Overview
Good things not only come to those who wait, but great and downright excellent things do, too — at least where Harvest Rock's 2025 lineup is concerned. Unveiled two days later than initially planned, the full rundown of acts slated to play the two-day Adelaide music festival is a list to get excited about. There's no "someday" about when The Strokes will next be in Australia now: headlining Harvest Rock and doing an Aussie-exclusive show, they're the main event on Saturday, October 25.
Harvest Rock has been teasing The Strokes' spot on the bill since it pushed back its lineup announcement. Now, Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Fabrizio Moretti, Nikolai Fraiture and Albert Hammond Jr are indeed locked in. Also taking to the stage on the fest's first 2025 day are The War on Drugs, also doing an Australian-exclusive gig.
Vance Joy, M.I.A., Lime Cordiale and Genesis Owusu will be wowing Saturday crowds as well, as will The Presets, The Jungle Giants, Cloud Control, Bag Raiders and more. If you're a fan of Wolfmother's self-titled debut album, you're also in luck: the Australian band will play it in full.
Harvest Rock's Sunday, October 26 lineup boasts Jelly Roll as its headliner, followed by Royel Otis, Groove Armada doing a DJ set, Shaboozey, PNAU, Lauren Spencer Smith, Ruel and Sneaky Sound System — and others. The fest's second day is also scoring the Ministry of Sound Classical treatment, aka dance music hits played live by an orchestra.
Before August arrived, no one was likely expecting to attend Harvest Rock this year. The travelworthy festival made its debut in 2022 and returned in 2023 for a second spin, but sat out 2024. Then came the welcome news that the event is back on the agenda for 2025, a comeback that not every fest that presses pause for a year manages (see: Splendour in the Grass, which announced its 2024 dates and lineup, then ditched its plans and didn't return in 2025 — and also Groovin the Moo going through the same cycle of reveals and cancellations, and also missing 2025).
The venue for Harvest Rock: still Rymill Park / Murlawirrapurka and King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina. When the event was first born, hailing from the Secret Sounds crew — who were also behind Splendour in the Grass — it not only aimed to get everyone dancing in a park in Adelaide each spring, but also delivered a weekend-long blend of music, food and wine. That's once more the setup. Accordingly, the festival also spans Adelaide's top restaurants and eateries serving up dishes, a culinary-focused stage and wine tastings.
In 2025, the Amuse-Bouche Stage is part of the lineup, for instance, bringing together culinary figures, podcasters and comedians — with Ben Harvey and Belle Jackson, Nat's What I Reckon, the Marmalade trio and folks from the music bill also featuring.
For a bite and a sip, Wildwoods & Cellar Door by Duncan Welgemoed & Nick Stock, Denny Bradden's Dirty Doris Diner, Regent Thai, Africola Canteen, Anchovy Bandit and Gang Gang are among your options. And, label-wise from the vino selection, so are Ochota Barrels, Yangarra, Basket Range Wines, Murdoch Hill, Grant Nash, Sherrah, S.C.Pannell / Protero, Shaw + Smith / Other Wine Co, Henschke, Les Fruits / Parley, Bloomfield, Stoke Wines, Worlds Apart, Koerner, First Drop, Torbreck, Adelina and Champagne Taittinger.
Jimmy Fontaine
Harvest Rock 2025 Lineup
Saturday, October 25:
The Strokes
The War on Drugs
Vance Joy
M.I.A.
Lime Cordiale
Wolfmother
The Presets
Skream & Benga
Genesis Owusu
The Jungle Giants
Cloud Control
Vacations
Bag Raiders (live)
Teenage Joans
Divebar Youth
Sunsick Daisy
Oscar The Wild
Any Young Mechanic
Sunday, October 26:
Jelly Roll
Royel Otis
Ministry of Sound Classical
Groove Armada (DJ set)
Shaboozey
PNAU
Lauren Spencer Smith
Ruel
Sneaky Sound System
The Dreggs
Drew Baldridge
Julia Cole
Folk Bitch Trio
Mild Minds
Anna Lunoe
Velvet Trip
Towns
Coldwave
Colter
Apollo
Amuse-Bouche Stage lineup:
Hosted By Ben & Belle
Nat's What I Reckon
Marmalade
Artist Appearances
and more to be announced
Food:
Dirty Doris Diner
Regent Thai
Africola Canteen
Anchovy Bandit
Gang Gang
& Many More
Wine:
Adelina
Basket Range
Bloomfield
First Drop
Grant Nash
Henschke
Koerner
Les Fruits / Parley
Murdoch Hill
Ochota Barrels
S.C.Pannell / Protero
Shaw + Smith / The Other Wine Co
Sherrah
Stoke Wines
Taittinger
Torbreck
Worlds Apart
Yangarra
Harvest Rock 2025 is set to take place across Saturday, October 25–Sunday, October 26 at Rymill Park / Murlawirrapurka and King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina, Adelaide. Head to the festival's website for further details — with presale tickets available from Tuesday, August 19 and general sales from Wednesday, August 20.
The Strokes top image: Jim Bennett/Getty Images. Harvest Rock images: Ian Laidlaw / Mitch Lowe / Zennieshia Butts.