Ocean Alley at Rolling Sets 2026

Ocean Alley are playing Foreshore Park at Nobbys Beach on Saturday 5 December, as part of the Rolling Sets festival. They're headlining alongside G Flip and Violent Soho, and they'll be bringing that psychedelic rock sound they're known for to the Newcastle waterfront.

It's a big day of music. Underneath the headliners, the bill runs long: The Rions, Royel Otis, Old Mervs, Teen Jesus & the Jean Teasers, The Belair Lip Bombs, Evening Elephants, Mid Drift, Radium Dolls, Trials, Cheeky Leash, Headsend and Selve. The Cheaks are also on for the Newcastle date, and there's a Need2Freak electronic stage running alongside the main bookings.

Rolling Sets is a regional festival that mixes live music with surf, skate and beach culture. It spent four years at The Entrance on the Central Coast before making a debut in Tweed Heads last summer, and 2026 is when it expands to two waterfront locations. Festival Director Matt Wise said the move to Newcastle was driven by the event's continued growth, offering bigger capacity, more accommodation options and better transport access while keeping its coastal atmosphere. Alongside the music, the festival has grown its skate and lifestyle offering, including a dedicated athlete zone, and the Need2Freak stage gathers the electronic-focused bookings.

So, if you're after a full day of live bands by the water, that's the one. Ocean Alley at Foreshore Park, Nobbys Beach, on Saturday 5 December.