Lime Cordiale, Birds Of Tokyo, WAAX & More Playing Great Southern Nights 2025

Great Southern Nights will return in 2025 and take over numerous venues across NSW.

From 21 March to 6 April 2025, over 300 gigs will be brought to areas including Sydney, Western Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, the Central Coast, Broken Hill, Byron Bay, the Central West, Orange, Tamworth, and Tilba. 

The 2025 line-up is stacked with talent, featuring Aussie icons Hoodoo Gurus, Missy Higgins, Birds Of Tokyo, Lime Cordiale, The Cruel Sea, Ben Lee, Baby Animals, Kate Miller-Heidke, Matt Corby, and Troy Cassar-Daley, all booked to play alongside up-and-comers like King Stingray, Aleksiah, Brad Cox, CYRIL, Elsy Wameyo, Full Flower Moon Band, Teenage Dads, The Beths, Thelma Plum, and many more. Plus, additional acts will be announced in 2025. You can check out the Great Southern Nights 2025 line-up below.

Tickets to all shows are available now via the Great Southern Nights website.

Lime Cordiale said of their forthcoming gig, “We’re so keen to be doing something different for Great Southern Nights. These guys are pumping a bunch of support into the live music industry.

“Aussie venues, especially the smaller ones, are important for the development of musical acts - it’s a long way to the top, right?! We haven’t played The Metro since 2017 and love seeing our favourite artists play there. Going to be sick!!” 

Charley added, “I am so excited to be playing a show for Great Southern Nights, as this one will be a special one. I'll be playing some songs from my upcoming album for the first time ever at one of my fave intimate Sydney venues, Oxford Art Factory! I also have some incredible special guests performing before me and with me!! This will be such a fun show.”

The NSW Minister for the Arts, Minister for Music and the Night-Time Economy and Minister for Jobs and Tourism, John Graham, said the artists performing at Great Southern Nights 2025 “will light up the night around the state.”

In a statement, Graham said the forthcoming series is “part of the plan” to boost live music and vibrancy across NSW.

Graham continued, “We’ve scrapped the rules that get in the way of live venues, and we’re backing our bands to hit the stage. NSW has an incredible history of pub rock, East Coast touring and outdoor shows. We hope Great Southern Nights will remind people just how good our live music scene can be.”

ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd commented on the “electric momentum” seen within Australia’s music community this year, adding that “It’s a privilege to continue fuelling that energy with another incredible line-up of artists for Great Southern Nights in 2025.

“From intimate venues in small towns to iconic city stages, these nights are about celebrating the astounding talent of our artists and sparking human connection in communities." 

GREAT SOUTHERN NIGHTS 2025

21 MARCH – 6 APRIL 2025 ACROSS NSW

ALEKSIAH | ALICE IVY | BABE RAINBOW | BABY ANIMALS

BAG RAIDERS | BEC SANDRIDGE | BEN LEE | BIRDS OF TOKYO | BOO SEEKA

BOOTLEG RASCAL | BOY & BEAR | BRAD COX | CHARLEY | CROOKED COLOURS | CYRIL | DEVAURA | ELSY WAMEYO | EMILY WURRAMARA | EMMA PASK 

FULL FLOWER MOON BAND | GUT HEALTH | HAVANA BROWN | HOODOO GURUS | KAIIT | KATE MILLER-HEIDKE | KINDER | KING STINGRAY | LIME CORDIALE | MATT CORBY | MEG WASHINGTON | MISSY HIGGINS | NAI PALM | NGAIIRE | NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE 

RUNNING TOUCH | SAFIA | SARAH BLASKO | SIX60 | SLUMBERJACK | TASH | TEENAGE DADS | TELENOVA | THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS | THE BETHS | THE CAT EMPIRE | THE CRUEL SEA | THE WESTERN DISTRIBUTORS | THELMA PLUM | TOTAL TOMMY | TROY CASSAR-DALEY | VV PETE | WAAX | WINSTON SURFSHIRT | XAVIER RUDD | ZIGGY ALBERTS 

MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED IN 2025