DINGO 2026

Various Venues - Bangalow & Byron

DINGO 2026

DINGO 2026

Various Venues - Bangalow & Byron, 8/10 Station Street, 2479 Bangalow Directions

Thu 08.10.2026 12:00

Tickets / Registration

DINGO is coming to the Northern Rivers, with Bangalow and Byron Bay set to host the inaugural DINGO Music & Arts Festival across four days from 8–11 October 2026.Anchored in jazz and programmed through a contemporary lens, DINGO brings together internationally acclaimed musicians, leftfield selectors, performance artists, chefs and thinkers for four days of performances, conversations and shared experiences. Unfolding across Bangalow’s halls, galleries, record stores and public spaces, the festival invites audiences to move through the town at their own pace, discovering unexpected encounters where music, art and community intersect.

First artists announced: KOKOROKO • HIATUS KAIYOTE • MISS KANINNAANDRAS • ALBRECHT LA'BROOY • BARNEY MCALL: NON COMPLIANCE TRIO • BENJAMIN WALSH QUARTET • CAZEAUX O.S.L.O • COCO MARIA (MX) • CLEVER AUSTIN • D.D. MIRAGE • DAVID VERSACE • DON GLORI • EDD FISHER • EMOM: NORTHERN RIVERS • FREE JAZZ CHURCH • FLO RECORDS • FINN REES • GOOD MORNING TAPES • HARRY JAMES ANGUS' SUNDAY GOSPEL • HELEN FRANZMANN & NICK HUGGINS • HORATIO LUNA • KOOL BREEZE & THE TREES • LAKE KELLY • LA SAPE RECORDS • MANGROVE SYMPOSIUM • MIKE GURRIERI • MR RHODES MUSICAL BONANZA • NAI PALM • QING MIBILAHM RICH MEDINA (US) • STEVE SPACEK • TRALALABLIP • THE LIFE OF TIME • UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE YL HOOI • ZAC STARS+ MORE TBAPLUS: ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION SERIES • ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AUTHORITY • HOT MESS CLUB • SOUND INSTALLATIONS • WORKSHOPS • THE SMALLEST JAZZ CLUB IN THE WORLD**Friday + Saturday single day tix on sale from August 3rd** This festival takes place on the lands of the Bundjalung Nation - we pay our respects and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be

Performers

  • Barney McAll
    Barney McAll
    For Bookings : extracelestialarts.arts@gmail.com
  • Miss Kaninna
    Miss Kaninna

    Miss Kaninna is a First Nations artist whose music, voice, and presence have positioned her as one of the most compelling figures in so-called Australian music today. Hailing from Bruny Island, Tasmania, and of Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Kalkadoon, and Yirendali heritage, she made history in 2024 with her debut single Blak Britney, earning three ARIA nominations and becoming the first independent Aboriginal woman nominated for an ARIA for a debut single. The track hit #1 on triple j, featured in Netflix’s Heartbreak High, and was recognised by Rolling Stone as one of the Best Australian & NZ Songs of the 21st Century. Her debut EP KANINNA received critical acclaim, an ARIA nomination for Best Hip-Hop Release, and major wins at the 2025 AIR Awards. Renowned for ferocious, genre-defying live performances, Miss Kaninna has toured internationally, supported artists including M.I.A and Stormzy, and continues to use her platform in service of culture, community, and change.

  • Hiatus Kaiyote
    Hiatus Kaiyote
    Melbourne-based, worldwide-beloved, genre-fluid Hiatus Kaiyote returns in 2024 with their new album Love Heart Cheat Code. Naomi “Nai Palm” Saalfield (guitar, vocals), Paul Bender (bass), Simon Mavin (keyboards), and Perrin Moss (drums) debuted in 2012 with LP Tawk Tomahawk, making fans of Erykah Badu, Questlove, and Prince, and embraced by tastemakers like Gilles Peterson and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Their first R&B Grammy nomination, for “Nakamarra,” was followed by another for “Breathing Underwater,” from their second LP, 2015’s Choose Your Weapon and a third for their 2021 album Mood Valiant for Best Progressive R&B Album. They’ve been sampled on songs by The Carters (Beyonce & Jay-Z), Kendrick Lamar, Anderson .Paak, Chance The Rapper, and Drake, with whom Nai Palm collaborated on his Scorpion album. For a band that made a name for itself with its complexity and received critical praise and garnered fans from around the globe for their embrace of maximalism, one of the most striking things about their upcoming album Love Heart Cheat Code is its simplicity. “I complicate fucking everything,” Nai laughs. “But the more you go through things in life, you become more relaxed and uninhibited. Sometimes you can still have depth and reach people and really stop dancing around the fact: What do you want to communicate to people? And I feel like this album is a result of that clarity for us.”
  • Nai Palm
    Nai Palm

    NAI PALM

    Songwriter, vocalist and guitarist from Hiatus Kaiyote. A sonic seer, based in Melbourne, Australia.

  • Kokoroko
    Kokoroko

    KOKOROKO

    BIT24

  • Clever Austin