Beyond mere tales of fable and fantasy, Australia’s largest travelling music celebration, Good Things Festival is fast upon us with it’s alternative myth-making line-up. We’re not kiddin’ when we’re saying tickets are selling fast with Melbourne at 84% sold, Sydney at 82% and Brisbane at 89%.
As Good Things come to those who wait, we’re thrilled to announce the headline sideshows from some of the artists on the huge Good Things Festival line up.
For the first time, we’re offering exclusive access to presale tickets for the sideshows to those who already have festival tickets. Customers who already have a ticket to the festival will receive first access with a pre sale on Tuesday 14 October. Customers can sign up via the Good Things Festival website for access to the 2nd pre sale ahead of the normal general on sale dates.
Get in quick, tickets won’t last long! You won’t get the opportunity to witness shows in these intimate capacities again.
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Without further adieu, we present to you the Good Things Festival 2025 sideshows…
ALL TIME LOW
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER – THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE
THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER – HINDLEY ST MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE
Known for their anthemic, inimitable sound and fiercely loyal fanbase. Their tenth full-length studio release, Everyone’s Talking! is due on October 17 which includes singles SUCKERPUNCH, The Weather and Butterflies. The rock outfit have sold more than 3.5 million albums in the U.S. alone and have garnered over 5 billion streams worldwide to date.
Since their inception in 2003, ALL TIME LOW have shattered records, topped charts, sold out arenas and carved out a fervent fanbase along the way. Their catalog consists of countless Billboard charts to picking up multi-platinum, platinum, and gold certifications. Speaking to their impact, Rolling Stone named So Wrong, It’s Right, among its “50 Greatest Pop Punk Albums.”
The band also captivated audiences with explosive sets at Bonnaroo and Firefly, along with unforgettable appearances on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Ellen, Good Morning America, and more. No strangers to our shores, these shows are ones to not miss.
CO-HEADLINE
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER – CROWBAR, SYDNEY
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER – MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE
MONDAY 8 DECEMBER – THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE
The bastard child of a Ramones/Strokes one night stand, BAD NERVES play ferociously fast distorted pop songs. Their self-made debut put them in the hearts and minds of the cream of the alternative crop; from UK tastemakers such as Dan P Carter to Alyx Holcombe, to rock legends such as Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard. Drawing comparisons to Supergrass, the Ramones and Jay Reatard, they proactively seek to make the type of in-your-face, opposite-of-sterile, rock music that the genre was built on. Their second album, Still Nervous, was released in May this year.
Los Angeles quartet Dead Poet Society were tipped by The New York Post’s Page Six as a band to know released their second albumFISSION. The American rock band formed while attending Berklee School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in 2013. Starting as an indie group, self-producing and self-recording their songs, including two acclaimed EPs. In 2016 their music was discovered by the influential Mexican YouTube Channel Pepe Problemas. Their US break came in 2018, when Spotify editorial staff added the single “American Blood” to their playlists, after the band had built a strong organic following on social media and the streaming platforms before resulting in interest from several labels including Spinefarm, where they later signed and released their debut album -!- in 2021. The band has gone on to become headliners in their own right, selling out 1000 + venues and playing the main stages of the biggest festivals around the world and just completed an extensive North American tour supporting Chevelle and Asking Alexandria.
COBRA STARSHIP
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER – NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER – LIBERTY HALL, SYDNEY
COBRA STARSHIP burst through the zeitgeist with Bring It (Snakes on a Plane), the cheeky anthem to the 2006 horror/actioner Snakes on a Plane and the lead single from the band’s debut, While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets. With 2007’s -produced ¡Viva La Cobra!, they further solidified their pop-savvy credentials and chart success followed. Buoyed by the Top 40 hit and clubby single Good Girls Gone Bad with Gossip Girl star, 2009’s Hot Mess, making it’s way on the album charts.
They kept the party going in 2011 with the release of their fourth full-length, Night Shades with the album featuring top 10 hit You Make Me Feel... feat. Sabi which soared onto the Billboard chart with hundreds of million streams before disbanding.
The New York City rockersbroke up in 2015 and returned in 2021 with unreleased tracks. COBRA STARSHIP will bring back the hallowed glory of the MySpace Top 8, as Gabe Saporta & Co strut through dancefloor anthems.
