Lainey Wilson Announces 2026 Australian Tour, Including Howlin’ Country Festival

Lainey Wilson has announced a national Australian tour, playing most capital cities in February 2026. The newly-announced six-date run is part of Wilson’s Whirlwind world tour, so named after her fifth studio album from last year. She will be joined on all dates by fellow American country acts Flatland Cavalry and Kaitlin Butts, both of which are making their Australian debut as pat of the tour. Wilson’s full Australian tour itinerary, including ticketing information, can be found below.

In addition to playing her own headlining shows at arenas across the country, Wilson is also set to headline the returning Howlin’ Country festival, which takes to the Newcastle Foreshore on Valentine’s Day 2026. Both Flatland Cavalry and Butts are also set to perform, with the festival’s first announcement also including Morgan Evans, Adam Newling and Tyla Rodrigues. The festival made its debut earlier this year, with a line-up that included Tyler Childers, Brad Cox and Sons Of The East.

Lainey Wilson – ‘Somewhere Over Laredo’

Wilson released Whirlwind in August 2024. It topped both the US Independent Albums chart and the UK Country Albums chart upon release, and also charted locally at number three on the Australian Country Albums chart – as well as at number 19 on the overall ARIA Albums Chart. A deluxe edition of the album is set for release next Friday, August 22nd – almost exactly a year to the release of the original album. It will include five new songs, including recent single ‘Somewhere Over Laredo’.

The Louisiana-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter made her Australian debut last year, performing at that year’s CMC Rocks QLD alongside former Florida Georgia Line member Tyler Hubbard and Chris Young. She also played her own headlining shows while in the country.

Lainey Wilson Whirlwind 2026 Tour

• Wednesday, February 11th – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane QLD
• Saturday, February 14th – Newcastle Foreshore, Newcastle NSW*
• Monday, February 16th – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney NSW
• Thursday, February 19th – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne VIC
• Sunday, February 22nd – AEC Arena, Adelaide SA
• Thursday, February 26th – RAC Arena, Perth WA

* – Howlin’ Country festival.

A pre-sale for Wilson’s headlining shows goes on sale from 12pm local on Thursday, August 14th. General sale follows on Friday, August 15th at 1pm local. Both can be accessed via Frontier.

Pre-sale tickets for Howlin’ Country, meanwhile, are available from Tuesday, August 12th at 1pm, and can be registered for here. General sale follows on Friday, August 15th at 1pm AEST via Oztix.

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