Forty-plus years of polysyllabic melodic punk, with three-part harmonies over an unwavering political line, still the genre's reigning intellectuals.
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Good Things 2026 Lineup
Australia's travelling rock and metal weekend, one bill played through three cities on three days.
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About Good Things 2026
Good Things is a touring festival rather than a single site: the same thirty-one band bill plays Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on Friday December 4, Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday December 5, and the Brisbane Showgrounds on Sunday December 6.
The 2026 edition leans on anniversaries and full-album sets. Bad Religion mark forty-five years plus one, Alexisonfire play Crisis in full, Millencolin do the same with Pennybridge Pioneers, The Black Queen revisit Fever Daydream at ten, Ministry are billed as farewelling Australia, and Chad Gray brings thirty years of Mudvayne and Hellyeah material.
Below that sits a bill that reads like the Australian summer cousin of Louder Than Life and Sonic Temple, with Spiritbox, Polaris, Neck Deep, Speed, The Devil Wears Prada and House Of Protection, and Indonesian trio Voice Of Baceprot among the further-flung bookings.
Expect rock, metal, hard rock and nu-metal across 31 acts.
At a glance
- Dates
- –Friday to Sunday, three days
- Where
- Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane, Australia
- Lineup
- 31 acts
- Ages
- 16+. Under 16s are not allowed entry. Ages 16 and 17 may attend on their own with valid photo ID, and must give a parent or guardian as an emergency contact when buying a ticket.
- Passes
- Tickets are $274.95 including all fees and charges except delivery. There is also an option to pay over time in 3 instalments of $96.66.
- Website
- Official site
Good Things 2026 lineup: all 31 acts
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Nu-metal's chaos agents in their beloved victory-lap era. Fred Durst does it all for the nookie, still, and the field does it with him.
Nu-metalRap-rock
Sydney metalcore built on intricate, melodic riff architecture and hard clean-to-scream swings, with precision-tooled heaviness and real emotional weight.
Metal
Montreal pop-punk that took the genre fully mainstream and has never pretended otherwise, with 'I'm Just a Kid' now two generations deep.
Pop
Vancouver Island band led by Courtney LaPlante and Mike Stringer, setting low-tuned, lurching riffs against LaPlante's swings between airy clean vocals and ferocious screams.
Metal
'Gives You Hell' and a wildly fun second act: the internet's favorite reunion, with Tyson Ritter in full chaos-uncle mode.
Pop punkPower pop
Canada's post-hardcore heart: three voices trading scream, croon, and rasp across one beloved catalog, with reunion sets that feel like national holidays back home.
Post-hardcore
Johnny Franck's absurdist country-core project gone legitimately huge, with saxophones, breakdowns, and jokes played tight enough to work as straight-up bangers.
Country-corePost-genre
The Mudvayne and Hellyeah frontman stepping out under his own name, with the same guttural roar and melodic bite that carried both bands.
Rock
Sydney pub-rock veterans together since 1979, best known for the 1987 anthem 'Run to Paradise' and Mark Gable's high, raw-throated vocal.
Rock
Lismore band who came up through triple j Unearthed in the mid-90s, moving from scrappy grunge-punk to the big radio choruses of 'Chemical Heart'. Phil Jamieson out front.
Rock
Örebro skate-punk veterans playing fast, melodic songs with big singalong hooks, best known for 'No Cigar' and its place on the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 soundtrack.
Hard rock
Al Jourgensen's industrial-metal war machine, with sampled sermons, mechanised riffing, and four decades of pure spite, still grinding forward.
Industrial metal
Pacific Northwest pop-punk lifers who are fast, bright, and unbothered by three decades passing, with 'Chick Magnet' still a set-list law.
Pop-punkSkate-punk
Wrexham pop-punk band fronted by Ben Barlow, whose shout-along choruses on 'Gold Steps' and 'December' made them a defining name of the genre's 2010s revival.
Rock
'Alive' and 'Youth of the Nation' are the calling cards of San Diego's nu-metal survivors, whose positivity stayed intact through every scene cycle.
Nu-metalReggae-rock
Melbourne band fronted by Ben Stewart, writing emo-leaning guitar rock about anxiety and heartbreak with big, shout-along choruses.
