Forty-plus years of polysyllabic melodic punk — three-part harmonies over an unwavering political line, still the genre's reigning intellectuals.
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.
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.
Sydney metalcore built on intricate, melodic riff architecture and hard clean-to-scream swings — precision-tooled heaviness with real emotional weight.
Montreal pop-punk that took the genre fully mainstream and has never pretended otherwise — 'I'm Just a Kid' now two generations deep.
SPIRITBOX
'Gives You Hell' and a wildly fun second act — the internet's favorite reunion, with Tyson Ritter in full chaos-uncle mode.
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.
Johnny Franck's absurdist country-core project gone legitimately huge — saxophones, breakdowns, and jokes played tight enough to work as straight-up bangers.
CHAD GRAY
CHOIRBOYS
GRINSPOON
MILLENCOLIN
Al Jourgensen's industrial-metal war machine — sampled sermons, mechanised riffing, and four decades of pure spite, still grinding forward.
Pacific Northwest pop-punk lifers — fast, bright, and unbothered by three decades passing, 'Chick Magnet' still a set-list law.
NECK DEEP
'Alive' and 'Youth of the Nation' — San Diego's nu-metal survivors, positivity intact through every scene cycle.
SLOWLY SLOWLY
Sydney hardcore that went global fast — brotherhood-forward lyrics and riffs built entirely for the pile-on, community as the whole point.
Metalcore that kept getting darker and more atmospheric long after their scene peers stopped trying — the rare legacy act still improving.
ALL THEM WITCHES
German trio working the melodic end of metalcore, with Maria Lessing swinging between clean vocals and screams over post-hardcore atmosphere.
HEADWRECK
The duo two Fever 333 members started after that band ended — hardcore, electronics and no genre loyalty whatsoever.
IVRI
KAMI KEHOE
LOCKED SHUT
LØLØ
THE BLACK QUEEN
Seattle's funk-flecked pop-metalcore — groove first, breakdowns second, and falsetto hooks the scene didn't see coming.
VIANOVA
VOICE OF BACEPROT
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 — 'I'm Just a Kid' now two generations deep.
POLARIS — Sydney metalcore built on intricate, melodic riff architecture and hard clean-to-scream swings — precision-tooled heaviness with 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 — 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.
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?
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