Festival Calendar and

Monthly Event List

* Please check event websites for further details or changes to event line-ups and times

Event Guide 2025

May

2nd Shadows Of Wonderland @ Melbourne, VIC

2nd - 5th Earth Frequency @ SE Queensland

3rd SummerSalt @ Mackay, Qld CANCELLED

3rd Midnight Mafia @ Sydney, NSW

3rd Red Hot Summer Tour @ Hunter valley, NSW

3rd & 4th Out To Lunch @ Gold Coast, QLD https://musicfestivalsaustralia.com/news/out-2-lunch-goes-bigger

4th Red Hot Summer Tour @ Wollongong, NSW

9th - 11th Meatstock @ Sydney, NSW

10th Red Hot Summer Tour @ Bribie Island, QLD

15th - 18th Blues On Broadbeach @ Gold Coast, QLD

17th Bass In The Grass @ Darwin, NT

17th The Big Chill Festival @ Armidale, NSW https://www.bigchill.com.au/

23rd Verknipt @ Melbourne, VIC CANCELLED

24th Verknipt @ Sydney, NSW CANCELLED

June

4th - 8th Cooly Rocks On @ Gold Coast, QLD

7th Hyperdome - Way Of The Dragon @ Sydney, NSW

8th Hyperave @ Melbourne, VIC

14th Festival Of The Stone @ Byron Bay, NSW

20th - 23rd NYX Festival @ Ravenshoe, QLD

21st R3VOLT @ Sydney, NSW

27th Lunation @ Perth, WA (Discount Code MFA)

28th Lunation @ Melbourne, VIC (Discount Code MFA)

28th Dangerous Goods 5XXL @ Melbourne, VIC (Discount Code: MFA)

28th Thrashville @ Hunter Valley, NSW

July

5th South System @ Brisbane, Qld

7th - 9th Big Red Bash @ Simpson Desert

26th Party On The Point @ Sandstone Point, QLD

26th Blak Day Out @ Brisbane, QLD

August

28th - 31st Gympie Music Muster @ Gympie, QLd

21st - 23rd Mundi Mundi Bash @ Broken Hill, NSW

22nd - 23rd Rhythm and The Reef @ Mackay, QLD https://musicfestivalsaustralia.com/news/jttklihnezlf60o9vhfaa18rdj8zu7

23rd Necrosonic @ Brisbane, QLD

30th Altitude: Without Limits @ Sydney, NSW

September

6th Altitude: Without Limits @ Melbourne, VIC

19th - 22nd Blacken Open Air @ Ross River Resort, NT

20th Summer Salt @ Torquay, VIC

25th - 27th Texas Country Music Festival @ Texas, QLD

27th Summer Salt @ Tamborine, Qld

28th Lake Macquarie, NSW

October

3rd - 5th Dashville Skyline @ Hunter Valley, NSW

3rd - 6th Dragon Dreaming @ Wee Jasper, NSW

3rd - 4th Deni Ute Muster @ Deniliquin, NSW

4th Summer Salt @ Fremantle, WA

4th Electric Eye Heavy Fest @Fremantle, WA

4th Knockout Outdoor @ Sydney, NSW

4th - 5th Wanderer Festival @ Pambula Beach, NSW https://musicfestivalsaustralia.com/news/The%20Wanderer%20returns

9th - 12th Savannah In The Round @ Mareeba, Qld

17th Fridayz Live @ Brisbane, QLD

17th -19th Groundwater @ Gold Coast, QLD

18th Fridayz Live @ Sydney, NSW

18th Sunset Sounds @ Gosford, NSW

19th - 26th Rock The Boat

24th Fridayz Live @ Perth, WA

24th - 27th Earth Frequency @ Woodford, QLD

25th Fridayz Live @ Melbourne, VIC

25th Ridin’ Hearts @ Sydney, NSW

26th Ridin’ Hearts @ Melbourne, VIC

30th - 3rd of November Interstellar Groove @ Victoria

November

1st Defected @ Sydney, NSW

3rd Defected @ Melbourne, VIC

7th Defected @ Brisbane, QLD

8th Handpicked @ Langhorne Creek, SA https://musicfestivalsaustralia.com/news/handpicked2025

8th Defected @ Perth, WA

9th - 11th Airlie Beach Festival Of Music @ Airlie Beach, QLD

15th Town Folk Festival @ Castlemaine, VIC

21st - 23rd Strawberry Fields @ Tocumwal, NSW

22nd Harbourlife @ Sydney, NSW

28th - 30th Queenscliff Music Festival @ Queenscliff, VIC

December

4th - 7th Wild Horses Festival @ Carapooee West, VIC

5th Good Things @ Melbourne, VIC

6th Good Things @ Sydney, NSW

6th Spilt Milk @ Ballarat, VIC

7th Good Things @ Brisbane, QLD

7th Spilt Milk @ Perth, WA

13th Spilt Milk @ Canberra, ACT

14th Spilt Milk @ Gold Coast, QLD

Events Coming in 2026

February

5th - 8th Party In The Paddock @ Launceston, TAS

7th Lookout Festival @ Lake Macquarie, NSW

14th Lookout Festival @ Torquay, VIC

March

6th - 9th Port Fairy Folk Festival @ Port Fairy, VIC

20th - 22nd CMC Rocks QLD @ Ipswich, QLD

April

2nd - 5th Bluesfest @ Byron Bay, NSW

October

22nd - 25th Hellbound (Departs Sydney)