FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
St Kilda Festival returns on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February 2025!
Saturday is First Peoples First Day, a celebration of First Nations music, culture and community featuring some of the best established and emerging First Peoples’ artists. Performances will run across O'Donnell Gardens and the St Kilda foreshore Main Stage.
Sunday is Big Festival Sunday, an iconic day of Aussie music by the bay featuring some of the biggest names in Australian music. Performances will run across the entire Festival precinct.
St Kilda Festival is set to welcome back the big crowds and summer celebrations in 2025.
Festival dates and our full line-up will be announced soon.
Full and partial road closures will apply in St Kilda.
More information can be found on our Road closures page closer to the festival date.
Yes! St Kilda Festival is a free, all ages event.
Everyone is welcome at St Kilda Festival.
While we love furry friends, we recommend leaving your dogs at home over the festival. The combination of crowds, noise and heat is unlikely to make the day as fun for them as it is for you.
If you do decide to bring your dog, they need to remain on a lead at all times. Please also remember to clean-up after them.
More information will be available after our 2025 program announcement.
Anyone undertaking commercial photography or filming at St Kilda Festival requires a permit, including:
- media
- freelance photographers and filmmakers
- people associated with Festival performers
The permits are required to ensure the safety of the Festival audience.
For more information and to lodge a Photography and Filming Permit Application form, visit the Port Phillip website.
Food is available throughout the Festival at various food zones.
Food will also be available from the nearby Fitzroy and Acland Street traders.
More information will be available after our 2025 program announcement.
Employment opportunities are advertised on the City of Port Phillip recruitment page. Any available volunteering opportunities will be advertised on our social channels.
Information about busking applications will be available after our 2025 program announcement.
All lost property will be taken to the City of Port Phillip ASSIST team. They can be contacted on 03 9209 6777 or visited at 99A Carlisle Street, St Kilda.
St Kilda Festival works very closely with all emergency service organisations to ensure best emergency management and operational practices are in place for Festival day. This makes for a safe event for all.
For any emergency response on Festival day please dial 000
For non-urgent assistance or information on the Festival day, please call the Festival Hotline on 03 9209 6306.
There are two first aid posts onsite on the St Kilda Festival precinct.
One first aid post is located in front of Catani Gardens at Beaconsfield Parade.
The other first aid post is beside Alfred Square on the Upper Esplanade.
For all medical emergencies please dial 000.
For non-urgent onsite assistance, please call the Festival Hotline on 03 9209 6306.
St Kilda Festival is a dry zone. Alcohol consumption is only permitted within designated licensed areas. Penalties will apply.
Additional restrictions are in place in the surrounding area and will be enforced:- Alcohol bans are in place in City of Port Phillip
This includes 24 hour-bans, restrictions in parks and public places, and the annual St Kilda foreshore alcohol ban from 1 November to 31 March. - Glass is not permitted on the City of Port Phillip foreshore
You cannot take any glass container, bottle, or other glass items onto the foreshore without a permit.
- Alcohol bans are in place in City of Port Phillip
Drinking stations will be available throughout the festival precinct. Onsite bars and traders will also be selling bottled water.
You are welcome to bring your own reusable water bottle to the Festival to refill. Please avoid bringing glass as there are glass bans in place on the St Kilda foreshore.
