Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027

Marlon Williams has not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no tour, festival booking or one-off date on the calendar for next year in either country.

He has, however, been one of the busiest live performers on both sides of the Tasman. In 2026 alone the concert archive lists Taronga Zoo in Sydney, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, Golden Plains at Meredith, WOMADelaide and Brisbane's South Bank in March, followed by the Tā Te Manawa tour of New Zealand in May, which ended with two nights at the Christchurch Town Hall on 30 and 31 May 2026. That came a year after the 2025 tour for Te Whare Tīwekaweka, which took his all-Māori album from New Plymouth and Gisborne to the Concert Hall in Sydney, Melbourne Town Hall and a headline night at Spark Arena in Auckland.

Born in Christchurch and raised in Lyttelton, Williams lived in Melbourne for several years and built his career in both countries. This page explains what is and is not known about 2027, then goes through his Australian and New Zealand concerts, festivals, set lists and albums.

Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official information about Marlon Williams concerts in Australia or New Zealand in 2027. No tour name, dates, venues or sale times have been published as of 9 October 2026, and no festival has announced him for 2027.

His recent pattern has been to tour each album widely at home. Te Whare Tīwekaweka, released on 4 April 2025, was followed by a long run of New Zealand regional theatres in May 2025, the Concert Hall in Sydney and two nights at Melbourne Town Hall in late May and early June, and a New Zealand city leg in June that included Spark Arena in Auckland. The album went on to win the 2026 Taite Music Prize and Album of the Year at the 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards.

In 2026 he followed it with a summer of Australian festival and outdoor shows in March and the Tā Te Manawa tour in New Zealand in May, whose long sets drew on his whole catalogue as well as covers. Nothing has been announced to follow it, and he has not released a new album since Te Whare Tīwekaweka.

If a 2027 tour is announced, this page will list the dates, venues and sale times as soon as they are official. Until then, any '2027 tour' listing or 'presale code' you see is not genuine, and the alert sign-up below is the quickest way to hear about new shows.

Before the Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Marlon Williams's live career began in New Zealand. He formed The Unfaithful Ways at 17 with school friends and a science teacher at Christchurch Boys' High School, and the band played the Big Day Out. From 2011 he performed as a duo with the country singer Delaney Davidson. In mid-2013 he moved to Melbourne, where he played solo around town and lived at the Yarra Hotel in Abbotsford, which gave its name to his backing band, The Yarra Benders.

From June 2014 he toured almost non-stop for three and a half years. In 2014 alone he played a 26-date co-headline tour of Australia and New Zealand with Melody Pool, the Queenscliff Music Festival, the Wave Rock Weekender and the Mullumbimby Music Festival, and a full band tour of both countries alongside Justin Townes Earle and Lindi Ortega. Over the following years he opened for Paul Kelly, Lucinda Williams and Kasey Chambers, among others.

The detailed concert archive begins in May 2018, with the Make Way for Love tour of New Zealand: the Glenroy Auditorium in Dunedin on 22 May, The Foundry in Christchurch on 23 May and two nights at the Auckland Town Hall on 25 and 26 May 2018. Those Auckland shows were recorded and released as the double album Live at Auckland Town Hall on 1 February 2019. A long New Zealand summer run followed in February 2019, from the Regent Theatre in Greymouth and Neudorf Vineyards in Nelson to the Villa Maria Estate in Auckland, Black Barn in Hastings, Luna Estate in Martinborough, the Memorial Hall in Queenstown, Invercargill and the Christchurch Town Hall on 3 March 2019.

In 2021 he spent more than two months touring New Zealand, starting with three nights at the James Hay Theatre in Christchurch from 25 February and taking in Arrowtown, Greymouth, Nelson, the Opera House in Wellington, Whanganui, New Plymouth, Napier, Gisborne, Tauranga, the Leigh Sawmill, two nights at the Auckland Town Hall and a six-night residency at the Hollywood Cinema in Auckland from 25 to 31 March, before Dunedin, Oamaru, Invercargill and the Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch on 8 May 2021.

The My Boy tour came to both countries in early 2023: the Civic Theatre in Auckland on 19 and 20 January, the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington, the Christchurch Town Hall and the Regent Theatre in Dunedin, then the Odeon Theatre in Hobart, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, the Concert Hall in Brisbane, the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Saturday 18 February and Victoria Park in Echuca. In June 2024 a run billed as An Evening With Marlon Williams played City Recital Hall Angel Place in Sydney, two nights at The Tivoli in Brisbane, the Odeon in Hobart, three nights at Elisabeth Murdoch Hall in the Melbourne Recital Centre, Anglesea and two nights at The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide.

