KNOTFEST, the destination festival brand curated by SLIPKNOT, is returning to Australia this year. And today they announce a horde of headline sideshows from some of the artists on the festival lineup.
In addition to their entirely sold out Adelaide headline sideshow, SLIPKNOT will headline in Auckland on March 11, while A DAY TO REMEMBER are set to perform a one-and-only Australian headline show in Brisbane on March 3.
ENTER SHIKARI will play at Maroochydore’s Solbar on the Sunshine Coast on March 3.
BABYMETAL, SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL, WITHIN TEMPTATION, ENTER SHIKARI, HATEBREED, MISS MAY I, VENDED and SUNAMI will also perform their own headline sideshows this year.
BABYMETAL, WITHIN TEMPTATION, HATEBREED, VENDED and SUNAMI are performing shows in Brisbane.
Seattle hill-hiking, metal music-loving stand up comic LUKE SEVEREID is also heading our way as part of KNOTFEST, interviewing bands at the festival and performing his own sideshows. He will also play a sideshow in Brisbane.
Knotfest Member pre-sale tickets on sale January 24 @ 9am local time
Early bird pre-sale tickets on sale January 24 @ 10am local time
Register here ->https://knotfestau.com/25sideshows
General tickets are on sale January 28 @ 10am local time
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Without further adieu, we present to you Knotfest Australia 2025 sideshows…
SLIPKNOT
WIITH SPECIAL GUESTS VENDED^
Tuesday March 4 – AEC Arena, Adelaide^ Sold Out
Tuesday March 11 – Spark Arena, Auckland
Slipknot with special guest Vended

Following their monumental performances launching Australia’s first ever KNOTFEST in 2023, SLIPKNOT will return down under in 2025. As headliners to their own proceedings this not-to-be-missed rock and heavy music festival has announced these sideshows. Attendees can expect a performance like no other from a band who only gets more thrilling, exciting and cathartic.
Having released a new record in 2022, The End, So Far (crowned at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart; their fourth consecutive album to do so), SLIPKNOT refuse to rest on past glories and continue to innovate, with fan favourites including as many new songs as older. Between enduring fan-revered singles like Duality, Psychosocial and Wait and Bleed, as well as deeper cuts and newer material over the years, SLIPKNOT’s drive and creativity bleeds through their jaw-dropping live performances.
Hailing from Des Moines, Iowa, VENDED has been pushing the limits of combustible energy and raw aggression since their 2018 inception. Their bold, honest, passionate take on heavy music raises the flag for a new generation. Revolver heralded them as one of 10 Bands Leading the New Wave of Nü-Metal and they have shared stages supporting Bring Me The Horizon, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, and Knocked Loose and headliners/festivals in North America, Europe and South America.
Slipknot sideshows full list
Knotfest Australia Sideshows Announced
Knotfest Member pre-sale tickets are on sale Friday 24 January at 9am local time.
Early bird pre-sale tickets are on sale Friday 24 January at 10am local time.
General tickets are on sale Tuesday 28 January at 10am local time via destroyalllines.com.
Register here: knotfestau.com/25sideshows.
Slipknot
Tuesday 4 March 2025 – AEC Arena – Adelaide, SA (Sold Out)
Tuesday 11 March 2025 – Spark Arena – Auckland, NZ
A Day to Remember
Monday 3 March 2025 – Fortitude Music Hall – Brisbane, QLD
Babymetal
Tuesday 4 March 2025 – Fortitude Music Hall – Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 6 March 2025 – Enmore Theatre – Sydney, NSW
Slaughter to Prevail
Thursday 27 February 2025 – Northcote Theatre – Melbourne, VIC
Within Temptation
Monday 3 March 2025 – Princess Theatre – Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 6 March 2025 – Max Watts – Melbourne, VIC
Enter Shikari
Monday 3 March 2025 – Solbar – Sunshine Coast, QLD
Wednesday 5 March 2025 – Sooki Lounge – Belgrave, VIC
Thursday 6 March 2025 – King St Bandroom – Newcastle, NSW
Hatebreed
Tuesday 4 March 2025 – The Triffid – Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 5 March 2025 – 170 Russell – Melbourne, VIC
Friday 7 March 2025 – Metro Theatre – Sydney, NSW
Miss May I
Tuesday 4 March 2025 – Stay Gold – Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 5 March 2025 – Crowbar – Sydney, NSW
Vended
Wednesday 5 March 2025 – The Brightside – Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 6 March 2025 – Stay Gold – Melbourne, VIC
Sunami
Tuesday 4 March 2025 – Prince Bandroom – Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 5 March 2025 – Manning Bar – Sydney, NSW
Luke Severeid
Saturday 1 March 2025 – Sitdown Comedy Club – Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 5 March 2025 – Stay Gold – Melbourne, VIC
Friday 7 March 2025 – Factory Floor – Sydney, NSW
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