In a time of digital chaos and concrete sprawl, the frequencies have locked in and a citadel for heavy and alternative music will emerge once again in 2026. Welcome to the next evolution of Australia’s largest travelling music celebration, with Good Things Festival returning this year for another monumental cycle, armed with a colossal lineup from every sector, spanning culture-shaping legends through to the current defining generation of the alternative scene and emerging artists set to shape the future. Locked in across the East Coast this December, all event dates will once again be 16+ and up. The network is alive, and the architectural soundscape awaits to welcome all generations in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this December.
Celebrating their 45 (+1) anniversary in 2026, BAD RELIGION are not just a band who defined the California half-pipe punk blueprint; they also held strong against changing trends and an ever-changing industry backdrop, crafting and releasing challenging album after challenging album while expanding their core audience with subsequent generations of anxiously energetic kids. Forming on the heels of the original punk explosion, BAD RELIGION injected their melodic riffs, zooming harmonies and sharp lyricism into the realms of hardcore, neo-punk and alternative rock along the way. Thought-provoking with an insatiable live presence that will live under your skin long after the lights go down, BAD RELIGION’s 17 studio albums also ensure a plethora of acclaimed favourites to dazzle any and all audiences, anywhere in the world.
For over 25 years, Swedish punk pillars MILLENCOLIN have perfected their ever-evolving brand of melodic punk, continuously achieving global success along with shaping skate punk in the 1990s and 2000s in the process. Now nine albums in, with thousands of shows and a lineup that has survived and thrived the entire time, MILLENCOLIN will touch down in Australia this year after previously electrifying crowds down under with Pennywise in 2025, and delighting Good Things Festival crowds in 2022. And as an extra icing on top this year, MILLENCOLIN will perform their groundbreaking and platinum-certified 2000 album Pennybridge Pioneers in full at Good Things this year.
Leaping from DIY Aussie band into global powerhouse status, Sydney’s SPEED are synonymous with hardcore and tenacity. Staking their claim on the genre alongside an unwavering ethos built on inclusivity, authenticity and conviction, SPEED will bring their heavyweight set and immersive tunes to hometown crowds this year, following in-demand sets at Coachella, Reading & Leeds Festival and Sick New World, as well as sharing stages with Turnstile, Madball and Knocked Loose, and taking home the inaugural NSW Music Prize in 2025.
This December, a monolithic sonic sanctuary awaits. Escape the corporate static. Plug into the spectacular chaos. Embrace the noise. The future is now. Good Things are here. End of transmission.
GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL 2026
4/12 - MEL Flemington Racecourse
5/12 - SYD Sydney Showground
6/12 - BRIS Brisbane Showground
LINE UP:
Limp Bizkit
Simple Plan
Spiritbox
Polaris
The All-American Rejects
Bad Religion (45 + 1 Anniversary)
Alexisonfire (Performing 'Crisis' In Full)
Grinspoon
Millencolin (Performing 'Pennybridge Pioneers' In Full) Bilmuri
Ministry (Farewell Australia)
Chad Gray (30 Years Of Madness. Performing Mudvayne & Hellyeah)
MxPx
Neck Deep
SPEED
Slowly Slowly
P.O.D.
The Devil Wears Prada
Choirboys
Plus in Alphabetical Order:
All Them Witches | The Black Queen | Future Palace | Headwreck | The Home Team | House of Protection | ivri | Kami Kehoe | Locked Shut | LØLØ | vianova | Voice of Baceprot
