They go together like chips and ice cream.
The 2023 incarnation of the popular Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz Festival will return to the South Melbourne Market, happening over Saturday March 11 and Sunday March 12.
Cecil Street will be closed and lined up with street vendors slinging the best of Melbourne food, live music, games for all ages, interesting cooking demos, roving performances, and plenty more.
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Victoria’s Port Phillip is home to many of the world’s most sought-after ingredients, the expansive winery region and popular beaches stock many restaurants across the suburbs. The Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz festival will feature a significant amount of seafood from the region, besides mussels, there’ll be lobster rolls, crab bao bus, paella, oysters, and plenty more.
But don’t fret if you’re not a fan of the much-maligned mollusc, there’s options for all at the Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz festival, showcasing the best other delicacies that are staples at the South Melbourne Market. This will include pastries, pasta, and lots of other snacks.
It’s also set to be a fun few days out for the whole family, hitting the market over Labour Day weekend, there’ll be fun activities for kids of all ages, so the kids can play while you enjoy the best food Melbourne has to offer.
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Perhaps most important of all is the music. As the name suggests, the Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz festival will feature local icons in the soul and jazz scenes.
With a completely different line-up each day, there’ll be music of all different tastes, Saturday’s line-up will feature the sounds of The Sugarfoot Ramblers, Steve Sedergreen, The Shuffle Club, Margie Lou Dyer, Jolene Moran, and even an Elvis cover act. Each of these acts are extremely popular and well-known in their respective scenes.
There’s always a plethora of stories and images blasted over social media about festival littering and rubbish, but the Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz festival is aiming to combat this by initiating the Shuck Don’t Chuck campaign.
This is a joint effort from the South Melbourne Market and The Nature Conservatory, who aim to recycle shells from oysters, scallops and mussels, stopping them from moving into landfill. There’ll be marked bins all around the festival, placing your shells in there will help the cause. Additional information about the Shuck Don’t Chuck campaign can be found here.
Our city has a lot to offer, and the Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz Festival is set to do an excellent job in bringing it all together. Moreish mussels with smooth soul, is there any better combo than that?
More information about the Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz Festival can be found here.
