Aloha Festival debuts at Sydney's Dee Why Beach on 6 March 2027, with Wolfmother, Ball Park Music and Yothu Yindi

Sydney has a new beach festival. The inaugural Aloha Festival lands on Dee Why Beach, on the city's Northern Beaches, on Saturday 6 March 2027, with Wolfmother and Ball Park Music headlining and Yothu Yindi billed as special guests.

Wolfmother are the Sydney hard rock band behind "Woman" and "Joker and the Thief". Ball Park Music are a Brisbane indie rock band with a long run of Australian chart albums. Yothu Yindi, the Arnhem Land group who brought Yolngu language and rock together in "Treaty", add a historic name to the bill.

Who else is playing

Dune Rats, The Terrys, The Beautiful Girls, Mid Drift and The Beefs are on the support bill. The festival is all ages, with capacity of up to 15,000, and the Australian Surf Film Festival is curating surf films that will screen on the main stage between sets.

Tickets

Sign up on the Aloha Festival website for presale access from Friday 23 October 2026. General sale opens on Monday 26 October at 10am AEDT. Prices were not part of the announcement.

Who is behind it

The festival is founded by Luke Campbell, a Long Reef local, with Perfect Wave Travel as presenting partner, marking the travel company's 20th anniversary. Campbell describes it as a celebration of "everything that makes the Northern Beaches, and the Australian coastline, so special". The NSW Government backs it through Sound NSW, alongside Hawaiian Airlines and Hawaiʻi Tourism.

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