Rock
Sydney hardcore that went global fast, with brotherhood-forward lyrics and riffs built entirely for the pile-on, and community as the whole point.
Hardcore
Metalcore that kept getting darker and more atmospheric long after their scene peers stopped trying, the rare legacy act still improving.
Metalcore
Nashville quartet working slow-burning distortion, out-of-body blues and heavy psychedelia into long, meditative jams since 2012.
Hard rock
German trio working the melodic end of metalcore, with Maria Lessing swinging between clean vocals and screams over post-hardcore atmosphere.
Alternative
HEADWRECK
Metal
The duo two Fever 333 members started after that band ended, with hardcore, electronics and no genre loyalty whatsoever.
Hard rock
IVRI
Alternative
KAMI KEHOE
Pop
LOCKED SHUT
Rock
Toronto singer-songwriter writing sarcastic, hook-heavy pop-punk with a theatrical streak and choruses built for shouting back.
Rock
Greg Puciato's project with Telefon Tel Aviv's Joshua Eustis, trading the Dillinger Escape Plan's chaos for brooding, 80s-tinged synth-pop. Debut album 'Fever Daydream' set the template.
Electronic
Seattle's funk-flecked pop-metalcore puts groove first and breakdowns second, with falsetto hooks the scene didn't see coming.
Pop-metalcore
VIANOVA
Berlin band active since 2014, setting metalcore breakdowns against the syncopated, low-tuned riffing of djent.
Metal
VOICE OF BACEPROT
Hard rock
The headliners
LIMP BIZKIT · Nu-metal's chaos agents in their beloved victory-lap era. Fred Durst does it all for the nookie, still, and the field does it with him. Headlining, and currently on the strangest victory lap in rock.
SIMPLE PLAN · Montreal pop-punk that took the genre fully mainstream and has never pretended otherwise, with 'I'm Just a Kid' now two generations deep.
SPIRITBOX · Vancouver Island band led by Courtney LaPlante and Mike Stringer, setting low-tuned, lurching riffs against LaPlante's swings between airy clean vocals and ferocious screams. The modern metal band everyone else is measured against.
POLARIS · Sydney metalcore built on intricate, melodic riff architecture and hard clean-to-scream swings, with precision-tooled heaviness and real emotional weight.
THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS · 'Gives You Hell' and a wildly fun second act: the internet's favorite reunion, with Tyson Ritter in full chaos-uncle mode.
BAD RELIGION · Forty-plus years of polysyllabic melodic punk, with three-part harmonies over an unwavering political line, still the genre's reigning intellectuals. Forty-five years plus one, and still the template for melodic punk.
Up-and-comers to catch early
SPEED · Sydney hardcore that has outgrown rooms very quickly.
- VOICE OF BACEPROT · Indonesian metal trio with a genuinely singular story.
HOUSE OF PROTECTION · Built from ex-Fever 333 members and heavier than that suggests.
LØLØ · Sharp, funny pop-punk that keeps climbing bills.
Other acts worth planning around
ALEXISONFIRE · Playing Crisis in full, which is the reason a lot of tickets moved.
MINISTRY · Billed as a farewell to Australia.
Good Things 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Good Things Festival 2026?
Friday December 4 in Melbourne at Flemington Racecourse, Saturday December 5 in Sydney at Sydney Showground, and Sunday December 6 in Brisbane at the Brisbane Showgrounds.
Is the lineup the same in every city?
Good Things publishes one bill for all three dates rather than a separate lineup per city, so the thirty-one bands here are the whole festival.
Who headlines?
Limp Bizkit, with Simple Plan, Spiritbox, Polaris, The All-American Rejects and Bad Religion beneath them.
Are set times out?
Not yet. Neither stage times nor per-city running orders have been published.
How do I find the acts I'd like?
Type a few artists you love into the finder at the top of this page. It matches them against this lineup and explains each pick.
Is Good Things 2026 all ages?
16+. Under 16s are not allowed entry. Ages 16 and 17 may attend on their own with valid photo ID, and must give a parent or guardian as an emergency contact when buying a ticket.
When is Good Things 2027?
Not announced yet. This page carries Good Things 2026 and will carry the 2027 edition as soon as the festival announces it.
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