# Ben Folds: Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter returning to Australia with Ben Folds & A Piano tour **Tour Announcement** — On Your Markus **Dates:** 18 February 2026; 20 February 2026; 21 February 2026; 22 February 2026; 24 February 2026; 26 February 2026; 27 February 2026; 1 March 2026 **Venues:** Thebarton Theatre **Published:** 8 August 2025 **Author:** Markus Hamence **Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/tour-announcements/ben-folds-emmy-nominated-singer-songwriter-returning-to-australia-with-ben-folds-a-piano-tour/ --- **+ Tickets on sale Tuesday 12 August** - American artist **Ben Folds **announces return to Australia with ***Ben Folds & A Piano*** tour for **February – March 2026** - **Eight-date theatre tour **plays** Brisbane, Sydney, Thirroul, Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne, Bendigo** and **Perth** - Solo hits include ‘[Rockin’ the Suburbs](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/baf4d307/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F34u_3Z9_LUw%3Fsi%3DhMqxrEraKHcl5w_X)’, ‘[The Luckiest](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/e60468db/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FISMnfcnX6Ng%3Fsi%3Ddo4eYaZKGPm7slsV)’, ‘[You Don’t Know Me](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/055e0d0a/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FUskSU5BoyZs%3Fsi%3D7Ki4lxLxXFSmIf8c)’, ‘[Still Fighting It](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/f9b65e87/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FkqPwR39VMh0%3Fsi%3DBRbK2PCIp1gBNztu)’ and ‘[Still](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/672b7c9c/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwBQwWbQFSi4%26list%3DRDwBQwWbQFSi4%26start_radio%3D1)’. - **Ben Folds Five** hits include ‘[Brick](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/672b7c9c/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWt5EHAqhR1c)’, ‘[Army](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/1df32861/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FYr_s6-Q7f00%3Fsi%3DbU4vEKMda_FX7uHT)’, ‘[Philosophy](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/66f1d483/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fe4qpTKiRewI%3Fsi%3D-Pd5TDkKSrXtC4o1)’, ‘[Underground](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/8909eb8d/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FjqADHn7SWlA%3Fsi%3Dfn0Ks13PbWDK-bHp)’, ‘[Kate](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/8f66a2d6/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fu7K_mF-aKSY%3Fsi%3D0pAAUpN12PM2SLbt)’, ‘[Song for the Dumped](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/2e60aa87/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FXVk_e31dnlE%3Fsi%3Du1PkfwIlXaHhLBLe)’ and ‘[One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/6a7526a0/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FGwFBshjGe8I%3Fsi%3D7md5bLVOXXV9f2hn)’ - [Frontier Member](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/4c95cdd7/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontiertouring.com%2Fsignup) presale commences **Monday 11 August, 10am local time **before tickets go on sale **Tuesday 12 August, 11am local time** - Tickets and tour info via: [frontiertouring.com/benfolds](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/da7baf3e/http%3A%2F%2Ffrontiertouring.com%2Fbenfolds) ![](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/repaired/73d5b8d6-4ac3-45e3-a80b-94f14816805a/BenFolds26-1920x1080-OSD.webp) **Frontier Touring** and **Chugg Entertainment** are thrilled to welcome** **Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter and New York Times Best Selling author**, Ben Folds, **back to Australia next **February** and **March** as part of his ***Ben Folds & A Piano*** tour. The tour features an intimate live musical experience, with Folds performing past and current hits, and sharing stories from his more than three decades as a platinum-selling singer-songwriter and former frontman for **Ben Folds Five**. Ben is currently on the road weaving his way throughout the USA for the remainder of 2025 before heading to Australia early 2026. ***Ben Folds & A Piano*** tour kicks off in **Brisbane** at the **Fortitude Music Hall **on **Wednesday 18 February**, before two New South Wales shows at **Sydney’s Enmore Theatre** on** Friday 20 February **and **Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul** on **Saturday 21 February.** The tour continues at **Canberra Theatre Centre** on **Sunday 22 February,** across to **Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide** on **Tuesday 24 February**, then two Victorian shows at the **Palais Theatre, Melbourne** on **Thursday 26 February **and **Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo** on **Friday 27 February **before heading west for a final show at **Riverside Theatre, Perth** on **Sunday 1 March.