ADELAIDE BEER & BBQ FESTIVAL GOES BACK FOR SECONDS WITH A MASSIVE SECOND LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT
Beer & BBQ Festival has gone back for seconds, hot on the heels of its first full scale lineup reveal, the festival today drops a brand new batch of brewers, food vendors, market stalls, Silent Disco DJs, and a whole lot more.
Piling even more flavour onto what is already shaping up to be Adelaide’s unmissable winter event at The Drive, Adelaide on July 10 and 11, alongside the already announce range of beer, BBQ and epic live music line up including TISM, Tropical Fuck Storm, Speed, Ratcat. The Mavis’, Party Dozen and more.
Today sees another round of brewers clocked on for the 2026 festival, with some heaps good locals alongside some stellar interstate blow-ins.
Balter Brewing arrives from the Gold Coast, the cult craft brewery cofounded by surfing legends Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Josh Kerr and Bede Durbidge, and Bells Beach Brewing, proudly independent and passionately local, taps in from Victoria’s surf coast with a fresh lineup of their finest.
Adelaide’s own Pirate Life Brewing needs no introduction to this town: one of the country’s most recognisable craft brands. Mismatch Brewing Co, nestled in the Adelaide Hills, brings champion lager pedigree, and from the stunning Eyre Peninsula, family owned Jump Ship Brewing makes the journey from Port Lincoln to pour their creative, community minded craft beers. Long Way Round, TAFE SA Campus Brewing, Yeo Haus and Tin Shed Wines round out the additions, ensuring the drinks lineup keeps getting better with every announcement.
On the food front, Melbourne BBQ institution Fancy Hank’s will make the trip to Adelaide, and it will be worth the wait. One of Australia’s most celebrated slow cooked BBQ joints, Fancy Hank’s cooks the old fashioned way: no gas, no electricity, just wood and time. Think 14hour smoked Wanderer brisket, ribs, pulled pork, and beer can chooks.
Joining them is Grunds Gourmet, bringing their beloved South Australian condiments and gourmet preserves to the stalls. Heat seekers will find their people at Old Uncle Moe’s and Chile Mojo, the cult chilli sauce and condiment specialists, while The Rub Society and Big G’s Jerky cover the smoky, spiced up end of the meat spectrum.
The market precinct gets a serious injection too. Vinyl hunters can lose themselves (and their bank accounts) with Crackle & Pop Records and Underground Records. The daredevils can book in at House of Daggers Tattoo. Custom hat specialists Hide & Horn and The Offbeat Sock Company will have your head and feet covered.
Riot City Wrestling, Adelaide’s homegrown professional wrestling powerhouse, a beloved fixture at the festival since 2006, brings the body slams, the drama, and the spectacle to The Drive. Adding to the muscle power is the SA Titans Arm Wrestling Club, who will be set up and waiting for anyone brave enough to take a seat across the table. The On The Flipside Live Art Project will be creating real-time art pieces across the weekend.
PLUS, Silent Disco, with DJ’s who’ll have you dancing like nobody else is listening include Band Banta • Connor Hudson • Disco Dave • Dojo Rise • Jazzy • Jongo Bones & The Barefoot Bandits • Leah Tait • Lola • Old Krasty • Phoebe Snow • Space Jams • Thunder Speaks • Tonix • Young Offenders
Beer & BBQ Festival
The Drive (adjacent Adelaide Oval), in the heart of Adelaide.
July 10 & 11, 2026.
That fabled wander over the footbridge isn’t just reserved for the anticipation and tears of Crows and Power fans, or dropping a small fortune on a touring pop star – it’s now the golden path to the grown-ups playground that is Beer & BBQ Festival.
WHO’S ON THE LINE-UP?
Beer & BBQ Festival has been known for its eclectic, guitar-heavy bookings for some time, but this line-up is a veritable treasure chest of the unique, sublime (and a little ridiculous).
TISM – One of Australia’s most influential bands, TISM have spent decades forging a reputation for their genre-blurring, boundary-smashing, sarcasm-wielding (and entirely anonymous) antics. Aside from a last-minute, tickets-as-rare-as-hens-teeth, pop-up gig at The Gov in 2024 before their headline festival run on the East Coast, TISM have not played a big stage in Adelaide since they set Heaven (RIP) alight in 2004. Leave your expectations at home.
Ben Kweller –Ed Sheeran is an out and proud member of the fan club; “One of my favourite records of the year from one of my favourite songwriters and artists.” Kweller’s heartbreakingly honest 2025 LP Cover The Mirrors name checks collaborators including Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman and The Flaming Lips. There’s a reason he’s spent the past few decades touring with Bright Eyes, Kings of Leon, Death Cab for Cutie, John Mayer, My Morning Jacket, The Strokes, and (the aforementioned) Ed Sheeran.
Ratcat – Does anyone care that Ratcat haven’t performed in Adelaide for over three decades? Is it worth mentioning that one of the last times they did it was at the very venue they will be performing in July, as touring support for INXS? Who cares. Ratcat are indie royalty, and That Ain’t Bad.
Tropical Fuck Storm – Art punk? Noise rock? Experimental? Whatever Tropical Fuck Storm are, Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin’s The Drones spinoff project is a force.
SPEED – If you haven’t seen a SPEED mosh pit, then that’s literally what Google was invented for. This Sydney hardcore band has forged a worldwide reputation as a live force with a flute and in the process played just about every major music festival on the planet.
Tim Rogers ‘Le Charme Defensif’ – Recent Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee Tim Rogers brings his Le Charme Defensif tour, an intimate solo show, to the Secret Pickle Saloon. This will be a moment.
Kirin J Callinan – Soliciting equal parts controversy, confusion and arousal; “If you are willing and able to be a true believer in the essential magic of existence, then attendance is compulsory”, Jack Ladder.
The Mavis’s – Rising to national prominence in the late ‘90s, The Mavis’s earned critical acclaim and multiple ARIA Award nominations, including Single of the Year and Song of the Year for their 1998 hit “Cry.” They are back in 2026, and we are here for it.
Plus Party Dozen (NSW), The Loud Hailers (NSW) feat. Christa Hughes of Machine Gun Fellation-fame, for fans of Amyl & The Sniffers – Public Figures (Vic), Canberra punk revivalists Sonic Reducer and Melbourne’s Sandy Dish. Plus introducing the absurdly brilliant Stupid Fuck The Silly Clown
And Adelaide’s finest Brad Chicken & The Bootstraps, Bromham, El Coyote, Hesh, Jon Ann, Young Offenders, Drew Akin and the debut of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Silverchair (fka I Can’t Believe It’s Not Weezer).
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