Nice Day to Go to the Club is celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2027 with its biggest lineup yet, featuring DMA’S, The Chats, Miss Kaninna, Frenzal Rhomb and a special Funkoars reunion. 

The South Australian festival will return to Port Noarlunga Football Club on Saturday, February 27th, bringing 16 acts across two stages for a full day of live music. Headlining the bill are DMA’S, who will deliver an exclusive South Australian performance, alongside punk favourites the Chats and Frenzal Rhomb, rising star Miss Kaninna, and Adelaide hip-hop outfit Funkoars, who will reunite for a special hometown show.

The lineup also features Luca Brasi, the Pretty Littles, Radium Dolls, A. Swayze & the Ghosts, Ethanol Blend, GRUB, Xiao Xiao, Alien Nosejob, US rockers the Schizophonics, Sacrificial Larynx and Wedding Motel.

Tickets are on sale now here.

Organised by local independent label Daybed Records, Nice Day to Go to the Club began as a grassroots initiative to raise funds for the Port Noarlunga Football Club, inspired by former AFL player and media personality Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald. It started as a makeshift stage on the back of an old fruit truck, and has since grown into a fixture on South Australia’s live music calendar, with four consecutive sold-out events and attendance increasing from 1,500 to more than 3,500.

“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,” Fitzy said. “It’s still very surreal to know that the Cosmic Psychos, Bad Dreems, The Mark of Cain and international bands like the Bronx and Lambrini Girls have graced that hallowed turf and had more effect than I ever did with a Sherrin.”

The return of Funkoars is particularly special for Fitzy, after he appeared on their 2016 track “Mad as Hell”.

Despite its growing profile, organisers have remained committed to the festival’s community-driven approach, keeping ticket prices accessible while supporting local music and the football club.

“It honestly feels like a bit of a fluke that this festival keeps going the way it does,” said Tom Redden from Daybed Records. “It feels like a rare coming together of communities, being the football club community and the local music scene. Which has now extended out to a much wider community of music lovers, but still feels just as homely.

“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.”

For complete festival and ticket information, see here. 

NICE DAY TO GO TO THE CLUB 2027

Saturday, February 27th
Port Noarlunga Football Club, Port Noarlunga SA

Lineup: 
DMA’S (SA Exclusive)
The Chats
Miss Kaninna
Funkoars (Reunion)
Frenzal Rhomb
Luca Brasi
The Pretty Littles
Radium Dolls
A. Swayze & the Ghosts
Ethanol Blend
GRUB
Xiao Xiao
Alien Nosejob
The Schizophonics (USA)
Sacrificial Larynx
Wedding Motel