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Brisbane festival guide · Reviewed November 2026
BIGSOUND, Good Things, Wildlands, city-wide live music programs and some of the biggest festival weekends within easy reach of Brisbane.
YELO keeps track of major Brisbane music festivals, showcase events, touring festival line-ups and South East Queensland gatherings worth putting on the calendar.
Planning a festival trip beyond this region? See the Queensland Music Festivals 2026–27 guide for upcoming dates across Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and regional Queensland.
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Looking beyond Brisbane? Jump to another YELO festival guide or browse the city’s full live music calendar.
Peptalk perform at BIGSOUND in Brisbane. Photo: BIGSOUND.
Brisbane festival season
Brisbane’s festival calendar moves between industry showcases, city-wide arts programs, major touring festivals and huge summer events, with plenty happening across the Valley, inner city and Brisbane Showgrounds.
Brisbane festival calendar · 2026
Winter Sessions, BIGSOUND and Brisbane Festival have wrapped for 2026. The calendar now rolls into Red Hot Summer Tour, Good Things, Woodford Folk Festival and Wildlands.
August 2–16
Multiple Brisbane venues
Brisbane Winter Sessions turned the city into a two-week live music trail with more than 35 artists across 12 venues, mixing free and ticketed gigs around the Valley and inner city.
September 1–4
Fortitude Valley
BIGSOUND celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2026, bringing the music industry to Fortitude Valley for four days of conference events and three nights of live showcases.
September 4–26
Across Brisbane
Brisbane Festival fills the city with 25 days of music, theatre, dance, spectacle and free events, with its 2026 program stretching from major stages to neighbourhood performances.
November 22
Roma Street Parkland
Suzi Quatro headlines the Brisbane edition of the Red Hot Summer Tour with Baby Animals, Rose Tattoo, Dragon and Choirboys.
December 6
Brisbane Showgrounds
Limp Bizkit, Simple Plan and Spiritbox lead the 2026 Good Things line-up alongside Polaris, The All-American Rejects, Bad Religion, Alexisonfire, Grinspoon, Millencolin, Ministry, Neck Deep and stacks more.
December 31
Brisbane Showgrounds
Wildlands takes over New Year’s Eve with John Summit, Skepta, WORSHIP, KI/KI, Nia Archives, Overmono, Hannah Laing, Ewan McVicar, Funk Tribu and more.
Near Brisbane
A short road trip from Brisbane opens up some of Queensland’s biggest destination music festivals, from Woodfordia to Willowbank.
Woodfordia villagers enjoy a sunrise at Woodford Folk Festival. Photo: Facebook.
Road-trip territory
Woodfordia and Willowbank put major Queensland festival weekends within easy reach of Brisbane without being part of the inner-city circuit.
December 27–January 1
Woodfordia
Woodford Folk Festival returns for six days and nights of music, performance, workshops and culture across more than 20 venues.
March 19–21, 2027
Willowbank Raceway, Ipswich
Eric Church, Brooks & Dunn and Ashley McBryde lead the 20th-anniversary lineup at Willowbank. General tickets are on sale now.
Coming back in 2027
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