The 2025 tour for Te Whare Tīwekaweka was the most extensive yet: TSB Theatre in New Plymouth on 9 May, The Regent on Broadway in Palmerston North, the Napier Municipal Theatre, the War Memorial Theatre in Gisborne, Tauranga, the Clarence St Theatre in Hamilton and the Sir Howard Morrison Centre in Rotorua; then the Concert Hall in Sydney on 29 May and Melbourne Town Hall on 4 and 5 June; and finally two nights at the St James Theatre in Wellington, Spark Arena in Auckland on Saturday 21 June, the Regent Theatre in Dunedin and two nights at the Christchurch Town Hall on 27 and 28 June 2025. In May 2026 the Tā Te Manawa tour returned to the Civic Theatre in Auckland on 21 and 22 May, the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington, the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson and the Christchurch Town Hall, where it ended on Sunday 31 May 2026.

The table below lists 114 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Marlon Williams between 2018 and 2026, with the most shows in Auckland (18), Christchurch (15), Melbourne (9), Wellington (7), Brisbane (6), Sydney (6). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Marlon Williams 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 (5 June 2025 to 31 May 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Aua atu rā — played at 14 of 15 shows
2. Kahore He Manu E — played at 14 of 15 shows
3. Me Uaua Kē — played at 14 of 15 shows
4. My Boy — played at 14 of 15 shows
5. Kei Te Mārama — played at 13 of 15 shows
6. Huri Te Whenua — played at 12 of 15 shows
7. Korero Māori — played at 12 of 15 shows
8. Pōkaia Rā te Marama — played at 12 of 15 shows
9. E Mawehe Ana Au — played at 11 of 15 shows
10. Rere Mai Ngā Rau — played at 11 of 15 shows
11. Whakameatia Mai — played at 11 of 15 shows
12. Ko Tēnā Ua — played at 10 of 15 shows
13. Kuru Pounamu — played at 10 of 15 shows
14. Ngoi Ngoi — played at 10 of 15 shows

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

• Tā Te Manawa (2026): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch.
• An Evening With Marlon Williams (2024): 5 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Anglesea.
• Make Way for Love (2018): 4 Australia/NZ shows — Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland.

Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Festivals have been a big part of his Australian story. The archive lists Golden Plains at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre in March 2019 and again on Saturday 7 March 2026, Splendour in the Grass at North Byron Parklands in July 2023, Harvest Rock in Adelaide's Rymill and King Rodney Parks in November 2022, the Queenscliff Music Festival in November 2024 and WOMADelaide at Botanic Park on 9 March 2026. Earlier, in 2014, he played Queenscliff, the Wave Rock Weekender and the Mullumbimby Music Festival.

In New Zealand his festival history goes back to the Big Day Out with The Unfaithful Ways. More recently the archive lists summer shows such as Albert Park in Auckland in January 2020, Tomoana Showgrounds in Hastings in January 2022, a New Year's Eve show at Cardrona in 2022 and Ferrymead Heritage Park in Christchurch in February 2025. On New Year's Eve 2019 he sang 'Auld Lang Syne' on the forecourt in Sydney.

Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Marlon Williams was born on 31 December 1990 in Christchurch and grew up in Lyttelton. He is Māori, of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāi Tai descent, and sang in the choir of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament before learning guitar in his last year at Christchurch Boys' High School. With Delaney Davidson he released three volumes of Sad but True: The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting, winning New Zealand's country album and song of the year in 2013.

His self-titled debut solo album came out in 2015, recorded in Lyttelton while he was living in Melbourne. It reached number 31 in Australia, earned an ARIA nomination for Best Blues and Roots Album and won him Breakthrough Artist and Best Male Solo Artist at the 2015 New Zealand Music Awards. After signing with Dead Oceans, he released Make Way for Love in February 2018, which went to number one in New Zealand and number eight in Australia and won Album of the Year at the New Zealand Music Awards. Its single 'Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore', with Aldous Harding, won the APRA Silver Scroll in 2018.

My Boy (2022) was his second New Zealand number one and reached number ten in Australia. Te Whare Tīwekaweka (2025), sung entirely in te reo Māori and featuring Lorde on 'Kāhore He Manu E', was his third New Zealand number one and won the 2026 Taite Music Prize and Album of the Year at the 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards. As of May 2026, two of his albums and the single 'What's Chasing You' were certified gold in New Zealand.

Williams is also an actor. He played himself in Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born (2018), appeared in the Australian productions The Beautiful Lie (2015), True History of the Kelly Gang (2019) and The Twelve (2025), and played Johnny Abbot in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth.

Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand, from the regions to Spark Arena

Few New Zealand artists tour their own country as thoroughly as Marlon Williams. The archive shows him in Greymouth, Whanganui, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Oamaru, Invercargill, Arrowtown, Nelson, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Hamilton and Tauranga as well as the main cities, often in historic theatres such as the Royal Wanganui Opera House, the Oamaru Opera House and the Regent Theatre in Greymouth.

At the other end of the scale, the 2025 tour played Spark Arena in Auckland on 21 June 2025, his biggest headline room in the archive. Auckland has also had a six-night cinema residency in 2021 and repeat runs at the Civic Theatre and the Auckland Town Hall.

Christchurch, his home city, is the other constant, with shows in the record including the Christchurch Town Hall in 2019, 2023, 2025 and 2026.

Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027: the Melbourne years

Williams moved to Melbourne in 2013 and lived at the Yarra Hotel in Abbotsford, where he formed The Yarra Benders. Melbourne has stayed one of his strongest Australian cities: the archive lists the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in December 2019, Hamer Hall in August 2019, the Palais Theatre in February 2023, three nights at the Melbourne Recital Centre in June 2024, two nights at Melbourne Town Hall in June 2025 and the Royal Botanic Gardens in March 2026.

Victoria's regional festivals and towns have also been regular stops, from Queenscliff and Meredith to Castlemaine, Anglesea and Echuca.

Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027: singing in te reo Māori

Since 2025 his concerts have changed shape. The Te Whare Tīwekaweka shows were built around the all-Māori album, opening with 'E Mawehe Ana Au' and 'He Wawata' and taking in 'Ko Tēnā Ua', 'Me Uaua Kē', 'Aua atu rā', 'Kuru Pounamu', 'Ngā Ara Aroha', 'Kahore He Manu E', 'Pānaki', 'Huri Te Whenua', 'Kei Te Mārama', 'Korero Māori', 'Rere Mai Ngā Rau' and 'Pōkaia Rā te Marama' before ending with 'Ngoi Ngoi'.

The same songs travelled to Australia, at the Concert Hall in Sydney and Melbourne Town Hall in 2025, and into the March 2026 festival sets, where they sat alongside older songs such as 'My Boy', 'Vampire Again' and 'Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore'. Several of the album's songs reached the New Zealand Hot Singles chart.

The 2026 Tā Te Manawa shows mixed the Māori material with his English-language catalogue and covers, in sets of up to 35 songs.

Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027: Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart

Sydney has seen him in very different settings: The Domain in 2019, the Forecourt on New Year's Eve 2019, the Enmore Theatre in 2023, City Recital Hall in 2024, the Concert Hall in 2025 and Taronga Zoo on 5 March 2026.

Brisbane has had the Riverstage in 2019, the Concert Hall in 2023, two nights at The Tivoli in 2024 and the South Bank Cultural Forecourt on Sunday 22 March 2026, his most recent Australian show in the archive. Adelaide has had Harvest Rock, The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel and WOMADelaide, and Hobart's Odeon Theatre has hosted him in 2023 and 2024.

Perth has appeared only once in the archive, at Stadium Park in December 2019.

Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A full Marlon Williams headline show now runs to 20 songs or more. On the 2025 tour the archive lists 19 to 22 songs a night, almost all from Te Whare Tīwekaweka. On the Tā Te Manawa tour of May 2026 the sets grew to 25 to 35 songs: at the Christchurch Town Hall on 31 May they included 'Arahura', 'Devil's Daughter', 'Dark Child', 'Beautiful Dress', 'Come to Me', 'My Boy', 'Princes Walk' and covers such as 'Knoxville Girl' and 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin''.

The My Boy shows of 2023 had about 22 songs, opening with 'E Mawehe Ana Au' and 'Devil's Daughter' and featuring 'My Heart the Wormhole', 'Easy Does It', 'Soft Boys Make the Grade', 'River Rival', 'What's Chasing You', 'Party Boy' and 'Vampire Again'. Festival sets are much shorter, often five to ten songs.

Across the archive, the most played songs are 'My Boy', 'Aua atu rā', 'Come to Me', 'Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore', 'Arahura' and 'E Mawehe Ana Au'. He often closes with Māori songs such as 'Te Hokinga Mai' or 'Pōkarekare Ana'.

Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

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

His tours are sold through the official ticket outlet of each venue, and many of his rooms are small theatres, town halls and recital halls. When dates are announced, buy only from the official outlet named for each venue or from the venue box office, expect name-linked mobile tickets at larger venues, and be careful with anyone selling codes.

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Marlon Williams Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Marlon Williams touring in 2027?

No 2027 Australian or New Zealand tour has been announced as of 9 October 2026.

When did Marlon Williams last play New Zealand?

At the Christchurch Town Hall on 30 and 31 May 2026, the end of the Tā Te Manawa tour.

When did Marlon Williams last play Australia?

At the South Bank Cultural Forecourt in Brisbane on Sunday 22 March 2026, after Taronga Zoo, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, Golden Plains and WOMADelaide.

Has Marlon Williams played Spark Arena?

Yes, on Saturday 21 June 2025, during the tour for Te Whare Tīwekaweka.

What is Te Whare Tīwekaweka?

His 2025 album sung entirely in te reo Māori, featuring Lorde on one track. It won the 2026 Taite Music Prize and Album of the Year at the 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards.

Where is Marlon Williams from?

He was born in Christchurch and raised in Lyttelton, and lived in Melbourne for several years from 2013.

Which band plays with Marlon Williams?

The Yarra Benders, named after the Yarra Hotel in Abbotsford, Melbourne, where they worked and lived.

Where was Live at Auckland Town Hall recorded?

At the Auckland Town Hall in May 2018; the double album was released on 1 February 2019.

Is there a Marlon Williams presale code?

No 2027 shows are on sale, so any code offered now is not genuine.