King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have curated Melbourne’s Croxton Block Party this year, which will also include them performing three-hour sets each night.
The festival returns to The Croxton’s carpark from October 17th-18th, with a lineup that includes Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife, local rockers C.O.F.F.I.N, and Byron Bay psych-rock outfit Babe Rainbow, alongside Melbourne favourites Public Figures, Gut Health and ORB.
Also on the bill is Heavy Moss, the psych-pop quartet fronted by King Gizzard bassist Lucas Harwood, plus sets from Moktar and King Gizzard’s Stu Mackenzie on the Eurorack.
It follows a successful first run of the block party in 2025, and marks yet another Croxton appearance for the band, who’ve built a long history with the Thornbury venue.
“It’s a fitting one for us,” The Croxton team said in a statement.
“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.”
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have also partnered with climate impact agency FEAT for the event, with a $1 “Solar Slice” from every ticket going toward the biodiversity restoration of Lungtalanana Island in Tasmania.
The project, led by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre and backed by WWF, Green Collar and the University of Tasmania, aims to restore habitat for the Bass Strait wombat and long-nosed potoroo.
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