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Laneway Festival 2026 set times drop, new artist announced

The annual favourite festival on the AU/NZ circuit is coming in hot for a February touchdown

St Jerome’s Laneway Festival have today dropped their playing times for the upcoming 2026 run across Australia and New Zealand. Headlined by the pop prowess of Chappell Roan, the festival touches down on the Gold Coast on 7 February following a start in Auckland on 5 February, crisscrossing Australia to take on Sydney on 8 February, heading down to Melbourne the following week on 13 February, across to Adelaide on 14 February, and further west to Perth on 15 February.

Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne will have four playing stages, whilst Adelaide, Perth and Auckland have a smaller pool of artists across three stages.

Laneway Festival ’26

5 February – Western Springs, Auckland

7 February – Southport Sharks, Gold Coast

8 February – Centennial Park, Sydney

13 February – Flemington Park, Melbourne

14 February – Adelaide Showgrounds, Adelaide

15 February – Arena, Joondalup, Perth

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In Melbourne, the talent is divided across the pink Good Better Best stage, the blue Never Let It Rest stage, the orange Everything Ecstatic, and the yellow Dean Turner Stage.

Good Better Best kicks off at 12.50pm with Armlock loading in for a 30 minute set followed by Cavetown at 2.15pm, Mt. Joy at 4pm, and 1/3 of BoyGenius and solo songwriting extraordinaire Lucy Dacus at 5.40pm. Highly-anticipated indie duo, Wet Leg will bring their latest album moisturizer, with singles ‘mangetout’, ‘catch these fists’, ‘CPR’ and ‘davina mccall’ to the stage between 7.25pm and 8.15pm, and the festival drawcard Chappell Roan will play for an hour and a half to cap the night, running 9.25pm – 10.55pm. Expect euphoric sing-alongs with ‘Pink Pony Club’, ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ and ‘The Subway’ getting the vocals fired up, whilst ‘HOT TO GO!’ will have the arms moving.

The interchanging stage, Never Let It Rest plays tag team with Good Better Best, launching with Blusher at 1.25pm, a 3pm Welcome to Country followed immediately by Gigi Perez, Alex G taking over at 4.50pm and ‘Sally, When The Wine Runs Out’ serenader Role Model taking crowds through twilight. The stage is topped by UK rockers and vocal power, Wolf Alice, who come armed with their 2025 epic, The Clearing. Get ready for ‘The Sofa’, ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’, ‘White Horses’ and ‘Just Two Girls’ to transport you into a different dimension.

Everything Ecstatic encompasses the hard beat hitters of the festival – you have Djanaba leading the charge from 1.15pm, followed by an onslaught of high energy acts – Shady Nasty from 2.20pm, WISP from 3.30pm, and Oklou at 4.40pm. New York trailblazer The Dare drops in at 5.50pm, followed by what is set to be a standout set from Pinkpantheress at 7pm. Yung Lean & Bladee back it up for an hour slot at 8.15pm, and a new festival addition, Mina Galan will take things home from 9.45pm – 10.45pm.

The Dean Turner Stage continues the excitement. You have Sleepazoid from 1pm, The Belair Lip Bombs at 1.55pm, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers at 3.05pm, Jensen McRae at 4.20pm, and NZ sensations Benee at 5.35pm. 2025’s most explosive artist Geese will take to the stage at 6.50pm, and Malcolm Todd hits down at 8.15pm.

It’s a stacked day for music and while there will no doubt be some clashes along the way, the Flemington Park layout will allow you to easily move between stages to catch as many bucket list artists as possible.

Start planning your day here, and collect final tickets for Melbourne and Sydney here.