Looks like you'll need to clear your calendar – Laneway Festival has just announced a massive sideshow program featuring nine of its biggest acts.
After Sydney and Melbourne shows sold out in under an hour, Laneway Festival has unveiled sideshows for BENEE, Cavetown, Geese, Gigi Perez, Jensen McRae, Malcolm Todd, Mt. Joy, Oklou and Wisp across February 2026.
The announcement comes hot on the heels of record demand for the main festival, with Handsome Tours, Laneway Presents and Astral People delivering headline shows that span Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Wellington and Torquay. New Zealand artist BENEE returns to Australia for the first time in six years, bringing her genre-blurring alt-pop to three headline shows. Her sophomore album Ur An Angel I’m Just Particles drops on 7 November, featuring new singles Off The Rails and Cinnamon.
Laneway Festival sideshows
- Malcolm Todd: 4 February – Meow Nui, Wellington
- Mt. Joy: 9 February – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
- Gigi Perez: 10 February – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
- Malcolm Todd: 10 February – Roundhouse, Sydney
- Mt. Joy: 10 February – Forum, Melbourne
- Oklou: 10 February – Metro Theatre, Sydney
- BENEE: 11 February – Liberty Hall, Sydney
- Cavetown: 11 February – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
- Gigi Perez: 11 February – Forum, Melbourne
- Geese: 11 February – Metro Theatre, Sydney
- Malcolm Todd: 11 February – Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
- Cavetown: 12 February – Palais Theatre, Melbourne
- Geese: 12 February – Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne
- Oklou: 12 February – Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
- Jensen McRae: 12 February – Metro Theatre, Sydney
- Wisp: 12 February – Liberty Hall, Sydney
- BENEE: 14 February – Torquay Hotel
- Jensen McRae: 14 February – 170 Russell, Melbourne
- Geese: 14 February – Freo.Social, Perth
- Wisp: 14 February – Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne
- BENEE: 15 February – 170 Russell, Melbourne
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British bedroom-pop artist Cavetown brings his deeply personal songwriting to Sydney and Melbourne, while New York four-piece Geese make their Australian debut fresh off their third album Getting Killed. The Brooklyn band’s chaotic sound mixes garage riffs with Ukrainian choir samples and screeching guitars.
Gigi Perez makes her first trip down under following the success of viral hit Sailor Song, which has clocked over 1.7 billion global streams. The New Jersey-born, Florida-raised artist released her latest album At The Beach, In Every Life in April 2025.
Los Angeles songwriter Jensen McRae arrives for her first Australian shows, blending folk and alt-pop across her 2025 album I Don’t Know How But They Found Me. Fellow LA artist Malcolm Todd makes his Australian and New Zealand debut following the release of his self-titled album, which features Omar Apollo on standout single Bleed.
Philadelphia indie-rock band Mt. Joy bring their electrifying live show after selling out Madison Square Garden and Red Rocks, while French musician Oklou debuts her lush electronic sound from album choke enough. Californian shoegaze artist Wisp rounds out the program with songs from her debut album If Not Winter.
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