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21 July 2026 – Push Over Returns For Forty Years Of Australian Noise
By Editorial Team - July 21, 2026
Summary
Australia’s youth-music organisation The Push will celebrate its fortieth anniversary by reviving Push Over for a one-day event at Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens in November.
Key Facts
- The Push revives the historic Push Over festival for its 40th anniversary.
- The one-day event will take place in Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens in November.
- The lineup features 90s/00s rock legends alongside guest acts like Alex Lahey.
- Entities: The Push, Push Over, Royal Botanic Gardens, Bodyjar, Frenzal Rhomb, Killing Heidi, Magic Dirt, Regurgitator, Alex Lahey, Alice Ivy, Baker Boy, Ruby Fields, Teenage Joans
- Tags: the-push, push-over, festival, australian-music, melbourne, punk-rock
Australia’s youth-music organisation The Push will celebrate its fortieth anniversary by reviving Push Over for a one-day event at Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens in November. Bodyjar, Frenzal Rhomb, Killing Heidi, Magic Dirt and Regurgitator will revisit the spirit of an all-ages festival that helped define formative live-music experiences throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
Each headline act will be joined by a special guest connected to The Push, with names including Alex Lahey, Alice Ivy, Baker Boy, Ruby Fields and members of Teenage Joans involved.
The event is more than a nostalgia package with improved catering. Push Over originally gave young audiences, developing musicians and future industry workers a place to participate before they were legally old enough to stand near a venue bar. Its return celebrates both the bands that grew through that system and the continuing importance of creating genuine entry points for the next generation.