Thousands of revellers have flocked to Groovin the Moo (GMT) festival in the nation’s capital to enjoy fun-filled day of partying.
It’s the ninth year the festival has been held in the ACT, with youngsters braving the Canberra chill to show off their best festival style.
Hilltop Hoods, Billie Eilish, DMA’s, Thelma Plum, Crooked Colours and Coolio were among more than 40 acts to grace three stages at Exhibition Park in Canberra.
It’s the 9th year the festival has been held in the ACT, with revelers braving the Canberra chill to show off their best festival style
Hilltop Hoods, Billie Eilish, Dma’s, Thelma Plum, Crooked Colours and Coolio were among more than 40 acts to grace three stages at Exhibition Park in Canberra
The festivities kicked off just after 11 on Sunday morning, with revellers partying well into the night over three stages at Exhibition Park in Canberra
These young festival goers wore their hair in plaits and wore matching boots to dance the day away at the popular festival
The festivities kicked off just after 11 on Sunday morning, with revellers partying well into the night.
After a relatively chilled out start to the day’s performances later acts saw thousands of fans form tight mosh pits.
Noticeably, the most popular set of the festival was US singer Billie Eilish, who drew swarms of revellers, although some complained of poor sound quality during her set.
Noticeably the most popular set of the festival was US singer Billie Eilish, who drew swarms of revellers – despite some complaining of poor sound quality during her set
Spandex, gold accessories and fluffy hair ties made this young festival attendee stand out from the crowd on Sunday
These friends coordinated their outfits with metal mesh crop tops , bike shorts, black boots and festival sunglasses
Boiler suits, bum bags, chokers, head scarves and coloured sunglasses were part of the festival uniform for these keen festival attendees
These festival goers braved the autumn Canberra chill – with temperatures getting down to just seven degrees after the sun went down
‘We’re all so flat because we can’t even hear it, she’s lost impact because of s**t sound quality,’ one fan told Daily Mail Australia.
‘My car’s AUX chord is louder than this,’ another attendee shouted out.
Even though Eilish was the second last set of the night, people left the festival in swarms after her performance wrapped up at around 9.20pm – with temperatures getting down to just seven degrees.
Two friends coordinated their festival get-ups with red ensembles, leopard print, fishnet tights and combat boots
There were also complaints about the lack of breathing-room in the mosh pit at Eilish’s set at the Cattleyard stage.
‘Billie was not an inch of movement, everybody was stuck (and) there was nowhere to go. Nobody was getting anywhere,’ another member of the crowd said.
Aussie hip hop group Hilltop Hoods’ set at the Cattleyard stage was so crowded with overexcited fans that they were forced to stop their set to ask the crowd to stop pushing and shoving.
Thousands of eager fans packed into three stages over the day – The Plot, Moulin Rouge and the Cattleyard stage
This festival-goer was hard to miss as she partied well into the night in illuminated furry jacket at the ninth annual Canberra Groovin the Moo
They asked fans to take a step back as people up the front were getting so squashed.
But the group laughed off the incident at the end of their set, joking that they ran out of time on their last song because they spent so long trying to get the crowd to calm down.
It’s the second Canberra GTM to have controversial pill testing services offered inside the festival.
Groovin the Moo 2019 has already wrapped up shows in Adelaide and Maitland, before it’s Bendigo, Townsville and Bunbury’s turn to host the festival over the next two weekends
This festival goer was spotted in fluro green mesh and a bumbag, and kept her face out of the dust with a face mask
The inconspicuous tents had long lines of festival-goers, even though it can’t be advertised.
Doctors, chemists and counsellors tested the contents of their pills, giving potential drug-users a clear indication of what is in their drugs.
While Red Frog tents (safe areas where intoxicated youngsters can go for help or medical attention) had a steady stream of revellers come through their doors to take a break from dancing.
With two tents located on opposite ends of the festival and situated conveniently next to medical tents, the volunteers have provided tired and intoxicated revellers much-needed water, sunscreen and sugar hits throughout the day.
As day turned to night, more people turned to the tents volunteers for support and to keep them out of the cold.
Aussie hip hop group Hilltop Hoods’ set was so crowded with overexcited fans that they were forced to stop their set to ask the crowd to stop pushing and shoving
Despite a smooth-running festival, there were some complaints of overcrowding at Hilltop Hoods and Billie Eilish’s sets
Despite the odd sound issue, festival attendees were in most-part well behaved, with hundreds taking advantage of the Red Frogs tent and pill testing service.
There were 34 separate searches of attendees which resulted in drugs being found, a police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia.
An 18-year-old male was taken to hospital with a drug-related overdose but is now in a stable condition.
Groovin the Moo 2019 has already wrapped up shows in Adelaide and Maitland, before it’s Bendigo, Townsville and Bunbury’s turn to host the festival over the next two weekends.
Hilltop Hoods asked fans to take a step back as people up the front of their set were getting so squashed
Hilltop Hoods laughed the incident off at the end of their set, joking that they ran out of time on their last song because they spent so long trying to get the crowd to calm down