Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027

Xavier Rudd 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 show on the calendar for next year. His most recent release is the single 'Part of Life', which came out in June 2026 with the voice of Jane Goodall and an animated video by Jarrad Wright, creator of The Big Lez Show.

Rudd is one of the most constant touring musicians in the country. The setlist archive has him at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on Friday 13 February 2026, at Ballarat Civic Hall and on the Aquatic Reserve at Echuca that same weekend, and at the Concert Hall in Brisbane on Wednesday 26 August 2026, where he closed an 18-song set with 'Follow the Sun' and 'Part of Life'. His recent national tours have been long ones: the 2022 Jan Juc Moon tour has 39 dates in the archive, and the 2024 Freedom Sessions tour went from Cairns to Queenscliff.

This page explains what is and is not known about Xavier Rudd in 2027 and gives a detailed account of his concerts in Australia and New Zealand: the long regional tours, the festival stages, the New Zealand runs from New Plymouth to Christchurch, and the songs that hold his shows together.

Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official information about a Xavier Rudd tour in 2027. No dates have been announced in any Australian state or in New Zealand, and no 2027 festival line-up published so far includes him. Until he announces something, treat any '2027 tour' list or 'presale code' with suspicion.

On the other hand, there is plenty of new music. After the 2022 album Jan Juc Moon, Rudd released the EPs Freedom Sessions in March 2024 and Where to Now in September 2025, both reissued on vinyl on 6 March 2026, and then 'Part of Life' in June 2026. He has not announced a new album, but the 2026 shows already included the new single.

His touring pattern helps explain the quiet calendar. Rudd's tours are usually announced a few months ahead and tend to cover a huge amount of ground: the Freedom Sessions Australia Tour of September to November 2024 began at Munro Martin Parklands in Cairns on Saturday 28 September and ended at the Queenscliff festival site on Sunday 24 November, then continued into 2025 with dates at the Sunshine Coast, 3 Oceans Winery, Fremantle Prison and Crooked River Wines. A 2027 tour, if there is one, would be expected to follow a similar announcement cycle.

New Zealand fans have not seen him since March 2019. The setlist archive's last New Zealand dates are the 2019 New Zealand Tour: Tanglewood Retreat at Waimauku, Totara Street in Mount Maunganui, San Fran in Wellington and The Foundry in Christchurch on Wednesday 6 March 2019. Nothing has been announced across the Tasman for 2027.

Before the Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Rudd grew up in Jan Juc, near Torquay on Victoria's Surf Coast, and began playing in a band called Xavier and the Hum before going solo. He became known for his one-man-band shows, playing didgeridoos, slide guitars, stomp boxes, djembe and harmonica at once. His early New Zealand visits were already big ones: the setlist archive has three nights at the TSB Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth from Friday 11 March 2005, two nights at the Westpac St James Theatre in Wellington in April 2005, Wellington Town Hall and Christchurch Town Hall, and Dakota Fields at Whitianga in March 2008.

In February 2009 Rudd played a public rally in Torquay against residential development, and in 2014 he played at the Bentley blockade camp in northern New South Wales in support of the Lock the Gate Alliance. His New Zealand touring continued with the Follow the Sun Tour in April 2012 (the Matinee Bar in New Plymouth, the Kings Arms in Auckland and Bodega in Wellington), the Spirit Bird Tour of April 2013 (Christchurch, Bodega, The Mayfair in New Plymouth and the Powerstation in Auckland), and a summer run at the end of 2013 to the Waihi Beach Hotel, Butlers Reef in New Plymouth and the Riwaka Hotel.

He returned to the Powerstation in Auckland in January 2015 and February 2016, with San Fran in Wellington and The Mayfair in New Plymouth on the 2016 visit. The 2019 New Zealand Tour then played Waimauku, Mount Maunganui, Wellington and Christchurch in early March 2019.

The setlist archive's detailed Australian record begins in 2020 and 2021 with the Sandstone Point Hotel in Moreton Bay, Queens Park in Toowoomba and Park Alexandra in Caloundra. In early 2022 he played two nights at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens in Hobart, Queen Elizabeth Park on the Gold Coast, Stage 88 in Canberra, North Gardens in Ballarat, the Esplanade Reserve in Fremantle and Glenelg Beach in Adelaide on 20 March. Then came the Jan Juc Moon Australian Tour, which opened at the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba on Wednesday 25 May 2022 and ended at the Darwin Ski Club on Saturday 30 July, with stops at Fortitude Music Hall, the Enmore Theatre, the Palais Theatre, the Thebarton Theatre, the Canberra Theatre, the Odeon Theatre in Hobart and two nights at the Astor Theatre in Perth.

