The Highlights From Good Things Festival Melbourne
From Tool and Refused playing huge sets to Make Them Suffer embracing pyro and Maple's Pet Dinosaur making their Good Things debut, these are just some of the highlights from the Melbourne edition of Good Things.
Good Things 2025 (Credit: Supplied)
Good Things Festival returned to Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse yesterday (5 December), kicking off its 2025 edition ahead of dates in Sydney and Brisbane.
Headlined by American progressive metal band Tool, there were a handful of sets from acts that haven’t performed in Australia for a long time, including Garbage and Machine Head, with locals including Make Them Suffer, Windwaker, Thornhill, and Yours Truly proving why the Australian heavy and alternative music scenes have made it to 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.
Plus, fans got to revel in the community of heavy music when, on just a few hours’ notice, Thornhill took to the stage to cover for Alpha Wolf, who pulled out early in the day due to a medical emergency (they were added to the bill just this week to cover for Knocked Loose).
Keep scrolling to find video highlights from the first day of Good Things 2025, as well as posts from the bands themselves and prepare for the Sydney and Brisbane editions of the festival. If you’re after last-minute tickets, head to the Good Things Festival website.
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I'm exhausted.
— Higgo (@Higgo74) December 5, 2025
What an utterly brilliant day at @GoodThingsFest.
To every single person at @destroyalllines, all the ground staff, security, first aid, you were fantastic and appreciated. The crowd was brilliant too. Didn't see an issue.
@Tool at Good Things Festival Melbourne Australia 🤟🎼🎸🥁🎅🍻🔥❤️ pic.twitter.com/48Ri3IiKH7
— Luis Tineo (@cacaojazz) December 5, 2025
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