Discover the ultimate May 2025 gig calendar for events happening all around Australia and major events in New Zealand. We have included links to future months below for your convenience. Additionally, there is a poster-based Gig Guide below that has dates and links to all the tour dates and ticket links from 2025. These events have finished, so click the button for the Now-Future What’s On Australia and New Zealand Current Gig Guide.
Below is a curated selection of events in May 2025 around Australia and New Zealand. Further down the page there is a gig guide with all the event posters and a 2025 full year archive.
May 2025 Gig Calendar
| Date | Event | Venue | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calendars | April 2025 | June 2025 | ||
| 01-05-2025 | Dice | Lion Arts Factory | Tarntanya / Adelaide | SA |
| 01-05-2025 | The Cruel Sea | Dunstan Playhouse | Tarntanya / Adelaide | SA |
| 01-05-2025 | Fanning Dempsey National Park | Tanks Art Centre | Yirriganydji / Cairns | QLD |
| 01-05-2025 | ZZ Top & George Thorogood | Langley Park | Boorloo / Perth | WA |
| 01-05-2025 | Peking Duk | Top Floor Nightclub | Mandjoogoordap / Mundurah | WA |
| 01-05-2025 | Old Mervs | Double Whammy | Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland | NZ |
| 01-05-2025 | K Motionz | Catacombs | Ōtepoti / Dunedin | NZ |
| 02-05-2025 | Ball Park Music | Forth Pub | Forth | TAS |
| 02-05-2025 | K Motionz | 170 Russel | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 02-05-2025 | The Cruel Sea | Anthenaeum Theatre | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 02-05-2025 | Dice | Manning Bar | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 02-05-2025 | Gracie Abrams | Qudos Bank Arena | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 02-05-2025 | Lime Cordiale | Waves | Dharawal / Wollongong | NSW |
| 02-05-2025 | The Warehouse Grand Opening Spiderbait | The Warehouse | Gurambilburra / Townsville | QLD |
| 02-05-2025 | Chris Lake | TBC | Boorloo / Perth | WA |
| 02-05-2025 | Peking Duk | Shelter Brewing Co. | Wandandi Boodja / Busselton | WA |
| 02-05-2025 | The Jungle Giants | Powerstation | Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland | NZ |
| 02-05-2025 | Old Mervs | Meow | Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington | NZ |
| 03-05-2025 | Ball Park Music | Odeon Theatre | Nipaluna / Hobart | TAS |
| 03-05-2025 | Lime Cordiale | UC Refectory | Ngunnawal / Canberra | ACT |
| 03-05-2025 | The Cruel Sea | Canberra Theatre Centre | Ngunnawal / Canberra | ACT |
| 03-05-2025 | Gracie Abrams | Qudos Bank Arena | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 03-05-2025 | Red Hot Summer V2 | Roche Estate | Pokolbin, Wonnarua / Hunter Valley | NSW |
| 03-05-2025 | Out 2 Lunch Festival | Surfers Paradise Beachfront | Kombumerri / Gold Coast | QLD |
| 03-05-2025 | Dice | Crowbar | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 03-05-2025 | K Motionz | The Tivoli | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 03-05-2025 | Opiuo @ Earth Frequency Festival | Superordinary | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 03-05-2025 | SummerSalt | Harrup Park | Yuwi / Mackay | QLD |
| 03-05-2025 | The Warehouse Grand Opening The Presets | The Warehouse | Gurambilburra / Townsville | QLD |
| 03-05-2025 | Peking Duk | Settler’s Tavern | Wooditup / Margaret River | WA |
| 03-05-2025 | The Jungle Giants | Meow Niu | Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington | NZ |
| 03-05-2025 | Old Mervs | The Loons | Ōtautahi / Christchurch | NZ |
| 04-05-2025 | Gracie Abrams | Qudos Bank Arena | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 04-05-2025 | Red Hot Summer V2 | Stuart Park | Dharawal / Wollongong | NSW |
| 04-05-2025 | Out 2 Lunch Festival | Surfers Paradise Beachfront | Kombumerri / Gold Coast | QLD |
| 04-05-2025 | The Warehouse Grand Opening FREE Event | The Warehouse | Gurambilburra / Townsville | QLD |
| 06-05-2025 | Gracie Abrams | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 07-05-2025 | ZZ Top & George Thorogood | Margaret Court Arena | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 07-05-2025 | Gracie Abrams | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 08-05-2025 | Fanning Dempsey National Park | Odeon Theatre | Nipaluna / Hobart | TAS |
| 08-05-2025 | Lime Cordiale | The Power House | Jagera / Toowoomba | QLD |
| 08-05-2025 | Peking Duk | Tanks Arts Centre | Yirriganydji / Cairns | QLD |
| 08-05-2025 | K Motionz | Divide | Tarntanya / Adelaide | SA |
| 08-05-2025 | Ball Park Music | Prince of Wales | Goomburrup / Bunbury | WA |
