Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027

Tash Sultana goes back to theatres for their 2027 Australia and New Zealand tour. Seven shows run from The Powerstation in Auckland on Friday 23 April to the Astor Theatre in Perth on Thursday 13 May 2027, taking in Wellington, Thirroul on the New South Wales south coast, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide on the way.

The tour follows the Return to the Roots Australia Tour of October 2025, which played Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and the Forum in Melbourne, and the release in September 2026 of "Something in the Water", Tash Sultana's first single after signing a global record deal with BMG.

Few Australian artists have played as many shows at home in the last decade. The setlist.fm archive lists more than a hundred Australian and New Zealand concerts since November 2016, from pubs and festival fields to Spark Arena and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. This page sets out the 2027 dates and venues, how the sale went, that long history, and the songs that come up most often in their sets.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027: confirmed dates

The 2027 tour starts in New Zealand. Tash Sultana plays The Powerstation on Mount Eden Road in Auckland on Friday 23 April and Meow Nui in Wellington on Sunday 25 April 2027, which is Anzac Day. It is their first New Zealand headline run since the Spark Arena show in Auckland in November 2023.

The Australian leg begins on Saturday 1 May at Anita's Theatre in Thirroul, a restored 1925 picture palace north of Wollongong and the only regional date on the tour. Sydney follows on Tuesday 4 May at the Enmore Theatre in Newtown, a room Tash Sultana has played in four different years, and Melbourne, their home city, on Friday 7 May at the Forum on Flinders Street.

The last two shows head west: Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide on Monday 10 May and the Astor Theatre in Mount Lawley, Perth, on Thursday 13 May 2027. Adelaide and Perth were not on the 2025 tour, so for fans there this is the first chance to see a full headline show since the club run of September and October 2024.

All seven venues are theatres or mid-sized music halls holding a few thousand people at most. No Brisbane date and no support act had been announced as of 9 October 2026; the date list on this page will be updated if anything is added.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027: venue guide

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027 at The Powerstation, Auckland

The Powerstation is a live music venue at 33 Mount Eden Road in Eden Terrace, Auckland, holding about 1,000 people. In 1986 the building housed The Asylum, described as the first house music club in Australasia.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027 at Meow Nui, Wellington

Meow Nui is a live music venue in central Wellington, the New Zealand capital. It hosts touring and local acts in a standing-room format.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027 at Anita's Theatre, Thirroul

Anita's Theatre in Thirroul, north of Wollongong, was designed by Kaberry and Chard and opened as a cinema on 22 October 1925 with 1,560 seats. After years as a roller-skating rink it was restored and reopened as Anita's Theatre in 2007; Midnight Oil launched their Final Tour there in 2019.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027 at Enmore Theatre, Sydney

The Enmore Theatre on Enmore Road in Newtown, in Sydney's inner west, opened in 1912 and was remodelled in Art Deco style in 1937. It holds about 1,700 seated or 2,500 standing and is the longest-running live theatre in Sydney.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027 at Forum Melbourne, Melbourne

The Forum, on the corner of Flinders and Russell streets, opened in 1929 as the State Theatre, an atmospheric theatre designed by John Eberson with a Moorish exterior and a starry ceiling. Heritage-listed, it has operated as a live music venue since 1995 and holds about 2,000 standing.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027 at Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide

Hindley Street Music Hall is a split-level live music venue in Adelaide's West End, built on the site of the former HQ nightclub complex and opened in 2022. It holds about 1,800 people.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027 at Astor Theatre, Perth

The Astor Theatre on Beaufort Street in Mount Lawley opened in 1914 as the Lyceum Theatre and was rebuilt in Art Deco style in 1939. Listed on the State Register of Heritage Places, it reopened in 2009 as a venue for live music and comedy.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027: night by night

Friday 23 April 2027 — The Powerstation, Auckland. The artist's previous show at this venue was on 27 May 2017. This is the opening night of the run.

Sunday 25 April 2027 — Meow Nui, Wellington. The artist's most recent documented Wellington show was at The Opera House on 25 July 2018.

Saturday 1 May 2027 — Anita's Theatre, Thirroul.

Tuesday 4 May 2027 — Enmore Theatre, Sydney. The artist's previous show at this venue was on 3 October 2025, on the Return to the Roots Australia Tour 2025.

