Gut Health
The Croxton Bandroom, 607 High St, THORNBURY Thornbury Directions
Sat 17.10.2026 12:00
THE CROXTON BLOCK PARTY 2026SATURDAY 17 OCTOBERKING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD (2.5HR SET)SHONEN KNIFEBABE RAINBOWHEAVY MOSSMOKTARTECHNO666B3LLYSTU MACKENZIE EURO RACKPlus more to be announced SUNDAY 18 OCTOBERKING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD (2.5HR SET)C.O.F.F.I.N.GUT HEALTHORBPUBLIC FIGURESGLYCONIC MOKTARPlus more to be announced The Croxton Block Party returns after a hugely successful launch in 2025, and this year we're handing the reins over to the absolute superstars of the inner north, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.The Croxton Carpark will again transform into a mini festival site for the weekend, with two days of incredible music curated by Gizz, capped with a mammoth 2 1/2-hour King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard sets both Saturday and Sunday night.It's a fitting one for us. Gizz played their first ever Croxton show back in December 2015, just after we opened our doors, and they've been back eight times since — including a three-night residency in 2016, the run-up to Polygondwanaland in 2018, and their legendary Bushfire Benefit show back in 2020. We're so honoured to have the boys back for a Block Party takeover in 2026.Joining them across the weekend: Shonen Knife, Babe Rainbow, Heavy Moss, Public Figures, Orb, Gut Health, Coffin and more, plus Moktar and Stu Mackenzie's Euro Rack.Gates open 12pm. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are partnering with climate impact agency FEAT. so that a $1 'Solar Slice' from every ticket will help fund the biodiversity restoration of Lungtalanana island, TAS. This project aims to restore the habitat of the Bass Strait wombat and long-nosed potoroo and bring these species back onto the island. This is a partnership led by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre and supported by WWF, GreenCollar, University of Tasmania, and FEAT. More info here.
Performers
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Gut HealthHypnotic dance-punk from Naarm/Melbourne www.guthealth.space
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King Gizzard and the Lizard WizardAustralian experimental outfit King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have built a well-earned reputation as one of the most prolific, adventurous and inventive bands of all time. Since 2010, the band have released 25 studio albums, which range from expansive jazz-rock, to spaghetti Western soundscapes, semi-acoustic cosmic ballads, sci-fi prog, kaleidoscopic garage rock, thrash metal, explorations of microtonal tunings, kraut-rock and more. King Gizzard's prolific nature has led them to release music at a frenetic pace, and their intense desire to seek out new sounds and follow new creative paths means that every one of their multitude of releases sounds different from the last. Often released in swift progression of one another (notably, the band released five albums in 2017, and again in 2022, with three in the month of October 2022 alone) King Gizzard have taken the traditional rules of the industry of music making and thrown them out the window. Their intense stage shows and the puzzle-like intricacies of their records have attracted a global fanbase of dedicated Gizzheads, while their Bootlegger program - which sees the band make their music available to independent record labels for free - results in hundreds of variations of certain releases, across vinyl, cassette and CD. Formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Australia, by a group of friends who jammed casually, the lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Harwood, and Michael Cavanagh. -
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The OrbArschtritt-Rock aus Thüringen
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Moktar
Moktar is a DJ and producer effortlessly combining club and techno with traditional Arabic instrumentation, sampling and producing to emphasise his Egyptian-Australian background.
