Byron Bay Bluesfest is Australia’s Premier Contemporary Blues & Roots Music Festival. It showcases music from around the world annually on the Easter long weekend on 120 hectares at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, just north of Byron Bay, NSW.
Bluesfest presents over 200 performances with up to 7 stages over 5, 12 hour days, as well as camping for up to 6,000 people, 5 licensed bars, over 100 food and market stalls, undercover food courts, beer gardens, and children’s entertainment.
Ticket Price: $179 - $620 AU
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Andrew Bird
- Beth Hart
- Billy Bragg
- Bonnie Raitt
- Booker T presents The Stax Revue
- Buddy Guy
- Corinne Bailey Rae
- Devon Allman
- Dumpstaphunk
- Gallant
- Gregory Porter
- Jake Shimabukuro
- Jeff Lang
- Jethro Tull
- Jimmy Buffett
- Joan Osborne
- Laura Mvula
- Madness
- Mary J. Blige
- Mavis Staples
- Max Jury
- Michael Kiwanuka
- Miles Electric Band
- Nahko and Medicine For the People
- Neil Young + Promise of the Real
- Nikki Hill
- Patti Smith and Her Band perform Horses
- Rhiannon Giddens
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Roy Ayers
- Santana
- Sir Rosevelt
- Slightly Stoopid
- Snarky Puppy
- St. Paul and the Broken Bones
- The California Honeydrops
- The Doobie Brothers
- The Lumineers
- The Mountain Goats
- The Record Company
- The Strumbellas
- The Suffers
- Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue
- Zac Brown Band
Festival News and Rumors
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