Park Waves Festival 2026: Dates & Venues Announced

Parkway Drive are now quite literally the one’s making waves.

The Byron Bay heavyweights have officially announced the return of Park Waves, the band’s own travelling heavy music festival, and they’re taking it straight to the heart of Australia in early 2026. After testing the waters in Europe last year — including a bruising German run with Fit For A King and Thy Art Is Murder — Park Waves is finally coming home for a full-blown lap of the map.

We’re talking 11 dates, from capital cities to regional chaos, between February and March. Whether you’re in Perth or Toowoomba, Eastern Creek or Bendigo, it’s game on. Hell, even their hometown of Byron Bay’s on the map — pending the usual council red tape, of course.

Here’s the full itinerary:

• Saturday 14 February – Langley Park, Perth, WA
• Friday 20 February – Adelaide Showground, Adelaide, SA
• Sunday 22 February – Geelong Showground, Geelong, VIC
• Saturday 28 February – Caribbean Gardens, Scoresby, VIC
• Sunday 1 March – Bendigo Jockey Club, Bendigo, VIC
• Thursday 5 March – Thomas Dalton Park, Wollongong, NSW
• Saturday 7 March – Sydney Dragway, Eastern Creek, NSW
• Sunday 8 March – Maitland Showground, Maitland, NSW
• Thursday 12 March – Queens Park, Toowoomba, QLD
• Saturday 14 March – Cavanbah Centre, Byron Bay, NSW *
• Sunday 15 March – Sandstone Point Hotel, Sandstone Point, QLD

*Subject to final council approval

No lineup yet, but if the Euro edition is anything to go by, we’re in for a stacked bill of scene titans and pit starters. Given Parkway’s recent career-high at the Sydney Opera House (yes, really), they’re clearly not messing around anymore. That show was all fire, no filler. A defining moment that proved Parkway’s not just a legacy act, they’re actually the act.

With new music (“Sacred” dropped earlier this year), a metal cruise locked in, and now this touring festival juggernaut, Parkway Drive are building their own empire — one breakdown at a time. Keep your eyes peeled on parkwavesfestival.com and pray your local council doesn’t kill the vibe.