LOST PARADISE ANNOUNCES 2026 LINEUP JOHN SUMMIT, SKEPTA, KI/KI, OVERMONO ARMAND VAN HELDEN, NIA ARCHIVES EWAN MCVICAR, SAM ALFRED, ROSSI., PARTIBOI69

Twelve years, four straight sell-outs, one slice of paradise. New Year’s Eve institution Lost Paradise today unveils its 2026 lineup, taking over Glenworth Valley (Darkinjung Country) from 28 December until 1 January. Led by John Summit, Skepta, KI/KI, Overmono, Armand Van Helden, Nia Archives, Ewan McVicar, Sam Alfred, Rossi. and Partiboi69. this year’s pilgrimage spans five days of world-class music, art and culture, with a roster that continues championing the festival’s electronic DNA while never losing its underground edge.

Just an hour’s drive from Eora/Sydney, Lost Paradise exists on a simple set of principles: eco-conscious, music-centred, community-built and wellness-first. It’s a NYE ritual grown from the ground up and one of New South Wales last-remaining camping festivals – and the crowd shapes the weekend as much as the lineup does!

Chicago’s accountant-turned-tech-house titan John Summit arrives on top of the bill riding the wave of his sophomore album CTRL ESCAPE, stacked with features from The Chainsmokers, Feid, Julia Wolf and CLOVES. Lead single “LIGHTS GO OUT” swings from house groove to full drum & bass – the latest from the man behind the melodic house anthems like “Where You Are”, “Shiver” and “Go Back” that made him a main stage certainty. After a huge US stadium tour later in the year, he’ll venture into the valley for an unforgettable close to 2026.

There’s UK rap before Skepta and UK rap after him. The Boy Better Know figurehead turned 140 BPM grime into a global export with cuts like “Shutdown”, “Man” and “It Ain’t Safe”. He then kept moving through Afrobeats, drill and now house, linking with A$AP Rocky on “Praise The Lord (Da Shine)”, Wizkid on “Energy (Stay Far Away)” and Fred again.. on “Victory Lap” along the way, before launching house label Más Tiempo with Jammer. His forthcoming sixth album FORK & KNIFE arrives next; set to fuse global club rhythms with the raw reality of the immigrant journey.

KI/KI doesn’t do restraint. The Dutch producer and slash founder built her name on 303 acid lines, hard trance and a tempo that never drops on tracks like “5 Mins of Acid”, “Leave It to the Vibe” and Armin van Buuren team-up “Put Your Bassline”. Fresh off a five-hour headline show at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome, she brings the Valley something built for the hours that matter.

Welsh brothers Tom and Ed Russell make club music that hurts in a good way. Overmono built “stayinit”, “Good Lies” and “So U Kno” out of 90s rave nostalgia, chopped vocals and basslines that are to be felt, not heard. August sees their second album Pure Devotion arrive – eleven tracks made from tape, damaged speakers and re-amped drums.

A legend of house music culture for over three decades, Armand Van Helden remains one of the finest party starters of all times. Responsible for iconic chart-toppers like “You Don’t Know Me”, “My My My”, and Duck Sauce’s “Barbra Streisand”, the speed-garage pioneer enters the valley this NYE armed with a deep catalogue of dancefloor defining tracks.

Redefining modern jungle and drum & bass, Mercury Prize nominee Nia Archives blends classic 90s breakbeats with heavy sub-bass and candid indie-pop hooks. Renowned for explosive live sets and hits like “Forbidden Feelingz” and “Baianá”, the powerhouse producer and vocalist lands in the valley with breaks built to shake the treeline.

Scotland’s Ewan McVicar is all vibes and goes straight for rave intensity, from his 90 million+ streamed debut “Tell Me Something Good” right through to his latest steamer “Share The House”, while modern Australian icon Sam Alfred returns home from the world’s top stages to sling his euphoric set in the valley. Rossi. delivers minimal house and deep tech fresh off a Boiler Room debut, and Partiboi69 will serve up his ghetto house, Miami bass and trademark green-screen absurdity.

Auckland brothers Chaos In The CBD deal in jazz-infused deep house; Yuggera and Kulkalgal woman dameeeela refuses to sit in one lane, running hip-hop into club into UK garage. Malmö’s DJ Seinfeld takes the live route, all lo-fi warmth and euphoric build; Arnhem Land band Drifting Clouds fuse ancestral Songlines through modern synth and funk. Flava D channels decades of bass culture into a high-octane blend of garage soul and rolling drum & bass; Hot Dub Time Machine runs the party chronologically, taking us from the 50s smash hits to now.

Grammy-nominated Canadian Jayda G delivers soulful house with the warmth to match, while Amsterdam favourite Job Jobse drives the dancefloor with soaring house, trance and rave classics. Australian electro-pop heavyweights, The Jungle Giants serve up house-infused grooves, pulsing synths and indie-dance anthems “Heavy Hearted” and “Feel The Way I Do”. Newcastle-born, London-based Loods unleashes his signature piano house and disco. Melbourne’s Memphis LK follows with self-produced, pop-edged garage and drum & bass; Pretty Girl performs live, weaving ethereal vocals and hardware synths over warm, introspective house grooves. Lockdown bedroom producer turned Beatport chart-topper Riordan plants garage-leaning tech house back to Australia after his debut run in 2025. Leeds duo Soul Mass Transit System slam speed garage, 2-step and bassline; Tommy Holohan brings breakbeat rave heat and European techno from Dublin.

And it doesn’t stop there… with more selectors, producers and local heroes to be uncovered across the festival weekend. Find the full music lineup here.