Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027

Middle Kids have not announced an Australian or New Zealand tour for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there are no headline dates, festival bookings or ticket sales listed for the Sydney trio next year, and their most recent album is still Faith Crisis Pt 1, released in February 2024.

The band has not disappeared from stages, though. The setlist archive shows them at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on Saturday 1 March 2025 and, most recently, at Flagstaff Hill in Wollongong on Saturday 3 October 2026. Before that, 2024 was one of their busiest years at home, with a national theatre tour in May and June, a four-city New Zealand run in September and a long regional tour in October and November.

This page sets out what is and is not known about 2027, then gives a detailed history of Middle Kids' concerts and festival sets in Australia and New Zealand, an overview of their records and set lists, and practical advice for when tickets do go on sale.

Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official 2027 Middle Kids tour of Australia or New Zealand. No new album or tour has been announced as of 9 October 2026. The band's last full touring cycle was built around Faith Crisis Pt 1, which came out in February 2024 and was followed by headline shows in every Australian capital and four New Zealand cities.

Since then the band has kept a lighter schedule in the archive: the Taronga Zoo show in March 2025 and the Flagstaff Hill date in Wollongong on 3 October 2026. In 2025 Wikipedia notes a contribution, 'Cause = Time', to a tribute album celebrating Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It in People, but no new Middle Kids album has been released.

Middle Kids tend to announce tours alongside new music, and their past runs have reached well beyond the capital cities, from Castlemaine and Meeniyan to Airlie Beach and Cairns. That is history, not a forecast: until the band publishes dates, any list of 2027 cities, ticket listing or 'presale code' should be treated as unconfirmed.

When Middle Kids confirm Australian or New Zealand dates, this page will be updated with cities, venues and sale times, and the alert below will let you know first.

Before the Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Middle Kids formed in Sydney in 2016, and their first single, 'Edge of Town', was premiered on Triple J in May that year. Wikipedia records that they toured with Paul Kelly and Steve Earle in November 2017 and toured extensively in the United States, where they played South by Southwest, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits. The earliest Australasian date in the setlist archive is Albert Park in Auckland on Monday 28 January 2019, a festival set of four songs.

After the pandemic, the archive picks up in April 2022 with the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, two nights at the Aware Super Theatre in Sydney on 12 and 13 April, and outdoor dates at Maitland Showground, Exhibition Park in Canberra and Prince of Wales Showgrounds in Bendigo. In August 2022 they played Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 12 and 13 August and the Sandstone Point Hotel on Moreton Bay on 20 August, the same nights Gang of Youths headlined those venues on the Angel in Realtime tour.

2023 was a summer of festivals and the launch of a new era. From January to April they played Wollongong, Fremantle, Coldstream, Torquay, Coffs Harbour, the Gold Coast, Tomich Wines near Adelaide and Berry Showground. The Bootleg Firecracker Tour 2023 followed the June single: the Princess Theatre in Brisbane on 16 June, the Metro Theatre in Sydney on 29 June and the Northcote Theatre in Melbourne on 30 June, each with 18 songs. Later that year came Park Alexandra in Caloundra, St Barnabas Anglican Church in Sydney, Red Hill Auditorium in Perth, Kryal Castle in Ballarat and Redbanks in Tasmania on New Year's Eve.

The Faith Crisis Pt 1 tour opened at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on Friday 10 May 2024, with a second Forum night on 12 May and the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine in between. It continued to Mindil Beach in Darwin, the Astor Theatre in Perth, Freo.Social in Fremantle, the Governor Hindmarsh in Adelaide, the Odeon Theatre in Hobart on 30 May, the Tivoli in Brisbane on 1 June, and two Sydney shows: the Enmore Theatre on 7 June and Liberty Hall on 8 June. Most sets ran to 19 or 20 songs.

In late September 2024 the band went back on the road with a regional and suburban run: the Sydney Coliseum Theatre, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Anita's Theatre in Thirroul, Canberra, Albury, the Shed at Palmview, the Hotel Brunswick in Brunswick Heads, Miami Marketta on the Gold Coast, Torquay, Meeniyan Town Hall, Ballarat Civic Hall and the Enmore again on 20 October, before Magnums in Airlie Beach, the Uni Bar in Townsville and the Tanks Arts Centre in Cairns in early November. The 21-song set at Miami Marketta on 12 October is the longest in the archive.

