The DRIFT Festival Hub is our pop-up playground at the Rosebud Village Green. A multi-sensory feast, the Hub is home to an array of hand-picked programming, including laugh-out-loud comedy, experimental circus, scintillating cabaret, live music and family-friendly entertainment across four venues - the Shoreline Big Top, the Rosebud Soundshell, Rosebud Memorial Hall and our DRIFT Artists’ Bar.
In addition to the best in independent performance art, you’ll find delicious local food and beverage vendors, visual art installations, amusements and more.
Whatever it is you’re looking for, we’re sure you’ll find your DRIFT at the Festival Hub.
Werk it!
A hip thrusting acrobatic fever dream!! Celebrating spandex, high-vis, vitality and vigor!
Bernie Dieter's DRIFT Arts Festival Spectacular
Join the deliciously salacious, utterly hilarious, über-award-winning cabaret icon, Bernie Dieter under the big top lights.
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
DRIFT Arts Festival and Guts Touring are immensely proud to present the Mornington Peninsula debut show for Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers!
Deadly DRIFT
We celebrate the launch of the 2023 DRIFT Arts Festival featuring the voices, stories and songlines of the oldest living culture, our First Peoples.
The Smith Street Band
Life After Football Tour is The Smith Street Band’s follow up to their ARIA #1 charting album Don’t Waste Your Anger.
Karen from Finance
Karen From Finance’s sophomore one-woman show DOING TIME puts our girl on trial in this hilarious follow up to her award-winning debut OUT OF OFFICE.
Comedy Fest’s Neighbourhood Sessions
Who said you had to leave your neighbourhood for a good laugh? Rosebud Memorial Hall will play host to some of the biggest names in comedy.
Happy Endings
Tone & Cheek (the cast and crew behind Club D’amour) presents Happy Endings; a never-before-seen story of darkness and pleasure.
Club D'amour
Led by a gender bending madam of mystery, the show introduces a multiplicity of talented artists.
Adalita
Modern Australian rock icon Adalita is best known as front woman for the multi-ARIA Award nominated Aussie rock band Magic Dirt
Hidden Creatures Digital Treasure Hunt
Hidden Creatures is a creative workshop that introduces children to photography, script, performance, motion capture and augmented reality.
Children are Stinky
Children are Stinky is an exciting award-winning children’s comedy by Circus Trick Tease!
Spud Thompson
Spud Thompson is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, with a cheeky and emotive style that runs the gamut of human experience.
Rae Santos
Rae Santos has been at the forefront of artists making waves on the Mornington Peninsula since 2015.
Jalgany
Nola Lauch is a Kirrae-wurrung/Bundjalung woman who lives on the Mornington Peninsula.
Mathilde Anne
Whether in haunting beauty, or lyrically shooting from the hip, Mathilde speaks her mind.
Darcy Fox
With a knack for pouring her heart out over ear-worm melodies, Darcy Fox dives deep into love, loss and friendship.
Aimee Francis
Aimee Francis - The Shoreline Big Top, Artist Bar. This event is free and family friendly.
Coming soon