The rumour mill never fails, CORE is expanding into Australia and will blow Melbourne away on Saturday, November 28, 2026.
While the details are skinny at the moment they're hinting at the festival to be in a "natural, enchanting setting". Ticket and line-up are still a few months away though with promoters promising early 2026 for the full details.
The Melbourne leg will be part of a three world stops for CORE in 2026, including its original home of Medellín on February 20 and 21, 2026 and Los Angeles on May 2 and 3.
Noticably the festival is hitting the northern hemisphere in there summer and running for two days, opposed to just one in Melbourne.
“We are thrilled to bring the iconic CORE stage to Australia. As one of the signature experiences of Tomorrowland, CORE represents the essence of our music, art, and stage design," spokesperson for the festival Debby Wilmsen says.
Stay tuned for more details, we'll swing them your way as soon as we get them and to pre-register for tickets head over here.
Earlier:
After a TikTok video posted by the account @mofftits hit the For You page on Saturday 26 July, 2025, fans began to speculate that Australia was officially on the Tomorrowland lineup for next year.
The now-viral video (which has raked up over 2.4 million views) showed a 2026 location map at the CORE stage in Belgium, with Melbourne—November 2026 clearly listed among other global dates like CORE Medellín (February 2026), Tomorrowland Winter in France (March 2026), CORE Los Angeles (May 2026), Tomorrowland Belgium (July 2026) and Tomorrowland Brasil (October 2026).
@mofftits Spotted at Core stage Tomorrowland Belgium W2 �� #tomorrowland #australia #2026 ♬ original sound - moff
So Is Tomorrowland actually coming to Australia? Kind of—Tomorrowland is a massive multi-stage festival which isn’t exactly coming to Australia, but its spin-off CORE does seem to be on the cards according to the mysterious 2026 map.
The CORE stage is one of Tomorrowland’s most iconic EDM arenas, which was first unveiled in 2017 and has since evolved into its own touring experience, boasting mind-melting visuals and a heavy-hitting roster of house and techno royalty like Disclosure, Antdot, Bicep, KETTAMA, Diplo and Mura Masa.
While Tomorrowland HQ hasn’t dropped an official statement (and their socials are keeping suspiciously quiet about the news), the poster is quite convincing in itself that CORE is making an appearance in Melbourne next November.
Image credit: Tomorrowland | Website