Cassian Announces Day-To-Night Australia Tour 2026

Cassian Australia 2026: Day-To-Night Tour Announced

Cassian has announced two open-air headline shows in Australia for spring 2026. The Melbourne-born, LA-based producer will play Sydney's Portugal Community Club on Saturday 31 October and Melbourne's Heide Sculpture Park on Saturday 7 November, with each event running 3pm to 10pm. Both shows are promoted by Untitled Group.

The "Day-To-Night" format is the point. These are not club shows or festival slots. Cassian is building seven-hour outdoor events around two unusual venues, with a production designed to shift from daylight to dark across a single lineup. German live act Nils Hoffmann, LA-based Mild Minds, and Australian supports Samantha Loveridge and OLIIV round out each bill.

General tickets go on sale at 12pm AEST on Friday 19 June 2026. Pre-sale opens the day before, Thursday 18 June at 12pm AEST, for anyone who has registered via Untitled Group's website.

Tour Dates

Both shows finish at 10pm. The 3pm start means you arrive in daylight and leave in the warm evening; late November in Melbourne and late October in Sydney both offer long evenings.

Tickets

Pre-sale: Thursday 18 June 2026 at 12pm AEST. Requires registration via Untitled Group's event page.

General sale: Friday 19 June 2026 at 12pm AEST.

Ticket prices have not been published at the time of announcement. Cassian's previous Australian headline shows in early 2026 sold out; expect similar demand here. The open-air format with production build-out at non-traditional venues suggests pricing will sit above a standard club show. This is speculation; confirm pricing when tickets go live.

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The Lineup

Cassian

Cassian's profile has expanded well beyond the DJ booth. He built his early reputation through releases on Afterlife, Rose Avenue, Experts Only and TSZR, with tracks like "Love Parade" (with Yotto), "A Feeling I Miss" (with Matt Ryder), and "Where I'm From" landing across the melodic house and techno circuit. "Save Me" and "On Your Own" are his most-streamed solo releases.

The production and mixing side is where the numbers get large. Cassian produced and mixed RUFUS DU SOL's Grammy Award-winning track "Alive" and has accumulated over 5 billion streams through his behind-the-scenes work across production, songwriting and mixing credits. His own artist catalogue sits above 200 million streams, with 1.5 million monthly listeners.

His most prominent recent role was as Musical Director for Anyma's "The End of Genesys" residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, a production that married electronic music with the Sphere's wraparound LED display. He appeared at Coachella 2025 alongside Anyma to debut their collaboration "Run," and has played EDC Vegas, the Miami F1 Grand Prix, Ultra Music Festival, and Tomorrowland through 2025.

The Day-To-Night shows are his first Australian headline dates since a sold-out national run earlier this year. Expect the set to draw from his artist catalogue and his production work, built around what he describes as a "brand new production" designed for these two outdoor environments.

Nils Hoffmann

Nils Hoffmann performs live rather than DJing, which changes the texture of the set considerably. The German producer has built his catalogue through Anjunadeep releases, and his live show layers melodic house and progressive textures in real time. He has played Coachella, Tomorrowland and Anjunadeep shows internationally. His presence on this bill signals the sonic direction: emotive, melodic, atmospheric.

Mild Minds

Benjamin David performs as Mild Minds. Australian-born and now LA-based, his DJ sets blend melodic house with organic textures and ambient undertones. He operates in a similar sonic space to Cassian; the pairing is musically coherent rather than a clash of styles.

Samantha Loveridge

Sydney-based Samantha Loveridge has built momentum through support slots with Keinemusik, RUFUS DU SOL and CamelPhat. She sits at the more accessible end of melodic house and has been one of the more consistent risers on the Australian electronic circuit through 2025 and 2026.

OLIIV

Sydney producer OLIIV rounds out the lineup. Earlier in the running order, expect warm, textured house sets that establish the daytime mood before the headline acts take the energy up through the evening.

The Venues

Portugal Community Club, Marrickville (Sydney, Sat 31 Oct)

This is one of Sydney's newer event venues for electronic music. The Sydney Portugal Community Club is a 34,000 square metre precinct in Marrickville's Inner West that received DA approval for major events (up to 5,000 capacity) in late 2025. The site includes an 800-seat pavilion, licensed open-air areas, bowling greens, and surrounding outdoor spaces that promoters have used for festival-style configurations.

For this show, expect the outdoor areas to be the focus; the "Day-To-Night" concept needs open sky. The club has commercial kitchens and bars on site, so food and drink facilities should be available directly.

