Nimbin Roots Festival celebrates ten years in 2025.
The much-admired event on the Australian regional music festival circuit is a three-day, vibrant celebration of original music and artistic expression, headlined by festival favourites Dog Trumpet, along with Hussy Hicks, The Audreys, Paul Greene, and around 40 other national and local acts.
The 2025 event will be Nimbin Roots Festival’s last.
“After ten years and tens of thousands of attendees who have found their way to the beautiful, alluring, family-friendly and endlessly fascinating village of Nimbin for our festival, it’s a bitter-sweet decision to end the annual event,” Founder/Director Lou Bradley says. “We started Nimbin Roots Festival in 2016 when we were struggling to find a festival that wasn’t too big and wasn’t too small to play at, to perform my original music.”
Lou, as an ARIA Award-nominated singer-songwriter and musician, also founded and premiered the inaugural Mullum Roots Festival in July of this year. After its success, she decided to focus her efforts on Mullumbimby for 2026.
For now, though, all eyes are on the swan song Nimbin Roots Festival.
Patrons can once again look forward to wandering the village and experiencing Nimbin, its intimate venues, and its diverse people.
Dog Trumpet is led by brothers Reg Mombassa and Peter O'Doherty, who co-founded iconic rock band Mental As Anything in 1977. Reg is one of Australia’s most recognised visual artists, well-known for his work for the Mambo label, along with graphics, posters, album covers and many decades of fine art.
In recent years, Nimbin Roots has seen appearances from the likes of Shane Howard, Ross Wilson, Neil Murray and Jeff Lang – all of whom enticed by Nimbin’s quirky character.
As for this year, alongside The Audreys and Paul Greene, Kingfisha and Mungo Fungo. . . Attendees can look forward to Hussy Hicks, Wild Marmalade, Emily Lubitz (Tinpan Orange), Allison Forbes, Joshua Lee Wright, Thirst Trap, The Golden Gaytimes and many more.
Lou Bradley will also take to the stage at her final Nimbin Roots Festival.
“I’m really proud of what we have steadfastly achieved over these ten years.”
Tickets are on sale now.
Nimbin Roots Festival is on from 24-26 October.
Nimbin Roots Festival 2025 Line-Up
Dog TrumpetHussy Hicks
Wild Marmalade (With Paul George)
Emily Lubitz (Tinpan Orange)
The Audreys
Kingfisha
Paul Greene
Mack And Cook (Featuring Murray Cook)
Mungo Fungo (Ben From Regurgitator)
Calico
Jimmy Dowling
Allison Forbes
Den Hanrahan
Joshua Lee Wright
The Golden Gaytimes
Mitch King
Sunday Lemonade
Thirst Trap
Lou Bradley
Steve Miller
The Appointments
Toni Janke
Two Tears In A Bucket
Tripsitta
Miss Eileen & King Lear
The Mudflowers
David Davies & The SKP’s
Matty Rogers
Rogue Elements
The Hoochers
Hannah Pearl
Sneaker Thief
Yazmindi
4 Eyed Water Boy
Missus Hippy And The Love Handles
Andrea Soler And Tim Tonkin
Nimbin Poets
Songwriters In The Round
Buskers Workshops
Markets
Peace And Love Parade