The latest dates in the archive are Taronga Zoo in Sydney on 1 March 2025, an 18-song set, and Flagstaff Hill in Wollongong on 3 October 2026.

The table below lists 63 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Middle Kids between 2019 and 2026, with the most shows in Sydney (10), Melbourne (7), Wollongong (3), Brisbane (3), Ballarat (2), Torquay (2). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Middle Kids 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 (1 June 2024 to 1 March 2025), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Bootleg Firecracker — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Dramamine — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Edge of Town — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Highlands — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Mistake — played at 15 of 15 shows
6. Never Start — played at 15 of 15 shows
7. R U 4 Me? — played at 15 of 15 shows
8. Stacking Chairs — played at 15 of 15 shows
9. Cellophane (Brain) — played at 14 of 15 shows
10. Your Side, Forever — played at 14 of 15 shows
11. Go to Sleep on Me — played at 13 of 15 shows
12. The Blessings — played at 12 of 15 shows
13. Bend — played at 11 of 15 shows
14. All In My Head — played at 10 of 15 shows

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

• Bootleg Firecracker Tour 2023 (2023): 3 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne.

Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Many of Middle Kids' Australian shows have been outdoor and festival dates. The archive lists Exhibition Park in Canberra, Maitland and Bendigo showgrounds in April 2022, Onslow Park in Camden in September 2022, Lake Breeze Wines at Langhorne Creek and the Queenscliff festival site in November 2022, and a string of summer dates in early 2023 at Thomas Dalton Park in Wollongong, the Esplanade Reserve in Fremantle, Rochford Winery, Torquay Common, Park Beach Reserve in Coffs Harbour and Broadwater Parklands on the Gold Coast.

Later festival and outdoor sets include Tomich Wines and Berry Showground in April 2023, Kryal Castle in November 2023, Redbanks at Nugent on 31 December 2023, Mindil Beach in Darwin in May 2024, Victoria Park in Brisbane on 26 October 2024 and the Observatory Precinct of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne on 16 November 2024. In New Zealand, their first recorded set was at Albert Park in Auckland in January 2019. No 2027 festival appearance has been announced.

Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Middle Kids are Hannah Joy (vocals, guitar), Tim Fitz (multi-instrumentalist and producer) and Harry Day (drums). The band began when Fitz, who had released five solo EPs between 2011 and 2014, offered to produce songs for Joy's solo project; Day, a jazz drummer who had been at school with Joy, joined for the session that produced 'Edge of Town'. The trio won FBi Radio's Northern Lights competition, which sent them to Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavík.

Their self-titled debut EP came out in February 2017. The debut album, Lost Friends, released in May 2018 and recorded largely at home in Sydney, debuted at number 10 on the ARIA chart and won the J Award for Australian Album of the Year; its lead single 'Mistake' made the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018. They performed on US television shows including Conan and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, recorded a Like a Version cover of Crowded House's 'Don't Dream It's Over', and opened for the War on Drugs, Cold War Kids and Local Natives.

After the New Songs for Old Problems EP in May 2019, the second album, Today We're the Greatest, was released on 19 March 2021 and reached number 5, the band's highest chart position. It was supported by an Australian tour from May 2021, and the band recorded a second Like a Version, of Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License'.

For their third album the band spent five weeks in Bournemouth in 2022 with producer Jonathan Gilmore. 'Bootleg Firecracker' (June 2023) and 'Highlands' (July 2023) preceded Faith Crisis Pt 1, released in February 2024, which reached number 20 in Australia.

Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027: touring the regions

Middle Kids' 2024 itinerary shows how far a Sydney indie band can travel at home. Beyond the capitals, the archive lists the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine, the Shed at Palmview on the Sunshine Coast, the Hotel Brunswick in Brunswick Heads, Meeniyan Town Hall in Gippsland, Ballarat Civic Hall, Albury, Torquay and the North Queensland trio of Airlie Beach, Townsville and Cairns.

