DMA’S will play a South Australian exclusive and Funkoars will reunite when Nice Day To Go To The Club celebrates its fifth edition at Port Noarlunga Football Club on Saturday, February 27th, 2027.
The Chats, Miss Kaninna and Frenzal Rhomb also feature on the 16-act bill, curated by local label Daybed Records. Across two stages, the event will bring Australian punk, indie rock and hip-hop to the coastal town’s footy oval, with US visitors The Schizophonics joining the party.
Funkoars’ reunion gives the anniversary another connection to home. The South Australian group also have a link to festival co-founder Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald, who features on their track ‘Mad As Hell’.
From a phone call to a festival
Nice Day began when Fitzgerald approached Daybed Records about putting on a fundraiser for his old football club, the Port Noarlunga Cockle Divers. Tom from Daybed had recently started playing there, while the label was organising gigs for mates around town.
A stage on the back of a fruit truck became the starting point for a festival that has since hosted Cosmic Psychos, Bad//Dreems, The Mark Of Cain, The Bronx and Lambrini Girls.
“I have to be honest. When we started Nice Day, we obviously needed to raise money for our club to survive. But selfishly, I wanted my favourite bands to play on the footy oval that I grew up on,” Fitzgerald says.
With four consecutive sold-out editions, and crowds growing from 1,500 to more than 3,500. That growth hasn’t displaced the football club from the event’s day to day running.
“Even with how the festival has grown, it feels the same as the first year, grassroots and local – you are quite literally going to see DMA’S playing on the back of a truck and you’ll go to the bar and get served a beer by the under-14s footy coach. It’s so awesome,” says Tom from Daybed Records.
The Pretty Littles, Radium Dolls, A Swayze & the Ghosts and Luca Brasi are also confirmed, alongside the rest of the lineup below.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, further festival information can be found at Daybed Records.
Nice Day To Go To The Club 2027 Lineup
- DMA’S (SA exclusive)
- The Chats
- Miss Kaninna
- Funkoars (reunion)
- Frenzal Rhomb
- The Pretty Littles
- Radium Dolls
- A Swayze & the Ghosts
- Ethanol Blend
- GRUB
- Xiao Xiao
- Alien Nosejob
- Luca Brasi
- The Schizophonics
- Sacrificial Larynx
- Wedding Motel
Saturday, February 27th, 2027 – Port Noarlunga, Port Noarlunga Football Club
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