The Adelaide festival on 18 April aims to run entirely on renewable energy while featuring Lime Cordiale, The Dreggs, aleksiah, and PASH, with proceeds supporting local climate initiatives.
Brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach of Lime Cordiale have announced Lime Green Festival, a 100% off-grid music event that puts climate action front and centre. Happening 18 April at Point Malcolm Reserve in Semaphore, Adelaide, in partnership with Chugg Music, it’s designed as an experiment in what live music can look like when climate action drives every decision.
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Running a festival entirely off-grid is no small feat. Lime Green will use mobile, industrial-scale batteries from Aggreko backed by vegetable-oil generators to power the main stage—and potentially the entire site. Beyond energy, the festival is eliminating plastic where possible, using solar and bike-powered device charging, offering upcycled merchandise (some made from seaweed), and encouraging low-emission transport for attendees.
“From the accelerating loss of polar ice to the devastating algal blooms currently choking the South Australian coast, it is impossible to ignore that our climate is at a breaking point,” Oli and Louis said. “For the last five years, we’ve wrestled with a deep, personal dilemma as environmentalists: Is our touring contributing to the problem? We’ve decided that the answer isn’t to stop, but to change.”
The lineup features Lime Cordiale alongside The Dreggs, Adelaide’s aleksiah, local four-piece PASH, and slots reserved for emerging artists through triple j Unearthed and hand-picked selections from the band and the City of Charles Sturt. It’s a balanced mix of established acts and newcomers, keeping the focus on Australian talent.
Food and beverage vendors are chosen for their local, organic, and carbon-neutral practices, with any leftover food waste donated to charities. Free drinking water will be available on site, and the festival includes talks, workshops, and activations spotlighting community leaders from the regenerative movement.
Every ticket includes the $1 Solar Slice initiative led by FEAT., funding science-backed climate and nature projects. Since 2021, Lime Cordiale has applied this across four national tours, enabling electric tour vans, biodiesel-powered buses, rainforest restoration, and First Nations-led environmental work. For Lime Green, the $1 from each ticket supports South Australian community responses to the recent algal bloom affecting the coast.
“This is a genuine attempt to discover what is possible,” Oli and Louis said. “We aren’t claiming to be perfect; we will make mistakes along the way, but we are trying.”
Presale tickets go live 9am AEDT on Wednesday 21 January, with general sale following Friday 23 January. Full details at limegreenfestival.com. The event is licensed and all ages.
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