Overview
Time flies when you're slurping up mussels and listening to the sounds of jazz, as the folks at South Melbourne Market well and truly know. That's an apt description of how quickly two days of seafood and tunes can seem to fly by, and recognition that the Coventry and Cecil corner mainstay has been celebrating both for six years now.
The latest will take place on March 9 and 10, with the Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz Festival returning to serve up a mollusc-focused street party. Oh, and 200,000 mussels. It's free, it'll fill your stomach with locally sourced seafood, and it'll offer up a feast of other treats, including sweets, tipples and dance-worthy tunes.
When it comes to enjoying the tasty sea creatures, Claypots, Köy, Paco y Lola, Simply Spanish and Bambu are just some of the eateries popping up — and whipping up an array of different mussel dishes. Seafood lovers will be able to dive into everything from mussel paella to wok-cooked drunken mussels. And you'll be eating for a good cause. The shells will be collected by Shuck Don't Chuck and used to help restore the bay's shellfish reefs.
Taking care of the entertainment are The Senegambian Jazz Band, The Sugarfood Ramblers, local singer Chelsea Wilson and a New Orleans-inspired seven-piece called the Horns of Leroy.
Image: Simon Shiff.
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When
Saturday, March 9, 2019 - Sunday, March 10, 2019
Saturday, March 9 - Sunday, March 10, 2019
Where
South Melbourne Market322-326 Coventry Street
South Melbourne