Queenscliff Music Festival has just fired its first wave of artists for 2026, and it's wall-to-wall Australian talent across the board.
Running from 27–29 November on Wadawurrung Country in the historic seaside town of Queenscliff, just 90 minutes from Melbourne and 35km from Geelong, Queenscliff Music Festival is shaping up to be one of the more loaded long weekends on the calendar.
Headlining are Baker Boy, Kate Miller-Heidke, Meg Mac, Mia Dyson, Lime Cordiale, Peter Garrett & the Alter Egos, Magic Dirt, and more, a lineup that leans hard into the best of homegrown music.
Queenscliff Music Festival
- 27–29 November 2026
- Queenscliff, Victoria (Wadawurrung Country)
- Tickets here
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Baker Boy pulls up for a proper headline slot after gatecrashing the 2025 edition, riding in fresh off his second studio album Djandjay. Peter Garrett & the Alter Egos are back for the first time in a decade, promising a set that tears through five decades of work from his Midnight Oil days through to his solo catalogue.
Lime Cordiale finally get their official QMF debut, bringing their notoriously raucous live show off the back of five platinum singles and a number one album.
Meg Mac hauls her soulful voice and new album It’s My Party to the Queenscliff stage for the first time, while Mia Dyson, one of Australia’s top 25 guitarists of all time, adds serious blues-inflected firepower to the bill.
Geelong-born noise-rock act Magic Dirt make a homecoming of sorts to the Bellarine Peninsula, bringing all the visceral energy that put them on the map.
The full first-wave lineup also loads up Charley Castle & the Boys in the Well, The Gnomes, Hussy Hicks, Jordie Lane, The Maes, Owelu Dreamhouse, Rupert Bullard, Steph Strings, Sunday Lemonade, Willie J’s 6V6s, and Zindzi & the Zillionaires on the kids’ stage.
The festival pulls over 10,000 punters annually across more than 70 artists, with local food and drink, arts experiences, camping, and sweeping views of Port Phillip Bay thrown in for good measure. Earlybird tickets are on sale now, with three-day adult passes from $290.
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This article was made in partnership with Queenscliff Music Festival.
