Groovin' the Moo

Groovin' the Moo
Groovin' the Moo
Genre	Electronic, Dance, Indie Rock
Dates	November / December
Location(s)	Australia Sydney New South Wales ; (2013; 2015–); Melbourne, Victoria ; (2013);
Years active	2013; 2015–2017
Founders	Cattleyard Promotions
Website	www.ThePlot.co

Groovin' the Moo
Groovin' the Moo
Genre	Australian, Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Hip-hop, Electronic, Metalcore
Dates	Late April – Early May
Location(s)	Australia Gloucester, New South Wales ; (2005); Narrandera, New South Wales ; (2005); Maitland, New South Wales ; (2006–2019, 2022–2023); Albury, New South Wales ; (2006–2007); Darwin, Northern Territory ; (2006); Townsville, Queensland ; (2008–2019); Bendigo, Victoria ; (2009–2019, 2022–); Canberra, Australian Capital Territory ; (2010–2019, 2022–); Bunbury, Western Australia ; (2010–2019, 2023-); Oakbank, South Australia ; (2014–2016); Wayville, South Australia ; (2017–2019, 2023–); Sunshine Coast, Queensland ; (2023–); Newcastle, New South Wales ; (2024-);
Years active	2005–2019, 2022–
Founders	Cattleyard Promotions
Website	www.gtm.net.au

Groovin the Moo was an annual music festival that was held primarily in regional centres across Australia. The festival was held during autumn, typically in May of each year.

Groovin the Moo was established by Cattleyard Promotions and their first festival was held on Sunday 24 April 2005 in Gloucester, New South Wales. The festivals were held each year until 2019, but in 2020 and 2021 there were no festivals because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Groovin the Moo returned in 2022 and 2023, but insufficient ticket sales led to the cancellation of the 2024 festival.

History

The first incarnation of the festival occurred on 24 April 2005 at the Gloucester Showgrounds in New South Wales with crowds of over 1400, continuing to Narrandera (NSW Riverina) with crowds exceeding 1800. The following year the festival took place in Maitland, Albury and Darwin.

2007 was a break-through year for the festival, with headlining Australian act Silverchair and successful international act The Black Keys headlining, along with the largely popular Hilltop Hoods, John Butler Trio and You Am I. In 2008 Townsville was added to the tour's circuit, with Bendigo being added the following year.

2010 saw the inclusion of Bunbury and Canberra, with all shows selling out across the country.

In 2014, an Oakbank show was added to the tour and went on to sell out.

Australia's first pill testing trial was held at the 2018 festival in Canberra.^[1]

In 2020, and 2021, festivals were not held because of restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Tickets purchased for 2020 were valid for the event in 2022.^[2]

In February 2024, the 2024 Festival was cancelled, with organisers stating "insufficient ticket sales".^[3]

Festivals venues

City	State/Territory	Venue	Festivals
Albury	NSW	Albury Racecourse	2006–2007
Bendigo	VIC	Prince of Wales Showground	2009–2019, 2022–
Bunbury	WA	Hay Park	2010–2019, 2023–
Canberra	ACT	University of Canberra (2010–2018) Exhibition Park (2019, 2022–)	2010–2019, 2022–
Darwin	NT	Darwin Amphitheatre	2006
Gloucester	NSW	Gloucester Showground	2005
Maitland	NSW	Maitland Showground	2006–2019, 2022–2023
Narrandera	NSW	Narrandera Showground	2005
Newcastle	NSW	Newcastle Foreshore	2024–
Oakbank	SA	Oakbank Racecourse	2014–2016
Townsville	QLD	Lou Litster Park (2008–2009) Murray Sporting Complex (2010–2019, 2022–)	2008–2019
Wayville	SA	Adelaide Showground	2017–2019, 2023–
Sunshine Coast	QLD	Kawana Sports Western Precinct (2023) Sunshine Coast Stadium (2024-)	2023–

Lineups year by year

As listed on the official website.^[4] Bold indicates headline act. All acts are Australian unless stated otherwise.

