Sam Buckingham Announces ‘Beautiful Machine’ Australian and New Zealand Tour 2026

The talented songwriter has locked in four shows in South Australia.

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Touted by the Courier Mail as “Byron Bay's next big thing”, singer-songwriter Sam Buckingham is hitting the road for an extensive run of shows in support of her powerful new album Beautiful Machine.

Debuting at #4 on the ARIA Australian Album Charts, #3 on the Australian Physical Charts, #9 on the overall ARIA Physical Charts and #35 on the ARIA Top 50 Album Charts, Beautiful Machine is a complex yet enlightening body of work.

Buckingham wrote the album as a “love letter to herself, her body, the Earth and all of humanity,” and is excited to share these songs live, performing an intimate acoustic set before following up with a set featuring Ableton Push and live vocal looping.

The tour, which began in March, continues this month on Thursday 9 April at Tibbi Wallan Hall in Katoomba, continuing with shows in Exeter, Canberra, Dungog, Branxton, Merrijig, Arthur’s Creek, Geelong, Rye, Fitzroy and Anglesea, before Buckingham makes her way to South Australia for four shows at The Wheatsheaf on Wednesday 13 May, McLaren Vale Instititue Hall on Thursday 14 May, Mount Barker Town Hall on Friday 15 May and Angaston Town Hall on Saturday 16 May.

Buckingham then heads to Western Australia for gigs in Perth and Fremantle, before wrapping the tour in New Zealand with concerts at Hamilton and Auckland’s The Tuning Fork on Saturday 30 May.

Tickets are on sale now via sambuckingham.com.

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Byron Bay product Sam Buckingham has been releasing music for close to two decades. Over that time, she’s released several solo and collaborative EPs and four studio albums: I'm a Bird (2013), The Water (2017), Dear John (2022) and this year’s Beautiful Machine.

Her music channels Americana and folk with dashes of contemporary pop, with lyrics focusing on the complexities of modern life and the human condition.

Catch Sam Buckingham performing at The Wheatsheaf Hotel in Adelaide on Wednesday 13 May, McLaren Vale Institute Hall in McLaren Vale on Thursday 14 May, Mount Barker Town Hall in Mount Barker on Friday 15 May and Angaston Town Hall in Angaston on Saturday 16 May. Tickets on sale now via sambuckingham.com.

Sam Buckingham Beautiful Machine Australian Tour 2026

Thursday 9 April – Tibbi Wallan Hall, Katoomba, NSW

Friday 10 April – Exeter Village Hall, Exeter, NSW

Saturday 11 April – Street Theatre, Canberra, ACT

Friday 17th April – James Theatre, Dungog, NSW

Saturday 18 April – Branxton Community Hall, Branxton, NSW

Thursday 30 April – Merrijig Hall, Merrijig, VIC

Friday 1 May – Mechanics Institute Hall, Arthur’s Creek

Saturday 2 May – Geelong West Town Hall, Geelong, VIC

Friday 8 May – Rye Civic Hall, Rye, VIC

Saturday 9 May – Fitzroy Town Hall, Fitzroy, VIC

Sunday 10 May – Anglesea Memorial Hall, Anglesea, VIC

Wednesday 13 May – The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA

Thursday 14 May – McLaren Vale Institute Hall, McLaren Vale, SA

Friday 15 May – Mount Barker Town Hall, Mount Barker, SA

Saturday 16 May – Angaston Town Hall, Angaston, SA

Friday 22 May – Lyric’s Underground, Perth, WA

Saturday 23 May – The Duke, Fremantle, WA

Friday 29 May – Nivara Lounge, Hamilton, NZ

Saturday 30 May – The Tuning Fork, Auckland, NZ

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