Good Things Festival 2025 Line-up

L-R top to bottom: Tool, Weezer, Garbage, All Time Low

Details: By Staff Writers; Aug 12

Staff Writers

Our eclectic team of writers from around Australia – and some beyond.

12 August 2025

Heavy fans this is a total bucket-list moment with American icons Tool to headline the 2025 instalment of Good Things Festival.

The alternative, progressive metal, art rock behemoths (who last toured Australia just before the world shutdown in 2020) will be joined by another massive brand in alternative rock, power pop with the ageless Weezer confirmed Good Things starters.

The nostalgia-soaked vibes continue as you peruse the 2025 line-up with such names as Garbage (their first Australian visit in a decade, who released their eight studio album 'Let All That We Imagine Be the Light' in May), All Time Low (who recently released the singles 'Suckerpunch' and 'The Weather'), Machine Head (whose 11th studio album 'Unatoned' dropped in April) and The All-American Rejects (who have released new music with 'Sandbox' and 'Easy Come, Easy Go' singles).

They join the likes of hardcore punks Knocked Loose and Refused, deathcore band Lorna Shore, pop-punk group New Found Glory, ska-punks Goldfinger, post-hardcore outfit Dayseeker, metalcore rockers Kublai Khan TX, and dance-rock group Cobra Starship.

Australian additions include metalcore outfit Make Them Suffer and pop-punk emo rockers Tonight Alive, with this year's legacy act confirmed as iconic singer-songwriter James Reyne ('Reckless').

"Can't believe we get to return to Australia after ten long years! Thrilled to be playing the Good Things Festival the first week of December. Can't wait to see you all again," declares Garbage.

Read our review of 2024 Good Things Brisbane.

Adds All Time Low: "Australia 🇦🇺 We're back in country this December for Good Things Festival! We can't wait to see you again!" While it's clear what Machine Head plan for their visit: "Australia, we are stoked to be returning to your country to perform at Good Things 2025, let's rage‼️🔥👊🏻🍻!"

The next tier of confirmed 2025 Good Things participants are(in alphabetical order): Bad Nerves, Civic, Dead Poet Society, Fever 333, Gwar, High Vis, Inertia, Palaye Royale, Scene Queen, South Arcade, Wargasm, Windwaker and Yours Truly plus the chaos of Stage 666.

"We're coming home. Summer heat. Good Things 2025. Let's go," declares Make Them Suffer. While Kublai Khan TX are also keen to return: "Australia 🇦🇺 our home away from home! We'll be back this December; can't wait!"

Read our review of 2024 Good Things Melbourne.

Australia's largest travelling music celebration, with their 2025 line-up drop Good Things Festival have proven they're masters of alternative myth-making, bringing along a stellar roster of international legends, local heroes, and budding dreamweavers.

With all three east-coast event dates 16-plus and up, punters of all generations have the chance to chase their sonic dragon, find their stage unicorn, or solve the minotaur's crowded maze.

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Good Things Festival will return to Melbourne (Flemington Racecourse), Sydney (at its new a new home Sydney Showground) and Brisbane (Brisbane Showgrounds) early December.

Read our review of 2024 Good Things Sydney.

Tickets on sale from 10am AEST on 21 August.

Good Things Festival 2025 Dates

Fri 5 Dec - Flemington Racecourse (Melbourne)
Sat 6 Dec - Sydney Showground
Sun 7 Dec - Brisbane Showgrounds