Australian Grand Prix organisers have introduced the headline acts who’ll carry out on the Lakeside Pageant over the 2026 race weekend.
With Components 1’s season-opening race underneath a month away, organisers of the 2026 Australian Grand Prix have introduced the three headline acts who’ll carry out on the occasion on March 5-8.
Headline acts at Albert Park have been getting larger lately and this yr, the circuit welcomes Rita Ora, Duke Dumont and Basement Jaxx to headline the Lakeside Pageant, which is free for race weekend ticket holders to attend.
The Australian Grand Prix is among the best-attended races on the Components 1 calendar, with over 450,000 followers packing into Albert Park over 4 days of wall-to-wall racing motion. The occasion advantages from an expansive help schedule with classes on monitor together with Components 2, Components 3, Porsche Carrera Cup and Supercars. The total on-track timetable was introduced final week and may be present in our Trackside put up.
Basement Jaxx Headline Friday Night time
Grammy Award winners Basement Jaxx will get the celebration began on Friday March 6 on the 2026 Australian Grand Prix with a DJ set that includes a number of the British digital duo’s largest tracks, like Crimson Alert, The place’s Your Head At and Good Luck. They’ll be joined by Australian DJ dameeeela.
Rita Ora Performs Put up Qualifying
Rita Ora headlines proceedings after qualifying at Albert Park on Saturday March 7. The British singer-songwriter will deliver her hits – together with Anyplace, Let You Love Me and Praising You – to Melbourne. Iconic Australian digital band Rogue Merchants shall be warming up the group forward of Rita Ora’s headline efficiency.
Duke Dumont Closes Out the Melbourne Weekend
Duke Dumont completes an all-British line-up of headline acts for the 2026 Australian Grand Prix, headlining after the race on Sunday March 8. The DJ is understood for hits Want U, I Bought U and Gained’t Look Again. Multi-platinum Melbourne duo SHOUSE will present help on Sunday night, performing their Collective Ecstasy reside present with over a dozen vocalists.
2026 Australian Grand Prix Tickets in Excessive Demand
Most ticket classes – together with park passes, grandstand seats and premium ticket packages – are already bought out for the 2026 Australian Grand Prix. Attendance on the occasion has grown lately, from 324,000 on the final pre-pandemic race weekend in 2019 to over 465,000 in 2025. The Australian Grand Prix has been the second-best attended race weekend in the entire final 4 seasons, behind solely the British Grand Prix, which welcomed 500,000 followers over 4 days in 2025.
Study extra about attending Albert Park in our in depth Australian Grand Prix journey information.
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