Yours & Owls 2026 Lineup: BBNO$, G Flip, Ball Park Music + MORE

Pack your finest op-shop fit and prepare to descend upon the Gong: Yours & Owls has officially unveiled its first lineup for 2026, and it’s shaping up to be one of the most eclectic and ambitious editions in the Wollongong festival’s history.

Returning this October, the beloved NSW event isn’t just coming back, it’s expanding.

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Day one sees Yours & Owls return to its traditional home at Flagstaff Hill overlooking the coast, while day two flips the script entirely, transforming Wollongong’s CBD into what organisers are calling a full-blown city-wide music experience. Closed streets, hidden stages, venues firing simultaneously and music spilling into laneways as the Steel City temporarily becomes Music City.

And what’s more, the lineup’s matching the ambition.

Leading the charge is Canadian internet-era chaos merchant BBNO$, landing in Australia for his only Australian show of 2026. Armed with billions of streams, absurd charisma and enough viral moments to fill several lifetimes, his appearance alone feels like one of the biggest flexes of this year’s festival calendar.

Joining him is a stacked mix of homegrown favourites and left-field gold.

Fresh off their viral Bed On Fire moment, G Flip finally makes their Yours & Owls debut, while indie institution Ball Park Music returns with enough emotionally devastating singalongs to accidentally heal several thousand people at once.

There’s also DMA’S, returning for their third Yours & Owls appearance after becoming one of Australia’s biggest Britpop exports, plus Genesis Owusu, whose live shows continue to exist somewhere between theatre, punk gig and controlled detonation.

Elsewhere? Grammy nominees Hiatus Kaiyote, dance-floor architect Luude, indie cry specialists Middle Kids, electronic royalty PNAU, and perhaps most excitingly of all: The Drones, continuing their huge 2026 comeback after reuniting following a decade away.

Throw in Tkay Maidza, Cosmo’s Midnight, WAAX, Georgia Maq, Fanny Lumsden, Bootleg Rascal, Volatile Ways, Blind Girls, Delivery, Surf Trash and literally dozens more and you’ve got a lineup that feels very Yours & Owls in the best way possible: genre chaos, local heroes and enough discovery potential to accidentally find your new favourite band three times before lunch.

The festival will once again spotlight local artists, food and beverage vendors across the weekend, with all weekend ticket holders also entering the running to score accommodation, spending money, VIP upgrades and recovery packages.

Gong Christmas is officially back, and you can peep the full lineup down below.