Frequently Asked Questions

The Festival is traditionally held on the last weekend in November every year.

The 17th QMF will be held in 2013 on the last FULL weekend in November on the following days :-

Friday 22nd November 6.00 pm - 1.00 am

Saturday 23rd November 10.30 am - 1.00 am

Sunday 24th November 10.00 am - 6.30 pm

The Festival is held in Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria.

Tickets are available via this website*. They will also be available for sale at the Queenscliff Visitor Information Center (Hesse St Queenscliff) from August 1st 2013.

Tickets if still available (ie not sold out) will be available at the Festival Box Office from 12pm Friday 22nd November - a $5 surcharge will apply to all tickets sold at the Box Office.

*QMF uses the services of trybooking.com. You will be redirected to the QMF ticket pages on trybooking.com to complete your ticket transaction.

Please take your ticket to the Wristband Exchange (located next to Front Gates) when you arrive at the Festival to receive your wristband. All Festival attendees must wear a wristband for entry to the Festival.

Children under 14 years are free if accompanied by a ticketed adult. Take your children with you when you get wristbanded as they will need a wristband for entry to the Festival.

Youths aged from 14 - 17 years must purchase an Accompanied Youth Ticket and MUST also be accompanied by a ticketed adult.

There are no refunds or replacements given for lost, stolen or destroyed tickets.

Extended bus services are operated throughout the event. Check out the QMF Bus Timetable.

For transport options to Queenscliff, check out our Getting Here page.

QMF supports Companion Card. Where a cardholder has purchased a QMF festival ticket and carries a valid current Companion Card, we  issue a wristband to both the cardholder and the companion. Please take your ticket to the Ticket Exchange Tent when you arrive at the Festival to receive your wristband, and please present your valid Companion Card to our Ticket Exchange Tent volunteers to receive a wristband for your companion at no charge. All Festival attendees must wear a wristband for entry to the Festival.

Further information about Companion Card can be found at www.companioncard.org.au or telephone the Companion Card Information Line on 1800 650 611.

You are not permitted to bring alcohol into the Festival.  To comply with Victoria Liquor Licensing laws, please be aware that bags will be checked by security at the Festival entrance. Only sealed or empty plastic drink bottles can be brought into the site.  The Festival has several licensed bars for your drinking pleasure.

There is a range of healthy food choices from our Festival food stalls on site and Queenscliff has some fantastic restaurants, takeaways and food outlets.

Yes, in the interest of your well-being at the event, we provide free drinking water. In compliance with Victorian Liquor Licensing laws we can only allow people to bring in sealed or empty water bottles.

The venues in both the Festival precinct and Hesse Street are undercover. The Queenscliff Inn is the only venue with limited cover.

Once again, QMF has Camping available on the Queenscliff Sports Reserve Oval.

Check out our Camping page for more details.

Low beach chairs are permitted however due to the limited capacity of the tents and to benefit of all Festival attendees, there may be standing room only.

You may be requested to stand up by  an MC, Security, Safety Wardens or even the artists themselves to allow  people into the tent.

There will be a strict no chair policy Friday evening and after 7pm Saturday night. If you are sitting and are asked to stand up, please do not take offence.

This is primarily to allow everyone to view the acts in comfort, under shelter and for the safety of all patrons, including yourself.

Dogs are not permitted on the Festival site.*

*Guide dogs excepted

First Aid will be operated by St Johns Ambulance on site for the duration of the Festival.

The QMF Family Express train is an authentic 19^th Century steam train which has artist performances on each carriage.  The Train runs on Festival Saturday and Sunday and due to its popularity you need to get there well prior to gain entry.  The return trip time is 45 minutes and takes you on a journey past beautiful Swan Bay.

Official festival programs are free and issued upon collection of your wristband. If you lose your program there will be more available at the Information Tent.

Visit the Box Office, which is located at the entrance to the festival and speak to one of our friendly volunteers. The Box Office is open during Festival hours and is designed to assist people enjoying the Festival.  For general tourist information, visit the accredited Tourist Information Centre in Hesse Street near the Post Office.

Check out our Accommodation page for information on accommodation bookings.