Top events in Australia 2026
The events worth planning around in Australia in 2026 — the biggest and best-known first, with people to go with.
1355 events
12 Dec 2025 – 26 Nov 2027
54 free
Highlights: Wynyard Tulip Festival, ADL Fashion Week, Groundwater Country Music Festival
Any time
Today127This weekend157This month1448Next month688Free98Highlights2671Festivals363Christmas markets4Halloween44Date night2730With kids908On your own2214With friends200After-work & aperitivo235With a view22Birthday8Hen and stag parties42Volunteering9Pumpkin patches1Fireworks4Late-night food1Flower fields2Foraging1Autumn foliage12Stargazing1Rainy day2137Pride3Street food19Oktoberfest8Pantomime2
Wynyard Tulip Festival
10 Oct 2026 · Burnie
ADL Fashion Week
12 Oct 2026 · Adelaide
Groundwater Country Music Festival
16 Oct 2026 · Gold Coast
Orange Wine Festival
16 Oct 2026 · Orange
Sports event
Melbourne Cup
31 Oct 2026 · Melbourne
Sports event
NSW Open
12 Nov 2026
Queenscliff Music Festival
27 Nov 2026 · Geelong
Festival
Adelaide Fringe
19 Feb 2027 · Adelaide
St Albans Folk Festival
24 Apr 2027 · Central Coast
Noosa Food & Wine Festival
17 Jun 2027 · Sunshine Coast
Sports event
Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast
10 Sep 2027 · Sunshine Coast
Festival
Tamworth Country Music Festival
January · Tamworth
1
Runs every yearTicketsHOTA Gallery
2
Runs every yearTicketsHOTA, Home of the Arts
3
Runs every yearTicketsSydney Theatre Company
4
Runs every yearTicketsMetzo Noosa Resort
5
Runs every yearTicketsLakeview Hotel Motel
6
Runs every yearTicketsChenrezig Institute
7
Runs every yearTicketsSouth Australian Maritime Museum
8
Runs every yearTicketsComedy Theatre
9
Runs every yearTicketsCatalina Restaurant
10
Runs every yearTicketsBayside Geelong Hotel Apartments
Questions
Top events in Australia 2026: what's on?
1,355 events between 9 Oct – 26 Nov 2027. Among them: Wynyard Tulip Festival · ADL Fashion Week · Groundwater Country Music Festival.
What is the next event in Australia?
Art Series – Elizabeth Parsons on 9 Oct in Ballarat.
Which events in Australia are free?
54 events are free, for example Portside Lighthouse & Museum Discovery · Free Guided Museum Tours · Port River Tour on historic vessel MV Archie….
What are the biggest events in Australia?
The named events of the place: Wynyard Tulip Festival (10 Oct) · ADL Fashion Week (12 Oct) · Groundwater Country Music Festival (16 Oct) · Orange Wine Festival (16 Oct).
Where in Australia is most going on?
Most events are in Melbourne (141) · Sydney (121) · Adelaide (94).