The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo marching into Brisbane and Auckland in February 2026

Make tartan, trumpets and total spectacle your New Year resolution for 2026 as audiences are being invited to get tickets now for the once-in-a-lifetime Australian & New Zealand exclusive season of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, marching into Brisbane and Auckland in February 2026 for its 75^th anniversary spectacular. With performers from across the globe and Australia and New Zealand coming together for this historic milestone, there’s never been a more perfect way to start the year.

From 12-15 February in Brisbane and 19-21 February in Auckland, more than 30 bands and cultural groups from over 12 countries will take centre stage in the powerful new production The Heroes Who Made Us, marking the largest Tattoo ever staged anywhere in the world.

Military music and cultural roll call

Photo: The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

The international line-up reads like a military music and cultural roll call of the globe, including:

The UK Military Bands from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force;
His Majesty the King’s Guard Band and Drill Team of Norway;
The Japan Air Self-Defence Force Central Band;
His Majesty’s Armed Forces’ The Royal Corps of Musicians (Tonga);
The Combined Bands of the Australian Defence Force (Air Force, Army and Navy);
Australia’s Federation Guard;
The Queensland Police Pipe Band, Western Australian Police Pipe Band, and the Brisbane Boys’ College Pipe Band;
New Zealand Army Band.

Renowned worldwide for its stirring music, military precision, massed pipes and drums, cultural storytelling and spine-tingling finales, the season will see more than 1,100 performers descend on Queensland and Auckland, including Scottish actor Terence Rae as narrator and the sensational, crowd-favourite Top Secret Drum Corps. Alan Lane, Creative Director of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, said the 2026 cast was shaping up to be one of the most exciting in the event’s 75-year history.

Mr Lane said: “We are absolutely thrilled with the cast we’ve assembled for Australia and New Zealand. This is a truly world-class line-up that brings together the very best of music, pageantry and performance. The Tattoo has always been about celebrating culture, connection and spectacle, and to be able to share that spirit with audiences on such a scale is a real delight. We can’t wait to light up Suncorp Stadium and Eden Park with the colour, energy and precision that makes the Tattoo so iconic.”

This will be the Tattoo’s first-ever performance in both Brisbane and Auckland.