Iconic NZ Band Split Enz to Reunite for Electric Avenue 2026

The Electric Avenue 2026 lineup is here, and it’s packed with plenty to get excited about, especially since it’ll mark the first time Split Enz has performed together in 20 years — just in time for the band’s 50th anniversary.

“Australasia’s biggest party” will descend on Christchurch’s Hagley Park on Friday, February 27th, and Saturday, February 28th of next year, featuring five decades’ worth of music across one weekend. Joining Split Enz in the lineup is an electronic superstar who’s had an absolutely meteoric year in his career: Dom Dolla — who is also booked to headline Beyond the Valley and Wildlands alongside his first ever Australian stadium show this summer.

“This is the most historic booking we’ve ever made — it goes far beyond ‘just another headliner’,” notes festival director Callam Mitchell. “It’s going to be a cultural landmark event of epic proportions.”

 

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Electric Avenue will play host to plenty of local talent across the entire weekend, including Rolling Stone Aotearoa Award nominees L.A.B and NO CIGAR, reggae rockers Corrella, pop rock favourites Drax Project, Flight of the Conchords icon Bret McKenzie, bedroom pop star Fazerdaze, and the up-and-coming Frankie Venter and Mim Jensen.

Indie pop duo Royel Otis, festival circuit favourites Ocean Alley, and electronic party starters Pendulum and Peking Duk will cross the Tasman to play Electric Avenue next year.

And from further afield, the festival has booked the likes of pop icon Kesha, dance music royalty Basement Jaxx, and the genre-bending Sudan Archives.

Check out the full lineup below.

Tickets to Electric Avenue 2026 go on sale to the general public on Friday, September 12th at 12pm local time. The One NZ customers pre-sale begins on Tuesday, September 9th at 12pm local time, while the Electric Avenue pre-sale begins on Wednesday, September 10th at 12pm local time.

Electric Avenue 27 February – 28 February 2026 Hagley Park, Christchurch

Split Enz

Becky Hill

Sammy Virji

Basement Jaxx Live

The Streets L.A.B

Disco Lines

Supergroove

Maverick Sabre

Leisure

Obongjayar

Drax Project

Sudan Archives

Corrella

Frank Booker

Bret McKenzie & the State Highway Wonders

Dick Johnson & Ribera

Frankie Venter

Mim Jensen

Tim Phin

Suune

Pool House

Kennedy

Dream.R

Dom Dolla

Pendulum Live

Kesha

Ocean Alley

Royel Otis

Leftfield

Peking Duk

Röyksopp DJ Set

Kora

Jalen Ngonda

Don West

Fazerdaze

Dub FX & Tiki Taane

NO CIGAR

Flamingo Pier DJ Set

Sin & Brook

Greg Churchill

Pirapus

There’s a Tuesday

Isaac Chambers & Dub Princess

Danica Bryant

Goodwill

Ryan Salt

Pyre & Aragorn

Two Minds

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