Kimbra Australia Tour 2027

Kimbra has not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no tour, festival booking or headline show for the region on the calendar. Her last full run here was the A Reckoning tour of 2023, which took her from The Factory in Hamilton and the Auckland Domain in April to the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House, the Princess Theatre in Brisbane and the Melbourne Recital Centre in May and June, and to Adelaide's Festival Plaza in July.

Born in Hamilton and based in Melbourne from 2008, Kimbra belongs to both countries. Her debut album Vows reached No. 4 in Australia, she won ARIA Awards in 2011, and 'Somebody That I Used to Know', her duet with Gotye, made her a Grammy winner. Since then she has toured the region with every album, from the Enmore Theatre and the Palais in 2012 to rooms as different as the Rosemount Hotel in Perth and the Opera House.

This page explains what is and is not known about her plans for 2027 and gives a full account of her concerts in New Zealand and Australia, from the festival summer of 2011-12 to the A Reckoning dates of 2023.

Kimbra Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official Kimbra tour of Australia or New Zealand in 2027. No cities, venues or on-sale times have been released, and no 2027 festival line-up in the region has named her as of 9 October 2026. Any list of 2027 dates, or any 'presale code', is unconfirmed until she or a promoter confirms a tour.

Her recent work has kept her busy elsewhere. Her fifth album, Idols & Vices (Vol. 1), a collaborative record, came out in September 2024, the year she also toured with Jacob Collier. Wikipedia's list of her tours ends with a Vows Reimagined: 15th Anniversary Tour in 2026, marking fifteen years since her debut album, but the sources used for this page give no Australian or New Zealand dates for it, and nothing for 2027.

Kimbra has toured the region with each album: Vows in 2011-12, The Golden Echo in November 2014, Primal Heart in July 2018 and A Reckoning in 2023. That pattern says nothing certain about the future, and this page will not guess. When a tour is confirmed, the cities, venues and sale dates will appear here.

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Before the Kimbra Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Kimbra had moved to Melbourne in 2008, and her first big season on Australian stages followed the release of Vows in August and September 2011. The setlist archive picks her up on the summer festival circuit: the Falls Festival at Marion Bay on 30 December 2011 and Lorne on New Year's Eve, Southbound at Busselton on 7 January 2012, then the Big Day Out at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on 20 January, Sydney on 26 January and the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds on 3 February, with a Perth date at McCallum Park on 5 February 2012.

Her first major headline tour of Australia came in May 2012, alongside Groovin the Moo. She headlined the AEC Theatre in Adelaide on 8 May, the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Wednesday 9 May, The Tivoli in Brisbane on 15 May and the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on Thursday 17 May 2012, where the 14-song set included 'Limbo', 'Good Intent', 'Settle Down', 'Two Way Street', 'Warrior', a cover of Nina Simone's 'Plain Gold Ring' and 'Cameo Lover'. That July she played Splendour in the Grass at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay and the Jubilee Pavilion in Adelaide.

The end of 2012 brought a run of summer shows: The Domain in Sydney on 8 December, Port Macquarie on 14 December, Rymill Park in Adelaide on New Year's Eve, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on 1 January 2013 and Patersons Stadium in Perth on 6 January 2013. In 2014 she played the CBC Oval concert stage in Adelaide on 1 March, Brooklands in New Plymouth on 14 March and the Forum in Melbourne on 17 May.

The Golden Echo tour reached the region in November 2014 with three headline shows: the Powerstation in Auckland on Tuesday 18 November, the Metro Theatre in Sydney on Thursday 20 November and The Hi-Fi in Melbourne on Saturday 22 November 2014. Each set ran to 16 songs, opening with 'Teen Heat' and 'Carolina' and closing with 'Miracle', 'As You Are' and 'Come Into My Head'.

The Primal Heart tour of July 2018 went to clubs: the Powerstation in Auckland on Friday 13 July, San Fran in Wellington on 14 July, The Triffid in Brisbane on 16 July, The Factory Theatre in Sydney on Tuesday 17 July, the Corner Hotel in Melbourne on 19 July and the Rosemount Hotel in Perth on 21 July 2018. That November she was back for larger rooms: the TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, the Horncastle Arena in Christchurch and Spark Arena in Auckland in New Zealand, and the ICC Sydney Theatre, Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne and the AEC Theatre in Adelaide in Australia.

