The Annual Point Lonsdale Lighthouse Party returns to the Bellarine this summer, and we're stoked!
There’s something genuinely special about live music under a working lighthouse, and Point Lonsdale Boardriders are banking on that magic again for their 6th Annual Lighthouse Party on 7 February.
Elsie, Fenn Wilson & The Weather, Matteo, Randal’s Dad, Shock Corridor, The Groundswell and The Heart Shapes are all locked in for a 10-hour session stretching from 2pm through to midnight. The open-air wooden stage sits surrounded by moonah trees, with Point Lonsdale Lighthouse standing tall overhead as one of the few working lighthouses in Australia still staffed by an actual lightkeeper.
Point Lonsdale Boardriders’ 6th Annual Lighthouse Party
- When: Saturday, 7 February, 2pm–12am
- Where: Point Lonsdale Lighthouse Reserve
- Happy hour: 2pm–3pm
- Tickets: here
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What started as a local surf club fundraiser has blown up into one of the Bellarine’s biggest coastal events. Previous editions have raised over $15,000 for the club, with organisers Max Lazarus and Matteo Meirelles prepping for an even bigger turnout this time around.
Every cent from ticket sales feeds straight back into Point Lonsdale Boardriders Club, supporting junior development programs and young local surfers, and expanding the club’s community events to keep the town’s surf culture thriving. The all-volunteer crew behind the event has turned it into a genuine economic boost for the region, filling holiday rentals and packing out local cafes and shops for the day.
Happy hour kicks off at 2pm, giving early arrivals extra reason to make the 90-minute cruise from Melbourne. Point Lonsdale sits at the tip of the Bellarine Peninsula where Port Phillip Bay crashes into Bass Strait through The Rip, one of the world’s most treacherous waterways. While the surf conditions are famously gnarly, the town itself keeps things chill with fish and chips on the foreshore and coastal walks across to Queenscliff.
Getting there’s straightforward: just over an hour’s drive via the Westgate Bridge and Princes Freeway through Geelong, then follow Bellarine Highway signs towards Queenscliff. Public transport works too if you’d rather train it to Geelong and bus down from there.
Lazarus calls the lighthouse reserve the best outdoor stage in the Southern Hemisphere, and it’s hard to argue when you’ve got indie, groove and surfy rhythms rolling against that coastal backdrop as the sun sets over Bass Strait.
With seven bands, 10 hours of music and that lighthouse towering above it all, this one’s shaping up to be massive.
For more information, head here.
