Lighthouse Festival · Since 2016

Ten years on the headland.

Every Lighthouse Festival so far, from the first Lighthouse Folk Festival in 2016 to our tenth year in 2026. One stage at Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve, a national headliner, and the best of the Central Coast alongside them.

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2026Saturday 7 November 2026

Ziggy Alberts

With Winterbourne, Joel Leggett, Elaskia, Jess Minda, Summer Healey and Abbi Yeo.

Our tenth year on the headland.

The 2026 lineup

2025Saturday 15 November 2025

The Teskey Brothers

With Felipe Baldomir, Azure Ryder, Jack Willis and Georgie Lyons, Ally Palmer, Of the Wild and Chloe Gill.

2024Saturday 9 November 2024

Xavier Rudd

With Kyle Lionhart, Dusty Boots, Little Green, Lemon Joe and Tashmeen.

Xavier’s second Lighthouse, five years after his first.

2023Saturday 11 March 2023

Pete Murray

With Pierce Brothers, Garrett Kato, Darren Middleton, D’Arcy Spiller, David McCredie, Jye Sharp and Bree Rusev.

2022Saturday 12 November 2022

John Butler

With Jack Botts, Austin Mackay, Elaskia, The Sea Gypsies, Bree Rusev and Lachlan Edwards.

2021Held Saturday 29 January 2022

Missy Higgins

With Molly Millington, Sam Windley, Elaskia, The Business Lounge and Bryce Hutchinson.

The 2021 festival. The original 2021 date was cancelled because of COVID.

2020

No festival

Lighthouse didn’t go ahead in 2020 because of COVID.

2019Saturday 16 November 2019

Xavier Rudd

With Mama Kin Spender, The Sea Gypsies, Miniq, Tiali Eliza, Jye Sharp and Nick Saxon.

2018

No festival

We took a year off to work out how to do this properly. We came back in 2019 with Xavier Rudd.

2017Saturday 18 November 2017

Mark Seymour & The Undertow

With Busby Marou, All Our Exes Live In Texas, Fraser A Gorman, Karl S Williams, Eagle & The Wolf, Mañana and Little Quirks.

The second Lighthouse Folk Festival.

2016Saturday 19 November 2016

Paul Kelly

With The Sea Gypsies and Winterbourne among the supports.

Where it started: the first Lighthouse Folk Festival.

Photos and posters.

We’re pulling together photographs and the original posters from each year. They’ll be added to this page as they’re ready. If you have a great shot from a past Lighthouse, we’d love to see it.

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