Lineup Announced for Best Night Ever 2023: Dune Rats, Bad//Dreems, WAAX + More

The lineup for Gold Coast New Year’s bash Best Night Ever has just been released, with Dune Rats, Bad//Dreems, Press Club, The Smith Street Band, and more set to make their way up to Miami Marketta. The festival – which has a capacity of just 1300 – will take over the market on Saturday, 30th December.

There’ll also be sets from Pist Idiots, US outfit Sun Room, Sydney outfit Le Shiv, and Melbourne punks Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice. The festival will also see the return of WAAX, who played a handful of farewell shows earlier in 2023 before going on hiatus.

Best Night Ever 2023 Trailer

WAAX frontwoman Maz DeVita announced today that the band would continue – but as her own solo project.

“Although we hold a lot of love, the boys are no longer continuing with me – life happens, being in a band is hard,” the singer wrote on Instagram. “But the more I thought about it, this project has always been an evolution of my songwriting and it felt weird to walk away. So here it is, the new WAAX era.”

Tickets for Best Night Ever will go on sale next Monday, 6th November. See the full lineup and event details below.

Best Night Ever Lineup 2023

• Dune Rats
• The Smith Street Band
• Bad//Dreems
• WAAX
• Pist Idiots
• Sun Room
• Press Club
• Le Shiv
• Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice
• Cheap Skate
• The Sex Guys

Date & Venue

• Saturday, 30 December – Miami Marketta, Gold Coast 

Tickets on sale Monday, 6th November.

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