A Reckoning came home in 2023. The New Zealand leg began in her home town at The Factory in Hamilton on Friday 31 March and played the Auckland Domain on 2 April. In Australia she chose concert halls: the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House on Friday 26 May, the Princess Theatre in Brisbane on 31 May and the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Friday 2 June 2023, before an 11-song set at Festival Plaza in Adelaide on 21 July. These are her most recent documented concerts in either country.

The table below lists 51 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Kimbra between 2011 and 2023, with the most shows in Melbourne (8), Sydney (8), Adelaide (7), Auckland (6), Brisbane (3), Wellington (3). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Kimbra Australia Tour 2027 setlist: the songs played most often in Australia and New Zealand

Across the 15 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (9 May 2012 to 21 July 2023), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Love in High Places — played at 11 of 15 shows
2. Settle Down — played at 11 of 15 shows
3. Top of the World — played at 10 of 15 shows
4. Two Way Street — played at 9 of 15 shows
5. Cameo Lover — played at 8 of 15 shows
6. Version of Me — played at 8 of 15 shows
7. Past Love — played at 7 of 15 shows
8. Sweet Relief — played at 6 of 15 shows
9. Black Sky — played at 5 of 15 shows
10. Come Into My Head — played at 5 of 15 shows
11. Everybody Knows — played at 5 of 15 shows
12. Hi Def Distance Romance — played at 5 of 15 shows
13. Human — played at 5 of 15 shows
14. Lightyears — played at 5 of 15 shows

Before the Kimbra Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• A Reckoning (2023): 2 Australia/NZ shows — Hamilton, Auckland.
• Primal Heart Tour (2018): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Wellington, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth.

Kimbra Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Kimbra's early career in Australia was built partly on festivals. In the 2011-12 season the archive lists the Falls Festival at Marion Bay and Lorne, Southbound at Busselton and the Big Day Out in Auckland, Sydney and Adelaide. In 2012 she played Groovin the Moo at Bendigo, Townsville, Maitland, Canberra and Bunbury between 5 and 19 May, and Splendour in the Grass at Belongil Fields on 27 July.

In New Zealand she played Rhythm and Vines at Waiohika Estate in Gisborne on 30 December 2016. Her later visits have favoured theatres, concert halls and outdoor one-off events over the big touring festivals.

Kimbra Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Kimbra Lee Johnson was born on 27 March 1990 and grew up in Hamilton, where her father was head doctor at the University of Waikato's student health centre. She began writing songs at ten, sang the national anthem before 27,000 people at the 2002 NPC rugby final, and came second in the national Rockquest competition at 14. In 2007 she signed with Mark Richardson's Melbourne company Forum 5 and moved to Melbourne the following year.

'Settle Down' (2010) and 'Cameo Lover' (2011), which won the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition, set up her debut album Vows, released on 29 August 2011 in New Zealand and 2 September in Australia; it reached No. 3 in New Zealand and No. 4 in Australia. That year she sang on Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know', which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 55th Grammy Awards.

A portrait of her by Vincent Fantauzzo was a finalist for the 2012 Archibald Prize. The Golden Echo (2014) was well received by critics and reached No. 5 in Australia, and Primal Heart followed in 2018. Over her career she has won four ARIA Music Awards, two Grammy Awards and seven New Zealand Music Awards.

Her fourth album, A Reckoning, was released on 27 January 2023, and her fifth, the collaborative Idols & Vices (Vol. 1), in September 2024. Her music mixes pop with R&B, jazz and rock, and her live shows have ranged from loop-pedal club sets to orchestral concert halls.

Kimbra Australia Tour 2027: melbourne, the adopted home

Melbourne is where Kimbra's career took shape after she moved there in 2008, and the city has seen her in a wide range of venues: the Palais Theatre in 2012, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on New Year's Day 2013, the Forum in 2014, The Hi-Fi on the Golden Echo tour, the Arts Centre in 2017, the Corner Hotel and Margaret Court Arena in 2018 and the Melbourne Recital Centre in June 2023.

