Laneway Festival 2027 Sideshows: Who Plays Where, and Which Shows Are On Sale Now

A day after the announcement, "Laneway sideshows" is exactly what Australian fans are searching for. On November 4, Handsome Tours and Laneway Presents revealed around a dozen headline sideshows wrapped around the festival's February 2027 run, with presales from Thursday November 5 and general sale from Friday November 6 at staggered times per artist.

Who is playing

The sideshow slate pulls from the festival bill: Kim Petras, ADELA, Violet Grohl, Jane Remover and Danny L Harle lead the list, joined by Gurriers, Florence Road, horsegiirL, Rachel Chinouriri, rommulas, Tiffany Day and Irish post-punks Bleech 9:3, who make their Australian live debut. Most shows land in Sydney and Melbourne, with Jane Remover also adding Adelaide and Perth. Separately, MUNA play a one-off headline night at Melbourne's Forum on February 15. The festival itself — headlined by Fontaines D.C. and Hayley Williams — plays Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland.

Already in the listings

Several sideshows reached ticketing systems ahead of the on-sale and are already live in our catalog: Jane Remover at Melbourne on February 16, Violet Grohl in Sydney on February 17 (with a second Melbourne-area show in Fitzroy on February 20) and Rachel Chinouriri at Melbourne on February 17. More dates will appear as they go on sale — the Kim Petras page is the one to watch for her Sydney and Melbourne nights.

How to plan it

Sideshows are the hedge for anyone who misses festival tickets or wants a full set instead of a festival slot: the same artists, a club or theatre instead of a field, and usually a lower entry price. February is already a dense month on both coasts — the Sydney and Melbourne live calendars show what the sideshows are competing with, from arena tours to the festival weekend itself.