DAYSEEKER
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BANKS ARCADE
+ MONTGOMERY (MELB) * HEADWRECK (BRIS)
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER – CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER – CROWBAR, BRISBANE
Formed in Southern California and forged in adversity, DAYSEEKER evolved from post-hardcore upstarts into one of the most emotionally resonant and stylistically agile bands in heavy music today. Their songs don’t just process grief, heartbreak, and trauma — they transform them into something magnetic, powerful, and ultimately empowering. Since 2012, this spirit has defined the band, which prioritizes emotional truth over trends, connecting through authentic passion, sonic innovation, and lyrical vulnerability. 2019’s Sleeptalk marked a creative turning point — a dreamy, immersive reintroduction that saw the band doubling down on melody, atmosphere, and introspection. That shift continued with 2022’s Dark Sun, a devastatingly personal album shaped by the death of Rodriguez’s father. The profound resonance of the band’s music with fellow outsiders worldwide is evident in their 600 million+ streams. And it’s palpable at every show, from sold-out headlining runs in theaters to tours with Pierce The Veil, Bad Omens, and Ice Nine Kills. Their sixth album Creature In the Black Night is due on October 24 featuring singles Pale Moonlight, Creatures In The Black Night, Shapeshifter and Bloodlust.
DAYSEEKER return to Australia after their completely sold out Australian debut headline tour in 2024. They will be supported by Melbourne heavy metal boy band BANKS ARCADE for both shows, dreamscape, alternative synth-pop artist MONTGOMERY in Melbourne and nu-metal quartet HEADWRECK in Brisbane.
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS MUDRATTHURSDAY 4 DECEMBER – STAY GOLD, MELBOURNE
FEVER 333 is a force of nature in the contemporary rock scene. They are known for their explosive energy, politically charged lyrics, and genre-defying sound that blends punk rock,hardcore, and hip-hop. The band was formed in 2017 and gained attention with their debut EP, Made An America. The band has quickly risen to prominence with their powerful performances and uncompromising message.At the helm of FEVER 333 is vocalist Jason Aalon, the dynamic frontman whose raw intensity and impassioned delivery captivate every audience that bears witness. Their 2018 debut EP Made An America, set the tone for their mission, addressing themes of inequality and resistance with unflinching honesty and the title track earned a Grammy nomination, and that same year, they won the Heavy Music Award for “Best International Breakthrough Band.”
Their debut album STRENGTH IN NUMB333RS was released in 2019 followed by DARKER WHITE in 2024. FEVER 333 is more than a band; they are a movement, a rallying cry for those who refuse to be silenced. With their unyielding passion and fearless artistry, they continue to inspire and provoke, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of modern music.
The show is supported by special guests MUDRAT, a multi-talented creative visionary, rapper, singer and writer.
GOLDFINGER
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER – CROXTON BANDROOM, MELBOURNE
Los Angeles punk rock lords GOLDFINGER helped contribute to a U.S. ska-punk movement in the mid-to late ’90s. Originally formed in 1994, the band’s fate turned when their song, Here In Your Bedroom, was added to radio and everything changed with touring the world, opening up for their heroes and then by the mid 2000s, becoming legends in their own right.Releasing 8 full length albums, sold millions of records worldwide, and been instrumental in helping to launch the careers of many of rocks top acts. GOLDFINGER continue to release music, play shows around the globe and are set to bring their energetic live show with their popular hits such as Superman, 99 Red Balloons and many more from their extensive catalogue.
GWAR
SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER – CROWBAR, BRISBANE
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER – FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER – MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS HIGH VIS
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER – LIBERTY HALL, SYDNEY
WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER – NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
With a coveted late-night talk show performance and Grammy nomination under their collective belt, punters will finally get to see Kentucky juggernaut KNOCKED LOOSE in devastating final form.
There’s no ceiling for hardcore in 2024 — even an outfit as uncompromising as Knocked Loose can turn up in mainstream-adjacent spaces and win over new fans such as 2023’s viral Coachella and Bonnaroo sets. But there’s a center to what they do that will never change: uncompromising heaviness, both sonically and thematically. What is evolving is their drive to find new ways to convey that heaviness, and add tasteful variety that only highlights their undiminished ferocity.
On latest album, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To, KNOCKED LOOSE have honed in on a diverse, cohesive and savagely aggressive album that sums up the massive strides they’ve taken during their decade as a band, and asserts their boundless potential going forward.
As one of heavy music’s most uncompromisingly aggressive acts, this is destined to be an unmissable set with special guests English progressive hardcore HIGH VIS.
Since 2018, HIGH VIS. has polished their sound with shades of post-punk, Brit pop, neo-psychedelia, and even Madchester groove, mapping a middle ground between hooks and fury, melodies and mosh pits. In 2019, they released their debut album No Sense No Feeling and celebrated with 2022’s follow up, Blending. From swaggering street punk to jangling indie sneer to heavy alt to shoegazey spoken word, the group’s chemistry transmutes any style to their unique intensity.