| 09-05-2025 | Chris Lake | PICA | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 09-05-2025 | Gracie Abrams | Rod Laver Arena | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 09-05-2025 | Fanning Dempsey National Park | Costa Hall | Djilang / Geelong | VIC |
| 09-05-2025 | K Motionz | Liberty Hall | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 09-05-2025 | Lime Cordiale | Hotel Brunswick | Bundjalung / Brunswick Heads | NSW |
| 09-05-2025 | Peking Duk | House of Vows | Gurrumbilbarra / Townsville | QLD |
| 09-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Hindley Street Music Hall | Tarntanya / Adelaide | SA |
| 09-05-2025 | Ball Park Music | The River | Wooditup / Margaret River | WA |
| 10-05-2025 | Gracie Abrams | Rod Laver Arena | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 10-05-2025 | Fanning Dempsey National Park | Civic Hall | Ballarat | VIC |
| 10-05-2025 | Chris Lake | Hordern Pavilion | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 10-05-2025 | Lime Cordiale | Jetty Beach House | Gumbaynggirr / Coffs Harbour | NSW |
| 10-05-2025 | Red Hot Summer V2 | Sandstone Point Hotel | Sandstone Point, Kabi Kabi / Sunshine Coast | QLD |
| 10-05-2025 | Peking Duk | McGuires Hotel | Yuwi / Mackay | QLD |
| 10-05-2025 | Old Mervs | Hindley Street Music Hall | Tarndanya / Adelaide | SA |
| 10-05-2025 | K Motionz | Metro City | Boorloo / Perth | WA |
| 10-05-2025 | Ball Park Music | Beeliar | Fremantle, Boorloo / Perth | WA |
| 10-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Freo Social | Fremantle, Boorloo / Perth | WA |
| 10-05-2025 | Good Neighbours | The Tuning Fork | Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland | NZ |
| 11-05-2025 | Gracie Abrams | Rod Laver Arena | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 11-05-2025 | Fanning Dempsey National Park | Ulumbarra Theatre | Dja Dja Wurrung / Bendigo | VIC |
| 11-05-2025 | Red Hot Summer V2 | Sandstone Point | Kabi Kabi / Sunshine Coast | QLD |
| 11-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Freo Social | Fremantle, Boorloo / Perth | WA |
| 11-05-2025 | Good Neighbours | San Fran | Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington | NZ |
| 13-05-2025 | Good Neighbours | Max Watts | Naar / Melbourne | VIC |
| 13-05-2025 | ZZ Top & George Thorogood | ICC Sydney Theatre | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 13-05-2025 | Gracie Abrams | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | Tarndanya / Adelaide | SA |
| 15-05-2025 | Ball Park Music | Forum Theatre | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 15-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Theatre Royal | Dja Dja Wurrung / Castlemaine | VIC |
| 15-05-2025 | Good Neighbours | Manning Bar | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 15-05-2025 | Peking Duk | Wyong Rugby League Club | Darkinjung / Gosford | NSW |
| 15-05-2025 | Lime Cordiale | Tanks Arts Centre | Yirriganydji / Cairns | QLD |
| 16-05-2025 | Ball Park Music | Forum Theatre | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 16-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Tirquay Hotel | Wadawurrung / Torquay | VIC |
| 16-05-2025 | The Cruel Sea | Anita’s Theatre | Thirroul | NSW |
| 16-05-2025 | Fanning Dempsey National Park | Civic Theatre | Mulubinba / Newcastle | NSW |
| 16-05-2025 | Peking Duk | Beach Hotel | Arakwal / Byron Bay | NSW |
| 16-05-2025 | Good Neighbours | The Triffid | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 16-05-2025 | Loose Content | Black Bear Lodge | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 16-05-2025 | Lime Cordiale | JCU Uni Bar | Gurambilburra / Townsville | QLD |
| 16-05-2025 | Gracie Abrams | RAC Arena | Boorloo / Perth | WA |
| 16-05-2025 | K Motionz | Shed 10 | Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland | NZ |
| 17-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Forum Theatre | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 17-05-2025 | The Big Chill Festival | Armidale Showgrounds | Armidale | NSW |
| 17-05-2025 | Loose Content @ Airwaves Festival | Bangalow Bowlo | Bangalow | NSW |
| 17-05-2025 | Fanning Dempsey National Park | Anita’s Theatre | Dharawal / Thirroul | NSW |
| 17-05-2025 | Lime Cordiale | Great Western Hotel | Durambul / Rockhampton | QLD |
| 17-05-2025 | Ball Park Music | Hindley Street Music Hall | Tarntanya / Adelaide | SA |
| 17-05-2025 | Gracie Abrams | RAC Arena | Boorloo / Perth | WA |
| 17-05-2025 | Bass In The Grass | Mondi Beach | Garramilla / Darwin | NT |
| 17-05-2025 | ZZ Top & George Thorogood | Spark Arena | Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland | NZ |
| 17-05-2025 | K Motionz | Cathedral Square | Ōtautahi / Christchurch | NZ |