The Recital Centre show, a 16-song set in the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, closed with 'Version of Me', 'Wandering Limbs' and 'Settle Down', her first single for the Melbourne label that signed her.

Kimbra Australia Tour 2027: hamilton and new zealand

Kimbra grew up in Hamilton, and the New Zealand leg of the A Reckoning tour began there at The Factory on 31 March 2023. It was a homecoming of sorts: a 15-song set that included 'Settle Down', 'Top of the World', 'Love in High Places' and 'Cameo Lover'.

Auckland has seen her at Mount Smart Stadium for the Big Day Out in 2012, the Powerstation in 2014 and 2018, the Town Hall in 2017, Spark Arena in 2018 and the Auckland Domain in 2023. Wellington has had San Fran, Meow and the TSB Bank Arena, and Christchurch the Horncastle Arena.

Kimbra Australia Tour 2027: the sydney opera house

On 26 May 2023 Kimbra played the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House, the grandest room of her Australian career. The 16-song set mixed the new album, 'save me', 'replay!', 'gun' and 'the way we were', with 'Past Love', 'Love in High Places', 'Cameo Lover' and 'Settle Down'.

Sydney's history with her runs from the Big Day Out and the Enmore Theatre in 2012 to the Metro Theatre in 2014, The Factory Theatre and the ICC Sydney Theatre in 2018 and Tumbalong Park in December 2016.

Kimbra Australia Tour 2027: touring the west

Perth and Western Australia have had Kimbra more often than many acts of her size manage. The archive lists Southbound at Busselton in January 2012, McCallum Park in Perth in February 2012, Groovin the Moo at Bunbury in May 2012, Patersons Stadium in January 2013 and the Rosemount Hotel in Perth on 21 July 2018.

The Rosemount show closed the 2018 Primal Heart tour with 15 songs, among them 'Version of Me', 'Black Sky', 'Human' and 'Top of the World'. The archive has no Perth date on the 2023 tour.

Kimbra Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

Kimbra's headline sets usually run to 15 or 16 songs. On the 2023 A Reckoning tour she opened with 'save me' and 'replay!', played most of the new album, including 'gun', 'the way we were', 'foolish thinking', 'new habit', 'la type' and 'personal space', and finished with older favourites: 'Top of the World', 'Love in High Places', 'Version of Me', 'Cameo Lover', 'Wandering Limbs' and 'Settle Down'.

The 2018 club shows opened with 'Version of Me' and 'Hi Def Distance Romance', paired 'Settle Down' with a passage of 'Somebody That I Used to Know' on some nights, and closed with 'Top of the World' and 'Real Life'. The 2014 sets were built on The Golden Echo: 'Teen Heat', 'Carolina', '90s Music', 'Rescue Him' and 'Miracle'.

'Settle Down' is the constant: it appears in almost every documented set in the region, with 'Cameo Lover', 'Two Way Street' and 'Love in High Places' close behind.

Kimbra Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Kimbra tickets on sale for Australia or New Zealand in 2027, because no concerts have been announced. Any site selling seats or offering a presale code for 2027 is not official.

When dates are announced, buy only through the official ticket outlet named in the announcement, the venue box office or an official artist presale. Many Australian and New Zealand venues use name-locked mobile tickets, so avoid anyone selling 'presale codes'.

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Kimbra Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Kimbra touring Australia or New Zealand in 2027?

No. Nothing has been announced as of 9 October 2026.

When did Kimbra last play Australia?

Her last documented Australian show was at Festival Plaza in Adelaide on 21 July 2023.

When did Kimbra last play New Zealand?

At the Auckland Domain on 2 April 2023, on the A Reckoning tour.

Has Kimbra played the Sydney Opera House?

Yes, the Joan Sutherland Theatre on 26 May 2023.

When did Kimbra last play Melbourne?

At the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, on 2 June 2023.

Where is Kimbra from?

Hamilton, New Zealand. She moved to Melbourne in 2008.

What is Kimbra's latest album?

Idols & Vices (Vol. 1), released in September 2024.

Has Kimbra played Splendour in the Grass?

Yes, at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay on 27 July 2012.

Is there a Kimbra presale code for 2027?

No. Nothing is on sale, so any code offered now is not genuine.