Splendour in the Grass Announces 2019 Lineup Led by Childish Gambino, Chance the Rapper and Tame Impala

Throw those GoPros, bubble bottles and novelty gumboots in your rucksack, Splendour in the Grass is returning to North Byron Parklands for another year of festival merriment. As usual, speculation has run wild in anticipation of the lineup announce — will Childish Gambino be on the lineup (and actually show)? Will there by more than three females? — but the details for Splendour 2019 are finally here.

And we're happy to report that some of the rumours were true. Childish Gambino — AKA Donald Glover — himself, will be Splendouring. Well, we hope. Childish Gambino recently cancelled his Spilt Milk appearance and Australian tour due to an ongoing injury, but the lineup also doesn't state that Splendour is his only show — so stay tuned for news of a replacement national tour (hopefully).

The other huge names are Chance the Rapper and Tame Impala, the former who is American rap royalty, the latter homegrown Aussie talent who were recently been announced as one of the headline acts for this year's Coachella.

There's also a big female contingent — that is kick-ass but still nowhere near as big as the pool of male performers — which includes SZA, Santigold, Courtney Barnett, Thandi Phoenix, Hatchie, Meg Mac and all-female indie rock band Warpaint.

Also doing their only Australian shows at Splendour will be Santigold and Slaves. The lineup seems to go on forever, including Foals, The Streets, The Lumineers, James Blake, Friendly Fires, the list goes on. Anyway, we know what you're here for. We'll cut to the chase.

SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2019 LINEUP

Chance the Rapper
Tame Impala
Childish Gambino
SZA
Foals
Catfish and the Bottlemen
James Blake
Santigold
The Lumineers
The Streets
Russ
What So Not
Courtney Barnett
Warpaint
Mystery Oz Act
Matt Corby
Wolf Alice
Friendly Fires
Broods
Dean Lewis
Fidlar
Cosmo's Midnight
Meg Mac
Ziggy Alberts
Hayden James
Dave
Dope Lemon
Dermot Kennedy
Allday & Friends
Little Simz
The Rubens
Maribou State
Winston Surfshit
Tycho
Pond
The Teskey Brothers
Jacob Banks
Wolfmother
Tropical F*ck Storm
Kyle Hall
Local Natives
Mansionair
Odette
Ruby Fields
Mike Servito
Last Dinosaurs
Thelma Plum
Trophy Eyes
Harvey Sutherland (DJ set)
K.Flay
Sam Fender
Slaves
Pub Choir
Seb Wildblood
The Beths
Set Mo
Hatchie
Honne
Kwame
The Nude Party
Nathan Micay
Slowly Slowly
Pychedelic Porn Crumpets
Kian
Kenji Takimi
Dear Seattle
Charly Bliss
Kaiit
Phony Ppl
A. Swayze and the Ghosts
The Midnight
Channel Tres
Pist Idiots
Mormor
Suzanne Kraft
Erthlings
Telephones
Moaning Lisa
Thandi Phoenix
DJ Jnett
Wax'o Paradiso
Andy Garvey
Tyne-James Organ
Lastlings
Merve
Jennifer Loveless
Noise in my Head
Skin on Skin
Rebel Yell
Nina Jirachi
Body Promise
Donald's House
Casual Connection
DJ Klasik
Close Counters
Merph
Dameeeela
Lex Duluxe

Splendour will return to North Byron Parklands on Friday 19, Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 July. Onsite camping will once again be available from Wednesday, July 17.

Tickets go on sale Thursday, April 11 at 9am sharp AEST through Moshtix. For more info, head to the official Splendour In The Grass site.

Image: Bianca Holderness.