Friday 7 May 2027 — Forum Melbourne, Melbourne. In Melbourne, the last documented Tash Sultana concert was at Forum Theatre (4 October 2025).

Monday 10 May 2027 — Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide. The artist's most recent documented Adelaide show was at Lion Arts Factory on 3 October 2024.

Thursday 13 May 2027 — Astor Theatre, Perth. The artist's previous show at this venue was on 12 May 2017. This venue closes the tour.

Before the Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Tash Sultana's live history at home begins just after the "Jungle" video spread online in 2016. The setlist.fm archive opens with the Notion Tour: the Kings Arms in Auckland on 11 November 2016 and the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on Wednesday 30 November, then a run of small regional dates in December, including the Cambridge Hotel in Newcastle, wineries in the Hunter Valley and near Brisbane, Port Macquarie and the St Kilda Foreshore in Melbourne on 10 December 2016.

2017 was the busiest year in the archive. After the summer festivals, Tash Sultana played 170 Russell in Melbourne five times between March and April, the Metro Theatre and The Ivy in Sydney and the Royal Theatre in Canberra, then crossed to New Zealand for The Bedford in Christchurch, San Fran in Wellington and the Powerstation in Auckland on Saturday 27 May 2017. Two nights at the Enmore Theatre (7 and 8 June) and the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide followed, along with the Astor Theatre in Perth on 12 May, the Tivoli in Brisbane, Hobart and Darwin. A bout of laryngitis that year forced some Australian shows to be cancelled or postponed.

At the end of 2017 came the Homecoming Tour, announced in July with the Pierce Brothers and Willow Beats as support. The archive lists the AEC Theatre in Adelaide on 18 November, the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 1 December, two nights at Fremantle Arts Centre on 7 and 8 December, 3 Oceans Winery at Metricup in the Margaret River region on 9 December, Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne on Thursday 14 December and the Noosa AFL Grounds on 16 December 2017. In July 2018 a New Zealand theatre tour followed: Auckland Town Hall, the Opera House in Wellington, Horncastle Arena in Christchurch and Dunedin Town Hall.

The Flow State tour of early 2019 was their biggest Australian headline run to that point. It took in the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide on 28 February, three nights at the Hordern Pavilion from 8 to 10 March, a sold-out Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on Thursday 14 March, the Riverstage in Brisbane on 21 March, Mindil Beach in Darwin and Fremantle Oval. Late in 2019 came Spark Arena in Auckland (22 November), three nights at the Forum in Melbourne (26 to 28 November) and two more at the Enmore (13 and 14 December 2019).

During the pandemic Tash Sultana played the Hordern Pavilion on Saturday 28 November 2020 and the Myer Music Bowl again in April 2021. Spark Arena in Auckland followed on 25 November 2023, and the archive lists Optus Stadium in Perth on 19 November 2023 and John Cain Arena in Melbourne in January 2024. In September and October 2024 they went back to clubs: Mojo's Bar in Fremantle, Howler in Melbourne, Lion Arts Factory in Adelaide, the Lansdowne Hotel in Sydney and The Triffid in Brisbane, before an outdoor show at the Observatory Precinct of Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens on Sunday 24 November 2024.

The most recent tour, Return to the Roots, played Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on Wednesday 1 October, the Enmore Theatre on Friday 3 October and the Forum in Melbourne on Saturday 4 October 2025. In 2027, the Enmore, the Forum, the Powerstation and the Astor are all rooms Tash Sultana has played before; Anita's Theatre, Meow Nui and Hindley Street Music Hall are new to the archive.

The table below lists 113 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Tash Sultana between 2016 and 2026, with the most shows in Melbourne (19), Sydney (17), Adelaide (9), Auckland (6), Byron Bay (6), Brisbane (5). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Tash Sultana 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 (2 January 2019 to 3 October 2025), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Jungle — played at 14 of 15 shows
2. Notion — played at 13 of 15 shows
3. Mystik — played at 11 of 15 shows
4. Cigarettes — played at 10 of 15 shows
5. Big Smoke — played at 9 of 15 shows
6. Blackbird — played at 8 of 15 shows
7. Pretty Lady — played at 7 of 15 shows
8. Crop Circles — played at 6 of 15 shows
9. Greed — played at 6 of 15 shows
10. Synergy — played at 6 of 15 shows
11. Free Mind — played at 5 of 15 shows
12. Willow Tree — played at 5 of 15 shows
13. Can't Buy Happiness — played at 3 of 15 shows
14. Coma — played at 3 of 15 shows

