Good Things Festival 2024 Sideshows

Are you ready for the madcap chaos of Australia's largest travelling music festival aka Good Things Festival?

It's fast upon us with it's head-spinning line-up fit for a fever dream and they're not kiddin' when they say tickets are selling fast with Melbourne at 86 per cent sold, Sydney at 81 per cent sold and Brisbane at 87 per cent sold.

"As Good Things come to those who wait, we're thrilled to announce the headline sideshows from some of the artists on the huge Good Things Festival line-up. Set your alarm clocks as these tickets won't last."

Sum 41 with special guest Grandson

Sum 41's Australian swan song this December will see the Canadian rockers go out with a bang, with Good Things Festival and their headline sideshows marking the band's last-ever Tour Of The Setting Sum tour on our shores. Come for the infectious hooks, and stay for the heaving anthems.

Having amassed a staggering one billion streams and counting, platinum-certified Canadian-American maverick Grandson moulds genres by sculpting rock, hip hop, and electronic into a vision of alternative you've never quite heard, seen or felt before.

Wed 4 Dec - The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
Tue 10 Dec - AEC Theatre (Adelaide)
Thu 12 Dec - Margaret Court Arena (Melbourne)
Sat 14 Dec - Hordern Pavilion (Sydney)* Grandson not appearing

Violent Femmes

Across their awe-inspiring 40-plus year career, Milwaukee icons Violent Femmes have had an undeniable impact on the broad history and landscape of alternative music. Going on to release ten studio albums, Violent Femmes have also become a mainstay of festivals, clubs and theatres, with their raw sound and honest lyricism boasting a rare multi-generational appeal alongside an electrifying stage presence that truly has to be seen to be believed.

Thu 5 Dec - Palais Theatre (Melbourne)

Billy Corgan

Returning to Australia following the curated The World Is A Vampire Festival last year, as well as the recent release of a thirteenth studio album, 'Aghori Mhori Mei', The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is bringing his spirited set to wow the Good Things Festival crowd alongside his headline sideshows, supported by The Delta Riggs as his backing band.

Sun 1 Dec - Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)
Tue 3 Dec - Palais Theatre (Melbourne)
Wed 4 Dec - Enmore Theatre (Sydney)

Mastodon with special Kerry King

From sludgy sonic origins to becoming one of the most influential hard rock bands of the modern era, Grammy Award-winning act Mastodon have defied and annihilated sonic and thematic boundaries since first emerging back in 2000.

In 2024, guitarist and songwriter Kerry King unleashed his first solo album outside of his esteemed career with thrash titans Slayer, with 'From Hell I Rise' doling out King's insatiable brand of blunt power, incisive lyrical themes and an aural assault to make any heavy metal fan weak at the knees.

Tue 3 Dec - Roundhouse (Sydney)
Wed 4 Dec - Northcote Theatre (Melbourne)

The Gaslight Anthem

After almost a decade between visits, 2024 marks the long-awaited return of The Gaslight Anthem to Australian stages. Reuniting back in 2022, The Gaslight Anthem'scomeback album, 2023's 'History Books', weaved the band's soulful breed of life-affirming punk alongside themes spanning everything from mortality to mental illness.

Mon 2 Dec - The Tivoli (Brisbane)
Tue 3 Dec - Liberty Hall (Sydney)
Wed 4 Dec - Croxton Bandroom (Melbourne)

Bowling For Soup with special guest Taylor Acorn

Fresh off a pair of 2024 Download Festival performances, and celebrating the 20th anniversary of their fan-favourite LP, 2004's 'A Hangover You Don't Deserve', Texan pop punks Bowling For Soup will be bringing the vibes and their legendary live show down under this December.

Influenced by early '90s and '00s pop-punk, Taylor Acorn's sound is imbued with youthful exuberance and relatability, tackling mental health struggles and head-on with catchy hooks and earnest vulnerability.

Tue 10 Dec - Metro Theatre (Sydney)
Wed 11 Dec - The Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
Thu 12 Dec - The Corner Hotel (Melbourne)

Sleeping With Sirens

Orlando emo sensations Sleeping With Sirens are no strangers to devoted Australian crowds, returning once again to Good Things Festival, along with three special headline sideshows, to deliver on stratospheric hooks and huge sing-alongs.

Tue 3 Dec - Factory Theatre (Sydney)
Thu 5 Dec - Northcote Theatre (Melbourne)
Tue 10 Dec - The Tivoli (Brisbane)

311

Mixing rock, rap, reggae, and funk into their own hybrid creation, it's been a long time between Aussie shows for Nebraska-hailing rockers 311, with the '90s flag bearers last performing down under in 1998 as part of Vans Warped Tour. Now 311 are bound down under this December for Good Things Festival, and to also tick off some headline sideshows while they're in town.

Wed 4 Dec - 170 Russell (Melbourne)
Tue 10 Dec - The Triffid (Brisbane)
Wed 11 Dec - Liberty Hall (Sydney)

Destroy Boys & Alex Lahey

Starting in 2015 by members Alexia Roditis and Violet Maugba while they were still in high school, Destroy Boys may have been brought together by punk rock, but this band expands beyond the punk tropes, embracing lived experiences into their four studio albums.

From her debut 2017 album, 'I Love You Like A Brother', through to her 2023 third full-length 'The Answer Is Always Yes', Alex Lahey's ability to find comfort in the discomfort, while also crafting ear worms that touch the soul, has seen her in hot demand touring globally while also receiving two ARIA Award nominations.

Tue 3 Dec - The Brightside Outdoors (Brisbane)
Thu 5 Dec - Croxton Bandroom (Melbourne)
Tue 10 Dec - Factory Theatre (Sydney)

Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls

DIY rock troubadours Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls will mark another return to Australia as part of the Good Things Festival, this time supporting Turner's new album, 'Undefeated'. Turner retains boundless creativity in his sonic output, with 'Undefeated' emerging as a kaleidoscopic affair, complete with power-pop, high-spirited sing-alongs, rock grandeur and some breakneck rollicking punk.

Tue 3 Dec - Gershwin Room (Melbourne)
Wed 4 Dec - Crowbar (Sydney)

From Ashes To New

Since 2013, Pennsylvanian outfit From Ashes To New have generated hundreds of millions of streams, performed sold out shows across America, and released four studio albums. Formidable purveyors of music designed to inspire you to get up, move forward, and maybe even make a change, From Ashes To New have toured their explosive live show both as festival favourites, and with Set It Off, Nothing More, Motionless In White and Bullet For My Valentine.

Wed 4 Dec - Stay Gold (Melbourne)
Tue 10 Dec - Crowbar (Sydney)

Highly Suspect

A multi-Grammy Award-nominated and gold-certified band, and backing up with another trip down under following 2023's sold out The Midnight Demon Club tour, Cape Cod's Highly Suspect bring their rule-breaking rock philosophy to the festival stage and their own headline sideshows with cuts from their shiny new full-length, 'As Above, So Below'.

Tue 3 Dec - Max Watts (Melbourne)
Wed 4 Dec - Lion Arts Factory (Adelaide)

Imminence

With their distinct use of classical string arrangements blended with the unwavering ferocity of Scandinavian metal, Imminence's sound and visual universe sets them apart as one of the most exciting acts in the modern metal scene. Imminence most recently released their bludgeoning fifth full-length album, 'The Black', which relished in razor-sharp innovation and immersive theatricality; a feast for the ears and the senses alike.

Tue 3 Dec - Crowbar (Sydney)
Thu 5 Dec - Stay Gold (Melbourne)

Tickets on sale from 9am (local time) on 1 November.