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Bluesfest 2026 Cancellation Leaves Ticket Holders In Financial Limbo

The cancellation of Bluesfest 2026 has left fans facing a complex refund situation after the festival entered liquidation. Here is what Australian consumer law means for ticket holders.

Tagged as: Australian Festivals, bluesfest, Byron Bay Bluesfest, Festival Industry Australia, Live Music Australia, Music Festival News, Peter Noble

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Bluesfest Byron Bay Enters Liquidation As Ticket Holders Are Advised To Seek Credit Card Chargebacks

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest Byron Bay has entered liquidation with ticket holders advised to seek credit card chargebacks from their banks as the most viable refund option for the cancelled 2026 event.

Tagged as: bluesfest, Byron Bay, Liquidation, live music, Northern Rivers, NSW Tourism, Parkway Drive, Peter Noble, refunds, Split Enz

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Bluesfest Cancellation Official Statement

by Paul Cashmere

Official Statement Byron Bay Bluesfest will not return in 2026 after organisers confirmed the Easter festival has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. The event has been staged in the Byron Bay region since 1990.

Tagged as: Australian Festivals, Australian Music Festivals, Blues Music, bluesfest, Byron Bay, Byron Bay Bluesfest, festival news, Live Music Australia, Peter Noble, roots music

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Bluesfest Cancelled Due To Low Ticket Sales

by Paul Cashmere

Byron Bay Bluesfest will not return in 2026 after organisers confirmed the Easter festival has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. The event has been staged in the Byron Bay region since 1990.

Tagged as: Australian Festivals, Australian Music Festivals, Blues Music, bluesfest, Byron Bay, Byron Bay Bluesfest, festival news, Live Music Australia, Peter Noble, roots music

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Wild Aid To Go Ahead Despite Bushfires

by Announcement

Announcement: Wild Aid, the benefit concert to raise money for Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, to be held at The Green Room, on Bluesfest site Byron Bay IS ON, despite the region’s recent bushfires.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, Peter Noble, Tex Perkins, The Cruel Sea, Wild Aid

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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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Bluesfest Postponed Until 2022

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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 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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ANNOUNCEMENT: Bluesfest Given Go Ahead With Covid Plan Approved

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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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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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Iggy Pop and Norah Jones lead the next Bluesfest 2019 announcement

by Paul Cashmere

Iggy Pop and Norah Jones will perform at Bluesfest 2019 as well as 12 other artists.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Iggy Pop, music festival, Norah Jones, Peter Noble

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Bluesfest Credited As Australia’s Top Music Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest is officially Australia’s biggest music festival and ranks 14th worldwide according to Pollstar.

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

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Steve Romer Joins Bluesfest Peter Noble Becomes Executive Chairman

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest boss Peter Noble has delegated his day to day role at Australia’s biggest music festival to become Executive Chairman of the company with Steve Romer stepping in to take the Chief Operating Officer role.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Jackson Browne, music festival, music industry, Peter Noble, Robert Plant, Steve Romer

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Bluesfest Picks Up NSW Tourism Award

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Noble’s Bluesfest has won its fourth Gold at the 27th Annual NSW Tourism Awards for Major Festival and Event in Sydney.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Bluesfest Picks Up NSW Tourism Award, music festival, Peter Noble

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Bluesfest Adds 11 More Acts

by Paul Cashmere

11 more acts have joined the Bluesfest line-up including Australia’s Glenn Cardier, Jeff Lang and Lloyd Spiegel.

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11,Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Peter Noble Harpoons White Whale Neil Young For Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest boss Peter Noble has finally cross Neil Young off his bucket list for Bluesfest. Neil Young + Promise of the Real will headline Bluesfest 2017.

Tagged as: 2017, 70s, Australia, bluesfest, Byron Bay, classic rock, music festival, Neil Young, Peter Noble, Peter Noble Harpoons White Whale Neil Young For Bluesfest, Promise of the Real, rock

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Bluesfest Second Announcement Features Mary J Blige

by Paul Cashmere

Mary J. Blige leads the second Bluesfest announcement for 2017.

Tagged as: bluesfest, Bluesfest Second Announcement Features Mary J Blige, Mary J Blige, music news, Peter Noble

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Bluesfest To Take All 2017 Tickets Off Sale Next Week

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest will take all 2017 off sale next week until the first round of artists is announced.

Tagged as: 2017, bluesfest, Bluesfest To Take All 2017 Tickets Off Sale Next Week, Byron Bay, Easter, music news, Peter Noble

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Bluesfest Responds To Koala Killing Claim

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has hit back at an allegation by Dr. Steve Phillips that the festival is responsible for the death of multiple koalas.

Tagged as: bluesfest, Bluesfest Responds To Koala Killing Claim, koalas, music news, Peter Noble, Steve Phillips

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Boomerang Festival Folded Into Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Boomerang, the indigenous music festival, will become part of Bluesfest in 2016.

Tagged as: bluesfest, Boomerang, music news, Peter Noble, The National

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Bluesfest 6th Announcement: Hozier, The Waterboys, Switchfoot

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has extended the 2015 line-up with new additions Hozier, The Waterboys and Switchfoot to the line-up.

Tagged as: bluesfest, Hozier, Peter Noble, Switchfoot, Waterboys

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Bluesfest 2015 Headliners Are The Black Keys, Zac Brown Band

by Paul Cashmere

The Black Keys and Zac Brown Band will return to Australia for Bluesfest 2015.

Tagged as: Alabama Shakes, bluesfest, Peter Noble, The Black Keys, Zac Brown Band

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James Cotton Blues Band Add Bluesfest Sydney Sideshow

by Paul Cashmere

James Cotton, the Grammy Award winning and Blues Hall of Fame inductee, will perform his own show at Sydney’s The Basement during his first Australian visit in April.

Tagged as: bluesfest, James Cotton, James Cotton Bluesband, Peter Noble

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Bluesfest Adds Jeff Beck, KC & The Sunshine Band

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest 2014 is forever expanding with Jeff Beck and KC & The Sunshine Band joining the line-up as well as Gov’t Mule and War.

Tagged as: bluesfest, Jeff Beck, KC & The Sunshine Band, Peter Noble

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March 20, 2026

Bluesfest Touring Update Sees Wave Of Cancellations As Industry Fallout Deepens

The latest Bluesfest Touring update confirms multiple cancellations, with several international acts withdrawing Australian sideshows as the impact of the Bluesfest collapse continues to unfold.

March 20, 2026

Counting Crows Add Brisbane Show To Complete Sweets! Tour Following Bluesfest Disruption

Counting Crows expand their 2026 Australian run with a new Brisbane date, reinforcing that their Live Nation tour remains unaffected by the Bluesfest cancellation

March 19, 2026

The Living End To Play Hotel Brunswick After Bluesfest Cancellation

The Living End step in with a last minute headline show at Hotel Brunswick, giving fans a live fix over the Easter weekend after Bluesfest was called off.

March 19, 2026

Bluesfest Touring Artists Left In Limbo As Festival Collapse Creates Confusion Across Australian Dates

The fallout from the collapse of Bluesfest has left multiple international artists, including Erykah Badu and The Black Crowes, facing uncertainty over their Australian touring plans, with conflicting ticketing information emerging nationwide.

March 18, 2026