1/36Kevin Parker of Tame Impala performs on the Amphitheatre stage. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
Gallery: Splendour in Grass kicks off
Australia’s most popular music festival has kicked off at Byron Bay, with more than 42,000 people set to attend over three days.
2/36Yannis Philippakis of Foals performs on the Amphitheatre stage. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
3/36Dirtgirl and creator Cate McQuillan performing at Little Splendour on the first day of Splendour in the Grass 2019.
4/36Yannis Philippakis of Foals performs on the Amphitheatre stage. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
5/36Kevin Parker of Tame Impala performs on the Amphitheatre stage. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
6/36Punters enjoy local artist Tones and I perform during at Splendour in the Grass music festival in, Byron Bay, Friday, July 19, 2019. (AAP Image/Regi Varghese)
7/36Andrew Swazye of A Swayze and The Ghosts performs during their set at Splendour in the Grass music festival in Byron Bay. (AAP Image/Regi Varghese
8/36Yannis Philippakis of Foals performs in the crowd on the Amphitheatre stage. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
9/36Punters enjoy Tones and I perform during at Splendour in the Grass music festival in Byron Bay, AAP Image/Regi Varghese
10/36Festival goers attend Splendour In The Grass 2019 on July 19, 2019. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
11/36Festival goers attend Splendour In The Grass 2019 on July 19, 2019 in Byron Bay. (Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
12/36Splendour in the Grass 2019
13/36Festival goers attend Splendour In The Grass 2019 on July 19, 2019 in Byron Bay. (Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
14/36Police officers and drug detection dogs walk amongst festival goers by an entrance to Splendour In The Grass 2019 in Byron Bay. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
15/36Police officers and drug detection dogs walk amongst festival goers by an entrance to Splendour In The Grass. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
16/36Police officers and drug detection dogs walk amongst festival goers by an entrance to Splendour In The Grass 2019 on July 19 in Byron Bay. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
17/36Tiarne Fairfull, Sandie Callahan, Dani Simm and Aimee Hewspon soak into the atmosphere at Splendour in the Grass. (AAP Image/Regi Varghese)
18/36Festival goers attend Splendour In The Grass 2019 at Byron Bay. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
19/36Local artist Tones and I performs during at Splendour in the Grass music festival in Byron Bay, (AAP Image/Regi Varghese)
20/36Local artist Tones and I performs during at Splendour in the Grass music festival in Byron Bay, Friday, July 19, 2019. (AAP Image/Regi Varghese)
21/36Local artist Tones and I performs at Splendour in the Grass. (AAP Image/Regi Varghese)
22/36Camping facilities at Splendour in the Grass
23/36Liam Picarc, of Brisbane, chills at the camping site waiting for friends at Splendour in the Grass 2019 at Byron Bay.
24/36Laurie Vincent of Slaves performs on the Amphitheatre stage. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
25/36Tones and I performs at the main stage at Splendour in the Grass 2019 in Byron Bay.
26/36Laurie Vincent of Slaves runs through the crowd at the Amphitheatre stage during Splendour In The Grass. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
27/36A festival goer watches Slaves perform on the Amphitheatre stage during Splendour In The Grass 2019. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
28/36Festival goers in fancy dress watch Slaves perform on the Amphitheatre stage during Splendour In The Grass 2019. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
29/36A festival goer crowd surfs watching Slaves perform on the Amphitheatre stage during Splendour In The Grass 2019 . (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
30/36Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother performs on the Amphitheatre stage at Splendour In The Grass. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
31/36Wolfmother perform on the Amphitheatre stage during Splendour In The Grass 2019. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
32/36Kaiit performs at Splendour in the Grass. (AAP Image/Regi Varghese)
33/36Thelma Plum performs on the Amphitheatre stage at Splendour In The Grass 2019. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
34/36Festival goers walk away from the Amphitheatre stage as the sun sets during Splendour In The Grass 2019 on July 19, 2019 in Byron Bay, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
35/36US punk rock band Fidlar perform at Splendour in the Grass music festival in Byron Bay (AAP Image/Regi Varghese)
36/36Hayden James performs on the Amphitheatre stage during Splendour In The Grass 2019. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
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