With a few months until the Queenscliff Music Festival roars back into action, festival organisers have unveiled this year’s comedy and DJ line-up today.
The 2026 festival takes over Queenscliff, Wadawurrung Country, from Friday, 27 to Sunday, 29 November.
Along with the newly announced acts, an impressive kids and arts program has been added to this year’s already-stacked festival program that features names like Matt Corby, Kate Miller-Heidke, Baker Boy, Lime Cordiale, Meg Mac, Peter Garrett & the Alter Egos, Tim Rogers, and many others.
Leading the 2026 comedy program is Australian comedy royalty, Denise Scott AM, joined by Gillian Cosgriff, Suren Jayemanne, Damian Callinan, Nat Harris, and Tarsh Jago, a diverse bunch of comedians – some acclaimed award winners – with experience on TV, writing, radio, and stand-up comedy.
This year’s DJ line-up is as eclectic as the rest of the festival bill. Featuring Melbourne-based Afro-hip-hop collective Cool Out Sun DJ’s, Vince Peach, Fee B-Squared, Joey Lightbulb, Dangerboots, and Rob Major, all promising to keep the vibes going strong.
“What makes QMF so special is that you never quite know where the weekend is going to take you,” said Queenscliff Music Festival Director Claire Stickland.
She continued, “You might start your morning with Yoga & Live Music, find yourself laughing with a comedian, cruising the bay with live music, join a pub choir session with Chorus Club and then be standing in front of an incredible headline act on the main stage that night.
“The music, comedy, family and arts program, unique venues and experiences all come together to create something that feels distinctly Queenscliff.
“This final artist announcement adds another layer to what is shaping up to be a very special weekend, and we can’t wait to share it with our audience."
In addition to announcing the comedy and DJ line-up, the Queenscliff Music Festival will once again welcome two of its most unique and beloved experiences: the Peninsula Princess Ferry, and the Blues Train, the latter returning after a seven-year hiatus.
On the arts and family program, punters can enjoy experiences led by award-winning kids' comedy duo The Listies, plus a program across stages, streets, puppetry, silent disco, and more, headlined by Zindzi & the Zillionaires.
Other acts include Playable Streets, Chorus Club and the Guru Dudu Silent Disco, as well as the Krazy Koala Puppet Show, Bebop Circus and the Giant Seagulls.
Check out the full program below. Tickets to this year’s Queenscliff Music Festival are available here.
2026 Queenscliff Music Festival Line-up:
(Alphabetical Order)
A.C Saunders | Alaska | Azure Ryder | Babe Rainbow | Baker Boy | The Bamboos | Bonnie Jackson | Cam Walter Blues | Candice Lorrae | Charley Castle & the Boys in the Well | Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird | De Porsal I Docker River Band | FARAH | The Foxy Junes | The Gnomes | Harriet Wraith | Hussy Hicks | Immy Owusu | Jack Meredith | Jesse Valach & The Testaments | Jordie Lane | Kaiit | Kate Miller-Heidke | Kerryn Fields | Kitty, Daisy & Lewis | Kyle Brew | Lime Cordiale | Liv Cartledge | The Mae | Magic Dirt | Matt Corby | Mean Teeth | Meg Mac | Merpire | Mia Dyson | Midnight Chicken | Mika James | Oscar LaDell | Owelu Dreamhouse | Peter Garrett & the Alter Egos | The Pretty Littles | Rupert Bullard | Small Town Romance | South Atlas | Steph Strings | Sunday Lemonade | Sweethearts | Tim Rogers | Tom Harrington | Ukulele Death Squad | Velvet Bloom | Wayne Jury | Willie J's 6V6s
Comedy:
Damian Callinan | Denise Scott | Gillian Cosgriff | Nat Harris | Suren Jayemanne | Tarsh Jago
DJs:
Cool Out Sun | Dangerboots | Fee B-Squared | Joey Lightbulb | Rob Major | Vince Peach
Kids & Arts:
The Listies | Zindzi & the Zillionaires | Bebop Circus | Giant Seagulls | Guru Dudu Silent Disco | Krazy Koala Puppet Show | Marimba Taters | Nicholas Ridiculous High Wire | Sing Out | Woody's World Ukulele Chorus Club | Cosmic Wilderness – Chloe Holliday | Imaginary Millions | Playable Streets | Slow Art Collective | Yoga & Live Music
