The boundary-blurring world of Joost Klein is heading to Australia. The Dutch multi-disciplinary artist has confirmed Australian dates as part of his expansive 2026 world tour, bringing his chaotic, high-energy performance style to local stages for the first time in a major headline run.
Joost has built a reputation across Europe for shows that feel closer to performance art than conventional gigs. Raw emotion collides with absurd humour, rave energy and flashes of vulnerability, creating a live experience that moves at breakneck speed. Musically, his sound darts between hip hop, hardstyle, drum and bass, gabber and hyperpop, wrapped inside a kind of euphoric “emotional party music” that turns crowds into a kinetic mass of jumping bodies.
His profile exploded internationally in 2024 when he represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024with the anthem “Europapa.” The track quickly became a cultural flashpoint, topping both the Dutch Top 40 and the Dutch Single Top 100 while introducing Joost’s surreal world to a global audience.
Since then, Joost has dominated European festival circuits, sold out headline tours across Europe and the United States, and racked up millions of streams. Tracks such as “Wachtmuziek” and the viral collaboration “Friesenjung” have helped cement him as one of Europe’s most distinctive new voices in alternative pop and electronic music.
Now Australia enters the picture. The upcoming tour marks the next stage of Joost’s global expansion, with performances across Australia and New Zealand forming a key part of a wider world run spanning the Americas, Europe and beyond. The shows arrive during a landmark year for the artist, which also includes a historic appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, making him the first Dutch-language artist to perform there.
Go HERE for Australian ticketing information, go HERE for New Zealand.
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