The Drop Festival 2020 — CANCELLED

Overview

UPDATE: MARCH 23, 2020 — Organisers have announced that The Drop Festival's 2020 event in Coolangatta will no longer go ahead "after mandatory instruction from local and state health bodies".

To find out more about the status of COVID-19 in Australia and how to protect yourself, head to the Australian Government Department of Health's website.

Surfing and gig-going have always been two of Australia's best-loved pastimes, and in 2018 we scored a festival celebrating the best of both worlds. After returning in 2019, it's back in 2020 for its third round of autumnal beachside festivals.

Returning from February–March in Queensland, The Drop festival will cruise around the country as it once again follows the Aussie leg of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour — and it's bringing a banging little lineup of musical gold along for the ride. Surfing the festival wave are dance music legends The Presets, Aussie indie-rock chart-toppers Boy & Bear and Brisbane's Ball Park Music, along with other local acts Allday, DZ Deathrays, Kita Alexander and Graace.

Held on the first weekend of each area's surfing event, The Drop is set to grace some of the Australia's most iconic surf spots, each outing featuring a locally focused offering of food, drink and culture, to match the tunes. As well as heading to the official WSL event in Coolangatta as it has since 2018, the fest will also hit Noosa as part of the WSL Noosa Longboard Open.

Ian Laidlaw

THE DROP FESTIVAL 2020 LINEUP

The Presets
Boy & Bear
Ball Park Music
Allday
DZ Deathrays
Kita Alexander
Graace

THE DROP FESTIVAL 2020 QUEENSLAND DATES

Noosa, Qld — Dolphins Rugby Club, Sunshine Beach, Saturday, February 29
Coolangatta, Qld — Queen Elizabeth Park, Saturday, March 28

Images: Walk Wild Studio/ Miranda Stokkel / Ian Laidlaw.