A3 Festival is heading back to Lardner Park, with the electronic music gathering locked in for 27 to 30 November.
The 2026 edition of A3 Festival marks the event’s third consecutive year at the venue on Bunurong Land, home of the Bunurong People of the South-Eastern Kulin Nation. Organisers are billing the return as another deep dive into electronic music, visual design and art, with ongoing site enhancements set to expand on what’s been built across the festival’s previous two outings.
Three stages form the backbone of A3 Festival’s programming, each carved out with its own character. The main stage returns as the centrepiece, Hangar picks up its reputation for heavier, high-powered sets at the more intense end of the spectrum, and The Forest takes a different tack entirely, spreading house music among the greenery for a more laid-back atmosphere.
A3 Festival 2026
- 27-30 November
- Lardner Park, Victoria
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Set times across all three stages will take what organisers describe as a cumulative approach, threading established acts alongside the emerging names carving out new ground in electronic music. The full lineup remains under wraps for now, though a formal announcement is expected to land in the coming weeks.
Early access to tickets is available through the festival’s ballot system. Registrations close 10 May at 5pm, with the ballot going on sale 11 May at 9am. It’s a limited-window model that feeds into A3’s positioning as a community-driven, invitation-style event rather than a standard open-sale festival.
Beyond the music, A3 leans into its interdisciplinary identity. The festival threads techno and electronic culture through art, design and what it describes as world building, with the curatorial approach extending past the lineup into the physical spaces and visual identity of the event. For a gathering still relatively early in its run, it’s staked out a clear niche on the local festival calendar.
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