Hopkins Creek

Fri 06.11.2026 17:00

10 years. 8 of them dancing.

A precious amount of water under the bridge.

Through dust, rain, long odds, lucky breaks, music, mateship and the occasional celestial intervention, here we are again.

Introducing the citizens, visitors and occasional troublemakers of Hopkins Creek 2026.

November 6–9 on Taungurung Country. Tickets on sale Thursday July 9 at 7pm.

Performers

Activator
NYC-scene veterans of 16+ years, sharing the stage with everyone from Bad Brains to Battles to Cro-Mags to El-P, released their self-titled debut record in the fall of 2013. SYFFAL said at the time it's "the album Activator fans have been waiting for since they dropped their EP all those years ago on Def Jux. Rooted in the soul of late-80s crossover thrash with a sprinkle of NYHC and Iron Maiden; the shit squiggles all sorts of beauty and sheer terror. It's like getting a hand job from a tornado bro - all speed, power and friction."

The guys are currently working on new material for a 2024 release.
Art (AU)
Art Pitchford aka Art is a Melbourne-based DJ and co-founder of Nuyina, exploring microhouse, dub and deep minimal through slow shifts and subtle tension shaping rooms with patient selections and quiet intensity.
Babycino
On the airwaves for PBS, Skylab or stations over yonder, in the studio, or on the dance floor, Baby C has been gathering fans at a breakneck pace by creating moments that hit that sweet spot that gets your body moving, and your brain dancing.
Bridget Small (2)
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Nick Ure
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Cale Sexton
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CHEAHDX
CHEAHDX is a DJ/Producer based in Naarm. CHEAHDX is 1/3 of STEP COUNT events (Boorloo/Naarm)

CHEAHDX lives/loves/laughs 4 muzik
D. Tyrone
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Darcy Justice
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Dawn Again
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Toni Yotzi
One of Melbourne’s most tasteful deejays in selecting and stringing a set of oft-forgotten odd cuts and obscure electronic groove. Toni occupies her own space in sounding and holding down a floor through her uniquely jacking selection.
Dbridge
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Dea Barandana
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DJ Subaru
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Dreems
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Drifting Clouds
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Ed Kent
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Elsie
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Eric Duncan
Eric Duncan aka Dr Dunks is one half of

legendary DJ duo Rub-n-Tug & also half of DFA’s Still

Going. No matter the name though, the game

remains unchanged: peak time party provider.
Frank Booker
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Frizzy
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Ham
Ham 000's earthy and percussive-heavy tunas span alien-esque forest ambient to acid-tinged turbo bass, with offbeats, stomps and sassy intersections in space.
Hannah D
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Sinkers
Into New Roots.
Intermood
Radiating with a burning desire to make people move, Intermood’s heaving live performances have turned heads within Naarm’s thriving instrumental scene. Swearing an allegiance to always bring the ruckus, the group’s blend of instrumental psychedelic jazz and high energy neo-disco has emerged out of sweaty sold out shows within Australia’s music capital, leading them to the stages of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and Strawberry Fields.

Intermood’s evolving sound fuses the live dance music of Mildlife and L’Éclair with the housey rhythms of Todd Terje. With the release of their upcoming EP, the group are set to continue carving out their own space within Naarm's instrumental and dance worlds.
Krakatau
Krakatau are a Jazz Fusion/Progressive rock band with left-field sensibilities from Melbourne Australia.
Mabel
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Marley Swain
The self proclaimed bass bin interrogator pushes the subs to 12 with this mix of assorted electronics, bass, jungle, breaks and more.
Miscmeg
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Montana
Curator for - @inourpersonalspace

Skylab Radio - skylab-radio.com/artist-shows/montana
Nak
Nak’s sound is lush, otherworldly, and deeply immersive; all grounded in a love for storytelling through music.
Naycab
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Norachi
NZ/AU Producer, DJ and Live performer.

1/4 of Vessel Records (AU)
Powder
Berlin based, running Yarn Audio netlabel
Radart
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Richard Sen
'Sporadic, wild and free he has never been one to be tamed, placed in a box and told how to play... He has amassed a reputation as one of the best in Britain' (Ransom Note 2018).
SCARLETT
Milan based Techno Live Act and music producer. Aerial A/V show creator.
Sleep D
Sonic explorers, label heads, pillars of the Melbourne underground, Sleep D explore the rave unconscious - driving rhythms, hypnotic bass, worlds of echo and the hazy bliss of the morning after.
Tangerine
Tangerine Dream are a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone several personnel changes over the years, with Froese the only continuous member. Drummer and composer Klaus Schulze was a member of an early lineup, but the most stable version of the group during their influential mid-1970s period was as a keyboard trio with Froese, Christopher Franke, and Peter Baumann. Early in the 1980s, Johannes Schmoelling replaced Baumann, and this lineup, too, was stable and extremely productive. In more recent years Edgar has been joined by his son Jerome Froese and Thorsten Quaeschning for studio work, other guest musicians join them for live work, including Linda Spa on sax and flute and Iris Camaa on percussion and electronic drums.

Tangerine Dream's early "Pink Years" albums, originally released on the German OHR label had a pivotal role in the development of krautrock. Their "Virgin Years" and later albums became a defining influence in new age Music and some ambient techno. The group are still producing new studio work and are currently in the planning stages of a world tour to mark their 40th anniversary (2007-08), starting in London on april 20th 2007 at the London Astoria theatre, with two additional dates in Germany in July (Free Open air concert in Eberswalde Market Square) and October (At the Alte Oper in Frankfurt on Main).
Jon Jones
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Yawung
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Tim Heaney
me
Paper-Cuts
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