In 2023 he played two nights at Taronga Zoo in Sydney in February, Seafront Oval in Hervey Bay, the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm near Byron Bay on Easter Monday, 10 April, and the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne and Queens Gardens in Brisbane in September. The Freedom Sessions Australia Tour of 2024 included Jezzine Barracks in Townsville, Bar on the Hill in Newcastle, Anita's Theatre in Wollongong, The Barracks Precinct in Sydney, two nights at the Jetty Beach House in Coffs Harbour, Norah Head Light at Toukley, Fortitude Music Hall, HOTA on the Gold Coast, Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide and the Observatory Precinct of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne.

His most recent shows in the archive are Roma Street Parklands in Brisbane on Sunday 7 September 2025, Lake Breeze Wines at Langhorne Creek in November 2025, the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, Ballarat Civic Hall and Echuca in February 2026, and the Concert Hall in Brisbane on 26 August 2026.

The table below lists 122 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Xavier Rudd between 2005 and 2026, with the most shows in Melbourne (7), Wellington (7), New Plymouth (7), Byron Bay (5), Sydney (5), Brisbane (4). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

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

Across the 11 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (13 April 2012 to 26 August 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Follow the Sun — played at 11 of 11 shows
2. Spirit Bird — played at 10 of 11 shows
3. Let Me Be — played at 9 of 11 shows
4. Stoney Creek — played at 9 of 11 shows
5. Storm Boy — played at 9 of 11 shows
6. We Deserve to Dream — played at 9 of 11 shows
7. Messages — played at 8 of 11 shows
8. Ball and Chain — played at 7 of 11 shows
9. Magic — played at 7 of 11 shows
10. Come Let Go — played at 6 of 11 shows
11. Lioness Eye — played at 6 of 11 shows
12. Breeze — played at 5 of 11 shows
13. I Am Eagle — played at 5 of 11 shows
14. Culture Bleeding — played at 4 of 11 shows

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

• Freedom Sessions Australia Tour (2024–2025): 17 Australia/NZ shows — Cairns, Townsville, Newcastle, Wollongong, Sydney, Coffs Harbour, Toukley, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Melbourne, Queenscliff….
• Jan Juc Moon Australian Tour (2022): 38 Australia/NZ shows — Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Maryborough, Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville, Gosford, Wollongong, Gerringong, Springwood….
• Spirit Bird Tour (2013): 4 Australia/NZ shows — Christchurch, Wellington, New Plymouth, Auckland.
• Follow the Sun Tour (2012): 3 Australia/NZ shows — New Plymouth, Auckland, Wellington.

Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Rudd is a festival regular at home and abroad; Wikipedia lists Bonnaroo, High Sierra, Wakarusa, Summer Sonic, Lowlands and Rock Werchter among his international appearances. In Australia the setlist archive has him at the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm near Byron Bay in April 2023, the festival site at Queenscliff in November 2024, the Churchill Island festival site in January 2024, Torquay Common in December 2023, Kiama Showground in November 2023 and Dashville at Belford in March 2025.

In New Zealand, his three nights at the TSB Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth in March 2005 and Dakota Fields at Whitianga in March 2008 are the outdoor highlights of the archive.

Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Xavier Rudd was born on 29 May 1978 and grew up in Jan Juc, near Torquay, in a family of seven children; as a boy he used his mother's vacuum cleaner as a makeshift didgeridoo. After school he spent nine months in Fiji, then played in Whistler, British Columbia, where he wrote '12 September', which appeared on his first studio album, To Let (2002).

Solace (2004), his first major-label album, was recorded almost entirely alone and reached No. 13. Food in the Belly (2005), recorded on Bowen Island near Vancouver, reached No. 16, and White Moth (2007) and Dark Shades of Blue (2008) took him into the top 10. In 2010 he made Koonyum Sun with the South African musicians Tio Moloantoa and Andile Nqubezelo as Izintaba, named after his property on the Koonyum Range near Mullumbimby.

Spirit Bird (2012), which sampled 30 species of Australian birds, reached No. 2, his highest chart position. Nanna (2015), with The United Nations, addressed racism and included 'Shame', inspired by the treatment of Adam Goodes. Storm Boy (2018) and Jan Juc Moon (2022) both reached No. 6; 'Stoney Creek' won the 2023 Environmental Music Prize.

Rudd's songs often deal with spirituality, the environment and the rights of Indigenous Australians, and he has supported the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the campaign to save James Price Point in the Kimberley. Since 2022 he has released the EPs Freedom Sessions (2024) and Where to Now (2025) and the 2026 single 'Part of Life'. He lives in the Shire of Noosa.

Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027: the long road tours

Rudd's national tours are among the most thorough in Australian music. The 2022 Jan Juc Moon tour went to Maryborough, Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville and Cairns in Queensland; Gosford, Wollongong, Gerringong, Springwood and Newcastle in New South Wales; Tanunda in the Barossa; Burnie, Launceston, Devonport and Hobart in Tasmania; Warragul, Albury, Wangaratta, Frankston, Geelong and Bendigo; and Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Exmouth and two nights at Karratha in Western Australia.

The 2024-25 Freedom Sessions tour was similar in spirit, from Cairns and Townsville to Toukley, Coffs Harbour and the Margaret River region. If a 2027 tour is announced, regional fans have good reason to expect towns beyond the capitals.

Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027: the Surf Coast and Byron

Rudd grew up in Jan Juc and is a keen surfer who says surfing can inspire his music. The setlist archive has him on his home coast at Torquay Common in December 2023 and the Queenscliff festival site in 2024; Jan Juc Moon takes its name from his home town.

Byron Bay and its hinterland are another base: he bought land on the Koonyum Range near Mullumbimby in 2010, married in Byron Bay and has played The Green Room, Crossroads and the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm. In 2013 he travelled to the Doubtful Creek gas drilling site to voice his concerns, and in 2014 played the Bentley blockade nearby.

Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand and New Plymouth

New Plymouth has hosted Rudd more often than any other New Zealand town in the archive: three nights at the TSB Bowl of Brooklands in March 2005, the Matinee Bar in 2012, The Mayfair in 2013 and 2016, and Butlers Reef at the end of 2013. Auckland's Powerstation and Wellington's Bodega and San Fran are his other regular rooms.

His last New Zealand tour was in March 2019. No New Zealand date has been announced for 2027.

Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027: the one-man band

Rudd built his name on playing several instruments at once: didgeridoo, slide guitar, stomp box and percussion, with harmonica on top. On Solace he played almost everything himself, and the one-man-band show became his signature.

The core of his show has stayed the same over the years: long, rhythmic versions of songs such as 'Spirit Bird', 'Follow the Sun' and 'Lioness Eye', built up in layers in front of the audience.

Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A Xavier Rudd headline show runs to 13-18 songs. Recent sets open with 'Let Me Be', 'Storm Boy' or 'Creancient', and move through 'Energy Song', 'Culture Bleeding', 'We Deserve to Dream', 'Magic' and 'Stoney Creek' to the long songs that define his shows: 'Spirit Bird', 'Lioness Eye' (often joined to 'Flag'), 'Come Let Go' and 'Follow the Sun'.

At the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on 13 February 2026 he included 'Morning Birds', 'Better People', 'Messages' into 'Guku' and 'The Letter', and finished with 'Breeze'. At the Concert Hall in Brisbane on 26 August 2026 he added 'Nanna' and 'The Reasons We Were Blessed' before ending with the new single 'Part of Life'. At Roma Street Parklands in September 2025 he covered 'Get Up, Stand Up'.

Across the logged Australian and New Zealand shows with full set lists, the most played songs are 'Spirit Bird', 'Follow the Sun', 'Storm Boy', 'Let Me Be', 'Stoney Creek' and 'We Deserve to Dream'.

Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Xavier Rudd tickets on sale for 2027, and no presale or on-sale date has been announced. When he announces a tour, tickets are usually sold through the official agency named in the announcement and through venue box offices; many of his regional and winery shows are sold by the venue.

Buy only from those official outlets. Most Australian tours now use name-locked mobile tickets, so buy through the official outlet or its official resale service to make sure the ticket is in your name, and no one can sell a genuine 'presale code' for a tour that has not been announced. His own mailing list is usually the first place new dates appear.

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Xavier Rudd Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Xavier Rudd touring Australia in 2027?

Nothing has been announced. As of 9 October 2026 there are no Xavier Rudd dates in Australia or New Zealand for 2027.

When did Xavier Rudd last play in Australia?

The setlist archive's most recent show is the Concert Hall in Brisbane on 26 August 2026. Earlier in 2026 he played the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, Ballarat Civic Hall and Echuca.

When did he last play New Zealand?

On his 2019 New Zealand Tour, which ended at The Foundry in Christchurch on 6 March 2019.

What is his latest release?

The single 'Part of Life', released in June 2026, featuring the voice of Jane Goodall.

How long was the Jan Juc Moon tour?

It ran from the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba on 25 May 2022 to the Darwin Ski Club on 30 July 2022, with 39 dates in the setlist archive across every state, the ACT and the Northern Territory.

Which songs does Xavier Rudd play live?

'Spirit Bird', 'Follow the Sun', 'Storm Boy', 'Let Me Be', 'Stoney Creek' and 'We Deserve to Dream' are his most played songs in the archive.

What is his highest-charting album?

Spirit Bird (2012), which reached No. 2 in Australia.

Are there presale codes for Xavier Rudd 2027?

No. With no tour announced, no genuine presale exists. Sign up for our alert instead.