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The Doobie Brothers Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bluesfest To Play A Two Day Festival In Melbourne

Melbourne has scored its own two day Bluesfest in April with The Doobie Brothers, Buddy Guy and Paolo Nutini on the line-up.

Tagged as: bluesfest, Buddy Guy, Doobie Brothers, Melbourne Exhibition Centre

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Beck, Harvest Festival 2012: Photo Ros O'Gorman

Beck To Play Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Beck will return to Australia in 2023 for his first ever Bluesfest performance.

Tagged as: 90s, Beck, bluesfest, rock, USA

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Elvis Costello To Play Sydney And Melbourne Bluesfest Sideshows

by Paul Cashmere

Elvis Costello has added dates in Sydney and Melbourne in April when he is in the country for Bluesfest.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, bluesfest, Elvis Costello, live music, music industry, punk, rock

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Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams and The Bluesfest 2023 Announcement

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest 2023 will return with its first full international and local line-up since 2019 with Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams just a few news on the list.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, music festival

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Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples To Play Bluesfest Dates In 2023

by Paul Cashmere

Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples will play dates together in Sydney and Melbourne for Bluesfest Touring in April as well as the Bluesfest Festival in Byron Bay.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Australia, blues, bluesfest, Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples, music festival, USA

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Buddy Guy To Perform Farewell Dates In Australia For Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Buddy Guy will perform his last shows in Australia in April 2023.

Tagged as: 50s, 60s, 70s, Australia, blues, bluesfest, Buddy Guy, USA

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Bluesfest’s Bob Dylan Party Line-up Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

Joe Camilleri, Ross Wilson and Russell Morris are just some of the artists set to perform at Bluesfest’s Bob Dylan Party.

Tagged as: All Our Exes Live In Texas, Australia, Black Sorrows, bluesfest, Bob Dylan, Emma Donovan, Fiona Boyes, Kevin Borich, Lachy Doley, Lisa Hunt, live music, Nicky Bomba, Roshani, Ross Wilson, Russell Morris, Tex Perkins, The Brewster Brothers

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Patti Smith Australian Tour For 2022 Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

The Patti Smith Australian tour for April 2022 has been cancelled.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Australia, bluesfest, music festival, Patti Smith, Patti Smith Band, rock, USA

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Check Out New Crowded House Video Performance of ‘Start of Something’

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House have shared a performance video of their new song ‘Start of Something’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Australia, bluesfest, Crowded House, Live Nation, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock

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Bluesfest Opens Up To International Acts

by Paul Cashmere

The first of eight international acts have been added to the Bluesfest line-up for 2022 with sideshows included.

Tagged as: Amadou & Mariam, Australia, bluesfest, Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram, Cory Henry, George Benson, live music, Morcheeba, music festival, Peter Noble, The Marcus King Band, The Wailers, The War & Treaty

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Crowded House To Tour For Live Nation, A Day On The Green and Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House will perform their first Australian tour in 12 years in April 2021 with arena shows for Live Nation, a winery event for A Day On The Green and a slot at Bluesfest.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Australia, bluesfest, Crowded House, Live Nation, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock

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Bluesfest To Pay Tribute To Bob Dylan On Opening Night

by Paul Cashmere

Joe Camilleri will lead a night of celebration of the music of Bob Dylan for Bluesfest’s opening night on 14 April 2022 of the Easter weekend.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Bob Dylan, Joe Camilleri, live music, rock

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Patti Smith, George Benson and The Wailers Have Leaked Their Own Bluesfest 2022 Dates

by Paul Cashmere

It appears George Benson, Patti Smith and The Wailers have let their fans in on a little secret before an official announcement has been made. Australian dates for April 2022 are on their official websites.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, George Benson, music festival, Patti Smith, The Wailers

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Bluesfest Postponed Until 2022

by Announcement

Bluesfest has been postponed again, this time to Easter 2022.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, live music, Midnight Oil, music festival, music industry, Peter Noble, rock

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Bluesfest Announces October 2021 Line-up With The Oils, Kelly and Barnes

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly and Tash Sultana will headline the four day revival of Bluesfest in October 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Jimmy Barnes, Midnight Oil, music industry, Paul Kelly, rock

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Bluesfest Rescheduled for October

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The NSW Government sponsored Bluesfest cancellation over Easter has been given a reprieve. Bluesfest will resurrect over 1-4 October 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, live music, music festival, music industry, rock