2005

Artist	Gloucester Sunday, 24 April	Narrandera Saturday, 22 October
Screaming Jets	Yes	No
Killing Heidi	Yes	No
Evermore	Yes	No
The Spazzys	Yes	No
Sender	Yes	No
Supersonic	Yes	No
Retro Rockets	Yes	No
Solver	Yes	No
Dirty Pink Jeans	Yes	No
The Common Code	Yes	No
Halo	Yes	No
Bullshit Rare	Yes	No
Grinspoon	No	Yes
Spiderbait	No	Yes
The Pictures	No	Yes
Sarah McLeod	No	Yes
Neon	No	Yes
Star Assassin	No	Yes
Local Knowledge (NZ)	No	Yes

Notes

The Narrandera show was also known by some sources as "Groovin the Moo 2". While www.GTM.net.au still references the Narrandera show as taking place under the "ABOUT GTM" section, it is not referenced under the "PAST LINEUPS" section bringing into question the official status of this show today.^[5]^[6]

2006

	Maitland Saturday, 29 April	Darwin Saturday, 26 August	Albury Saturday, 25 November
Hilltop Hoods	Yes	No	Yes
Shihad	Yes	No	No
End of Fashion	Yes	No	No
The Herd	Yes	No	No
Faker	Yes	No	No
Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set	Yes	No	No
The Vasco Era	Yes	No	No
True Live	Yes	Yes	Yes
Modular Lounge	Yes	No	No
Local Knowledge (NZ)	Yes	No	No
Bullshit Rare	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gomez (UK)	No	Yes	No
Youth Group	No	Yes	Yes
Augie March	No	Yes	No
The Mess Hall	No	Yes	No
The Drones	No	Yes	No
Ash Grunwald	No	Yes	No
John Butler Trio	No	No	Yes
You Am I	No	No	Yes
The Fumes	No	No	Yes
The Exploders	No	No	Yes
The Audreys	No	No	Yes
Trail Kennedy	No	No	Yes
Star Assassin	No	No	Yes

Notes

"Gomez", from the United Kingdom, is credited as the first international act to appear at Groovin The Moo on www.GTM.net.au. However "Local Knowledge", from New Zealand, played twice before "Gomez" first appearance, once in 2005 & once in 2006.

2007

	Maitland ^[A]	Albury ^[B]
Silverchair	Yes	No
The Black Keys (US)	Yes	No
You Am I	Yes	No
The Presets	Yes	No
Sneaky Sound System	Yes	Yes
Midnight Juggernauts	Yes	Yes
Airborne	Yes	Yes
The Morning After Girls	Yes	No
Mia Dyson	Yes	Yes
Macromantics	Yes	No
Kid Confucius	Yes	Yes
The Camels	Yes	No
Snowman	Yes	No
2 Dogs DJs	Yes	No
Trial Kennedy	Yes	No
Astronomy Class	Yes	Yes
Tongue and Diaz	Yes	No
Radical Son	Yes	No
Hermitude	Yes	Yes
Good Buddha	Yes	No
Mister Savona	Yes	No
The Porkers	Yes	No
Grinspoon	No	Yes
Xavier Rudd	No	Yes
Blue King Brown	No	Yes
Clare Bowditch and The Feeding Set	No	Yes
The Bamboos	No	Yes
Mammal	No	Yes
Horsell Common	No	Yes
Third Estate	No	Yes
Urthboy	No	Yes
The Tongue	No	Yes
Mista Savona	No	Yes
Unkle Ho	No	Yes
Combat Wombat	No	Yes
Diafrix	No	Yes

Notes

A ^ Maitland Showground 12 May.
B ^ Albury Racecourse 24 November.

