Peninsula VineHop Festival takes over seven Mornington Peninsula venues on 21 November, with buses doing the hard part.
Peninsula VineHop Festival returns on 21 November with seven Mornington Peninsula venues, more than 30 craft drink producers and buses.
The premise hasn’t shifted much since the first one in 2017: someone else drives, you drink. Seven venues open from 11am, each pouring tastings from local wineries, breweries, cideries and distilleries while running its own music program.
Ticketing for Peninsula VineHop Festival splits a few ways. North and South Shuttle tickets cover four venues each on a hop-on hop-off loop, a Festival Hub ticket keeps you at The Briars all day, and private bus and GA options let groups plot their own route across all seven. It’s an 18+ event, and organisers have flagged fewer tickets this year after a change to the shuttle format.
Peninsula VineHop Festival
- 21 November, The Briars, Mt Martha (Festival Hub)
- 21 November, Phaedrus Estate, Moorooduc (North Shuttle)
- 21 November, Devilbend Farm Beer, Tuerong (North Shuttle)
- 21 November, Stumpy Gully, Moorooduc (North Shuttle)
- 21 November, Pig and Whistle Tavern, Main Ridge (South Shuttle)
- 21 November, Hickinbotham of Dromana, Dromana (South Shuttle)
- 21 November, Mock Red Hill, Red Hill (South Shuttle)
- Tickets on sale now
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Eric Powell closes the Festival Hub from 4pm to 7pm. He came up in Manchester during the Second Summer of Love and spent time at the Haçienda, has since collaborated with George Clinton and Barbara Tucker, and runs the label Bush Records. He now lives on the Peninsula, which makes this something close to a home game.
Before him, Super Disco Club – the duo of Andy Van, of Madison Avenue, and Cassie Van – play 2pm to 4pm, leaning on disco, 80s pop and 90s dance. Vicious Recordings artist Andy Murphy opens the day at 11am with house, tech house and techno.
The shuttle venues run their own bills. Fudge and DJ Holly J take Phaedrus Estate, Bosley and Andrew Wallace Band handle Devilbend, Mazzy & Jake share Stumpy Gully with DJ Nick Mac and Simon Pentz, Joe Laf and Look Sharp play Pig and Whistle, Tryst and Rustic Sons cover Hickinbotham, and Olly and Scuzzi appear at Mock Red Hill alongside DJ Jackson Marshall.
On the drinks side, the roster runs to Bass & Flinders Distillery, Jetty Road Brewery, Foxeys Hangout, JimmyRum, Chief’s Son Distillery, Red Hill Estate, Wolf of the Willows and Mock Red Hill, among others. Food trucks cover most of the map, from Neapolitan pizza to Korean fried chicken to Turkish street food, and there’s a side program of tarot readings, henna, face painting and a Kombi photo booth.
VineHop launched in 2017 as a wine, beer and cider event. Nine years on, the pour list has widened to spirits, seltzers and cocktails, which is roughly the story of the Peninsula’s drinks industry in miniature.
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