A SOLD-OUT NATIONAL TOUR AND HIT ALBUM FUEL AN ENCORE: KATE CEBERANO’S 2026 AUSTRALIAN MADE TOUR
32 Australian dates across five states and a UK show to kick off in August 2026
Following the sold-out success of her 2025 Kate Ceberano – Australian Made Tour and the chart impact of its live album, Kate Ceberano returns in 2026 with a bold Encore run – recharged, reimagined and moving firmly forward.
The 2026 Kate Ceberano – Australian Made Encore Tour delivers a refreshed setlist featuring new additions, expanded arrangements and deeper storytelling, showcasing an artist in full creative flight.
“Last year was an unexpected runaway success,” Ceberano says. “It ended up being the biggest rock move of my career. Coming back to do it again, and push it further, felt irresistible.”
Spanning 31 dates across the UK and Australia, launching in London on 8 August in her first UK performance in over two decades, the tour celebrates Australian music through a modern lens, blending iconic anthems with fresh reinterpretations and a fresh energy each night.
Ceberano’s electric delivery of deeply personal stories from behind-the-scenes in the Australian music industry offer concert goers a deep dive into her 40-plus years on the road. Unceasingly candid and unfailingly generous with otherwise unheard tales featuring some of Australia’s most lauded musical icons, the artist is a true troubadour. Her powers of storytelling are only matched by her indomitable musical talent as Ceberano goes from pianist to drummer to oracle and back again in the sweep of a single song.
Joined again by multi-intrumentalist Kathleen Halloran along with blues-rock powerhouse Dusty Lee Stephensen, Ceberano delivers reworked classics from her own catalogue and fellow Australian legends – all infused with her unmistakable energy and emotional punch.
“It’s the same engine, but a different gear,” Ceberano says. “The setlist’s been reworked, stretched and opened up. More stories. More risk. More Australian classics, old and new, and more room to live inside the songs.”
Entering 2026 creatively energised and tour-fit, Ceberano sees the 2026 Kate Ceberano – Australian Made Encore Tour as a statement of momentum rather than reflection. On turning 60 in the final week of the 2026 Tour the artist says “Turning 60 isn’t the headline – the work is. I feel strong, empowered and creatively fired up. Being on stage, meeting audiences, feeling that connection… that’s what drives this tour forward.”
First launched as part of the legendary Australian Made Tour of 1986-87 alongside INXS, Jimmy Barnes and Divinyls, the concept now returns four decades later with a deeply personal edge, celebrating Australia’s musical legacy while continuing to evolve it.
Across the Encore run, audiences can expect powerful performances, new musical moments, candid road stories and the raw, unfiltered joy of live connection, proving that Ceberano’s creative momentum is stronger than ever.
Tickets for the 2026 Australian Made tour are on-sale now at www.kateceberano.com
2026 Australian Made Tour Dates
AUGUST
Saturday 08 The Garage, London, UK
SEPTEMBER
Friday 04 Astor Theatre, Perth WA
Saturday 05 Boardwalk Theatre, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, WA
Sunday 06 Heart, Margaret River, WA
Friday 11 MECC, Mackay, Qld
Saturday 12 GECC Theatre, Gladstone, Qld
Sunday 13 Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton, Qld
Friday 25 CPAC, Cairns, Qld
Saturday 26 The Warehouse, Townsville, Qld
Sunday 27 Burdekin Theatre, Ayr, Qld
OCTOBER
Friday 02 Civic Centre, Orange, NSW
Saturday 03 TRECC Town Hall, Tamworth, NSW
Sunday 04 The Art House Theatre, Wyong, NSW
Friday 09 Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul, NSW
Saturday 10 The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre, ACT
Sunday 11 Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, NSW
Saturday 17 Toronto Hotel, Toronto, NSW
Sunday 18 The Regent, Richmond, VIC
Friday 23 Hamer Hall, Melbourne, Vic
Saturday 24 Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo, Vic
Sunday 25 – Rock the Boat
Friday 30 West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Vic
October 31 Costa Hall, Geelong, Vic
NOVEMBER
Sunday 01 Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool, Vic
Thursday 05 Northern Festival Centre, Port Pirie, SA
Friday 06 Chaffey Theatre, Renmark, SA
Saturday 07 Her Majesty’s, Adelaide, SA
Friday 13 Twin Towns, Tweed Heads, NSW
Sat 14 QPAC Brisbane, QldSun 15 The Events Centre, Caloundra, Qld
Thursday 19 Her Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat, Vic
Friday 20 Riverlinks Eastbank, Shepparton, Vic
BIOGRAPHY:
Kate Ceberano has forged a unique presence among the true legends of Australian music in a career spanning five decades: a commanding personality, an electrifying performer and a peerless voice that defies time, fashion and genre.
Across five decades Kate’s notched up 31 albums, 15 of them Top 10 albums, certified with 13 Platinum awards and 9 Gold, 18 Top 40 singles, 3 Countdown awards, 5 ARIA awards from 22 nominations (9 for Best Female Artist) and over 6000 live performances only begin to attest to her unassailable impact on the Australian stage.
In 2025, Kate’s sold-out 21-date Australian Made Tour built on the momentum of two previous sold out national tours — the epic orchestral My Life Is A Symphony in 2023, Superstars Live with Jon Stevens in 2024 — to celebrate her own platinum catalogue alongside classic Australian songs that helped shape and inspire her extraordinary career.
In turn, her concert album Australian Made Live! documented that extraordinary triumph over 28 tracks in August 2025, notching up her ARIA 15th Top 10 album in the process.
It was the original Australian Made tour of 1987 with INXS, Jimmy Barnes, Divinyls, Models and more that first brought Kate’s jaw-dropping voice to national attention on the heels of Bear Witness, the platinum debut by her early band I’m Talking (Rolling Stone’s Top 200 Australian Albums Of All Time).
Her vast legacy includes a record-breaking run with John Farnham in Jesus Christ Superstar, a 3 x platinum solo pop debut, Brave, a platinum jazz album, You’ve Always Got The Blues, her 2014 induction into the Australian Songwriters’ Hall of Fame and countless triumphs spanning jazz, pop, rock and beyond. Recent years have brought new acclaim as a painter and a memoir titled UNSUNG: A Compendium of Creativity.
Kate finished touring the nation with Jimmy Barnes’ massive 40th Anniversary Working Class Man tour, alongside fellow Australian rock legends Icehouse and Ian Moss in March 2026.
Singer, songwriter, author, artist and spokeswoman for generations of self-empowered artists defining their own ground on their own terms, Kate is a force of nature, Australian entertainment royalty and a bona fide national treasure.
THE STATS:
31ALBUMS
22 ARIA NOMINATIONS
15 x TOP 10 ALBUMS
8 x TOP 40 SINGLES
5 x ARIA AWARDS
9 X BEST FEMALE ARTIST NOMINATIONS
3 X COUNTDOWN AWARDS
13 x PLATINUM ALBUMS
9 x GOLD ALBUMS
AUSTRALIAN SONGWRITERS’ ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME (First woman)
TOP 10 ALBUMS ACROSS 5 CONSECUTIVE DECADES (joining AC/DC, Midnight Oil, Kylie Minogue)
6000 + LIVE PERFORMANCES
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