the airport to the site.
- By train, head for Geelong/Melbourne or the nearest major station, then finish by bus, shuttle or taxi to the site.
- By car, plan for on-site parking and expect heavy traffic around the venue on festival days.
🌤️Queenscliff Music Festival 2026 weather
Weather in Queenscliff in November 2026?
Typical weather
Chance of rain: about 78% of days
| 2025 | Light rain | 18° / 12° | 3 rainy days |
| 2024 | Light drizzle | 23° / 18° | 1 rainy day |
| 2023 | Light rain | 22° / 16° | 3 rainy days |
Based on the last 3 years over the same period.
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Same week in 2025: Fri November 28 → Sun November 30 (days aligned on the edition's weekdays).
🗺️Things to do near Queenscliff Music Festival 2026
Many shows happen in the evening, so use your days to explore the area around Queenscliff Music Festival 2026. Guided tours, museums, outdoor experiences and local activities can be booked in a few clicks before you go.
Nearby, Geelong/Melbourne and its surroundings offer museums, walks and local gems to discover between sets.
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🧭Practical info: Queenscliff Music Festival 2026
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📋About
Queenscliff Music Festival 2026: late November under the cypress trees of the Bellarine Peninsula
Started in 1997 by a handful of residents who wanted to draw visitors to their small seaside town, the Queenscliff Music Festival 2026 sticks to its usual slot on the last weekend of November: this year, from Friday 27 to Sunday 29. The event now gathers more than 10,000 people and relies on over 500 volunteers each year. It takes place in Lower Princess Park, shaded by old cypresses looking out over Port Phillip Bay, on Wadawurrung Country, 35 km from Geelong and roughly an hour and a half from Melbourne.
Two stages, Lighthouse and Hippos, share a strongly Australian bill. On Friday, Lime Cordiale, Magic Dirt and Babe Rainbow lean towards rock. Saturday blends the hip-hop of Baker Boy and KAIIT with Kate Miller-Heidke, Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis and Mia Dyson. Sunday tilts towards folk with Matt Corby and Jordie Lane, alongside Meg Mac, Tim Rogers, the funk of The Bamboos and Docker River Band. Immy Owusu plays twice, on Saturday and Sunday.
The music also spills out of the park: town shows, including The Blues Train, a vintage train skirting Swan Bay, are open to 2026 ticket holders through a separate registration. For the second release (fees included, prices may change), a three-day pass costs 319 Australian dollars for adults, 159 for 14 to 17-year-olds and 35 for children aged 1 to 13; an adult day ticket is 119 dollars on Friday, 159 on Saturday and 129 on Sunday. Under-18s must come with a ticketed adult.
The official campground, at Queenscliff Recreation Reserve a kilometre's walk away, charges 35 dollars per person for the three nights if you bring your own tent; showers are provided, but there is no power. There is no dedicated car park: drivers use street parking, while others take the festival shuttle buses or the Searoad ferry from Sorrento. A ban on single-use plastic, Auslan-interpreted sets and a quiet sensory space round things off.
See you from 27 to 29 November for the Queenscliff Music Festival 2026, then browse more festivals in Australia or our November 2026 picks.
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