Harvest Rock Festival has returned with a bang after suffering a cancellation last year.
The iconic Adelaide music event announced its 2025 lineup in an Instagram post on Thursday, revealing that iconic rock band The Strokes would be headlining the event in October.
Bragging 14.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify, a platinum album and numerous awards – including a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2021 – the band are a huge addition to the festival’s program.
Also on the stacked list of performers is The War On Drugs, M.I.A and Jelly Roll, as well as beloved Aussie favourites Vance Joy, Wolfmother, Lime Cordiale, Royel Otis and The Jungle Giants.
Taking place at Rymill Park and King Rodney Park in the heart of Adelaide on October 25 and 26, the festival’s return has sent waves through the live music circuit.
Harvest Rock Festival has returned with a bang after suffering a cancellation last year. The iconic Adelaide music event announced its 2025 lineup in an Instagram post on Thursday, revealing that iconic rock band The Strokes would be headlining the event in October
Presale tickets will be available for purchase on August 19, and general sale will be open to the public on August 20.
Last year fans were left heartbroken after the festival was scrapped just months before it was set to take place.
In August 2024, Harvest Rock organisers announced on Instagram that the show would not go on, marking the first time it had been cancelled since its inception in 2011.
‘We’ve been working hard to make Harvest Rock III another incredible event, however we have made the difficult decision to not hold the festival in 2024,’ the post read.
‘We appreciate the ongoing support of the South Australian Government and we look forward to Harvest Rock in the future.’
Secret Sounds, the promoter of the event, is understood to have been unable to book a headline act for the 2024 event, the Adelaide Advertiser reported.
However, the exact reason for the cancellation was not indicated by either Harvest Rock music festival or Secret Sounds.
Harvest Rock Festival’s impressive 2025 lineup comes as a glimmer of hope for Aussie music fans as the live music scene takes a brutal beating.
Also on the stacked list of performers is The War On Drugs, M.I.A and Jelly Roll, as well as beloved Aussie favourites Vance Joy, Wolfmother, Lime Cordiale, Royel Otis and The Jungle Giants
Last year fans were left heartbroken after the festival was scrapped just months before it was set to take place
Popular music festivals have been dropping like flies over the past year, with Listen Out being the latest casualty of Australia’s dwindling music scene.
R’n’B festival Souled Out was also cancelled in February, with all three shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane dropped.
Similarly, Victorian event The Esoteric Psychedelic Circus Festival was canned.
And in a big blow to the Aussie music scene, organisers announced earlier this year that Splendour in the Grass will not be returning in 2025.
