Lime Cordiale Unveils Climate-Focused Festival Amid Growing Environmental Concerns.
In a bid to promote sustainability in the music industry, Australian indie rockers Lime Cordiale have announced their inaugural festival, Lime Green Festival, set to take place on April 18 at Point Malcolm Reserve in Semaphore, Adelaide. The one-day off-grid event aims to minimize its environmental footprint while promoting climate action and regenerative practices.
Partnered with Chugg Music and supported by the South Australian Government and City of Charles Sturt, the festival is designed as a community-driven platform featuring live performances alongside talks, workshops, and interactive activations focused on sustainable living. The main stage will be powered off-grid through a partnership with Aggreko, utilizing industrial-scale mobile batteries backed by vegetable-oil generators.
The event has been developed in response to Lime Cordiale's years-long questioning of the environmental impact of touring and live events. According to the brothers, Oli and Louis Leimbach, "our climate is at a breaking point" due to accelerating loss of polar ice and devastating algal blooms on their home coastline. They added that instead of stopping touring, they aimed to change how it is done.
Lime Green Festival incorporates several eco-friendly initiatives, including eliminating single-use plastics, prioritizing re-use systems, offering renewable catering solutions, and promoting low-emission transport options for attendees. Food and beverage vendors will be curated to prioritize local, organic, and carbon-neutral operators, with surplus food donated to charities and free drinking water available on site.
The festival's line-up is set to feature Lime Cordiale alongside The Dreggs, aleksiah, PASH, and an additional slot reserved for a triple j Unearthed winner. Emerging local artists will also have opportunities through partnerships with the City of Charles Sturt and the band directly.
A portion of ticket sales will support the Solar Slice initiative, directed by FEAT, which allocates $1 from every ticket towards climate and nature-based projects. Funds raised will aid in a South Australian community-led response to the ongoing algal bloom affecting the state's coastline.
South Australian Minister for Tourism Zoe Bettison described Lime Green Festival as "a significant step forward for the arts industry and our planet," while Minister for Climate, Environment, and Water Lucy Hood stated that it aligns with the state's leadership in renewable energy and support for coastal communities. Oli and Louis Leimbach see their festival as an evolving experiment rather than a finished solution, inviting attendees to join them on this journey.
Presale tickets for Lime Green Festival will go on sale at 9 a.m. AEDT on January 21, with general tickets available from 9 a.m. AEDT on January 23. The event is licensed and all-ages.
In a bid to promote sustainability in the music industry, Australian indie rockers Lime Cordiale have announced their inaugural festival, Lime Green Festival, set to take place on April 18 at Point Malcolm Reserve in Semaphore, Adelaide. The one-day off-grid event aims to minimize its environmental footprint while promoting climate action and regenerative practices.
Partnered with Chugg Music and supported by the South Australian Government and City of Charles Sturt, the festival is designed as a community-driven platform featuring live performances alongside talks, workshops, and interactive activations focused on sustainable living. The main stage will be powered off-grid through a partnership with Aggreko, utilizing industrial-scale mobile batteries backed by vegetable-oil generators.
The event has been developed in response to Lime Cordiale's years-long questioning of the environmental impact of touring and live events. According to the brothers, Oli and Louis Leimbach, "our climate is at a breaking point" due to accelerating loss of polar ice and devastating algal blooms on their home coastline. They added that instead of stopping touring, they aimed to change how it is done.
Lime Green Festival incorporates several eco-friendly initiatives, including eliminating single-use plastics, prioritizing re-use systems, offering renewable catering solutions, and promoting low-emission transport options for attendees. Food and beverage vendors will be curated to prioritize local, organic, and carbon-neutral operators, with surplus food donated to charities and free drinking water available on site.
The festival's line-up is set to feature Lime Cordiale alongside The Dreggs, aleksiah, PASH, and an additional slot reserved for a triple j Unearthed winner. Emerging local artists will also have opportunities through partnerships with the City of Charles Sturt and the band directly.
A portion of ticket sales will support the Solar Slice initiative, directed by FEAT, which allocates $1 from every ticket towards climate and nature-based projects. Funds raised will aid in a South Australian community-led response to the ongoing algal bloom affecting the state's coastline.
South Australian Minister for Tourism Zoe Bettison described Lime Green Festival as "a significant step forward for the arts industry and our planet," while Minister for Climate, Environment, and Water Lucy Hood stated that it aligns with the state's leadership in renewable energy and support for coastal communities. Oli and Louis Leimbach see their festival as an evolving experiment rather than a finished solution, inviting attendees to join them on this journey.
Presale tickets for Lime Green Festival will go on sale at 9 a.m. AEDT on January 21, with general tickets available from 9 a.m. AEDT on January 23. The event is licensed and all-ages.