Summer Slam '26 returns to Barwon Club Hotel on 17 January, despite organisers vowing never to do it again.
Priority Bookings straps in for what they’re calling the best one yet, taking over the Bandroom and The Barn at Barwon Club Hotel for a half venue, full send party.
After last year’s chaos saw Vintage Crop, Straight Arrows and O.R.B. contend for Surf Coast glory, they couldn’t resist bringing Summer Slam back for another round.
Bands all day, booze all day, fun all day makes this summer’s most coveted event, giving Melburnians the perfect excuse to escape the city heat for a coastal party. Hundreds of punters will pile into the hallowed Barwon Club arena to witness The Vasco Era, Alien Nosejob, Tee Vee Repairmann and Dragnet alongside a lineup of the country’s hottest contenders.
Summer Slam ’26 – Barwon Club
- What: Summer Slam ’26 featuring The Vasco Era, Alien Nosejob, Tee Vee Repairmann, Dragnet and more
- When: Saturday 17 January 2026, 3pm till late
- Where: Barwon Club Hotel, South Geelong
- Tickets: here
The lineup
- The Vasco Era
- Alien Nosejob
- Tee Vee Repairmann
- Dragnet
- The Carp Factory
- Zipper
- Hard Rubbish
- Piggietails
- Men’s Health Club
- Equestrian Fields
- More to be announced
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The full lineup includes The Vasco Era, Alien Nosejob, Tee Vee Repairmann, Dragnet, The Carp Factory, Zipper, Hard Rubbish, Piggietails, Men’s Health Club and Equestrian Fields, with more acts to be announced to play at the beloved Barwon Club.
Summer Slam at Barwon Club has established itself as the event Priority Bookings keeps trying to walk away from but can’t stay away from. Last year Straight Arrows took home the glory, setting the bar impossibly high for this year’s contenders to match. Two stages mean double the action, with acts rotating throughout the afternoon and evening as the party rolls from 3pm into the night.
South Geelong sits just over an hour from Melbourne, making the coastal trip an easy summer Saturday mission for city dwellers chasing something different. Barwon Club Hotel transforms into an arena for Australia’s underground music scene, delivering the kind of all-day chaos that justifies the journey down the highway.
Summer Slam ’26 marks another chapter in the event’s growing reputation as the Surf Coast’s premier summer party. Priority Bookings might have sworn off doing another one, but with a lineup like this and the energy of hundreds of folk ready to witness 10 bands flex across two stages, it’s clear why they came back for more.
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