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24 August 2026 – Australia Is Building a Busy December
By Editorial Team - August 24, 2026
Summary
Australia's December live music calendar expands with major announcements from On The Steps, underscores, umru, and Castaway Festival.
Key Facts
- Simultaneous December tour and festival announcements significantly boost Australia's summer live calendar.
- Includes Sydney Opera House On The Steps, underscores & umru theatre tour, and Castaway Festival.
- Signals resilience in the Australasian live music circuit against rising touring and logistics costs.
- Entities: Sydney Opera House, On The Steps, underscores, umru, Castaway Festival, Australia, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
- Tags: australian-tours, december-2026, live-music, festivals, sydney-opera-house, castaway-festival, underscores
Today's announcements make Australia's December calendar substantially busier.
On The Steps brings Wolf Alice, James Blake, DMA'S and others to Sydney; underscores and umru are touring Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney; and Castaway reaches Mornington on 12 December after its November launch in Western Australia.
Independent and alternative touring in Australia often suffers from geography and cost, so multiple substantial announcements landing simultaneously is encouraging.