The 2026 Belt Up Regional Football Festival is heading back to Albany.
The annual regional football celebration will run from 11-16 May and will see two New Balance NPL WA fixtures and several school clinics, workshops and other activations.
This will be the third year the event has been held in the Great Southern region, following visits in 2020 and 2023.
The two top-flight matches will be played on Saturday 16 May at Retravision Stadium in Albany:
2pm: New Balance NPL WA Women’s Round Eight
Hyundai Football West Academy v Perth Azzurri
4pm: New Balance NPL WA Men’s Round 10
Perth Glory v Bayswater City
There will also be a free open training session involving the four teams on the evening before the game.
Other activities throughout the week will include:
- Coach education workshop
- Junior match official course
- School clinics
- Club Changer club development workshop
- Football Futures Foundation activation
- Hyundai Hill activation
More details regarding the activities will be announced nearer the time.
Football West would like to thank the WA Government and the City of Albany for their support of the 2026 Belt Up Regional Festival of Football.
We also want to acknowledge the Insurance Commission of Western Australia as the naming rights partner of the Regional Festival of Football through its Belt Up road safety campaign.