Groovin the Moo 2024 has been cancelled due to insufficient ticket sales. According to the organisers, all ticketholders will be refunded immediately. You can learn more here
Indie music lovers, rejoice – Groovin’ the Moo is coming back to Australia in 2024, and this time its NSW location is a coastal town less than three hours from Sydney.
The roaming festival has just announced dates and locations for 2024, and will be popping up across six Australian locations throughout April and May. While the popular, youth-focused alternative music festival – whose 2023 alumni include alt-J, Ocean Alley and Fatboy Slim – generally finds its New South Wales home in Maitland (a city in the Hunter Valley region, two trains and 3.5 hours from Sydney), the 2024 event will be taking place in the coastal town of Newcastle. Jump on the train at Central, and within two hours and 25 minutes you’ll be smack bang in the centre of town.
In keeping with the new coastal location, the 2024 line-up is looking cooler than ever – with UK artists Kenya Grace, The Kooks and Mura Masa joining GTM stalwarts including DMA’s, Hot Dub Time Machine, The Jungle Giants, Mallrat and San Cisco.
Music royalty Melanie C (Sporty Spice herself) will also be taking to the stage, along with GZA from Wu-Tang and Alison Wonderland, who hasn’t played to an Australian audience for five years. Other line-up highlights include Stephen Sanchez, Claire Rosinkranz, Jessie Reyez, Armani White, Meduza and (appropriately), The Beaches.
Groovin The Moo’s 2024 season will kick off in South Australia on Thursday, April 25, before popping up in Canberra on Friday, April 26 and Bendigo on Saturday, April 27. The second weekend of GTM’s 2024 fiasco will start with its first ever festival at the new NSW location – with the day festival taking over Newcastle’s Foreshore Park on Saturday, May 4. The following dates and locations are the Sunshine Coast Stadium Precinct (Sunday, May 5) and Bunbury in Western Australia on Saturday, May 11.
Tickets will go on sale via the GTM website on Tuesday, February 6 at 12pm Sydney time, and you can sign up for updates over here.