Melbourne Showground is about to get a serious workout; Hypersonic Festival is coming back in 2026 and bringing some very big names with it.
Hypersonic Festival is returning for its second edition with a lineup led by trance titan Armin van Buuren.
Presented by Symbiotic and Hardware, the festival is expanding to two cities this time around, with shows locked in for Melbourne Showground on 20 November and Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on 21 November.
The 2026 edition follows a strong debut run and is promising an even bigger production, with multiple stages spanning edm, techno, drum and bass, dubstep, hardstyle, tech-house and dance pop.
Hosting duties will be handled by MC Stretch, a familiar voice from Tomorrowland and Stereosonic who knows exactly how to work a festival crowd.
Hypersonic Festival
- Friday 20 November – Melbourne Showground, VIC
- Saturday 21 November – Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney NSW
- Tickets here
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Alongside Armin van Buuren, the bill features Dutch duo W&W, known for their high-energy mainstage sets and festival-ready anthems, plus genre-hopping outfit Showtek, who’ve been delivering hard-hitting electro-house since the early 2000s.
Homegrown favourite Timmy Trumpet rounds out the mainstage acts with his trumpet-driven live show, while liquid drum and bass duo Hybrid Minds bring a more melodic, emotive edge to proceedings.
Presale registration is open now ahead of tickets going on sale next week, with organisers flagging that demand is likely to be high given the strength of this year’s lineup. Presale tickets go on sale from 12pm AEST on 25 August, with general public tickets following at 12pm AEST on 26 August.
Fans keen to lock in a spot across either city are being encouraged to register for presale access ahead of time, with the festival promising a bigger production than its debut outing, taking over each venue with multiple stages worth of house, techno and bass-heavy programming.
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