Groovin the MOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

In addition to it being Mothers' Day ( I <3 you Momma!!)  Last Sunday was the Groovin the Moo music festival in Canberra!!  Groovin the Moo is a travelling festival that goes around to a few rural-ish cities, bringing big names to folks outside of the major capitols, groovin the "moo," as in having to set up the stages next to cow paddocks (tehe).  Canberra somehow managed to get on the roster-- it's not THAT small of a city... but it's not huge.  And there WERE pastures surrounding the stages... but anyway.

The festival was actually held on campus, making it super convenient!  It was a beautiful autumn day, perfect for being out of doors listening to awesome music.  The shows started at 10:30 a.m. and went until 10:30 that evening, so it was definitely a day packed full with awesomeness.  

The lineup consisted of a lot of Australian bands, with a couple thrown in from the US, UK and one from Norway, including:  AC Slater, Architecture In Helsinki, Art Vs Science, The Aston Shuffle, Birds of Tokyo, Bliss n Eso, 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), Tim & Jean, UNKLE Live (UK), Washington and The Wombats (UK).

Yeah, so before I came to Australia, I had actually heard of none of the bands that were there, but my amazing housemates have been introducing me to the better ones over the course of the semester so that I was able to fully appreciate the concerts!  It was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun!!!!!!!!!!!  The performances were split up over three stages, so there was always at least one, often two, shows going.   I was told that it sold out at 15,000 tickets, and then 500 more were sold on the day of the festival.  Needless to day, it was PACKED, but that's part of the festival atmosphere.

 

It was warm during the day, but it IS getting close to winter, so after the sun went down the temperatures crashed to a bit below freezing... but the later shows were packed and lively, so as long as you were squished into the crowd, it was warm and toasty.  DEFINITELY a great experience!!

   

Just for kicks, here are some of my favorite songs from my favorite bands of the festival! 

(except live is more along the lines of lasers and strobe lights enough to set anyone off into a fit of seizures)