Brotherly duo Lime Cordiale have never hidden their love of a packed crowd or a good chorus, but increasingly, Oli and Louis Leimbach have been asking harder questions about what it means to tour in a warming world. Today, those questions take tangible form with the announcement of Lime Green Festival, a new off-grid event designed to place climate responsibility at the centre of the live music experience.
Lime Green Festival will take place on 18 April at Point Malcolm Reserve in Adelaide. Built as a 100% off-grid event, the festival aims to rethink how live music can operate, from renewable stage power to transport, waste, food systems and water use. It’s an attempt to balance the joy of live performance with the realities of environmental impact, without pretending those tensions don’t exist.
For Lime Cordiale, the idea comes from years of unease as much as optimism. In a statement, the band acknowledge the personal conflict of continuing to tour while watching climate impacts intensify, from polar ice loss to algal blooms along the South Australian coast. Their conclusion is not withdrawal, but adaptation: live music as a site of connection, education and change, rather than excess.
Lime Green is framed as more than a single-day lineup. Alongside performances, the festival will host talks, workshops and activations spotlighting community leaders, artists and innovators working within regenerative and sustainable practices. The aim is to invite audiences not just to attend, but to engage with new ways of thinking about how events are built and sustained.
Musically, the bill reflects a mix of established names and emerging voices. Lime Cordiale will headline, joined by Sunshine Coast indie-folk favourites The Dreggs, Adelaide pop songwriter aleksiah, and rising local four-piece PASH. Additional slots will be filled via triple j Unearthed, a Lime Cordiale hand-picked artist, and a community-selected act through the City of Charles Sturt.
Lime Cordiale’s own career provides context for the ambition. Since forming as teenagers, the duo have built a reputation on tireless touring, colourful live shows and a run of albums that have kept them firmly in the Australian mainstream. Lime Green represents a pause not in momentum, but in method, a willingness to test whether a different model can work in practice, not just principle.
Whether Lime Green becomes a blueprint for future festivals or remains a one-off experiment, its intent is clear. It’s an attempt to ask what live music can look like when responsibility is treated not as a bolt-on, but as part of the headline.
Presale on sale 9:00AM AEDT Wednesday 21 January 2026
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General tickets on sale 9:00AM AEDT Friday 23 January 2026
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