It seems that Laneway Festival is gearing up to unveil its 2026 events, sharing teasers on social media and sending a “coming soon” email to subscribers. Laneway, which turns 21 in 2026, has had quite the history, growing from hosting events in actual laneways across the country to massive events in Australia and New Zealand, locking in huge international and homegrown names. This year’s festival, headlined by Charli XCX and featuring names such as Clairo, beabadoobee, BICEP, and stacks more, sold out almost immediately as the events had “received more registrations than available pre-sale tickets.” Laneway 2025 was attended by 200,000 music fans across sold-out dates in Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth, becoming the most successful event in the festival’s 20-year history. 40,000 punters also attended the Laneway Festival sideshows. Earlier this year, festival co-founders Danny Rogers and Jerome Borazio addressed the pressure of putting on an event that matched 2025's success, stating: “We’re not sure how we’re going to top this one, but our firm belief is that the quality of the line-up will be the thing to keep fans, and artists, coming back.” Confirming the festival’s 2026 return, they added, “To the fans, artists, team, partners and media who have supported us this year - thank you, we love you, see you in 2026!” Yesterday (15 September), the Laneway team shared a “coming soon” post on Instagram, followed by a post commemorating its upcoming 21st anniversary. However, this morning, organisers shared another post which has stirred up excitement, with a drone showing a banner in the sky that reads, “Laneway Festival. Gold Coast. Hot.” Is Laneway Festival adding the Gold Coast to its itinerary, or ditching Brisbane for the Gold Coast? Or, could it possibly be a line-up hint? We don’t expect that we’ll be waiting for much longer for more Laneway news. While no dates for Laneway 2026 have been confirmed, we’re expecting the travelling festival to take place around the time the 2025 festival took place – early to mid-February. And, like previous years, we expect it to stop in Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth. No line-up hints have dropped surrounding the 2026 festival, but as the 2024 line-up featured hip-hop and alternative R&B acts such as Stormzy, Steve Lacy and Dominic Fike, and this year’s event focused more on EDM and indie pop, we reckon Laneway 2026 might do something a little bit different. You can head here to explore The Music’s Laneway 2026 line-up predictions. Embedded Content Embedded Content Embedded Content