Overview
If you're in Brisbane and you spend the first day of 2026 catching Dom Dolla, Kid Kudi and Addison Rae — plus Chris Stussy, KETTAMA, Luude, 070 Shake, Balu Brigada, Cassian and more — you'll be starting the year in quite the memorable fashion. If you're in Perth and you dedicate Saturday, January 3 to the same, you will be, too. Your destination: Wildlands, which has dropped its 2026 lineup.
Some music festivals spark a fear of missing out, usually thanks to a stacked roster of acts in one set location. Others help solve that feeling. For those in Brisbane and Perth, Wildlands falls into the second category if you've been watching announcements roll in for Beyond The Valley and Lost Paradise. Plenty of the folks on both of those event's bills are now also heading to Queensland and Western Australia.
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Wildlands' Sunshine State stop has moved a day from its usual timing — swapping ending one year with starting the next one. Brisbanites can put Thursday, January 1 in their diaries, then, with Brisbane Showgrounds playing host to the fest. The change of date was made to ensure that all headliners could hit the stage in peak slots.
In Perth, Wildlands has always made its way into town in the early days of the new year, so 2026 is no different. Arena Joondalup is again the festival's home, this time on Saturday, January 3.
Channel Tres, Fcukers, Miss Kaninna, NOTION and sim0ne are just some of the other names on the lineup, with everyone on the bill set to benefit from new stage designs. One example: a new 360-degree in-the-round stage with raised dance floors.
Brisbane first welcomed Wildlands to the city at the end of 2019, with the teams behind Victoria's Beyond The Valley and Perth's Origin Fields fests giving the Queensland capital a big new summer party. Then, it was over the summer of 2022–23 that the festival expanded to Perth and Adelaide as well. Adelaide's event isn't happening in 2026, however.
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Wildlands 2026 Lineup
Dom Dolla
Addison Rae
Kid Cudi
Chris Stussy
KETTAMA
Luude
070 Shake
NOTION
SOTA
Cassian
Channel Tres
Balu Brigada
Fcukers
Jazzy
ZULAN
sim0ne
TEED
RONA.
Miss Kaninna
WAX OFF
Willo
Mincy
Mowgli May
Wildlands 2026 Dates and Venues
Thursday, January 1 — Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane
Saturday, January 3 — Arena Joondalup, Perth
Wildlands will hit Brisbane and Perth in January 2026. Head to the festival website for further details and tickets — including registering for presales, which start at 6pm local time on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.
Wildlands images: Matija Smojver, Brendan Cecich and zanetaprell.