The Groundwater Country Music Festival lassos reigning ARIA Award champion Troy Cassar-Daley for its 12th edition, to be presented this October 17-19 on the Gold Coast.
Cassar-Daley joins fellow homegrown country star Brad Cox, US artist Jackson Dean and many more for the 2025 fest.
“I’ve played Groundwater Country Music Festival quite a few times over the years — huge crowds all with one thing in common, their love of country music,” comments Cassar-Daley, who collected five wins at the 2025 CMAA Awards, lifting his total to a record-busting 45 Golden Guitars.
This festival “has the ability to bring out massive international acts, putting our established and young, up-and-coming artists right there alongside them,” he continues. “What I love about Groundwater is the way it brings the community together — on the streets, on the verandahs, in the parks — it’s packed with love. I can’t wait to come down to play.”
Between The Fires is Cassar-Daley’s 12th and most personal album to date. Recorded at the home of his late mother in Halfway Creek, northern New South Wales, the album opened at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart and won for best country album at the 2024 ARIA Awards.
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Announced this week, the Groundwater Country Music Festival lineup also features Shane Smith & The Saints, The Wolfe Brothers, teen star-in-waiting Lane Pittman, 2025 Toyota Star Maker winner Felicity Kircher, and Queenslander Sara Berki, who returns for a second performance.
“There’s something very special about Groundwater, with its mix of surf, sun, country music,” Berki comments. “There is no other country festival quite like it.”
Groundwater Country Music Festival is produced by Experience Gold Coast and supported by the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland.
“We’re building something special here — a celebration where country music thrives annually by the beach,” comments festival director Mark Duckworth.
More artists for the 2024 edition will be announced in due course.
