No, it’s not the lineup. Everybody remain calm.
Good Things Festival has thrown us another sizeable breadcrumb ahead of its hotly anticipated 2026 return, officially confirming the venues for this year’s East Coast heavy music pilgrimage – while simultaneously assuring us that “the big one” is coming.
“All shows 16+. The big one is coming. Sit tight.”
The travelling riff circus will once again descend on Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane across the first weekend of December, kicking things off at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse on Friday, 4th December.
From there, Good Things will roll into Sydney Showground on Saturday, 5th December, before wrapping up at Brisbane Showgrounds on Sunday, 6th December.
Notably, all three events will also be 16+ this year.
“Yes, we know. It’s not the lineup,” festival organisers cheekily acknowledged while unveiling the news on social media.
“Put down the pitchforks… We’ve got something almost as exciting – you now know exactly where to book accom or park your car in December.”
And then came the sentence most likely to send the Australian heavy music rumour mill into overdrive:
“The big one is coming. Sit tight. \m/”
So, while we don’t have an official lineup reveal date just yet, it certainly sounds like we won’t be waiting too much longer to find out who’ll be soundtracking our annual December heatstroke.
Good Things previously confirmed its 2026 return shortly after wrapping last year’s festival, promising punters: “We will be back in 2026 and look forward to welcoming you again next year!”
The 2025 edition was headlined by TOOL, marking the prog-metal titans’ first Australian festival appearance since 2011 and first visit Down Under in more than five years.
They led an absolutely cooked bill featuring Weezer, Garbage, All Time Low, Machine Head, The All-American Rejects, Knocked Loose, Lorna Shore, Refused, New Found Glory, Make Them Suffer, Dayseeker, Kublai Khan TX, Cobra Starship, Goldfinger, Scene Queen, Wargasm, Windwaker, a reunited Tonight Alive and stacks more.
Who’ll be tasked with following that up in 2026?
For now, your guess is as good as ours. But with the dates and venues officially locked and loaded – and Good Things itself teasing that “the big one is coming” – we’d suggest keeping those eyes peeled.
Peep the 2026 details so far below.
Good Things Festival 2026
- Friday, 4th December – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, VIC
- Saturday, 5th December – Sydney Showground, Sydney, NSW
- Sunday, 6th December – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane, QLD
All shows 16+
2026 lineup TBA
