DreamHack Melbourne, the three-day gaming lifestyle festival presented by ESL FACEIT Group and partner Transport Accident Commission (TAC), has announced a new headline act for the festival, with popular VTubers of hololive production hosting their first-ever Australian concert: “hololive production x DreamHack Melbourne 2024: Down Under” at this year’s festival.

Featuring talent with a combined social media following of over 10 million fans, the concert will take place in Rod Laver Arena on the evening of Saturday, 27 April 2024, and will be accessible to all DreamHack Melbourne ticket holders who hold a valid Saturday or 3-Day ticket.

For die-hard fans who want a guaranteed seat, two ticket upgrades specific to the concert will be available:

• hololive Premium Upgrade – $89 (AUD) in addition to any festival ticket (Guaranteed floor seating in prime position in front of stage for hololive concert, Ticket holders go into a raffle to win a Meet and Greet session with a talent member)
• hololive Standard Upgrade – $49 (AUD) in addition to any festival ticket (Guaranteed seat in tiered seating area for hololive concert)

hololive upgrade tickets will go on sale this Friday, 22 March 2024, at 1 pm AEDT via dreamhack.com/melbourne/tickets. All existing Saturday and 3-Day ticket holders will have access to a first-come first-serve general admission area to watch the concert without requiring an upgrade.

Talent performing at the concert include: Houshou Marine (hololive), Tokoyami Towa (hololive), Kureiji Ollie (hololive Indonesia), Pavolia Reine (hololive Indonesia), Mori Calliope (hololive English), and Hakos Baelz (hololive English).

hololive fans unable to attend in-person will still have an opportunity to purchase tickets to an online broadcast of the concert here. Online concert tickets will be available from 1 pm AEDT Friday, 22 March 2024, with price and inclusions listed below.

• “Live Streaming Ticket” (English) (Japanese) – 4,200JPY (approx $43) (+JPY 220 booking fee) (Access to live stream of the concert and access to archive VOD for 4 weeks after the concert)

Ben Green, Senior Product Manager, DreamHack, at ESL FACEIT Group, said:

“Bringing a hololive production 3D concert to Australia for the first time as part of DreamHack Melbourne is an incredible opportunity, and the first time a VTuber group has performed a concert at Rod Laver Arena. The addition of this innovative pillar of content is a way for us to provide a space for VTuber communities, as we build DreamHack Melbourne into a festival where all elements of gaming culture & lifestyle intersect.”

Fans can visit dreamhack.com/melbourne to view all confirmed content for the festival and follow DreamHack on social media via TikTok, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook for all the latest updates.