2008

	Maitland ^[A]	Townsville ^[B]
The Presets	Yes	Yes
Sneaky Sound System	Yes	Yes
The Herd	Yes	Yes
Spiderbait	Yes	Yes
Gyroscope	Yes	Yes
Karnivool	Yes	Yes
Custom Kings	Yes	Yes
The Galvatrons	Yes	No
Little Red	Yes	No
Katalyst	Yes	Yes
The Potbelleez	Yes	Yes
Azzido Da Bass (GER)	Yes	Yes
Pitch Black (NZ)	Yes	No
Bass Kleph	Yes	Yes
Dirty Laundry	Yes	No
Mark Dynamix	Yes	No
Hercules in NY	Yes	No
Amber Savage	Yes	Yes
That 1 Guy (USA)	No	Yes
Resin Dogs Sound System	No	Yes
The Last Kinection	Yes	No
Beats Working	Yes	No
The Middle East	No	Yes
Lover	No	Yes

Notes

A ^ Maitland Showground 26 April.
B ^ Lou Lister Park 3 May.

2009

2 May 2009 – Lou Litster Park, Townsville.
9 May 2009 – Maitland Showground, Maitland.
16 May 2009 – Prince of Wales Showground's, Bendigo.

2010

Vampire Weekend (USA)
Silverchair
Empire of the Sun
Grinspoon
Tegan and Sara (CAN)
Spoon (USA)
British India
Lisa Mitchell
Miami Horror
Kisschasy
Bag Raiders
Kid Koala presents The Slew Live (CAN)
Muph and Plutonic
Funkoars
Space Invadas Illy
Ajax
Jonathan Boulet
Yacht Club DJs
Killaqueens
The Only

Saturday 1 May, Bendigo, Prince of Wales Showground.
Sunday 2 May, Townsville, Murray Sporting Complex – Townsville Cricket Grounds.
Saturday 8 May, Maitland, Maitland Showground.
Sunday 9 May, Canberra, The Meadows, University of Canberra.
Saturday 15 May, Bunbury, Hay Park.

2011

360 (Bunbury only)
AC Slater (USA)
Art vs. Science
Architecture in Helsinki
The Aston Shuffle
Birds of Tokyo
Bliss n Eso
Boy & Bear (Bunbury only)
Cut Copy
Darwin Deez (USA)
Datarock (NOR)
Drapht
The Drums (USA)
The Go! Team (UK)
Gotye
Gyroscope
The Holidays
Horrorshow
House of Pain (USA)
The Jezabels
Nina Las Vegas Triple J
Sampology AV/DJ Set
Unkle-Live (UK)
Washington
The Wombats (UK)
- The Wombats and The Holidays pulled out of the Bunbury show due to overseas commitments. They were replaced by Boy & Bear along with 360 and Pez.

Sat 30 April, Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo.
Sun 1 May, Townsville Cricket Grounds, Townsville.
Sat 7 May, Maitland Showground, Maitland.
Sun 8 May, The Meadows, University of Canberra.
Sat 14 May, Hay Park, Bunbury.

2012

360
Adrian Lux (SWE)
Andrew WK (USA) One Man Party Tour
Ball Park Music
Beni
Big Scary
Bluejuice
Chiddy Bang (USA)^[7]
City and Colour (CAN)
Digitalism (GER)
The Getaway Plan
Gold Fields
Hermitude
Hilltop Hoods
Kaiser Chiefs (UK)
Kimbra
The Maccabees (UK)
Matt Corby
Muscles
Mutemath (USA)
Naysayer & Gilsun
Parkway Drive
Public Enemy (USA)
Purple Sneakers DJs
San Cisco
Wavves (USA)

Local band Juwana opened the moo tent after winning competition

- Ball Park Music replaced Chiddy Bang, who withdrew from the lineup so they could focus on promoting their (at the time) upcoming album.

Sat 5 May, Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo.
Sun 6 May, Murray Sporting Complex, Townsville.
Sat 12 May, Maitland Showground, Maitland.
Sun 13 May, The Meadows, Canberra.
Sat 19 May, Hay Park, Bunbury.

