Groundwater — festival guide
Gold Coast, Gold Coast, Australia16–18 Oct 2026 · 3 days
This edition has already taken place. The guide stays online as a record of what Groundwater programmed and where it was held — dates for the next edition appear here as soon as the organiser confirms them.
At a glance
- Dates
- 16–18 Oct 2026 (3 days)
- Location
- Gold Coast, Gold Coast, Australia
- Sound
- Electronic · Country
- Venue type
- Festival site
- On-site camping
- Not listed
The story
Groundwater is a music festival taking place in Gold Coast, Qld from October 16 to October 18, 2026. The event features a variety of performances and activities, providing a gathering space for music enthusiasts. The festival's timeline shows it starts in the afternoon on October 16 and concludes in the morning on October 18.
Groundwater is a 3-day electronic, country festival at Gold Coast in Gold Coast, Australia. The October 2026 edition runs 16–18 Oct 2026.
Expect stages split between Electronic and Country.
Everything happens at Gold Coast, in Gold Coast. Gold Coast is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.
Groundwater keeps the same calendar slot each year: October 2026 for this edition, opening on a Friday and closing on a Sunday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Gold Coast are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.
- Dates: October 16-18, 2026
- Location: Gold Coast, Qld
- Multiple days of events
Venue, camping & access
- Venue type
- Festival site
- Camping
- No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.
What the trip costs from Paris
Ticket from
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Return transport
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Place to stay
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Total door to door
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No ticket price is published for this edition yet, so the total below covers travel and a bed only. It updates automatically as soon as the organiser opens sales.
See every ticket tier and travel option →Planning the trip, step by step
- 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Groundwater are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
- 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
- 3Reserve 4 nights rather than 3: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
- 4Follow Groundwater on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.
Full line-up
Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.
The organiser hasn't published the line-up for Groundwater yet. It appears here — with a page for every artist — as soon as names are confirmed.
Past editions
Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.
2025
16–18 Oct 2025 (approx.)
2024
16–18 Oct 2024 (approx.)
2023
16–18 Oct 2023 (approx.)
Travel tips from Paris
- The site itself is Gold Coast, in Gold Coast.
- Book a bed in Gold Coast early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.