Transport. Marrickville Station is approximately 500 metres from the venue, serviced by the T3 Bankstown Line. Bus routes along Marrickville Road also stop nearby. On-site parking is available, but for a 5,000-capacity event it will fill early. The event finishes at 10pm, which means trains and buses will still be running at close to normal Saturday-night frequency. Rideshare from Marrickville is straightforward; surge pricing at 10pm will be moderate compared to a midnight finish.

Heide Sculpture Park, Bulleen (Melbourne, Sat 7 Nov)

Heide Museum of Modern Art sits on 16 acres of heritage-listed gardens along the Yarra River floodplain in Bulleen, approximately 15 kilometres northeast of the CBD. The sculpture park has hosted electronic music events previously (including Syncopate and Interval Festival), and the grounds provide a natural amphitheatre effect surrounded by contemporary sculptures and established gardens.

This is a deliberate venue choice. The Heide grounds offer the kind of atmospheric, nature-integrated setting that suits the melodic house sound and the day-to-night format. It is a beautiful space that happens to work well for outdoor electronic events; it is not a purpose-built concert venue.

Transport. Public transport access is limited. The nearest train station is Heidelberg, and from there the 903 SmartBus runs to Heide (approximately 10 minutes). Driving is possible; limited free parking is available on site and in adjoining Banksia Park, with street parking in surrounding roads. For a Saturday event finishing at 10pm, rideshare is the practical exit strategy for most attendees. North East Link construction works are ongoing in the Bulleen area; check road conditions before driving.

What to Expect

The Format

The "Day-To-Night" concept is designed around the transition from afternoon sun to evening atmosphere. Starting at 3pm with lighter, warmer sets from the support acts, the energy and mood will build progressively through the afternoon toward Cassian's headline set, which will likely run from early evening through to the 10pm close as the light fades and the production takes over.

This format favours melodic, progressive music over peak-time club bangers. The sonic arc works because the lineup is coherent; every act on the bill operates in a similar space. There are no jarring genre shifts between sets.

Production

Cassian has described a "brand new production" for these shows. His work as Musical Director on Anyma's Sphere residency suggests a high baseline for production ambition; the Day-To-Night shows will obviously operate at a different scale, but the visual and spatial design of each venue is part of the concept. Expect integrated lighting, visual projections and staging that responds to the shift from daylight to dark.

Practical Notes

Weather. Sydney in late October averages 22 to 24 degrees during the day and 15 to 17 degrees in the evening. Melbourne in early November averages 20 to 22 degrees, dropping to 12 to 14 degrees after sunset. Both shows run from afternoon warmth into evening cool; bring a light layer.

Earplugs. Seven hours of amplified sound, even at outdoor levels, adds up. Flat-attenuation musician's earplugs are worth the $25 to $50 investment. Loop, Eargasm, or Etymotic ER20XS all reduce volume without muddying the frequency response.

Age restrictions. Both venues are 18+ for licensed events. Valid government-issued ID required at the door.

Food and drink. Portugal Community Club has on-site kitchens and bars. Heide's food and beverage setup for events is typically brought in by the promoter. In both cases, eating before you arrive is cheaper than eating on site.

Finishing time. Both shows finish at 10pm. This is a genuine advantage. Public transport will still be running. Rideshare surge pricing will be lower than a midnight or 1am close. You can get home without the logistical grind that usually accompanies late-finishing electronic events.

Context

Cassian's trajectory from Melbourne studio engineer to Grammy-winning producer and international touring artist follows a pattern that several Australian electronic acts have traced in recent years. RUFUS DU SOL, Dom Dolla, and Mall Grab have each moved from the Australian club circuit to international headline status. Cassian's path is slightly different because his behind-the-scenes production and mixing work (5 billion+ streams across credits) has been at least as significant as his artist releases. The Day-To-Night shows represent the headline-artist side of that career catching up.

The venue choices are worth noting. Portugal Community Club and Heide Sculpture Park are not standard electronic music venues. They are purpose-chosen for the concept; the natural surroundings and open-air format are part of the experience rather than incidental. This is a format that has worked internationally for artists in the melodic and progressive space, and Cassian is now applying it to his home market.

Whether two shows (rather than a broader national run) is a limitation or a deliberate scarcity play depends on demand. Given his previous Australian dates sold out, two exclusive open-air events at boutique-scale venues will likely clear their allocations quickly.

Finding Others Going

If you are heading to either of these shows solo or looking for others with similar music taste to meet at the venue, Muse matches people attending the same events based on their listening history.