Two of Australia’s beloved summer festivals, Good Things and Spilt Milk, have confirmed their returns in 2026.
In an email to punters, the Good Things Festival team thanked ticketholders for their support and said they “look forward” to welcoming fans again next year.
“What an amazing weekend of events that was! We are so happy to have been able to deliver another year of Good Things to the best music community in Australia, hands down,” a notice from the festival read.
It continued, “Thank you for being a part of the extended GT family, and for supporting live music.
“We will be back in 2026 and look forward to welcoming you again next year!”
On Instagram, they added, “See you in 2026, right? We’re counting the days already.”
Spilt Milk also teased their return via email.
Discussing the many highlights of this year’s event, including massive sets from Kendrick Lamar, Doechii, sombr, Rebecca Black, Don West, Sara Landry, and many others, organisers then dropped this hint: “Same time next year? Follow @spiltmilk_au for all the highlights and 2026 festival updates!”
Good Things Festival stopped in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane this month, while Spilt Milk has a more regional focus, with dates in Ballarat, Perth, Canberra, and the Gold Coast. The latter completely sold out this year’s events.
This year’s Good Things Festival was headlined by American progressive metal band Tool. The event also featured sets from acts that haven’t performed in Australia for a long time, including Garbage and Machine Head, with locals Make Them Suffer, Windwaker, Thornhill, and Yours Truly proving why the Australian heavy and alternative music scenes have reached the world stage.
With Tool performing hits and deep cuts, Refused playing their final shows in Australia, Maple’s Pet Dinosaur making their Good Things debut at ages 15/16, Scene Queen playing a raucous set, GWAR being GWAR, Fever 333’s Jason Aalon Butler doing Jason Aalon Butler things, Tonight Alive teasing a full-blown return, Goldfinger bringing Superman to the Good Things stage, and much more, there were plenty of highlights at this year’s festival. You can see some of them here.