Those rooms are a fraction of the size of the arenas they played as a support act in 2022, and the sets were full-length headline shows of 17 to 21 songs. If a 2027 tour is announced, regional dates would fit the pattern, but none has been confirmed.

Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027: the Sydney nights

Sydney has seen the widest range of Middle Kids shows, from the Aware Super Theatre in April 2022 and the Metro Theatre in June 2023 to an intimate set at St Barnabas Anglican Church in October 2023, two Enmore Theatre nights in June and October 2024, Liberty Hall in June 2024 and the Sydney Coliseum Theatre in September 2024.

The most unusual setting came on 1 March 2025, when they played Taronga Zoo, overlooking the harbour, an 18-song set that is the band's last Sydney show in the archive.

Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand

New Zealand got a full headline run in September 2024: the Church in Christchurch on Thursday 5 September, the Winery Arena at Ayrburn near Queenstown on 7 September, Meow in Wellington on 8 September and Double Whammy in Auckland on Tuesday 10 September. The Christchurch and Auckland sets each had 18 songs.

Before that, their only New Zealand date in the archive was the Albert Park festival set in Auckland in January 2019. No New Zealand date has been announced for 2027.

Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027: Melbourne and Victoria

Victoria has hosted Middle Kids more than any state outside New South Wales. Melbourne appears in the archive at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in 2022, Rod Laver Arena in August 2022, the Northcote Theatre in June 2023, two Forum Theatre nights in May 2024 and the Royal Botanic Gardens in November 2024.

Regional Victoria adds Bendigo, Queenscliff, Coldstream, Torquay, Castlemaine, Meeniyan and two Ballarat venues, Kryal Castle and Ballarat Civic Hall.

Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A Middle Kids headline set in the archive usually runs to 18 to 20 songs. 'Edge of Town', 'Mistake', 'Stacking Chairs', 'R U 4 Me?' and 'Never Start' are near-permanent fixtures, with 'Cellophane (Brain)' close behind. From 2023 onward, Faith Crisis Pt 1 songs such as 'Bootleg Firecracker', 'Highlands', 'Dramamine' and 'Bend' became regulars.

The 2024 tour sets also drew on 'Your Side, Forever', 'The Blessings', 'Go to Sleep on Me', the title track of Today We're the Greatest and 'Questions'. Festival sets were shorter, usually 10 to 15 songs, as at Broadwater Parklands in February 2023, Victoria Park in Brisbane in October 2024 and the Royal Botanic Gardens in November 2024.

Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

As of 9 October 2026 no Middle Kids tickets are on sale for any 2027 show in Australia or New Zealand, and no presale has been announced. Do not pay for 2027 tickets or 'presale codes' before an official announcement.

When dates are confirmed, use the official outlet named in the announcement or the venue's own box office; many of the band's regional shows are in pubs, halls and theatres that sell tickets directly. Mobile tickets in Australia and New Zealand are often name-locked, so buy through the official outlet or its official resale service to make sure the ticket is in your name.

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Middle Kids Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are Middle Kids touring Australia in 2027?

No tour has been announced as of 9 October 2026.

When did Middle Kids last play in Australia?

The latest show in the setlist archive is Flagstaff Hill in Wollongong on Saturday 3 October 2026.

When did Middle Kids last play New Zealand?

In September 2024: Christchurch, Queenstown, Wellington and Double Whammy in Auckland on 10 September.

When did Middle Kids last play Melbourne?

At the Royal Botanic Gardens on 16 November 2024; their last Melbourne headline shows were at the Forum Theatre on 10 and 12 May 2024.

When did Middle Kids last headline Sydney?

Taronga Zoo on 1 March 2025, after the Enmore Theatre on 20 October 2024.

What is Middle Kids' latest album?

Faith Crisis Pt 1, released in February 2024.

Which Middle Kids album charted highest in Australia?

Today We're the Greatest (2021), which reached number 5.

Who is in Middle Kids?

Hannah Joy on vocals and guitar, Tim Fitz on multiple instruments and Harry Day on drums.