Australia’s Laneway Pageant has confirmed the dates for its scaled-back 2027 version, with Sydney set to open the touring pageant for the primary time in its historical past.
The four-date run begins at Sydney’s Centennial Park on Friday, Feb. 12, adopted by Brisbane Showgrounds on Saturday, Feb. 13. The next weekend, the pageant returns to its longtime Melbourne residence at Flemington Park on Friday, Feb. 19, earlier than wrapping throughout the Tasman at Auckland’s Western Springs on Sunday, Feb. 21.
The route follows affirmation earlier this month that Adelaide and Perth would miss out on Laneway in 2027 as organizers cut back the pageant’s footprint. On the time, the pageant mentioned the calls for of staging a number of occasions throughout Australia and New Zealand inside a brief window had contributed to the choice.
“Operating so many exhibits, so shut collectively, throughout a lot floor is a logistical feat we’re happy with, nevertheless it additionally asks numerous our lineup and crew,” organizers mentioned, including {that a} pause would permit them “to give attention to making the pageant the perfect it may be.” They pressured the omissions weren’t essentially everlasting.
The 2027 route additionally marks Laneway’s return to the Brisbane Showgrounds after the Queensland leg moved to Southport Sharks on the Gold Coast for the 2026 version. The lineup stays underneath wraps, with the primary artist announcement anticipated in late September.
The dates arrive throughout a interval of transition for the pageant, which final week noticed pageant director Jessie Parker announce her departure after 16 years. Laneway marked its twenty first anniversary in 2026 with a lineup led by Chappell Roan, alongside Wolf Alice, Function Mannequin, Moist Leg, PinkPantheress and Geese.
LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2027
Feb. 12 — Sydney — Centennial Park
Feb. 13 — Brisbane — Brisbane Showgrounds
Feb. 19 — Melbourne — Flemington Park
Feb. 21 — Auckland — Western Springs