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

• Return to the Roots Australia Tour 2025 (2025): 3 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne.
• Live at the Gardens (2024): 1 Australia/NZ show — Melbourne.
• Flow State (2019–2020): 11 Australia/NZ shows — Woombye, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin, Fremantle, Byron Bay.
• Notion Tour (2016): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Sydney, Maroochydore, Pokolbin, Mount Cotton, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Melbourne.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Tash Sultana has played most of Australia's major festivals. Wikipedia lists early appearances at the Woodford Folk Festival, Southbound and St Jerome's Laneway Festival: the archive has Woodfordia on 28 December 2016, Sir Stewart Bovell Park in Busselton the day before, and the 2017 Laneway circuit at the Brisbane Showgrounds, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Harts Mill in Adelaide, the Sydney College of the Arts and the Esplanade Reserve in Fremantle.

Byron Bay has been a regular stop. The archive lists North Byron Parklands, home of Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festival Byron, in July 2017, on New Year's Eve 2019 and in July 2021, and the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, Bluesfest's site, in 2018, 2019 and 2023. In April and May 2017 they also played the regional showground circuit, including Maitland, Townsville, Bendigo, Canberra and Bunbury.

On 26 February 2020 Tash Sultana played the Down To Earth fundraiser at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl for bushfire relief after the Black Summer fires, their last partly solo show before bringing in a band. In New Zealand the archive includes Hagley Park in Christchurch in January 2023 and February 2025 and Matakana Country Park on 3 January 2026. The 2027 tour is all headline shows.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Taj Hendrix "Tash" Sultana was born in Melbourne on 15 June 1995, to a family with Maltese ancestry on their father's side, and was given a guitar by their grandfather at the age of three. As a teenager they played open mic nights up to six times a week across Victoria, sang in the band Mindpilot from 2008 to 2012 and busked on the streets of Melbourne to make a living. Tash Sultana identifies as gender-fluid and uses they/them pronouns.

In 2016 a video of "Jungle" recorded at home drew more than a million views in five days. That year they won the triple j Unearthed J Award, and "Jungle" and "Notion" were voted to numbers 3 and 32 in the Hottest 100. The Notion EP, released on their own Lonely Lands Records, reached number 8 on the ARIA chart, and in the 2017 Hottest 100 "Mystik", "Murder to the Mind" and their Like a Version cover of MGMT's "Electric Feel" all placed.

The debut album Flow State came out on 31 August 2018 and peaked at number 2 in Australia. In 2019 they released "Can't Buy Happiness", "Talk It Out" with Matt Corby and "Daydreaming" with Milky Chance. Tash Sultana wrote, played, engineered and produced the second album, Terra Firma, on their own over almost two years; released on 19 February 2021, it went to number 1. An MTV Unplugged album recorded in Melbourne followed in 2022, with a one-off show at Red Rocks in Colorado selling 10,000 tickets in five minutes.

The Sugar EP arrived in August 2023 and the Return to the Roots EP in 2025, led by "Milk & Honey". In 2026 Tash Sultana signed a global deal with BMG and released "Something in the Water" in September, weeks before the 2027 tour went on sale.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027: back to the theatres

After playing Spark Arena and the Myer Music Bowl, Tash Sultana has chosen rooms of a few thousand for 2027. The Enmore Theatre holds about 2,500 standing and the Forum about 2,000, while The Powerstation in Auckland holds around 1,000.

That scale suits the way the show began: one person surrounded by loop pedals, building songs layer by layer. Their 2024 club tour and the 2025 Return to the Roots dates were in rooms of a similar size, and the 2027 tour continues that direction rather than going back to arenas.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027: Auckland and Wellington

New Zealand has been part of nearly every Tash Sultana cycle: the Kings Arms in 2016, the Powerstation and San Fran in 2017, Auckland Town Hall and the Wellington Opera House in 2018, Spark Arena in 2019 and 2023 and festival sets in Christchurch and Matakana since.

