Overview
Dig out those once-a-year novelty gumboots, Groovin the Moo has unveiled its 2019 lineup. Taking the large-scale music festival out of the city and into regional centres for another year, GTM will kick things off on Friday, April 26 in South Australia and travel through Maitland, Canberra, Bendigo and Townsville before finishing up in Bunbury on Saturday, May 11.
This year sees local talent new and established taking the stage, with the lineup spanning up-and-comers like Jack River, G Flip and Haiku Hands right through to recent Hottest 100 top tenner Billie Eilish, Aussie favourites Nick Murphy and Thelma Plum, Australian hip hop legends Hilltop Hoods and rockers Regurgitator. International talent like Coolio — who'll you'll most likely recognise from his hit track 'Gangsta's Paradise' — Danish pop singer MØ and American rapper A$AP Twelvyy will make their way to the Moo, too.
After hosting Australia's first ever pill testing trial in Canberra last year, Groovin the Moo is moving its ACT festival to Exhibition Park for the first time. Pill testing is still a much-debated topic around the country with five people recently dying from suspected overdoses in as many months.
Here's the full lineup.
GROOVIN THE MOO 2019 LINEUP
A$AP Twelvyy (USA)
Angie McMahon
Aurora (Nor)
Billie Eilish
Carmouflage Rose
Coolio (USA)
Crooked Colours
DMA's
Duckwrth
Fisher
Flosstradamus (USA)
G Flip
Haiku Hands
Hermitude
Hilltop Hoods
Holy Holy
Jack River
Just a Gent
MØ (Dnk)
Nick Murphy
Nicole Millar
Regurgitator
Rejjie Snow (Irl)
Sofi Tukker
Spinderella
Thelma Plum
TOKiMONSTA (USA)
Trophy Eyes
GROOVIN THE MOO 2019 DATES & VENUES
Friday, April 26 — Wayville (SA)
Saturday, April 27 – Maitland (NSW)
Sunday, April 28 — Canberra (ACT)
Saturday, May 4 — Bendigo (VIC)
Sunday, May 5 – Townsville (QLD)
Saturday, May 11 — Bunbury (WA)
Tickets for GTM in Wayville, Maitland and Canberra will go on sale at 8am on Thursday, January 31, and Bendigo, Bunbury and Townsville will be released the day after at 8am on Friday, February 1. For more info, go to gtm.net.au.
Images: Jack Toohey.