** [Frontier Member](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/4c95cdd7/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontiertouring.com%2Fsignup) presale commences **Monday 11 August, 10am local time **before tickets go on sale **Tuesday 12 August, 11am local time. **Tickets via: [frontiertouring.com/benfolds](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/da7baf3e/http%3A%2F%2Ffrontiertouring.com%2Fbenfolds) Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation. For the past three decades, he’s toured as a pop artist, while also performing with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras. As a solo artist, hits include ‘[Rockin’ the Suburbs](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/baf4d307/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F34u_3Z9_LUw%3Fsi%3DhMqxrEraKHcl5w_X)’, ‘[The Luckiest](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/e60468db/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FISMnfcnX6Ng%3Fsi%3Ddo4eYaZKGPm7slsV)’, ‘[You Don’t Know Me](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/055e0d0a/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FUskSU5BoyZs%3Fsi%3D7Ki4lxLxXFSmIf8c)’, ‘[Still Fighting It](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/f9b65e87/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FkqPwR39VMh0%3Fsi%3DBRbK2PCIp1gBNztu)’, ‘[Still](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/672b7c9c/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwBQwWbQFSi4%26list%3DRDwBQwWbQFSi4%26start_radio%3D1)’ and as Ben Folds Five,** **‘[Brick](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/672b7c9c/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWt5EHAqhR1c)’, ‘[Army](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/1df32861/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FYr_s6-Q7f00%3Fsi%3DbU4vEKMda_FX7uHT)’, ‘[Philosophy](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/66f1d483/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fe4qpTKiRewI%3Fsi%3D-Pd5TDkKSrXtC4o1)’, ‘[Underground](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/8909eb8d/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FjqADHn7SWlA%3Fsi%3Dfn0Ks13PbWDK-bHp)’, ‘[Kate](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/8f66a2d6/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fu7K_mF-aKSY%3Fsi%3D0pAAUpN12PM2SLbt)’, ‘[Song for the Dumped](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/2e60aa87/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FXVk_e31dnlE%3Fsi%3Du1PkfwIlXaHhLBLe)’ and ‘[One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/6a7526a0/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FGwFBshjGe8I%3Fsi%3D7md5bLVOXXV9f2hn)’. **About Ben Folds** Ben Folds is an Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter who has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, a holiday album, and numerous collaborative records.  He currently tours as a pop artist, while also performing for over two decades with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras. Folds, who served for eight years as the first ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, stepped down from his post when Donald Trump announced his takeover of the Center. On October 25 and 26, 2024, just days before the US presidential election, Folds recorded two sold out performances with the NSO which he released as a live album in July which debuted at the top of the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts. A New York Times Best Selling author, Ben also creates new music for film, tv and theatre, with original new music he composed to be featured in an animated Peanuts special airing this summer on Apple TV.  In 2022, he launched a music education charitable initiative in his native state of North Carolina entitled “Keys For Kids,” which provides funds and keyboards to existing nonprofits that offer free or affordable piano lessons to school-age children from economically-disadvantaged households. For the past 15 years he has been an outspoken advocate for arts funding, music education and music therapy in the US as a member of Americans For The Arts and the Arts Action Fund. **BEN FOLDS** **​BEN FOLDS & A PIANO** **​AUSTRALIAN TOUR** **​FEBRUARY & MARCH 2026** **​**Presented by Frontier Touring and Chugg Entertainment --- **FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE ** **​**via **[frontiertouring.com/benfolds](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/da7baf3e/http%3A%2F%2Ffrontiertouring.com%2Fbenfolds)** **[​](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/da7baf3e/http%3A%2F%2Ffrontiertouring.com%2Fbenfolds)**Runs 12 hours from: **Monday 11 August (10am local time)** ​*or until presale allocation exhausted* **TICKETS ON SALE** **​**Begins: **Tuesday 12 August (11am local time)** --- **Wednesday 18 February** ​**The Fortitude Music Hall | Brisbane, QLD** **​**18+ ​[ticketmaster.com.au](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/5cd5cd91/https%3A%2F%2Ffrntr.co%2FBenFolds26Bne) **Friday 20 February** **​State Theatre | Sydney, NSW** **​**Lic. All Ages  ​[ticketmaster.com.au](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/7fe81867/https%3A%2F%2Ffrntr.co%2FBenFolds26Syd) **Saturday 21 February** **​Anita’s Theatre | Thirroul, NSW** **​**Lic. All Ages  ​[ticketmaster.com.au](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/cc22f2b2/https%3A%2F%2Ffrntr.co%2FBenFolds26Thrr) **Sunday 22 February** **​Canberra Theatre Centre | Canberra, NSW** **​**Lic. All Ages  ​[canberratheatrecentre.com.au](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/f6d3dee5/https%3A%2F%2Ffrntr.co%2FBenFolds26Cbr) **Tuesday 24 February** **​Thebarton Theatre | Adelaide, SA** **​**Lic. All Ages  ​[ticketmaster.com.au](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/852b42a7/https%3A%2F%2Ffrntr.co%2FBenFolds26Adl) **Thursday 26 February** **​Palais Theatre | Melbourne, VIC** **​**Lic. All Ages  ​[ticketmaster.com.au](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/ee086ad9/https%3A%2F%2Ffrntr.co%2FBenFolds26Mel) **Friday 27 February** **​Ulumbarra Theatre | Bendigo, VIC** **​**Lic. All Ages  ​[bendigoregion.com.au](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/acb9867a/https%3A%2F%2Ffrntr.co%2FBenFolds26Bnd) **Sunday 1 March** **​Riverside Theatre | Perth, WA** **​**Lic. All Ages  ​[ticketek.com.au](https://prezlymail.com/c/9c85ac1f-4999-4e0c-b889-2aaffa8ec605/9b11798e/https%3A%2F%2Ffrntr.co%2FBenFolds26Per) ![](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/repaired/d4cd6b2b-6bf1-4bd4-aeb6-18a3952d8502/BenFolds26-1080x1350-OSD.webp)