The 2027 tour opens with two New Zealand nights. The Powerstation on Friday 23 April 2027 is a return to the Auckland room they played in May 2017; Wellington's show at Meow Nui on Sunday 25 April falls on Anzac Day. There is no South Island date this time.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027: Thirroul and the south coast

The one regional show is at Anita's Theatre in Thirroul on Saturday 1 May 2027. The theatre was designed by Kaberry and Chard and opened in October 1925 as a cinema; it later spent years as a roller-skating rink before being restored and reopened as Anita's Theatre in 2007. Midnight Oil launched their Final Tour there in 2019.

Thirroul is about 73 km south of Sydney, between the escarpment and the sea, so it is also a practical option for fans in Wollongong and the Illawarra who would otherwise travel to the Enmore three days later.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027: Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth

Melbourne is home, and the Forum is familiar ground: three nights there in November 2019 and one in October 2025. The 1929 atmospheric theatre on the corner of Flinders and Russell streets, with its Moorish exterior and starry ceiling, hosts the show on Friday 7 May 2027.

Adelaide's Hindley Street Music Hall opened in 2022 on the site of the old HQ nightclub and holds about 1,800. Perth's Astor Theatre in Mount Lawley, a 1914 theatre rebuilt in Art Deco style in 1939 and heritage-listed, closes the tour on Thursday 13 May 2027; Tash Sultana last played the Astor on 12 May 2017, almost exactly ten years earlier.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A Tash Sultana show is built on improvisation. Songs grow out of loops of guitar, keys, percussion, trumpet and other instruments, and long instrumental passages mean a full set can contain only a dozen songs. Since 2020 they have also played with session musicians, after saying they "didn't have enough hands" to play every part at once.

On the Return to the Roots tour in October 2025 the Enmore set ran to 13 songs: "Unleash the Rage", "Kiss the Sky", "Hazard to Myself", "Greed", "Nights Over Egypt", "Milk & Honey", "Mystik", "Notion", "Jungle", "Pink Moon", "Crop Circles", "Coma" and "Blackbird". The Brisbane show two nights earlier included "Cigarettes", "Let the Light In" and "Ain't It Kinda Funny".

"Jungle", "Notion" and "Blackbird" have closed or come near the end of most sets for nearly a decade, as the most-played songs table on this page shows. The 2027 set list has not been published, and it may include "Something in the Water", released after their last Australian shows.

Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

Tickets for the 2027 tour went on sale in late September 2026. Artist and promoter pre-sales ran on Monday 28 September, and the general sale opened on Tuesday 29 September 2026 at 13:00 local time, through the official ticketing outlet for each venue and the venues' own box offices.

These are small rooms by Tash Sultana's standards, so some nights may sell out. There is no public presale code to buy, and the pre-sales are over; ignore offers of codes or guaranteed tickets on social media. Most venues now issue name-locked mobile tickets, so use the official resale service if you can no longer go or need a ticket for a sold-out show.

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Tash Sultana Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

When does Tash Sultana's 2027 tour start?

At The Powerstation in Auckland on Friday 23 April 2027.

What are the New Zealand dates?

Auckland, The Powerstation, on 23 April and Wellington, Meow Nui, on Sunday 25 April 2027.

Which Australian cities are on the tour?

Thirroul (1 May), Sydney (4 May), Melbourne (7 May), Adelaide (10 May) and Perth (13 May 2027).

Is Tash Sultana playing Brisbane in 2027?

No Brisbane date had been announced as of 9 October 2026. Their last Brisbane show was at Fortitude Music Hall on 1 October 2025.

Where is the Sydney show?

At the Enmore Theatre in Newtown on Tuesday 4 May 2027.

Where is the Melbourne show?

At the Forum on Flinders Street on Friday 7 May 2027.

When did tickets go on sale?

Pre-sales ran on 28 September 2026 and the general sale opened on Tuesday 29 September 2026 at 13:00 local time.

What is Tash Sultana's latest release?

The single "Something in the Water", released in September 2026 after they signed with BMG.

When were they last in Perth?

The archive lists Mojo's Bar in Fremantle in September 2024 and Optus Stadium in November 2023. The 2027 show is at the Astor Theatre, which they last played in May 2017.