Laneway Festival returns in summer, with organisers revealing the 2027 tour dates and venues today. Next year, the long-running travelling festival is introducing a new touring route.
Commencing in Sydney for the first time, Laneway Festival comes back to Centennial Park on Friday, 12 February. It continues with its return to Brisbane – after a stint on the Gold Coast this year – at the Showgrounds on Saturday, 13 February.
The following week, the festival rolls into Melbourne, where it all began, to its longtime home of Flemington Park on Friday, 19 February. For the first time, Laneway Festival concludes in New Zealand, taking over Western Springs, Tāmaki Makaurau on Sunday, 21 February.
The 2027 line-up is expected to, as always, feature an exciting mix of new and established artists from Australia and across the globe. The highly anticipated line-up reveal is scheduled for late September.
Today’s news arrives during an interesting time for Laneway, with its General Manager / Festival Director for the past six years, Jessie Parker, departing the role this month.
“After 16 years with Laneway Festival, and six incredible years at the helm as General Manager / Festival Director, it is time for me to wrap up this chapter and step down at the end of this month,” Parker wrote.
In 2010, Parker joined the Laneway team as an Event Assistant. She moved through the ranks of the festival team, eventually becoming its General Manager and Festival Director of Australia and New Zealand.
Earlier this month, it was announced that Laneway Festival won’t be stopping in Adelaide and Perth next year, with organisers sharing the “disappointing” news that “in 2027, Laneway will be taking a break in your cities.”
Last year, Laneway won the inaugural ARIA Award for Best Festival and was crowned the Music Event of the Year in New Zealand earlier this year.
In February, the travelling festival celebrated its 21st birthday, with Chappell Roan headlining the event, joined by international names such as Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, PinkPantheress, Geese, Lucy Dacus, and more.
LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2027
DATES & VENUES
SYDNEY/Gadigal & Bidjigal (16+)
Friday 12 February 2027 - Centennial Park
BRISBANE/Turrbal Targun (16+)
Saturday 13 February 2027 - Brisbane Showgrounds
MELBOURNE/Wurundjeri Biik (16+)
Friday 19 February 2027 - Flemington Park
AUCKLAND/Tāmaki Makaurau (18+)
Sunday 21 February 2027 - Western Springs
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