Freeform Festival 2026

Last year Mode and Crown Ruler debuted a new day festival, Freeform, at Sidney Myer Music Bowl. And it ended up being arguably the biggest dance event of the year, with thousands packing the bowl to catch Four Tet and Floating Points. Skee Mask also put on an impressive show on the smaller garden stage.

Now comes 2026’s line-up, which is headlined by euphoric house DJ and producer Barry Can’t Swim, UK garage star Interplanetary Criminal and techno pioneer Richie Hawtin, best known for his ’90s alias Plastikman. The same trio will also play sibling festivals Overtone (on the Gold Coast) and Mode (in Sydney) on the same weekend.

At Freeform the remaining line-up includes further internationals in iconic American house producer Ron Trent, eclectic but always bass-heavy DJ Ben UFO, Italian techno veteran Freddy K, melodic producer Avalon Emerson, the UK’s Call Super, bouncy Dutch DJ Twiena, genre-hopping Italian Gigi FM, Rinse FM regular Storm Mollison, emerging American selector Ash Lauryn and Berlin techno upstarts D Dan and Ogazon. And, in a world of their own, media-trolling stars Two Shell.

The Melbourne contingent consists of Bella Claxton, Crybaby, Hasvat Informant, Memphis LK, Rakhi and Ned Bennett, plus Perth duo 2Lubly, Brisbane’s Mikalah Watego and breakout Sydney star Swim.

Early access tickets are on sale from 11am on June 10. General tickets are available from 11am on June 11.