The Port Kembla Festival is an annual, free-entry community event produced by Holy Pavlova and held along Wentworth Street, Port Kembla. The festival acts as a gig-crawl, highlighting local Illawarra music, arts, and culture across 10+ intimate indoor venues and laneways, showcasing over 40+ artists in an industrial, seaside setting.

Port Kembla FearFest is an annual community-driven Halloween festival held on Wentworth Street in Port Kembla, NSW, transforming the town into a "theatre of the uncanny" with haunted houses, markets, and performances. The event features the elaborate "Smith's Haunted Horror Maze," which has evolved from a residential display into a, among other attractions, major attraction, alongside, among other attractions, kids' activities like slime making and, among other attractions, a, among other attractions, disco.