
Across three decades, HARBOURLIFE has remained one of Sydney's defining summer events. Returning to Fleet Steps at Mrs Macquarie's Chair on Saturday 21 November, the 2026 edition arrives with a new visual identity, a bigger and better sound than ever before and a lineup spanning global house icons and the names shaping dancefloors right now. Framed by Sydney Harbour from day into night, Harbourlife continues to occupy a lane of its own: world-class electronic music in one of the world's most iconic settings.
STARRING (A-Z)
- HONEY DIJON (USA)
- MAX DEAN (UK) B2B LUKE DEAN (UK)
- PLUS (A-Z)
- BEN STERLING (UK) B2B OMAR+ (UK)
- HONEYLUV (USA)
- JORDAN BRANDO (AUS)
- MORGAN SEATREE (UK)
- PLUS (A-Z)
- BELLA BACKE (AUS)
- SAMANTHA LOVERIDGE (AUS)
Raised on the south side of Chicago during the birth of house music, HONEY DIJON has spent three decades building something that goes well beyond the booth. Her sets move between house, disco and euphoria with a fluency that only comes from truly living it. Riding high on the release of her new album The Nightlife, featuring an incredible cast of collaborators including Chlöe, Mahalia and Greentea Peng, she arrives at Harbourlife at the peak of her powers.
Fresh off their Coachella debut together at the Yuma Tent, London cousins MAX DEAN and LUKE DEAN bring one of the most exciting b2b sets in the game to Harbourlife. Their joint single Can't Decide has clocked 63 million Spotify streams and spent nine weeks in the UK Top 40. They have been in each other's ears their whole lives and it shows.
Already collaborators on this year's Out of My Mind, BEN STERLING and OMAR+ arrive with a chemistry already road-tested. Sterling's raw acid-flecked house production wrapped around Omar+'s RnB-inflected vocals is a combination that hits differently in a booth than it does on record.
Named BBC Radio 1 Future Star of 2023, HONEYLUV has built her reputation on sets that move between bass-heavy house, baile funk, garage and spoken word with a restless, room-reading instinct that is entirely her own. Fresh from releasing Don't Stop with Grammy-winning Muni Long, she is an artist crossing into new territory without losing what made her special in the first place.
Rooted in club culture and years of long sets across Australia and Europe, JORDAN BRANDO's releases on Life and Death and No Art have made him one of Melbourne's most respected exports. And for the final name of Harbourlife’s international contingent, Manchester's MORGAN SEATREE is on one of the sharpest upward trajectories in UK house music right now, his single Beat Is Jumping one of the most played tracks on dancefloors so far this year.
Rounding out the bill, BELLA BACKE and SAMANTHA LOVERIDGE represent the sharp end of Sydney talent, two artists who have been steadily building their reputations on Australian dancefloors.
Alongside the 2026 lineup comes Harbourlife's first full rebrand in more than two decades, introducing a refined new visual identity and major upgrades to sound across the site. Inspired by the energy and atmosphere of Sydney Harbour itself, the new look marks a new chapter for one of Australia's most iconic open-air dance events. Summer starts with us.
Tickets on sale now at Moshtix.
EVENT DETAILS
Fleet Steps, Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, Sydney
Saturday 21 November 2026 | 2pm - 10pm
fuzzy.com.au/events/harbourlife
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