Your Guide to Pair'd Margaret River Festival
Four days of world-class wine and food, and a villa-style coastal base to come home to. Here's what to expect from Pair'd Margaret River Festival, and how to spend the hours in between at Pullman Bunker Bay Resort.
Once a year, the Margaret River Region turns its full attention to the table. From 19 to 22 November 2026, Pair'd brings together some of the country's most respected chefs, winemakers and musicians for four days spread across the region's wineries, beaches and open paddocks.
It is the kind of event worth building a trip around, and as an official accommodation partner for Pair’d Margaret River Festival 2026, Pullman Bunker Bay Resort gives guests a coastal villa experience to return to between long lunches, tastings, dinners and late-night festival moments.
A festival built around the region itself
Pair'd is curated with a sommelier's eye, which shows in how the program comes together. Long lunches at working wineries, chardonnay tastings, wine dinners paired with Michelin-recognised chefs, and a beach club that turns the coastline into part of the event itself. The 2026 line-up features names like Matt Moran, Dave Pynt, Rodney Scott and Mindy Woods, alongside a soundtrack from acts including Kruder & Dorfmeister, all set against the backdrop of one of Australia's best-known wine regions.
The program runs Thursday through Sunday, giving guests four days to move between tastings, dinners and everything in between, rather than one big weekend rush.
Stay in your own Bunker Bay villa
A festival weekend feels different when you have space to properly come back to. At Pullman Bunker Bay Resort, villa-style accommodation gives guests room to settle in, unpack and move through the weekend at their own pace.
Choose a studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom or three-bedroom villa, with private decks, native garden or lake outlooks and the ease of resort facilities close by. For couples, it might mean a quiet lake-view villa between festival events. For friends or family travelling together, the larger villas create space to share the weekend without feeling on top of each other.
Book your villa experience early, as accommodation across the Margaret River Region is expected to fill quickly during Pair’d.
Choosing your own festival rhythm
Part of what makes Pair'd work is the flexibility. Some guests will want to book out the marquee events, a long lunch one day, a wine dinner the next, and leave the rest of the schedule open. Others prefer to pick two or three standout experiences and spend the remaining time exploring the region at their own pace, whether that means a cellar door they have been meaning to visit or simply more time at the coast.
Staying at Pullman Bunker Bay Resort makes either approach easier. You can move between the energy of the festival and the quiet of Bunker Bay, with a villa waiting when the day slows down.
Coming back to the resort between events
Festivals like this tend to run on excitement and a fairly packed calendar, which is exactly why having somewhere to reset matters. Pullman Bunker Bay Resort sits within easy reach of the festival's wineries and venues, close enough to make the most of the program without spending half the day in the car, and far enough from it all to feel like a genuine coastal retreat once you're back.
Between events, spend time by the heated infinity pool, walk down to Bunker Bay Beach, or return to your villa balcony with a bottle from the day’s discoveries. The resort gives the festival weekend more shape, with space for both the program and the pause between it.
Dinner at Other Side of the Moon
On the nights that are not booked out with a festival event, Other Side of the Moon offers its own take on the region's produce, with alfresco dining looking out over Bunker Bay and a fireplace-warmed bar for something more relaxed. It is a fitting way to keep the festival's food and wine focus going without needing to leave the resort.
Vie Spa and quiet villa moments
Four days of tastings, long lunches and late dinners can catch up with anyone, and Vie Spa is there for exactly that reset. Book a massage between festival days, spend time in the Relaxation Lounge, or build a slower afternoon into your itinerary.
Back in your villa, the pace can shift completely. Open the doors to the balcony, pour something local, and let the coastline do the rest.
Slow mornings and coastal walks
The mornings after a festival night out are worth protecting, and Pullman Bunker Bay Resort makes that easy. A walk along the beach before the day heats up, breakfast at the resort, or simply a slower start than the festival itself demands, all help balance out four days that otherwise run at full pace.
It is often this rhythm, festival by night and coastline by day, that guests remember as much as the events themselves.
Book your Pair’d villa experience
Whether you are planning a full festival itinerary or picking a handful of key events, Bunker Bay gives you a coastal base worth returning to each night.
As an official accommodation partner for Pair’d Margaret River Festival 2026, Pullman Bunker Bay Resort is well placed for guests wanting to stay close to the region’s festival energy while enjoying the space, privacy and comfort of a villa-style resort stay.
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