DARWIN FESTIVAL: Fanny Lumsden
Darwin City Civic Park, 12 Smith Street, Darwin Northern Territory 0800, Australia, 0800 Darwin Directions
Fri 14.08.2026 21:00
A night under the Top End stars you will not forget!
From growing up on a sheep farm in western NSW to taking the stage at Glastonbury Festival via hundreds of country halls throughout regional Australia, Fanny Lumsden is a force to be reckoned with.
A two-time ARIA and 10-time Golden Guitar winner, Fanny has "established herself as one of [country music]'s most esteemed performers" (The Australian). Together with her band The Prawn Stars she has headlined festivals across Australia and recently wowed audiences opening arenas for Paul Kelly’s National Arena Tour. Her live shows are one of a kind – an all-in affair, where joy and exuberance meet intimate storytelling, delivered with wit, warmth and luscious harmonies.
Performers
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Fanny LumsdenGrowing up on a sheep farm in western NSW all the way to Glastonbury UK via hundreds of Country Halls throughout regional Australia, 2x ARIA and 9x Golden Guitar, 3x AIR award winning artist Fanny Lumsden’s journey has been a unique one. Having “established herself as one of the one of the genre's most esteemed performers” (The Australian) and with her new album HEY DAWN having just taken out the 2023 ARIA for Best Country Album, the CMAA Golden Guitar for Alt-Country Album of the Year and 2024 Country Album of the year at the AIR Awards, Fanny is a force to be reckoned with. Debuting at #1 on the Australian Album ARIA charts, being the 4th highest selling country album of 2023 and being her second album in a row to crack the ARIA global top ten. Fanny is continuing to break the rules and confirm herself as “undoubtedly the brightest new (country) star of the current era” (Capital News).
Following up her “breakthrough” album Fallow which took out the ARIA, five CMAA Golden Guitars and the AIR Country Albums, Fanny is known for her regional Country Halls Tour and has recently taken her joyous, energetic, and brilliant live show to debut in the UK to a packed Avalon Stage at Glastonbury and followed up with two hugely successful tours, including a self-produced and promoted sold out Country Halls Tour run in Scotland. Wrapping up her Hey Dawn tour which sold out shows through NZ, Ireland, UK and theatres across Australia, and “confirms Fanny as a distinctive storyteller, and an indelible personality who can win over fans in or outside of country music” (Doug Wallan, The Australian).
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