diff --git a/packages/visx-demo/src/sandboxes/visx-xychart/Example.tsx b/packages/visx-demo/src/sandboxes/visx-xychart/Example.tsx
index d53ff3e08..1e587f15e 100644
--- a/packages/visx-demo/src/sandboxes/visx-xychart/Example.tsx
+++ b/packages/visx-demo/src/sandboxes/visx-xychart/Example.tsx
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ export default function Example({ height }: Props) {
                 showVerticalCrosshair={showVerticalCrosshair}
                 snapTooltipToDatumX={snapTooltipToDatumX}
                 snapTooltipToDatumY={snapTooltipToDatumY}
-                showDatumGlyph={snapTooltipToDatumX || snapTooltipToDatumY}
-                showSeriesGlyphs={sharedTooltip}
+                showDatumGlyph={(snapTooltipToDatumX || snapTooltipToDatumY) && !renderBarGroup}
+                showSeriesGlyphs={sharedTooltip && !renderBarGroup}
                 renderTooltip={({ tooltipData, colorScale }) => (
                   <>
                     {/** date */}
diff --git a/packages/visx-demo/src/sandboxes/visx-xychart/ExampleControls.tsx b/packages/visx-demo/src/sandboxes/visx-xychart/ExampleControls.tsx
index 9b1c65baf..3d2430427 100644
--- a/packages/visx-demo/src/sandboxes/visx-xychart/ExampleControls.tsx
+++ b/packages/visx-demo/src/sandboxes/visx-xychart/ExampleControls.tsx
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ export default function ExampleControls({ children }: ControlsProps) {
         showHorizontalCrosshair,
         showTooltip,
         showVerticalCrosshair,
-        snapTooltipToDatumX: renderBarStackOrGroup === 'bar' && snapTooltipToDatumX,
-        snapTooltipToDatumY: renderBarStackOrGroup === 'bar' && snapTooltipToDatumY,
+        snapTooltipToDatumX: renderBarStackOrGroup !== 'stack' && snapTooltipToDatumX,
+        snapTooltipToDatumY: renderBarStackOrGroup !== 'stack' && snapTooltipToDatumY,
         theme,
         xAxisOrientation,
         yAxisOrientation,
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ export default function ExampleControls({ children }: ControlsProps) {
           <label>
             <input
               type="checkbox"
-              disabled={!showTooltip || renderBarStackOrGroup !== 'bar'}
+              disabled={!showTooltip || renderBarStackOrGroup === 'stack'}
               onChange={() => setSnapTooltipToDatumX(!snapTooltipToDatumX)}
               checked={showTooltip && snapTooltipToDatumX}
             />{' '}
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ export default function ExampleControls({ children }: ControlsProps) {
           <label>
             <input
               type="checkbox"
-              disabled={!showTooltip || renderBarStackOrGroup !== 'bar'}
+              disabled={!showTooltip || renderBarStackOrGroup === 'stack'}
               onChange={() => setSnapTooltipToDatumY(!snapTooltipToDatumY)}
               checked={showTooltip && snapTooltipToDatumY}
             />{' '}
diff --git a/packages/visx-xychart/src/components/series/BarGroup.tsx b/packages/visx-xychart/src/components/series/BarGroup.tsx
index ab59895f3..a2446028f 100644
--- a/packages/visx-xychart/src/components/series/BarGroup.tsx
+++ b/packages/visx-xychart/src/components/series/BarGroup.tsx
@@ -3,17 +3,21 @@ import { PositionScale } from '@visx/shape/lib/types';
 import { scaleBand } from '@visx/scale';
 import isChildWithProps from '../../typeguards/isChildWithProps';
 import { BarSeriesProps } from './BarSeries';
-import { DataContextType, DataRegistryEntry } from '../../types';
+import { DataContextType } from '../../types';
 import DataContext from '../../context/DataContext';
 import getScaleBandwidth from '../../utils/getScaleBandwidth';
 import isValidNumber from '../../typeguards/isValidNumber';
+import findNearestDatumY from '../../utils/findNearestDatumY';
+import findNearestDatumX from '../../utils/findNearestDatumX';
+import useEventEmitter, { HandlerParams } from '../../hooks/useEventEmitter';
+import TooltipContext from '../../context/TooltipContext';
 
 export type BarGroupProps = {
   /** Whether to render the Stack horizontally instead of vertically. */
   horizontal?: boolean;
   /** `BarSeries` elements */
   children: JSX.Element | JSX.Element[];
-  /** Group scale padding */
+  /** Group band scale padding, [0, 1] where 0 = no padding, 1 = no bar. */
   padding?: number;
 };
 
@@ -22,9 +26,16 @@ export default function BarGroup<
   YScale extends PositionScale,
   Datum extends object
 >({ children, horizontal, padding = 0.1 }: BarGroupProps) {
-  const { xScale, yScale, colorScale, dataRegistry, registerData, unregisterData } = (useContext(
-    DataContext,
-  ) as unknown) as DataContextType<XScale, YScale, Datum>;
+  const {
+    xScale,
+    yScale,
+    colorScale,
+    dataRegistry,
+    registerData,
+    unregisterData,
+    width,
+    height,
+  } = (useContext(DataContext) as unknown) as DataContextType<XScale, YScale, Datum>;
 
   const barSeriesChildren = useMemo(
     () =>
@@ -51,6 +62,7 @@ export default function BarGroup<
     return () => unregisterData(dataKeys);
   }, [registerData, unregisterData, barSeriesChildren, dataKeys]);
 
+  // create group scale
   const groupScale = useMemo(
     () =>
       scaleBand<string>({
@@ -61,7 +73,43 @@ export default function BarGroup<
     [dataKeys, xScale, yScale, horizontal, padding],
   );
 
+  const { showTooltip, hideTooltip } = useContext(TooltipContext) ?? {};
+  const handleMouseMove = useCallback(
+    (params?: HandlerParams) => {
+      const { svgPoint } = params || {};
+      // invoke showTooltip for each key so all data is available in context,
+      // and let Tooltip find the nearest point among them
+      dataKeys.forEach(key => {
+        const entry = dataRegistry.get(key);
+
+        if (entry && svgPoint && width && height && showTooltip) {
+          const datum = (horizontal ? findNearestDatumY : findNearestDatumX)({
+            point: svgPoint,
+            data: entry.data,
+            xScale,
+            yScale,
+            xAccessor: entry.xAccessor,
+            yAccessor: entry.yAccessor,
+            width,
+            height,
+          });
+          if (datum) {
+            showTooltip({
+              key,
+              ...datum,
+              svgPoint,
+            });
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    },
+    [dataKeys, dataRegistry, horizontal, xScale, yScale, width, height, showTooltip],
+  );
+  useEventEmitter('mousemove', handleMouseMove);
+  useEventEmitter('mouseout', hideTooltip);
+
   const registryEntries = dataKeys.map(key => dataRegistry.get(key));
+
   // if scales and data are not available in the registry, bail
   if (registryEntries.some(entry => entry == null) || !xScale || !yScale || !colorScale) {
     return null;