In it for the long haul: TEG unveils new country division and festival
Kane Brown and Kacey Musgraves will lead the three-city Australian festival, the first event from Longhaul Touring
News By Hanna Ellington | 21 July 2026
Australasia’s Ticketek Entertainment Group (TEG) has saddled up to launch a new country music touring division, Longhaul Touring, and a three-city festival, the Longhaul Festival, with Kane Brown and Kacey Musgraves among the 2027 event’s first confirmed names.
The one-day Longhaul Festival will take place across three locations – Melbourne Showgrounds (cap. 60,000), Sydney Showground (45,000), and Brisbane RNA Showgrounds (40,000) – from 22-24 January 2027, respectively.
Alongside Brown and Musgraves topping the bill, the line-up also includes Charles Wesley Godwin, Margo Price, Maddox Batson,…