5 Seconds of Summer Jakarta: Dates, Tickets & Venue (Jakarta)

One arena, one night in Senayan

Four Australians, one indoor bowl, one date. 5 Seconds of Summer brought their Asia tour to Jakarta on November 14, 2026, playing Indonesia Arena in the Gelora Bung Karno complex.

The band is Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin. They started as teenagers posting covers online and became one of the defining pop rock acts of the 2010s. “She Looks So Perfect”, “Amnesia”, “Youngblood” and “Teeth” are the songs most of the crowd here grew up with.

Indonesia Arena, inside GBK

This is Jakarta’s newest big indoor room. Indonesia Arena opened in 2023 as a host venue for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. It holds roughly 16,000 people, which makes it far more intimate than the open-air Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium next door.

The seating rises in steep tiers around a central floor. Even the upper levels look down on the stage rather than across a field at it. Air conditioning is a real advantage in a city where outdoor shows mean standing in tropical humidity.

GBK is a large, walkable complex of tree-lined paths, jogging tracks and sports halls. The older Istora Senayan stands nearby. Plan on several minutes of walking between any gate and the arena entrance.

Getting to Senayan without the traffic

Jakarta traffic is the one thing that ruins concert nights here. The roads around GBK, including Jalan Sudirman and Jalan Asia Afrika, slow to a crawl when a big event lets out. That’s why most fans go underground.

• MRT Jakarta (North–South line): Istora Mandiri station is the closest stop to the GBK complex. Senayan station is one stop north and also walkable.
• TransJakarta: Corridor 1 buses run along Sudirman and stop at Gelora Bung Karno.
• Gojek and Grab: both work, but cars and motorbikes queue at GBK’s designated pickup points after a show. Many fans walk a few blocks away to order their ride.

The MRT takes tap-on cards like Kartu Multi Trip and bank e-money cards, plus QR payment in its app. Platforms stay crowded for a while after the encore. Plenty of people kill twenty minutes in Senayan before heading for the gates.

Moving through the GBK crowd

Indonesian concert crowds are loud, organised and fond of singalongs. Fan groups often hand out printed signs or coordinate light moments for a particular song, and anyone nearby is welcome to join in.

Here’s how a show night usually works at GBK:

• Payment: food stalls and merch booths around Jakarta venues mostly accept QRIS, the national QR code. GoPay, OVO, DANA and bank apps all scan it. Some small vendors still prefer cash in rupiah.
• Merch: official merchandise lines tend to be longest right before doors. Many fans buy during the afternoon instead, while the queue is still manageable.
• Tickets and ID: Indonesian concert promoters commonly tie tickets to the buyer’s name. Fans usually carry the ID used at purchase to the wristband or entry check.
• Bags: arena security searches bags at the entrance. Outside food, drinks and large power banks are often refused, so most people travel light.

A few words of Bahasa help: terima kasih (thank you), permisi (excuse me) when squeezing past, and antre (queue).

Food and a bed in Senayan

You don’t have to go far to eat. Senayan City and Plaza Senayan are both a short walk or one MRT stop from GBK. They have food courts, Indonesian chains and coffee counters that stay full on concert evenings. FX Sudirman, just across the road, has more casual places.

Inside the GBK grounds, food trucks and street-food carts often gather on event days. Expect satay, bakso (meatball soup), martabak and iced tea in plastic cups.

Visitors from out of town usually stay along the Sudirman corridor so the walk or MRT ride home is short. Hotels like Fairmont Jakarta, Hotel Mulia Senayan and The Sultan Hotel are right around the complex. Business hotels in SCBD and along the MRT line cover a wider range of prices.

November weather in Jakarta

November falls in Jakarta’s rainy season. Heavy afternoon and evening downpours are common and can flood roads for an hour or two, which makes the MRT even more useful.

Fans usually carry a compact umbrella or a poncho for the walk between the station and the arena. Lightweight clothes are standard, because the city stays hot and humid after dark even when the arena itself is cool.