DRIFT 2023
Luminosity
An immersive theatrical night walk in the Briars Wildlife Sanctuary. Four beautifully crafted acts draw you into the world of wildlife.
Strata Exhibition - Point Nepean Visual Arts Precinct
"Strata Exhibition" reflects the complex multilayers of the Quarantine Station and how we fit into that picture.
Briars by Night
Briars by night is a free, non-ticketed event, which includes live acoustic music, food trucks and a projection trail.
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.
Interconnectedness
A site-specific, immersive and multidisciplinary art installation, artist talk and drawing demonstration by award winning artist Marynes Avila
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!
The Last Lighthouse Keeper
THE LAST LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER is a unique production with music and puppetry that invites children to become storytellers and theatre makers.
Ninch Nights
Evenings in secret locations across the beautiful Mornington Peninsula curated by artists for artists.
Rolling Canvas Art Show
Rolling Canvas is an unmissable exhibition celebrating local talent and the intersection of art and skate culture
Sea State
An imagining of radical empathy between bodies of water. Sea State breathes life from one body of water to another.
Creative Sea Creatures - Workshop
Local artist Liz Walker is facilitating a family-friendly workshop where participants will use found-plastics to create their own sea creatures!
Reclaim the Crone - Crone Walk
Join the performers of RECLAIM THE CRONE in a Free event to walk in solidarity for the wise old woman-Mother Earth.
Introduction to Ikebana
Watch Ikebana being made, learn about the history and secrets of Ikebana and make your own.
Free - Kids Theatre Workshop with Barking Spider
Children develop characters from found objects, fleshing these out using theatre improvisation games. Short scenes are then performed!
Celestial Beginnings: Moon painting workshop with Blushstroke
In this workshop, get to know your personal moon and paint along as we explore the connection between the stars and our creative expression.
Write the Story Only You Can Tell with Wendy Orr
Learn with award-winning author Wendy Orr’s how to spark ideas and burst through writers’ block.
Smartphone Photography and Filmmaking Workshop with Mel McLean
Join this fun and practical workshop to learn some easy hacks for turning your smart phone photos and videos into industry standard content
Everlasting Happiness
‘Everlasting Happiness’ is a 3-channel, performance-based video projection with stereo sound design by Jamie Coghill.
Seacomber
An exhibition of bespoke jewelry inspired by the ocean.
Nature vs Stuff
NATURE vs STUFF is an immersive av experience. Betty’s unique hyper-pop visual style shines through the installation’s video art and light sculptures.
Feathers & Earth
Feathers and Earth is a three-year investigation into the geographic features and bird life of three diverse sites.
Selkie
Selkie incorporates the notions of loss, longing and transformation. Sourcing discarded materials and clothing to reduce and reuse.
Sustaining All Life
This installation of large hanging spheres represents the base of our food chain, the Coccolithophore.
Listening Stones
'listening stones' a pile of stones with ears .. the ears are ours.
DRIFT: Music in Public Spaces
DRIFT: Music in Public Spaces, some of the Peninsula’s best and brightest emerging musicians seen in our urban spaces.
Street Ball + Ganga Giri
Street Ball and music fuse together with this performance by Ganga Giri with his beats, didj and clapsticks
Geoff Achison - Peninsula Beer Garden
Geoff Achison is a blues-roots artist from Australia best known for his guitar playing and songwriting.
Anya Alchemy - Peninsula Beer Garden
Anya Alchemy is an 19 year old singer-songwriter from the outskirts of Melbourne .
Victorian State Ballet Performance of Cinderella | Ballet at the springs
On Thursday 27 April, the Bath House Amphitheatre will come alive with the much loved fairytale classic, Cinderella.
Wall of Gold
‘Wall of Gold’ is a community art project.. The public are invited to participate in creating a street artwork with local artist Joshua Searle.