| 18-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Corner Hotel | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 18-05-2025 | Fanning Dempsey National Park | Theatre Centre | Ngunnawal / Canberra | ACT |
| 18-05-2025 | The Cruel Sea | The Tivoli | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 18-05-2025 | Good Neighbours | Freo Social | Fremantle, Boorloo / Perth | WA |
| 18-05-2025 | ZZ Top & George Thorogood | TSB Arena | Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington | NZ |
| 20-05-2025 | Thelma Plum | The Rechabite | Boorloo / Perth | WA |
| 21-05-2025 | Pale Jay | Northcote Theatre | Naarm / Mellbourne | VIC |
| 21-05-2025 | Thelma Plum | The River | Wooditjup / Margaret River | WA |
| 22-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Anita’s Theatre | Thirroul | NSW |
| 22-05-2025 | Old Mervs | Bar on the Hill | Mulubinba / Newcastle | NSW |
| 22-05-2025 | Fanning Dempsey National Park | Powerhouse | Tawampa / Toowoomba | QLD |
| 23-05-2025 | Pale Jay | Opera House | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 23-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Drifter’s Wharf | Darkinjung / Gosford | NSW |
| 23-05-2025 | Old Mervs | UOW | Dharawal / Wollongong | NSW |
| 23-05-2025 | Ball Park Music | Fortitude Music Hall | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 23-05-2025 | Bliss n Eso | The Powerhouse | Tawampa / Toowoomba | QLD |
| 23-05-2025 | Fanning Dempsey National Park | Venue 114 | Kabi Kabi / Sunshine Coast | QLD |
| 24-05-2025 | Peking Duk | UTAS Unibar | Nipaluna / Hobart | TAS |
| 24-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Enmore Theatre | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 24-05-2025 | Old Mervs | Roundhouse | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 24-05-2025 | Loose Content | Bootleggers | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 24-05-2025 | Bliss n Eso | Fortitude Music Hall | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 24-05-2025 | Fanning Dempsey National Park | HOTA | Kombumerri / Gold Coast | QLD |
| 24-05-2025 12pm | Sunset Sessions | Great Keppel Island Hideaway | Great Keppel Island | QLD |
| 24-05-2025 | Collision Courses Vol 6 Bias B | Lot WST | Tarntanya / Adelaide | SA |
| 24-05-2025 | One Night Stand | Barnard Park | Bussleton | WA |
| 24-05-2025 | Lime Cordiale & Thelma Plum | BOAB METALS ORD VALLEY MUSTER, Festival Hub, Celebrity Tree Park | Kununurra | WA |
| 25-05-2025 | Old Mervs | Ngunnawal / UC Refectory | Canberra | ACT |
| 25-05-2025 | Holy Holy | King St Bandroom | Mulubinba / Newcastle | NSW |
| 25-05-2025 | Pale Jay | Princess Theatre | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 27-05-2025 | Spacey Jane | Meow Nui | Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington | NZ |
| 28-05-2025 | Kofi Stone | Crow Bar | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 28-05-2025 | Spacey Jane | Meow Nui | Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington | NZ |
| 29-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Du Cane Brewery | Kanamaluka / Launceston | TAS |
| 29-05-2025 | BK The Rula | Opera House Concert Hall | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 29-05-2025 | Thelma Plum | UOW UNIBAR | Dharawal / Wollongong | NSW |
| 29-05-2025 | Old Mervs | Miami Marketta | Kombumerri / Gold Coast | QLD |
| 30-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Odeon Theatre | Nipaluna / Hobart | TAS |
| 30-05-2025 | Thelma Plum | UC Refectory | Ngunnawal / Canberra | ACT |
| 30-05-2025 | Kofi Stone | Oxford Art Factory | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 30-05-2025 | Ball Park Music | Enmore Theatre | Eora / Sydney | NSW |
| 30-05-2025 | Bliss n Eso | The Green Room | Arakwal / Byron Bay | NSW |
| 30-05-2025 | Cloud Control | Princess Theatre | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 30-05-2025 | Old Mervs | The Station | Kabi Kabi / Sunshine Coast | QLD |
| 30-05-2025 | Spacey Jane | Town Hall | Ōtautahi / Christchurch | NZ |
| 31-05-2025 | Holy Holy | Forth Pub | Forth | TAS |
| 31-05-2025 | Kofi Stone | The Night Cat | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 31-05-2025 | Cloud Control | Northcote Theatre | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 31-05-2025 | Loose Content | The Tote | Naarm / Melbourne | VIC |
| 31-05-2025 | The Cruel Sea | City Recital Hall | Eoras / Sydney | NSW |
| 31-05-2025 | Thelma Plum | Beer Deluxe | Bungambrawatha / Albury | NSW |
| 31-05-2025 | Old Mervs | The Tivoli | Meanjin / Brisbane | QLD |
| 31-05-2025 | Bliss n Eso | Miami Marketta | Kombumerri / Gold Coast | QLD |
| 31-05-2025 | BK The Rula @ Arrival Festival | The Naval Store | Fremantle, Boorloo / Perth | WA |
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