Good Things Festival Reveals 2025 Sideshows
Refused, Machine Head, Knocked Loose, and many more have locked in limited sideshows.
Refused, Fever 333, Knocked Loose, Machine Head (Credit: Tim Tronckoe, Darren Craig, Brock Fetch, Supplied)
Good Things Festival has locked in its 2025 edition of sideshows, with numerous acts playing limited additional gigs across the country.
As already announced, headliners Tool will perform sideshows in arenas in Perth and Adelaide, presented by Frontier Touring. Fellow high-billed band Garbage will also have sideshows announced this week, separate from the official Good Things announcement.
Ahead of the sideshows announcement dropping last night (12 October), organisers confirmed that acts including Weezer, Kublai Khan TX, Palaye Royale, Make Them Suffer, James Reyne, Tonight Alive, Civic, Inertia, Maple’s Pet Dinosaur, Windwaker, and Yours Truly will be festival exclusives.
However, there’s still plenty of fun for sideshows, starting with All Time Low performing in theatres in Brisbane and Adelaide, Cobra Starship in Melbourne and Sydney, Dayseeker in Melbourne and Brisbane, Fever 333 with special guests Mudrat in Melbourne, Gwar in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, Knocked Loose in Sydney and Melbourne, Lorna Shore with an intimate gig in Melbourne, Machine Head in Perth, the Sunshine Coast, and Newcastle, Refused with their final Australian headline show in Melbourne, and more. You can find the full list of sideshows, dates, and venues below.
The sideshows announcement arrives as Good Things Festival approaches its fastest sellout year to date. Melbourne is at 84% sold, Sydney at 82%, and Brisbane at 89%.
For the first time, exclusive pre-sale access to sideshows will be available to those who have secured festival tickets. Punters attending Good Things Festival will receive first-access tickets with a pre-sale link on Tuesday, 14 October, at 9 am am local time.
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The Good Things, Destroy All Lines, venue, and ticket merchant pre-sale opens on Wednesday, 15 October, at 9 am local time, followed by the general sale on Friday, 17 October, at 9 am local time. You can find tickets via the Good Things Festival website.
GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL - 2025 SIDESHOWS
ALL TIME LOW
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER - THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE
THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER - HINDLEY ST MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE
BAD NERVES + DEAD POET SOCIETY
CO-HEADLINE
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER - CROWBAR, SYDNEY
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER - MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE
MONDAY 8 DECEMBER - THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE
COBRA STARSHIP
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER - NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER - LIBERTY HALL, SYDNEY
DAYSEEKER
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BANKS ARCADE
+ MONTGOMERY (MELB) * HEADWRECK (BRIS)
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER - CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER - CROWBAR, BRISBANE
FEVER 333
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS MUDRAT
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER - STAY GOLD, MELBOURNE
GOLDFINGER
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER - CROXTON BANDROOM, MELBOURNE
GWAR
SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER - CROWBAR, BRISBANE
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER - FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER - MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE
KNOCKED LOOSE
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS HIGH VIS
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER - LIBERTY HALL, SYDNEY
WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER - NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
LORNA SHORE
W/ DISENTOMB + GRAVEMIND
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER - 170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE
MACHINE HEAD
SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER - METRO CITY, PERTH
MONDAY 1 DECEMBER - THE STATION, SUNSHINE COAST
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER - UC REFECTORY, CANBERRA
NEW FOUND GLORY
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER - THE GOV, ADELAIDE
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER - PIER BANDROOM, FRANKSTON
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER - THE STATION, SUNSHINE COAST
REFUSED
FINAL AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE SHOW
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DELIVERY + BABY MULLET
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER - NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
SCENE QUEEN
SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER - LYNOTT'S LOUNGE, PERTH
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER - LION ARTS FACTORY, ADELAIDE
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER - SOOKI LOUNGE, BELGRAVE
SOUTH ARCADE
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER - STAY GOLD, MELBOURNE
MONDAY 8 DECEMBER - THE BRIGHTSIDE, BRISBANE
THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LE SHIV
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER - NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
WARGASM
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER - THE BRIGHTSIDE, BRISBANE
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER - THE UNDERGROUND, SYDNEY
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