LORNA SHORE
W/ DISENTOMB + GRAVEMIND
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER – 170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE
After selling out their first-ever Australian headline tour in just 10 days earlier this year, New Jersey quintet LORNA SHORE return to raise hell once more in support of their fifth album—the declarative I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me.While 2022’s Pain Remains LP set the bar for deathcore extremity through the inhuman utterings of frontman Will Ramos, I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me showcase the group folding in anthemic stadium-worthy hooks among their pitch black brand of sonic chaos.
The quintet have hit the viral Spotify charts, racked up hundreds of millions of streams, embarked on highly successful tours and in the process, galvanized a significant fanbase that hangs onto the band’s quest for stylistic inversion. But by virtue of physical onslaught and wanting to divine truth from their music, LORNA SHORE have kept themselves fired up by torching the metal rulebook at every turn, practically demanding that other genres step up their game.
They will be supported by Brisbane’s death metal band DISENTOMB and Melbourne’s heavy metallers GRAVEMIND.
MACHINE HEAD
SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER – METRO CITY, PERTH
MONDAY 1 DECEMBER – THE STATION, SUNSHINE COAST
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER – UC REFECTORY, CANBERRA
Undisputed masters of murderous riffs, pugnacious grooves and ferocious hooks since 1991, MACHINE HEAD are long established as one of the most influential and incendiary bands in the metal world. Exploding into the world’s consciousness with 1994’s seminal Burn My Eyes album, the now legendary Oakland crew brutishly redefined what it meant to be heavy, incorporating a wild array of influences into some of the sharpest and most brutal metal anthems ever written.
A perennially vital force in heavy music, MACHINE HEAD have continued their exhilarating evolution, while never losing the furious spirit of their old school, underground roots. Impervious to trends and proud to stand alone: MACHINE HEAD is still the bulldozer that crushes all!
MACHINE HEAD‘s career-spanning set is sure to include pit-starters from landmark records like 1994’s Burn My Eyes, 2007’s The Blackening, and much more.
NEW FOUND GLORY
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER – THE GOV, ADELAIDE
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER – PIER BANDROOM, FRANKSTON
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER – THE STATION, SUNSHINE COAST
Floridian pop-punkers NEW FOUND GLORY don’t know how to stop. Fast approaching three decades as a unit, their influential style of hardcore-adjacent pop-punk can be found in the sonic DNA of countless groups across the world. Their highly anticipated sixth album Listen Up!, is set to be released in February 2026 and the band’s first full-length in nearly 6 years.
NEW FOUND GLORY were fast-tracked from local upstarts to mainstream stars on the back of ebullient pop melodies and hardcore-tinged breakdowns, setting off a blast of pop-punk dynamite that still lights the torch for modern acts more than two decades later. They became the voice of an underground movement, spurring iconic gold and platinum records (2000’s New Found Glory, 2002’s Sticks & Stones, and 2004’s Catalyst), countless MTV appearances, an entire subgenre (easycore) and sold-out tours the world over.
With 11 studio albums, one live album, one Christmas album, one acoustic album, two EPs, and four cover albums in the tank. NEW FOUND GLORY has always been about the same thing – honesty, community, and positivity. NEW FOUND GLORY’s ethos has never wavered; they always strive to be the friend you always need and always understands you.
REFUSED
FINAL AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE SHOW
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DELIVERY + BABY MULLET
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER – NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
Swedish hardcore punk icons REFUSED revolutionized the genre and inspired legions of hardcore, alt-rock and metal bands to push the boundaries of their artistic expression and political awareness.
Formed in the early ‘90s in Umeå, a subarctic town in northern Sweden REFUSED began when David Sandström and Dennis Lyxzén came together in 1991.REFUSED emerged with explosive energy and intent and soon became not just a band but the nucleus of a youth movement—one that was radical, political, and loud enough to attract the attention of Swedish authorities.
Their 1998 album The Shape of Punk to Come was a genre-defying masterpiece that coincided with the band’s sudden implosion during a U.S. tour. The split was sealed with the infamous “Refused Are Fucking Dead” manifesto—part truth, part provocation, part decoy.
After reuniting in 2012 after an offer to reunite for Coachella Festival spurred the band back into action, releasing further albums Freedom (2015) and War Music (2019). They will be returning to Australia to celebrate their influential run by bidding farewell with the band’s final performances with special guests Melbourne’s garage-punk band DELIVERY and three-piece female fronted rock group BABY MULLET.
