Media release: Grace Petrie Announces 2026 Australia & New Zealand Tour

Announcement posted by Jameson & Co 28 Nov 2025

Firebrand UK folk-punk songwriter returns for her biggest trans-Tasman tour yet

Beloved UK protest singer Grace Petrie will return to Australia and New Zealand in March-April 2026 for an extensive run of headline shows, festival appearances and a special double-bill event with acclaimed Australian duo The Maes. The tour will see Petrie perform across Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, Sydney, Blue Mountains Music Festival, Canberra, Sunshine Coast, Adelaide, Melbourne and regional Victoria, including a soon-to-be-announced festival date.

Hailed as "a protest singer for the modern era", Grace Petrie has become a formidable voice in contemporary folk, blending razor-sharp lyricism, fierce political conviction and laugh-out-loud wit. Since first touring Australia and New Zealand in 2020, she has cultivated a passionate following drawn to her unapologetically political songwriting, queer anthems and warm, disarming stage presence.

Petrie's breakout single "Black Tie" has surpassed 1.2 million streams, becoming a global queer anthem and earning praise from MOJO, The Observer and The New Yorker. Her latest album, Build Something Better, produced by Frank Turner, debuted at #1 on the UK Folk Chart, cementing her status as one of Britain's most vital and uncompromising voices.

In Canberra, Petrie will perform at the National Folk Festival, one of the country's most celebrated folk gatherings. In Archies Creek, she joins forces with The Maes - Central Victorian sisters Maggie and Elsie Rigby - for a rare and powerful double-headline show, following their acclaimed 2025 UK tour together. Additional dates, including a major festival appearance in regional Victoria, will be announced shortly.

GRACE PETRIE BIO

Forged in the political fires of a generation of Tory rule, Grace Petrie is a protest singer for the modern era. Emerging onto the UK folk scene in 2010 with a clutch of unpolished acoustic songs, her razor-sharp lyricism and disarming performance style earned early acclaim. In 2011 The Guardian hailed her a "powerful songwriting voice", and a BBC6Music session with Tom Robinson soon followed. Support slots with Billy Bragg, Robin Ince and Josie Long helped Petrie build a devoted, genre-crossing following spanning folk, punk, queer activism and alternative comedy.

Proudly DIY, she crowdfunded her 2018 breakthrough album Queer As Folk, whose standout single Black Tie became a modern queer anthem. A heartfelt missive to her younger self, the song resonated widely, drawing glowing praise from MOJO, The Observer and The New Yorker, earning a BBC Radio 2 session with Jo Whiley, and leading to high-profile tours with Frank Turner, Hannah Gadsby and appearances on The Guilty Feminist. Black Tie continues to win new fans, surpassing 1.2 million Spotify streams.

Her latest release, Build Something Better, produced by Frank Turner, topped the UK Folk and Download charts and hit the UK Top 30, affirming Petrie as one of Britain's most vital, beloved songwriting voices.

More info: gracepetrie.com

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TOUR DATES & LINKS:

BLUE MOUNTAINS
March 13 & 14
Blue Mountains Music Festival

bmff.org.au

WELLINGTON

Tuesday, March 17

San Fran, 170 Cuba St, Wellington

Tickets via Moshtix | sanfran.co.nz

CHRISTCHURCH

Wednesday, March 18

A Rolling Stone, 579 Colombo St, Christchurch Central City