2013

Allday (Bunbury only)
Alison Wonderland
Alpine
The Amity Affliction
The Bronx (USA)
DZ Deathrays (DJ Set)
Example (UK)
Flume
Frightened Rabbit (UK)
Hungry Kids of Hungary
The Kooks (UK)
Last Dinosaurs
Matt & Kim (USA)
Midnight Juggernauts
Pez
Regurgitator
Seth Sentry
ShockOne
Tame Impala
Tegan and Sara (CAN)
The Temper Trap
They Might Be Giants (USA)
Tuka With Ellesquire
Urthboy
DJ Woody's Big Phat 90's Mixtape (UK)
Yacht (USA)
Yolanda Be Cool
- During Pez's performance at the Bunbury show, 360 came on stage and performed "The Festival Song"
- Urthboy pulled out of the Bunbury show due to illness and was replaced with Allday

Sat 27 Apr, Maitland Showground, Maitland.
Sun 28 Apr, University of Canberra, Canberra.
Sat 4 May, Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo.
Sun 5 May, Murray Sporting Complex, Townsville.
Sat 11 May, Hay Park, Bunbury.

2014

Action Bronson (USA)
Andy Bull
Allday
Architecture in Helsinki
Cults (USA)
Disclosure (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Holy F**K (CAN)
Illy
The Jezabels
The Jungle Giants
Karnivool
Kingswood
The Kite String Tangle
Loon Lake
The Naked and Famous (NZ)
Parkway Drive
Peking Duk
The Presets
Robert Delong (USA)
Thundamentals
Vance Joy
Violent Soho
Wave Racer
What So Not
- Action Bronson cancelled his appearance at GTM 2014 due to ""unforeseen circumstances regarding recording commitments" and was replaced by Allday

Friday, 25 April, Oakbank Racecourse, Oakbank.
Saturday, 26 April, Maitland Showground, Maitland.
Sunday, 27 April, University of Canberra.
Saturday, 3 May, Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo.
Sunday, 4 May, Murray Sporting Complex, Townsville.
Saturday, 10 May, Hay Park, Bunbury.

2015

Saturday 25 April, Oakbank Racecourse, Oakbank.
Sunday 26 April, Hay Park, Bunbury.
Saturday 2 May, Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo.
Sunday 3 May, University of Canberra, Canberra.
Saturday 9 May, Maitland Showground, Maitland.
Sunday 10 May, Murray Sports Complex, Townsville.

2016

Alison Wonderland
Boo Seeka
Boy & Bear
British India
Client Liaison
Danny Brown (USA)
Drapht
DZ Deathrays
Emma Louise
Golden Features
Harts
In Hearts Wake
Illy
Jarryd James
MS MR (USA)
Mutemath (USA)
Ngaiire
Odesza (USA)
Of Monsters and Men (ISL) (Bunbury only)
Ratatat (USA)
REMI
The Rubens
Safia
Twenty One Pilots (USA)
Vallis Alps
Vic Mensa (USA)
What So Not
- Mutemath and Vic Mensa cancelled their appearances at GTM 2016 for unspecified reasons and were replaced by Jarryd James and What So Not
- Of Monsters and Men were added to the lineup, but only for the Bunbury show

Saturday, 23 April, Maitland Showground, Maitland.
Sunday, 24 April, University of Canberra, Canberra.
Monday, 25 April, Oakbank Racecourse, Oakbank.
Saturday, 30 April, Bendigo's Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo.
Sunday, 1 May, Townsville Cricket Grounds, Townsville.
Saturday, 7 May, Hay Park, Bunbury.

2017

Against Me! (USA)
Allday
Amy Shark
Architects (UK)
The Darkness (UK)
Dillon Francis (USA)
DRAM (USA)
George Maple
Hayden James
The Jungle Giants
K.Flay (USA)
L-FRESH the Lion
Loyle Carner (UK)
Methyl Ethel
Milky Chance (GER)
Montaigne
Northeast Party House
Pnau
Slumberjack
The Smith Street Band
Snakehips (UK)
Tash Sultana
Thundamentals
Violent Soho
The Wombats (UK)
- DRAM was originally announced to play GTM 2017, however he cancelled his appearance before the full lineup was announced for unknown reasons.
- Tash Sultana cancelled her sets at the Maitland and Bendigo shows due to illness. She was replaced by Amy Shark in Bendigo.
- Montaigne cancelled her set the Bendigo show due to illness. It is unknown who her replacement was.