SCENE QUEEN
SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER – LYNOTT’S LOUNGE, PERTH
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER – LION ARTS FACTORY, ADELAIDE
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER – SOOKI LOUNGE, BELGRAVE
Metal/Pop Ohio-born Hannah Collins, known artistically as SCENE QUEEN, is a artist who’s taking the music scene by storm with a message of inclusivity for all. Her music seamlessly blends heavy breakdowns and moshing with pink aesthetics and rhinestones. She’s not here to be quiet or apologize, with lyrics that directly challenge misogynists and genre purists.
SCENE QUEEN exploded onto the scene in 2022, going viral multiple times with hits like Pink Rover, Pink Panther, and Barbie & Ken, widely recognized for her signature “Bimbocore” sound. She’s as fierce as she is vibrant, packing angst into every punchy lyric.
In 2024, SCENE QUEEN opened for BABYMETAL on a sold-out US tour and toured Australia for her first headline tour. She’s continuing her momentum into 2025 with her own headline tour across the US and UK, and performed at the sold-out Warped Tour Festival.
SOUTH ARCADE
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER – STAY GOLD, MELBOURNE
MONDAY 8 DECEMBER – THE BRIGHTSIDE, BRISBANE
The unstoppable rising UK alt rockers SOUTH ARCADE are taking the world by storm. They have amassed more than 11 million likes on TikTok and a rapidly growing YouTube channel. Their 2024 EP, 2005, now has over 35 million streams on Spotify alone. The Oxford-based band first got fans hooked with the brash opening riff on DANGER, a metal-inspired single that led to them to millions of views. Since then, they’ve combined inspiration from pop, electronica and rock across the decade to create a sound that’s distinctive to them.
2025 has been a huge year for SOUTH ARCADE performing two sold-out headline shows in Manchester and London in March, they played support tours including with singer-songwriter Bilmuri across Europe and Australia, as well as 25 dates across the US with Magnolia Park. They recently played the main stage at Reading & Leeds followed by their first US headline tour including sold-out shows in New York City and LA. Don’t miss the band’s first Australian headline shows.
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LE SHIV
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER – NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
Formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma, THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS quickly became one of the most iconic pop-rock bands of the early 2000s and they return to Australia for the first time in 16 years! Over the years, they’ve become known for their ability to craft anthemic, emotionally charged songs that resonate with fans across generations.
Their debut self-titled album in 2002 introduced the world to their sound. The standout hit Swing, Swing catapulted them into the mainstream, then 2005 follow-up album, Move Along, cemented their place in modern rock history. With hits like Dirty Little Secret, Move Along, and It Ends Tonight, the album was a global success. The lead single, Gives You Hell, from their 2008 album, When the World Comes Down became one of their biggest hits.
THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS have maintained their place in pop-rock history and remain a staple in the echelon of alternative and pop-rock. THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS continue to be a force in music, proving that their relevance and connection with fans are only getting stronger with time and are a soundtrack for an entire generation of fans navigating the ups and downs of adolescence and young adulthood with their catchy, heartfelt songs.
They’ll be joined with special guests 5-piece indie/alt/rock/psych-pop band LE SHIV.
WARGASM
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER – THE BRIGHTSIDE, BRISBANE
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER – THE UNDERGROUND, SYDNEY
Single Spit ripped a hole through streaming services with over 3.7 million Spotify streams. Buzz increased as they dropped Rage All Over, Salma Hayek, and Scratchcard Feeling. NME named them among “100 Acts to Watch in 2021.” Beyond gigs with Yungblud and Creeper, they left audiences stunned at Reading and Leeds Festival, Download Pilot Festival, and Bloodstock.
GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL 2025 LINE UP:
TOOL
Weezer
Garbage | All Time Low | Machine Head | The All-American Rejects
Knocked Loose | Lorna Shore | Refused | New Found Glory | Make Them Suffer
Dayseeker | James Reyne | Kublai Khan TX | Cobra Starship | Goldfinger | Tonight Alive
In Alphabetical Order:
Bad Nerves | Civic | Dead Poet Society | Fever 333 | Gwar | High Vis | Inertia
Maple’s Pet Dinosaur | Palaye Royale | Scene Queen | South Arcade
Wargasm | Windwaker | Yours Truly
Plus the chaos of Stage 666!
DATES AND VENUES:
Friday 5 December – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne (16+)
Saturday 6 December – Sydney Showground, Sydney (16+)
Sunday 7 December – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane (16+)
Tickets available from http://goodthings.oztix.