The Wiggly Big Day Out Tour was The Wiggles' annual end-of-year arena tour of Australia from November to December 2023.
Press Release[1][]
The world’s most popular children’s entertainment group, The Wiggles! Are bringing their ARIA award winning live show back for their annual arena tour as they embark on their biggest & brightest show yet!
Get ready for a carnival of fun in a day filled with music, dancing and laughter in this extraordinary live show, guaranteed to bring joy to audiences across the country, leaving the whole family with smiles from ear-to-ear!
Expect an unforgettable experience in the thrill of seeing The Wiggles perform all their hits including Rock-A-Bye Your Bear, Hot Potato & Fruit Salad plus new favourites like Getting Strong, and Hey Tsehay!
With double The Wiggles, it’s double the fun! As Anthony, Tsehay, Lachy, Simon, Lucia, Evie, John & Caterina take to the stage for this all singing, all dancing stage show spectacular! Plus, The Wiggles will be joined on stage by all their Wiggly friends, Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus, Captain Feathersword and Shirley Shawn the Unicorn!
In true Wiggles tradition, our annual arena spectacular wouldn't be complete without a special appearance from the man in red from the North Pole!
Tour Dates and Venues[1][]
- November 4-5 - Canberra, ACT Canberra Theatre Centre
- November 11 - Hobart, TAS MyState Bank Arena
- November 18-19 - Perth, WA RAC Arena
- November 25 - Adelaide, SA Adelaide Entertainment Centre
- December 2-3 - Melbourne, VIC Rod Laver Arena
- December 5 - Cairns, QLD Cairns Performing Arts Centre
- December 6 - Townsville, QLD Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre
- December 7 - Mackay, QLD Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre
- December 9 - Brisbane, QLD Brisbane Entertainment Centre
- December 13 - Newcastle, NSW Newcastle Entertainment Centre
- December 15 - Wollongong, NSW WIN Entertainment Centre
- December 16 - Sydney, NSW Qudos Bank Arena (recorded)
- December 23 - Darling Harbour, NSW ICC Theatre
Setlist[]
Note: The setlist was mixed and varied between each show.
- Hello, We're The Wiggles
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
- The Fairy Dance (Instrumental) (Melbourne show onward)
- Lachy!/Hello, Hello, Welcome to the Lachy Wiggle Show
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) (some shows)
- Henry's Christmas Merengue
- Jingle Bells
- I'll Tell Me Ma (Adelaide show only)
- If You're Happy and You Know It
- Five Fingered Family
- I'm John, I'm Strong!
- Dorothy (Would You Like To Dance?)
- Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes Round and Round (Sydney show only)
- Simon Says
- Caterina's Red Machina/Hey Tsehay!/My Name Is Lucia/Her Name's Evie
- Bouncing Balls
- Hot Potato
- Fruit Salad
- Baby Shark (featuring Baby Shark & Pinkfong)
- Goodbye Bubbles! (some shows)
- Dressing Up (Newcastle show onward)
- Zorba's Dance (Melbourne show only)
- Eagle Rock (Hobart & Melbourne shows)
- Do the Skeleton Scat!
- Wags The Dog, He Likes To Tango
- Say the Dance, Do the Dance
- Apples & Bananas (all shows except Sydney)
- Dancing In The Sand (Canberra show only)
- Bok the Dancing Puppet
- Shirley Shawn the Unicorn
- Silent Night (Canberra to Mackay)
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Brisbane show onward)
- Rattlin' Bog
- Do the Propeller!
- Let's Have A Party (Instrumental)
Tour Personnel[]
Performers[]
The Wiggles[]
- Anthony Field - Guitar, Banjo, Drums, Mandolin, Vocals
- Tsehay Hawkins - Vocals
- Simon Pryce - Vocals
- Lachlan Gillespie - Vocals, Keyboard
- Caterina Mete - Vocals
- John Pearce - Vocals, Guitar, Drums
- Lucia Field - Vocals, Drums
- Evie Ferris - Vocals (all shows except Newcastle)
Cast[]
- Paul Paddick - Captain Feathersword, Backing Vocals
- Zane Powell - Dancer, Wags the Dog, Santa Claus, Bok the Hand Puppet, The Tree of Wisdom
- Stephanie Field - Dancer, Dorothy the Dinosaur, Shirley Shawn the Unicorn, Bubbles the Mermaid
- Julia Lanzetti - Dancer, Henry the Octopus
- Dominic Field - Dancer, The Tree of Wisdom (Melbourne show onward)
Musicians[]
- Nikos Filippatos - Bouzouki, Drums, Keyboard on "Bouncing Balls" (all shows except Hobart)
- Toby Baldwin - Bass (all shows except Adelaide)
- Aaron Schembri - Guitar (Hobart & Melbourne shows only)
- Alex Keller - Bass (Adelaide show only)
- Jeff Fatt - Keyboards (Darling Harbour show only)
Special Guests[]
- Lenny Pearce (Melbourne show)
- David Koch (Sydney show)
- Thomas Burgess (Sydney show)
- Alex Johnston (Darling Harbour show)
- Damien Cook (Darling Harbour show)
- Tyson Pedro (Darling Harbour show)
Crew[]
- Luke Field
- Callum Hendry-Hodsdon
- Matthew Lanzetti
- Kimberley Stapylton
- Michael King (Adelaide show onward)
- Nick Webb (Sydney show onward)
Trivia[]
- Despite never actually being used, the Big Red Car appeared on stage sporadically from the Hobart show onwards.
- The L plates have also been removed.
- During the Hobart show, there was a minute of silence held in honour of Remembrance Day.
- During the Perth and Melbourne shows, Tsehay wore the Taiwanese short-sleeved skivvy seen prior during the 2000s due to the arenas being especially hot. This marks the first time the 2003 Taiwanese short sleeved skivvy's been seen since before the Taiwanese Wiggles got a 2nd lineup in 2005.
- Anthony wore his sequined skivvy during the Melbourne show.
- This is the second time where a song ("Baby Shark") was performed again at the end of the show. The first was the Wake Up Jeff! Tour, where "Nya Nya Nya" was performed twice.
- Greg Truman was seen in the audience during the Canberra show.
- Evie was absent in the Newcastle show due to commitments with the Australian Ballet.
- Jeff appeared in the Darling Harbour show as a guest musician.
- Wiggly Big Day Out is this concert but filmed on video.