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Good Things Festival reveals first wave of bands for 2026’s edition

Author Benedetta Baldin - 13.8.2025

Among the bands planned to play at the 2026 Good Things Festival are Tool, Machine Head, Knocked Loose, Lorna Shore, Refused, Kublai Khan TX, Weezer, Garbage, New Found Glory, and Goldfinger. For us metalheads, the festival’s eclectic mix of genres should be intriguing. It’s an opportunity to introduce metal music to more people, which can only imply that heavy metal’s tent may grow. Pre-sales begin on Tuesday, August 19 at 10 a.m. AEST, and general ticket sales begin on Thursday, August 21 at 10 a.m. AEST by clicking here.

Confirmed acts:

  • All Time Low
  • Bad Nerves
  • Civic
  • Cobra Starship
  • Dayseeker
  • Dead Poet Society
  • Fever 333
  • Garbage
  • Goldfinger
  • GWAR
  • High Vis
  • Inertia
  • James Reyne
  • Knocked Loose
  • Kublai Khan TX
  • Lorna Shore
  • Machine Head
  • Make Them Suffer
  • New Found Glory
  • Palaye Royale
  • Refused (final Australian shows)
  • Scene Queen
  • South Arcade
  • The All-American Rejects
  • Tonight Alive
  • Tool
  • Wargasm
  • Weezer
  • Windwaker
  • Yours Truly
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