Lōemis Festival 2026: 4 Unmissable Shows
Wellington’s Lōemis is a mid-winter city music festival that deserves to be on your radar. Here are 4 highlights from this month’s programme.
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Over the last 15 years, there has been a rise in interest in mid-winter city music festivals across Australia and Aotearoa.
Lōemis, an 11-year-old festival held in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, is one that deserves to be on your radar.
Between June 9th-21st, they’re hosting close to 30 events, an expansive and invigorating mix of music, film, food, dance workshops, art shows, and surreal public processions.
On the music front, Lōemis offers a dazzling array of international post-punk, psychedelic rock, synth-pop, ambient, and dance acts, bands and DJs, and the festival is also presenting some sublime local exclusives.
Outside of its core concert programming, Lōemis 2026 also includes a special screening of the cult Swedish-American folk horror film Midsommar, a bustling night market, and Melbourne’s Hope Street Radio popping up at Puffin Bar for a weekend. Add in various other curiosities, and you’ve got a festival that reveals itself as a smorgasbord of multi-sensory delights.
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As the festival kicks off, check out 4 unmissable shows below.
Read our interview with the festival’s founder and artistic director, Andrew Laking, here.
Ticket information for Lōemis 2026 can be found here.
