Good Things Festival is sweetening the deal with a stack of headline sideshows, and if you've already got festival tickets, you're getting first dibs.
With Melbourne sitting at 84% sold, Sydney at 82%, and Brisbane at 89%, Good Things Festival is moving fast. Now punters can catch their favourite acts in more intimate settings before or after the main event.
For the first time, festival ticket holders will get exclusive early access to sideshow pre-sales starting Tuesday, 14 October at 9am local time. A second pre-sale opens Wednesday, 15 October at 9am, with general tickets hitting Friday, 17 October at 9am.
Catch up on all the latest news here.
The sideshow lineup is stacked. Pop-punk royalty All Time Low hit Brisbane’s Tivoli and Adelaide’s Hindley St Music Hall, pulling from their multi-platinum catalogue, including “Dear Maria, Count Me In” and recent hit “SUCKERPUNCH”.
UK powerpop rockers Bad Nerves and LA’s Dead Poet Society are co-headlining shows in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, while Cobra Starship bring their MySpace-era bangers to Melbourne and Sydney.
Kentucky heavyweights Knocked Loose – fresh off a Grammy nomination and viral festival performances – are heading to Sydney and Melbourne with support from UK progressive hardcore crew High Vis. Southern California’s Dayseeker return after their sold-out 2024 debut, playing Melbourne and Brisbane with Banks Arcade in tow.
Swedish hardcore legends Refused are saying goodbye with their final Australian headline show at Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre, supported by Delivery and Baby Mullet. New Jersey deathcore titans Lorna Shore return to Melbourne’s 170 Russell after selling out their first Aussie tour in 10 days earlier this year.
Other highlights include Machine Head hitting Perth, Sunshine Coast, and Canberra, and The All-American Rejects returning to Australia for the first time in 16 years, with Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre.
Sideshow Dates
ALL TIME LOW
9 December: The Tivoli, Brisbane
11 December: Hindley St Music Hall, Adelaide
BAD NERVES + DEAD POET SOCIETY
2 December: Crowbar, Sydney
3 December: Max Watts, Melbourne
8 December: The Triffid, Brisbane
COBRA STARSHIP
2 December: Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
3 December: Liberty Hall, Sydney
DAYSEEKER
3 December: Corner Hotel, Melbourne
9 December: Crowbar, Brisbane
FEVER 333
4 December: Stay Gold, Melbourne
GOLDFINGER
3 December: Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne
GWAR
30 November: Crowbar, Brisbane
2 December: Factory Theatre, Sydney
4 December: Max Watts, Melbourne
KNOCKED LOOSE
9 December: Liberty Hall, Sydney
10 December: Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
LORNA SHORE
3 December: 170 Russell, Melbourne
MACHINE HEAD
29 November: Metro City, Perth
1 December: The Station, Sunshine Coast
3 December: UC Refectory, Canberra
NEW FOUND GLORY
3 December: The Gov, Adelaide
4 December: Pier Bandroom, Frankston
9 December: The Station, Sunshine Coast
REFUSED
4 December: Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
SCENE QUEEN
30 November: Lynott’s Lounge, Perth
2 December: Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide
3 December: Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
SOUTH ARCADE
3 December: Stay Gold, Melbourne
8 December: The Brightside, Brisbane
THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS
9 December: Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
WARGASM
2 December: The Brightside, Brisbane
3 December: The Underground, Sydney
Find full details and tickets here.
