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Bizarro Fest Hits Australia This October with Top DJs
3 Jun
Summary
- Bizarro festival spans three Australian cities over Labour Day weekend.
- Top DJs Barry Can't Swim, Interplanetary Criminal, and Richie Hawtin headline.
- Dance music is Australia's top festival genre, showing strong popularity.

The Bizarro festival is scheduled to take place across three Australian east coast cities during the Labour Day weekend in October 2026. This event will feature prominent electronic music artists, including Barry Can't Swim, Interplanetary Criminal, and Richie Hawtin, as headliners.
Kicking off on Friday, Oct. 2, at Musgrave Park on the Gold Coast, the festival will continue on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl, and conclude on Sunday, Oct. 4, at Sydney's Cockatoo Island. Each event will showcase a unique lineup.
Bizarro, the Sydney-based promoter, stated that each festival is "individually sculpted by the cities and spaces around them." This comes as Australia's festival scene experiences shifts, yet dance music events remain strong, with dance music identified as the nation's top festival genre.