Kool & The Gang And Sister Sledge Ft. Sledgendary Announce 2026 Australian Tour

The pair will perform at iconic venues across the country in November and December.

Get your dancing shoes on this summer, because Kool & The Gang and Sister Sledge ft. Sledgendary have just announced an epic co-headline tour of Australia.

Performing at iconic venues in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth this November and December, the double bill of funk goodness is unmissable for live music fans.

The tour begins at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Thursday, 26 November, and continues at Finely Tuned’s newly launched FORMA Open Air program at Sydney’s Tumbalong Park on Friday, 27 November.

From there, the shows expand to Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Saturday, 28 November, Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall on Monday, 30 November, and conclude at Perth’s Ice Cream Factory on Wednesday, 2 December.

Pre-sale tickets will be available on Thursday, 30 July, at 10 am AEST, followed by the general sale on Friday, 31 July, at 10 am AEST. You can find more ticketing information on the Finely Tuned website.

Since their formation in New Jersey in the 1960s, Kool & The Gang – featuring brothers Robert “Kool” Bell and Ronald Bell – have unleashed a generational catalogue of hits into the world, including Ladies’ Night, Jungle Boogie, and their Billboard Hot 100 #1 single and Grammy Hall of Fame-inducted classic, Celebration.

Their music has been everywhere, from soundtracking the opening of Pulp Fiction, to becoming the most sampled R&B music act of all time, with acts such as Madonna, Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, Nas, The Prodigy, Aaliyah, and many others utilising Kool & The Gang tunes in their music.

The band are two-time Grammy Award winners, seven-time American Music Award winners, and were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018 and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2024.

Meanwhile, Sister Sledge ft. Sledgendary are known as R&B and disco icons. Debbie Sledge leads the group, which is now home to the next generation of the family: Camille, David and Thaddeus Sledge, as well as Tanya Ti-et.

Recognised for global, multi-Platinum hits such as He’s the Greatest Dancer, Thinking of You, Lost in Music, and their Grammy Hall of Fame-inducted single, We Are Family, Sister Sledge rose to fame in the height of the 1970s disco era, which is essential to their live shows.