Friday 28 April, Adelaide Showground, Wayville (SA).
Saturday 29 April, Maitland Showground, Maitland (NSW).
Sunday 30 April, Murray Sports Complex, Townsville (QLD).
Saturday 6 May, Bendigo's Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo (VIC).
Sunday 7 May, University of Canberra, Bruce (ACT).
Saturday 13 May, Hay Park, Bunbury (WA).

2018

Alex Lahey
Aminé (USA)
The Amity Affliction
Baker Boy
Ball Park Music
Claptone (GER)
Confidence Man
Cosmo's Midnight
Dean Lewis
Duckwrth (USA) (Bunbury only)
Duke Dumont (UK)
Flight Facilities
Grinspoon
Lady Leshurr (UK)
Mallrat
N.W.A.'s DJ Yella ft. Playboy T (USA)
Ocean Alley
Paul Kelly
Portugal. The Man (USA)
Public Service Broadcasting (UK)
Royal Blood (UK)
Sampa the Great
Skegss
SuperDuperKyle (USA)
Tkay Maidza
Vera Blue
Winston Surfshirt
- SuperDuperKyle cancelled his appearance at GTM 2018 due to changes in his album scheduling and was replaced by DJ Yella ft. Playboy T
- Duckwrth was added to the lineup, but only for the Bunbury show

Friday 27 April, Adelaide Showground, Wayville (SA)
Saturday 28 April, Maitland Showground, Maitland (NSW)
Sunday 29 April, University of Canberra, Bruce (ACT)
Saturday 5 May, Bendigo's Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo (VIC)
Sunday 6 May, Murray Sports Complex, Townsville (QLD)
Saturday 12 May, Hay Park, Bunbury (WA)

2019

A$AP Twelvyy (USA)
Angie McMahon
Aurora (NOR)
Billie Eilish (USA)
Carmouflage Rose
Coolio (USA)
Crooked Colours
DMA's
Duckwrth (USA)
Fisher
Flosstradamus (USA)
G Flip
Haiku Hands
Hermitude
Hilltop Hoods
Holy Holy
Jack River
Jimothy (UK)
Just A Gent
MØ (DNK)
Nick Murphy
Nicole Millar
Regurgitator
Rejjie Snow (IRL)
ShockOne (Bunbury only)
Sofi Tukker (USA)
Spinderella (USA)
Thelma Plum
Tokimonsta (USA)
Trophy Eyes
Wafia
- Tokimonsta cancelled her appearance at GTM 2019 for unspecified reasons and was replaced by Wafia and Jimothy.
- Fisher did not appear in Bunbury and was replaced with ShockOne.

Friday 26 April, Adelaide Showground, Wayville (SA)
Saturday 27 April, Maitland Showground, Maitland (NSW)
Sunday 28 April, Exhibition Park, Canberra (ACT)
Saturday 4 May, Bendigo's Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo (VIC)
Sunday 5 May, Murray Sports Complex, Townsville (QLD)
Saturday 11 May, Hay Park, Bunbury (WA)

2020

The 2020 festival was cancelled due to a ban on gatherings of more than 500 people as well as international borders being closed to non-citizens in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia^[8]

Friday 24 April, Adelaide Showground, Wayville (SA)
Saturday 25 April, Exhibition Park, Canberra (ACT)
Sunday 26 April, Hay Park, Bunbury (WA)
Saturday 2 May, Bendigo's Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo (VIC)
Sunday 3 May, Murray Sports Complex, Townsville (QLD)
Saturday 9 May, Maitland Showground, Maitland (NSW)

2022

The festival returned in 2022 after the 2020 and 2021 festivals were cancelled, however the Townsville, Bunbury, and Wayville legs did not go ahead due to uncertainty regarding crowd capacity and national/international travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia

Alice Ivy
Broods (NZ)
CHAII (NZ)
Grentperez
Hilltop Hoods
Hockey Dad
Hope D
~~HP Boyz~~
Jesswar
JK-47
Lime Cordiale
Mashd N Kutcher
Masked Wolf
Middle Kids
Milky Chance (GER)
Montaigne
Peking Duk
Polaris
RedHook
Riton (UK)
Shouse
Snakehips (UK)
Spiderbait
Sycco
Thomas Headon (UK)
Wolf Alice (UK)
- Milky Chance cancelled their appearance at GTM 2022 due to travel issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and were replaced by Lime Cordiale
- HP Boyz cancelled their appearance at GTM 2022 for unspecified reasons and were replaced by grentperez
- Illy joined Mashd N Kutcher onstage during the Bendigo leg

