Parkway Drive are bringing Park Waves Festival to Australia: here’s everything we know so far about the next big festival to hit Aussie shores.
It’s official: Park Waves Festival is coming to Australia. Byron Bay legends Parkway Drive are set to debut the festival on Aussie shores – and we’ve collated everything we know so far in one place.
We’ll be updating this piece as more info becomes available, so keep checking back!
Park Waves News
- 15/07/2025, 7:02pm AEST: Park Waves Festival 2026 Lineup Announced
- 11/07/2025, 10:16am AEST: Lineup Announcement Coming This Tuesday
- 08/07/2025, 7pm AEST: Park Waves Dates and Venues REVEALED
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What is Park Waves Festival?
The very first Park Waves was launched by Parkway Drive in Dresden, Germany last year (July 6, 2024) and saw the titans headlining alongside Dying Fetus, Fit For a King, Erra and Aussie mates in the form of Thy Art Is Murder and Alpha Wolf.
Parkway Drive announced that Park Waves would be making its Australian debut on July 6 with a teaser video alongside an Aussie flag emoji and the simple caption: “Park Waves is coming…get ready for the next wave.” The announcement comes exactly a year after the very first event in Germany in 2024.
The Australian iteration will see the band work alongside Aussie promoters Destroy All Lines (Good Things Festival & Hellbound Cruise to name some of their previous work alongside a pretty huge chunk of heavy and alternative tours Down Under). Based on social media posts, it looks like Oztix is in on the gig too.
This festival comes as part a massive run for Parkway Drive, who just last month played at the Sydney Opera House for a game-changing night of music, alongside being added to the Hellbound Cruise lineup in May.
Park Waves Festival Tickets
Tickets to the festival will go on sale in stages: Parkway Nation can cop them from 9am local time, Tuesday 22 July, the Destroy All Lines Presale kicks off that same day at 5pm local time, and the general sale is 10am local time Thursday, 24 July. Fans can sign up for the pre-sale here.
If you’re wondering exactly how much a ticket is going to set you back, here’s a rundown on pricing based on site FAQs:
- General Admission tickets will cost $219.90, including all fees except delivery choices.
- Park Waves VIP (18+ Only) package will be available in limited supply for $299.90 including all fees except delivery choices.
There will be a pay over time option for General Admission and VIP ticket purchases – for GA passes, punters will pay one non-refundable deposit payment of $66.61 and then three monthly instalments of $56.10. VIP passes purchased using the pay over time option will need to pay a non refundable deposit payment of $93.17, and 3 monthly instalments of $73.91.
What exactly does a VIP pass include, you might be wondering?
- VIP entry lane at the main entrance.
- Exclusive access to a dedicated VIP area.
- A dedicated VIP bar w/ seating and shade.
- Access to an exclusive food offering inside the VIP area. (Excludes Sandstone Point Hotel)
- Early Entry to the festival site to gain early access to merchandise.
- Exclusive bathrooms.
- Park Waves VIP Laminate.
As far as age restrictions, the festival is 16+ and anyone under 18 (but over 16) will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Park Waves Festival Lineup
The Park Waves festival lineup will see Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction, Story of The Year and more (with a few surprises still to be announced, it seems).
Here’s a full rundown of all the bands set to join the Australian Park Waves festival lineup next year:
- Parkway Drive
- The Amity Affliction
- Northlane
- Alpha Wolf
- Story of the Year
- “…plus more.”
Park Waves Festival Dates & Locations
A lot of larger heavy festivals like Good Things and Knotfest go for the East Coast only route (that’s Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne), but this Australian run isn’t doing Perth and Adelaide dirty this time – we’re getting a full span of 11 dates across the country (and regionally!), including a massive hometown show in Byron Bay.
Here’s the Park Waves 2026 dates and locations:
- Saturday, 14 February 2026 – PERTH, WA @ Langley Park
- Friday, 20 February 2026 – ADELAIDE, SA @ Adelaide Showground
- Sunday, 22 February 2026 – GEELONG, VIC @ Geelong Showgrounds
- Saturday, 28 February 2026 – SCORESBY, VIC @ Caribbean Gardens
- Sunday, 1 March 2026 – BENDIGO, VIC @ Bendigo Jockey Club
- Thursday, 5 March 2026 – WOLLONGONG, NSW @ Thomas Dalton Park
- Saturday, 7 March 2026 – EASTERN CREEK, NSW @ Sydney Dragway
- Sunday, 8 March 2026 – MAITLAND, NSW @ Maitland Showground
- Thursday, 12 March 2026 – TOOWOOMBA, QLD @ Queens Park
- Saturday, 14 March 2026 – BYRON BAY, NSW @ Cavanbah Centre (subject to final council approval)
- Sunday, 15 March 2026 – SANDSTONE POINT, QLD @ Sandstone Point Hotel
Want to find out more?
We’ll be updating this article as we get more information on the event. For now, fans can sign up on the official site and follow the event pages on social media to stay up to date and be the first to know more about the next wave to hit our shores.
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