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.
Keep me updated2026Saturday 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 lineup2025Saturday 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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