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 lineup fit for a fever dream and we're not kiddin' when we're saying tickets are selling fast with Melbourne at 86% sold, Sydney at 81% and Brisbane at 87%.
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.
Early bird pre-sale tickets on sale: Wednesday 30 October @ 9am local time
Register here -> https://www.goodthingsfestival.com.au/sideshows
General tickets are on sale: Friday 1 November @ 9am local time
Without further adieu, we present to you the Good Things Festival 2024 sideshows.
MASTODON
WITH SPECIAL GUEST KERRY KING
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER - ROUNDHOUSE, SYDNEY
WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER - NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
From sludgy sonic origins to becoming one of the most influential and iconic 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.
Channeling a rare creative force that has seen them featured on Game of Thrones, Adult Swim, and DC comics films, alongside six Grammy nominations over their career to date, and a win in 2018 for Sultan's Curse, MASTODON have manifested their uncompromising creative vision across eight full-length albums, including 2004's seminal Leviathan which landed on Rolling Stone's coveted The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time, and most recently on 2021's Hushed and Grim; a double-LP that took meditations on grief and transformed them into moments of melodic mourning and raging bursts of energy.
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.
Bringing a taste of his trademark fury to Australia this year, fans can expect some unforgettable brutality courtesy of KING's new solo material, as well as some Slayer classics thrown in as the kicker. Prepare for pure domination.
SUM 41
WITH SPECIAL GUEST GRANDSON*
WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER - FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE
TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER - AEC THEATRE, ADELAIDE
THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER - MARGARET COURT ARENA, MELBOURNE
SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER - HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY*
*Grandson not appearing
BILLY CORGAN
SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER - HINDLEY ST MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER - PALAIS THEATRE, MELBOURNE
WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER - ENMORE THEATRE, SYDNEY
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM
MONDAY 2 DECEMBER - THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER - LIBERTY HALL, SYDNEY
WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER - CROXTON BANDROOM, MELBOURNE
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's hotly anticipated comeback album, 2023's History Books, weaved the band's soulful breed of life-affirming punk alongside themes spanning everything from mortality to mental illness.
Since first coming together in 2007, THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM became renowned for their powerful, populist sound, boasting raw emotional might along fortified by their punk roots, resulting in an exhilarating and unique take on American rock'n'roll. In 2008, the New Jersey-based band officially broke out on a global scale with their album The '59 Sound, while their 2010 LP American Slang debuted at #1 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart, and 2012's Handwritten scored top 10 chart debuts in eight countries.
FROM ASHES TO NEW
WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER - STAY GOLD, MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER - CROWBAR, SYDNEY
Remaining show include
IMMINENCE
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER - CROWBAR, SYDNEY
THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER - STAY GOLD, MELBOURNE
HIGHLY SUSPECT
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER - MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE
WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER - LION ARTS FACTORY, ADELAIDE
FRANK TURNER AND THE SLEEPING SOULS
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER - GERSHWIN ROOM, MELBOURNE
WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER - CROWBAR, SYDNEY
DESTROY BOYS + ALEX LAHEY
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER - THE BRIGHTSIDE OUTDOORS, BRISBANE
THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER - CROXTON BANDROOM, MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER - FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY
311
WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER - 170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER - THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE
WEDNESDAY 11 DECEMBER - LIBERTY HALL, SYDNEY
SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER - FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY
THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER - NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER - THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE
BOWLING FOR SOUP
WITH SPECIAL GUEST TAYLOR ACORN
TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER - METRO THEATRE,
SYDNEYWEDNESDAY 11 DECEMBER - PRINCESS THEATRE, BRISBANE
THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER - CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE
