Post Malone To Headline Strummingbird 2026 Across Three Australian Dates

Post Malone will headline Australia's Strummingbird festival in October 2026, with the touring country music festival scheduled for Ballarat, Newcastle and the Sunshine Coast, according to Billboard and the official Strummingbird website. Billboard reported May 4 that the booking places the American recording artist at the top of a lineup that also includes Bailey Zimmerman, Cooper Alan, Cam and Sons of the East.

The Details

Strummingbird's 2026 run is scheduled to open Oct. 10 in Ballarat, Victoria, continue Oct. 17 in Newcastle, New South Wales, and close Oct. 18 on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, according to Billboard and Strummingbird. The official festival site lists Strummingbird as a touring country music festival and names the three cities as the stops for its 2026 edition.

The official Strummingbird lineup lists Post Malone, Bailey Zimmerman, Cooper Alan, Stella Lefty, Dexter & the Moonrocks, Brad Cox, Cam, Cigarettes @ Sunset, Kaitlin Butts, Noah Rinker, Sons of the East, Briana Dinsdale, Mack Geiger, Max Jackson and Sara Berki for the 2026 festival. The same site also lists late-night sets from Willie Pake and line dancing with Maddison Glover.

Billboard identified Bailey Zimmerman and Cooper Alan as top international acts joining Post Malone on the bill. Billboard also named Cam and Sons of the East among the broader lineup, matching the official Strummingbird listing.

Countrytown reported May 5 that the full 2026 lineup follows what it described as Strummingbird's sold-out debut edition in 2025. Countrytown also reported that the festival is positioning itself as Australia's largest touring country festival, a scale claim that was not presented in the brief as coming from the official festival site.

Countrytown reported that tickets for Strummingbird 2026 start at A$209.95 for attendees 18 and older, with multiple VIP upgrade options available. Billboard reported that presale tickets open May 13 and that general public tickets go on sale May 14 through Strummingbird's website.

For the Ballarat stop, the official Strummingbird Ballarat page says the event is scheduled for Victoria Park, Newington, from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Oct. 10. The same official page describes a ticket-request window running from May 6 through May 11, ahead of the presale period reported by Billboard.

Context

Billboard tied Post Malone's Strummingbird booking to his country crossover period following F-1 Trillion. Billboard reported that the album earned a Grammy nomination for best country album and featured collaborations with Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll.

Billboard also reported that F-1 Trillion debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2024 and produced the top-10 hit "I Had Some Help" with Morgan Wallen. Those Billboard-reported details are the brief's stated context for Post Malone's placement at the top of a country festival bill in Australia.

Countrytown reported that Strummingbird's inaugural 2025 edition sold out and featured Jelly Roll, Shaboozey and Treaty Oak Revival alongside Australian acts including James Johnston, Kaylee Bell and Wade Forster. Countrytown separately reported that Strummingbird expanded from Newcastle and the Sunshine Coast by adding Ballarat for the 2026 run.

The 2026 bill, as listed by Strummingbird, combines Post Malone with artists named by Billboard among the festival's international acts and a wider group of performers published on the official festival website. The lineup details in the brief are consistent across Billboard, Countrytown and the official Strummingbird listing.

What's Next

The next listed ticket step is the Ballarat ticket-request window, which the official Strummingbird Ballarat page says runs from May 6 through May 11. Billboard reported that presale tickets for Strummingbird 2026 are scheduled to open May 13, followed by general public sales May 14 through Strummingbird's website.

After ticket sales begin, the festival schedule in the brief points to three October dates: Ballarat on Oct. 10, Newcastle on Oct. 17 and the Sunshine Coast on Oct. 18, according to Billboard and Strummingbird. No direct organizer or artist quotes about the booking were included in the fact brief.