Saturday 23 April, Maitland Showground, Maitland (NSW)
Sunday 24 April, Exhibition Park, Canberra (ACT)
Saturday 30 April, Bendigo's Prince Of Wales Showground, Bendigo (VIC)

2023

The 2023 festival returned to its full 6 day touring schedule, however the Townsville leg was dropped due to "logistical and financial difficulties" related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and a Sunshine Coast leg was added as a replacement

Alt-J (UK)
Amy Shark
Ball Park Music
Barkaa
bbno$ (CAN)
The Chats
Choomba
Confidence Man
Denzel Curry (USA)
DICE (Bunbury only)
Eliza Rose (UK)
Fatboy Slim (UK)
Genesis Owusu
Hilltop Hoods (Bunbury only)
Laurel (UK)
Luude
Nothing But Thieves (UK)
Ocean Alley
Omar Apollo (USA)
Royel Otis
Skegss
Skepta (UK)
Slayyyter (USA)
Slowly Slowly
Sophie May (UK)
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
Teenage Dads
Teenage Joans
- Omar Apollo and Skepta cancelled their appearances at GTM 2023 for unspecified reasons and were replaced by Nothing But Thieves and Genesis Owusu
- bbno$ and Genesis Owusu cancelled their appearances at the Bunbury show for unknown reasons and were replaced by Hilltop Hoods and Dice

Friday 21 April, Adelaide Showground, Wayville (SA)
Saturday 22 April, Maitland Showground, Maitland (NSW)
Sunday 23 April, Exhibition Park, Canberra (ACT)
Saturday 29 April, Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo (VIC)
Sunday 30 April, Kawana Sports Western Precinct, Sunshine Coast (QLD)
Saturday 6 May, Hay Park, Bunbury (WA)

2024

The 2024 festival was cancelled, with the organisers citing "insufficient ticket sales".^[3]

Prior to cancellation, it had been announced that the Maitland leg of the 2024 festival was to be moved to Newcastle due to "consistent patron feedback and consultation regarding their transport and accommodation needs”, and the Sunshine Coast leg was moved to a bigger venue due to the sell-out of its 2023 debut.

Alison Wonderland
Armani White (USA)
The Beaches (CAN)
Claire Rosinkranz (USA)
DMA's
The Grogans
GZA (Wu-Tang) & The Phunky Nomads (USA)
Hot Dub Time Machine
Jacotené
Jessie Reyez (CAN)
Jet
The Jungle Giants
Kenya Grace (UK)
King Stingray
The Kooks (UK)
Mallrat
Meduza (ITA)
Melanie C DJ Set (UK)
Mura Masa DJ Set (UK)
Nerve & Friends (ECB & Cloe Terare)
The Rions
San Cisco
Stephen Sanchez (USA)

Thursday 25 April, Adelaide Showground, Wayville (SA)
Friday 26 April, Exhibition Park, Canberra (ACT)
Saturday 27 April, Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo (VIC)
Saturday 4 May, Foreshore Park, Newcastle (NSW)
Sunday 5 May, Stadium Precinct, Sunshine Coast (QLD)
Saturday 11 May, Hay Park, Bunbury (WA)

THE PLOT

Established in 2013 by parent company Cattleyard Promotions, THE PLOT is a sister music festival to Groovin the Moo which focuses more on emerging and breaking Australian musicians. Launched on 16 September and to date all of events have been held in metropolitan cities, unlike "Groovin the Moo" which is held in various regional centres across Australia.

2013

Bold indicates headline act.

