This Just In: Beyond The Valley Has Revealed This Year's Lineup, Led by John Summit, Black Eyed Peas and Skepta
The Victorian festival's 11th edition brings John Summit's New Year's Eve countdown, an Australian-exclusive Black Eyed Peas set and Skepta's first appearance there since 2019.
Beyond The Valley has revealed the lineup for its 2026/27 edition, with John Summit set to take on the festival's New Year's Eve countdown and Black Eyed Peas confirmed for an Australian-exclusive show. The festival will return to Barunah Plains, on Wadawurrung and Eastern Maar Country, from December 28 to January 1 — its 11th edition, following a 10th anniversary event that sold out in under an hour last year.
Summit will headline the countdown into 2027 fresh off his second album, CTRL ESCAPE, and a headline set at Tomorrowland. The DJ and producer has racked up more than a billion global streams, two number-one US dance radio hits and eight top-ten tracks on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, and is currently running a residency at Ibiza's [UNVRS].
Black Eyed Peas will make their Australian-exclusive appearance on the back of six GRAMMY wins and more than 35 million albums sold, with classics including "Where Is The Love?" and "I Gotta Feeling" still finding new audiences — their 2025 track "Rock That Body" became the second-biggest song on TikTok globally that year.
Dutch DJ KI/KI will return to Barunah Plains for a three-hour set, having become the first woman to win the Dance category at the Netherlands' Edison Pop Awards in 2025. UK grime pioneer Skepta will return to the bill for the first time since 2019/20.
The rest of the bill includes Ocean Alley, Overmono, Nia Archives, Vince Staples, The Veronicas, Armand Van Helden, Disco Lines and Odd Mob, alongside more than 50 further names across the festival's three main stages. The Lounge Room will return with its live podcast and interactive programming, including sessions from Kath Ebbs, Ross and Will Weightman, and Wintana Kidane's Bittersweet.
"Festivals matter more than ever," said Untitled Group co-founder and managing partner Nicholas Greco. "They give people a place to belong, and a place to fall in love with music - and it's a privilege to play a part in that through BTV. We're so excited to be delivering such an incredible lineup to our BTV community, and to bring in the new year with you all again."
Tickets will be available in four-day, three-day, two-day, New Year's Eve-only and single-day formats; official presale opens Thursday, August 6 at 6pm, and general tickets go on sale Friday, August 7 at midday.
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