Overview
Music lovers of Australia, and festival fans as well, we foresee trips to the Gold Coast, Cairns, Canberra or Geelong in your future. That's where The Grass Is Greener is heading this year, with the music, food and arts fest expanding beyond Queensland for the first time — and the event has just dropped its impressive lineup.
Leading the bill: Ty Dolla $ign, YG, Zhu and Pnau, all hitting up the festival's four regional locations. The event is particularly pumped to have not one but two of the biggest names in hip hop gracing its stages, as well as one of EDM's global stars and some homegrown heroes. And, it's betting that you'll be just as thrilled to check them out live. Of course you will.
One Four, Boo Seeka, Side Piece, Alok and Mashd N Kutcher also have spots on the lineup — and yes, the list goes on.
As for when you'll be seeing all of the above, The Grass Is Greener is doing the rounds across the last two weekends in October, starting on the Goldie, hopping down to the ACT, zipping back up to its Tropical North Queensland birthplace, then wrapping up its 2022 run in Victoria.
Clearly, it's a big year for the fest, which made its debut in Cairns back in 2016. Expanding to two new cities, covering three states and locking in huge headliners for this year's tour is quite the flex.
The Grass Is Greener is also jumping into the NFT space in 2022, integrating NFTs into its ticketing with a limited edition 1,111 NFT Collection. As well as nabbing access to the fest, the NFTs also feature special art that you can use onsite to unlock unique and exclusive experiences that won't be available with physical tickets.
THE GRASS IS GREENER 2022 LINEUP:
Alok
Aluna
Boo Seeka
Brux
Crush3ed
Little Fritter
Wongo
Jordan Burns (live)
Market Memories
Mashd N Kutcher
Maya Jane Coles
Mikalah Watego
Mood Swing & Chevy Bass
Onefour
Piero Pirupa
Pnau
Sidepiece
Sticky Fingers
TDJ
Ty Dolla $Ign
Vnssa
YG
Zero
Zhu (DJ set)
THE GRASS IS GREENER 2022 DATES:
Saturday, October 22 — Doug Jennings Park, Gold Coast
Sunday, October 23 — Patrick White Lawns, Canberra
Saturday, October 29 — Cairns Showgrounds, Cairns
Sunday, October 30 — Geelong Racecourse, Geelong
The Grass Is Greener will hit the Gold Coast, Canberra, Cairns and Geelong in October 2022. Ticket pre-sales start at 8am on Wednesday, July 13, ahead of general sales from 8am on Thursday, July 14. Head to the festival website for more information.
Images: Curdin Photo and Mitch Lowe.