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Bluesfest Shutdown Could Cost Over $10m In Losses For The Festival

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Bluesfest is expected to face more than $10 million in losses following the snap decision by the New South Wales government to shutdown the iconic event with less than one days notice.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian Festivals Association, bluesfest, Byron Bay, cancelled, music festival, music industry

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Statement From The Australian Festivals Association Following Bluesfest Cancellation

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The Australian Festivals Association has issued a statement following the last minute cancellation of Bluesfest.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian Festivals Association, bluesfest, Byron Bay, cancelled, music festival, music industry

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Bluesfest 2021 Cancelled One Day Out of Event

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The Bluesfest music festival in Byron Bay has been cancelled the day before it was due to begin.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Byron Bay, cancelled, music festival, music industry

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Bluesfest To Go Ahead Despite Queensland Covid Outbreak

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Bluesfest will go ahead in Byron Bay this weekend despite the new Brisbane covid clusters.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Kate Ceberano, Mark Seymour, music festival, Pete Murray, Peter Noble

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Kate Ceberano performs at the APIA Good Times Tour at the Palais in St Kilda on Saturday 28 May 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman https://www.noise11.com

Kate Ceberano, Mark Seymour and Pete Murray Join Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has added its final batch of Australian artists for the 2021 event over Easter. Kate Ceberano, Pete Murray and Mark Seymour & The Undertow have joined the bill.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Kate Ceberano, Mark Seymour, music festival, Pete Murray, Peter Noble

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Peter Noble of Bluesfest - Image By Ros O'Gorman, noise11.com, photo

ANNOUNCEMENT: Bluesfest Given Go Ahead With Covid Plan Approved

by Announcement

Peter Noble OAM, Bluesfest Festival Director and Chairman of the Bluesfest Group of Companies announced this morning:

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, music festival, music industry, Peter Noble

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Bluesfest Reschedule Postponed 2020 International Acts Into 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith, George Benson, The Wailers, Larkin Poe and Cory Henry & Funk Apostles now have rescheduled Australia tour dates for 2022.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Cory Henry & Funk Apostles, George Benson, Larkin Poe, music festival, music industry, Patti Smith, The Wailers

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Jimmy Barnes performs at the Red Hot Summer Tour Mornington Racecourse on Saturday 23 January 2016.

Bluesfest Is Official All-Australian For 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has announced that the 2021 music festival will now feature an all-Australian line-up.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, music festival, Peter Noble, Tash Sultana

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Peter Noble Plans Bluesfest 2021 For A Post-Covid World

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest boss Peter Noble is confident of delivering a world-class Bluesfest 2021 line-up and is working on all of the potential scenarios to make sure the event goes ahead.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, music industry, Peter Noble

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The Living End, Ross Wilson, The Angels Added To Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest 2021 is moving forward with another all-Australian line-up with The Living End, Ross Wilson and The Angels leading the strongest Aussie announcement so far.

Tagged as: Australia, Blue King Brown, bluesfest, Easter, Kate Miller-Heidke, music festival, Peter Noble, Ross Wilson, The Angels, The Church, The Living End

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Bluesfest Has An All-Australian Line-up Announcement for 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has announced its first ever all-Australian announcement. Russell Morris, Ian Moss and Kev Carmody join the line-up for 2021 in the 10 names announced.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Bon Iver, George Benson, Ian Moss, Kev Carmody, music festival, Patti Smith, Peter Noble, Russell Morris

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Jimmy Barnes at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2019 photo Noise11.com

Bluesfest Plans For A 2021 Music Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Planning for Bluesfest 2021 remains on track with the first line-up announcement confirmed for 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, music festival, Peter Noble

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Bluesfest 2021 Early Bird Tickets Go On Sale

by Announcement

In what will be regarded as an incredible act of bravery Bluesfest has announced Early Bird tickets to its 2021 festival will go on sale today. This announcement comes one week ahead of what is said to be an historical First Artist Announcement next week on July 8th.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, music festival, Peter Noble

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Bluesfest Rescheduled 14 Acts For 2021

by Paul Cashmere

In anticipation of a vibrant 2021 touring year, Bluesfest Touring has announced 14 of this year’s postponed shows will be back for 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, blues, bluesfest, Bluesfest Touring, George Benson, music festival, music industry, Patti Smith and Her Band, The Gipsy Kings

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