	Sydney ^[A]	Melbourne ^[B]
Alison Wonderland (DJ Set)	Yes	Yes
Miami Horror	Yes	Yes
DJ Snake (FRE)	Yes	Yes
Naysayer & Gilsun (AV Set)	Yes	Yes
Touch Sensitive	Yes	Yes
Wave Racer	Yes	Yes
Remi	Yes	Yes
Tyler Touche	Yes	Yes
Gold Fields	Yes	Yes
Yolanda Be Cool	Yes	Yes
Citizen Kay	Yes	Yes
Hayden James	Yes	Yes
Purple Sneakers	Yes	Yes
Elizabeth Rose	Yes	Yes
Willow Beats	Yes	Yes
Indian Summer	Yes	Yes
Beni	Yes	Yes
Wordlife (Live)	Yes	Yes
Softwar	Yes	Yes
Club Mod DJs	Yes	Yes

Notes

A ^ Big Top Luna Park 14 December.
B ^ Palace Theater and Ding Dong Lounge 15 December.

The full lineup was announced on 9 October.^[9]

2014

The Plot was not held in 2014.^[10]

2015

Bold indicates headline act.

	Sydney ^[A]
Art Vs Science	Yes
SAFIA	Yes
Tkay Maidza	Yes
Urthboy	Yes
The Griswolds	Yes
Friend Within (UK)	Yes
Tuka	Yes
Matoma (Nor)	Yes
Spit Syndicate	Yes
Basenji	Yes
Asta	Yes
Ngaiire	Yes
Crooked Colours	Yes
Young Franco	Yes
Paces	Yes
Uv Boi	Yes
E^st	Yes
Boo Seeka	Yes
The Meeting Tree	Yes
Luke Million	Yes
L-Fresh The Lion	Yes
B Wise	Yes
Shantan Wantan Ichiban	Yes
Future Love Hungover	Yes
Luen	Yes
Jawz	Yes
Andy Garvey	Yes
Stoney Roads DJs	Yes
Sampa The Great	Yes

Notes

A ^ Parramatta Park 5 December.

The full lineup was announced on 30 September.^[11]

2016

A ^ Parramatta Park 19 December.

The full lineup was announced on 24 August.^[12]

A.B. Original, Alex Lahey, Allday, Amy Shark, Confidence Man, GL, Hellions, Soul Benefits, Kinder, Ebony Boadu, Sarah Connor, Amber Dubs, The Belligerents, The Bennies, Bootleg Rascal, Buoy, Cult Shotta, Dorsal Fins, Dylan Joel, E^ST, Elizabeth Rose, FROYO, Gold Fields, Hyjak, Indian Summer, Ivan Ooze (rapper), Jannath Beth + DJ Lili Joy, Japanese Wallpaper, Kazi A, Lanks, Luca Brasi, Mallrat, MMAD, Montaigne, Mumbles, Nardine, Nicole Millar, Ocean Alley, Onion Man, Paces, Pierce Brothers, Richard Bell, Running Touch, Tash Sultana, Thelma Plum, Tired Lion, Vera Blue, WSU Poets, Zeadala + Judenn, Ziggy Alberts.

2017

A ^ Parramatta Park 18 December.

The full lineup was announced on 23 August.^[12]

Airling, Alex The Astronaut, Alice Ivy, Bec Sandridge, Cable Ties, Clowns, Confidence Man, Dean Lewis, Dear Seattle, Dobby, Haiku Hands, Hatchie, Hollow Coves, Jess Locke, Kuren, Kyle Lionhart, Lastlings, Maddy Jane, Mallrat, Manu Crook$, Miss Blanks, Ninajirachi, Northeast Party House, Nyxen, Odette, Oh Boy, Okenyo, Ruby Fields, Saatsuma, Skeggs, Sleepmakeswaves, Stella Donnelly, The Teskey Brothers, Tigertown, Waax, YoungstaCPT (RSA).

Awards and nominations

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
National Live Music Awards of 2016^[13]	Groovin the Moo	ACT Live Event of the Year	Won
National Live Music Awards of 2019^[14]^[15]	Groovin the Moo	Best Live Music Festival or Event	Nominated
National Live Music Awards of 2019^[14]^[15]	Groovin the Moo	ACT Live Event of the Year	Won