Festival Hub: Byron Bay Bluesfest
The Scene: Byron Bay Bluesfest is Australia's premier contemporary blues and roots music festival, showcasing a wide range of international artists over the long Easter Weekend. A fanbase of over 100,000 festies enjoy more than 200 performances over the five days along with family friendly fun.
- 19-TWENTY
- BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
- BLUES ARCADIA
- CARAVÃNA SUN
- CLAYTON DOLEY’S BAYOU BILLABONG
- COTERIE
- DAN SULTAN
- DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
- ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS
- ERJA LYYTINEN
- FIONA BOYES & THE FORTUNE TELLERS
- HARRY MANX
- HERE COME THE MUMMIES
- HUSSY HICKS
- IAN MOSS
- JACK JOHNSON
- JACKIE VENSON
- L.A.B
- LISA HUNT ‘FOREVER SOUL’
- LITTLE QUIRKS
- MATT CORBY
- MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO
- NEWTON FAULKNER
- PETER GARRETT & THE ALTER EGOS
- PIERCE BROTHERS
- PLAYING FOR CHANGE BAND
- PORTUGAL. THE MAN
- RICKIE LEE JONES
- ROCKWIZ LIVE
- ROSHANI
- SNARKY PUPPY
- STEVE POLTZ
- SWEET TALK
- TAJ FARRANT
- TAJ MAHAL
- TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
- THE CRUEL SEA
- THE DEAD SOUTH
- THE PAPER KITES
- THE TESKEY BROTHERS
- THE TURNER BROWN BAND
- THE WHITLAMS BLACK STUMP
- TIM FINN
- TOM JONES
- TOMMY EMMANUEL
- VELVET TRIP
- WILSN
- WOMEN OF SOUL COLLECTIVE
- ZIGGY ALBERTS
- 19-TWENTY
- BETH HART
- BIG FREEDIA
- BONNIE RAITT
- BUDDY GUY
- CHAIN
- CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM
- ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS
- ERIC GALES
- FEMI KUTI
- GANG OF YOUTHS
- GREENSKY BLUEGRASS
- GZA
- JACKSON BROWNE
- JASON ISBELL
- JOE BONAMASSA
- JON STEVENS
- KALEO
- KEB’ MO’
- KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD
- LACHY DOLEY & THE HORNS OF CONVICTION
- LARKIN POE
- LP
- LUCINDA WILLIAMS
- MARCUS KING
- MAVIS STAPLES
- MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD
- NIKKI HILL
- ROBERT GLASPER
- ROCKWIZ LIVE
- SOUTHERN AVENUE
- SPINIFEX GUM FEAT. MARLIYA
- STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES
- TALIB KWELI
- TASH SULTANA
- THE BARNESTORMERS
- THE BLACK SORROWS
- THE CAT EMPIRE
- THE SOUL REBELS & FRIENDS
- XAVIER RUDD
- 19-Twenty
- All Our Exes Live In Texas
- Amy Shark
- Ash Grunwald
- Backsliders
- Backsliders
- Baker Boy
- Blue Empress
- Briggs
- C.W. Stoneking
- Caravãna Sun
- Casey Barnes
- Chain
- Crowded House
- Dami Im
- Daniel Champagne
- Diesel
- ELECTRIK LEMONADE
- Emily Wurramara
- Fat Freddy’s Drop
- Fiona Boyes & The Fortune Tellers
- FOOLS
- Garrett Kato
- Geoff Achison & The Soul Diggers
- Hat Fitz and Cara
- Henry Wagons
- Hiatus Kaiyote
- Hoodoo Gurus
- Hussy Hicks
- Ian Moss
- Jeff Lang
- Jimmy Barnes
- JK-47
- George Benson
- Morcheeba
- The Wailers
- The Marcus King Band
- Amadou & Mariam
- The War & Treaty
- Cory Henry
- John Butler
- John Williamson
- Jon Stevens
- Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald
- Juzzie Smith
- Kara Grainger
- Kasey Chambers
- Kate Ceberano
- Kate Miller-Heidke
- Kevin Borich Express
- Kim Churchill
- L.A.B
- LamBros.
- Lisa Hunt’s Forever Soul
- Little Georgia
- Mama Kin Spender
- Mark Seymour & The Undertow
- Melbourne Ska Orchestra
- Midnight Oil
- Minnie Marks
- Missy Higgins
- Nathan Cavaleri
- Pacey, King & Doley
- PALM VALLEY
- Paul Kelly
- Pete Murray
- Pierce Brothers
- Ray Beadle
- Renee Geyer
- ROSHANI
- Ross Wilson and The Peaceniks
- Round Mountain Girls
- Russell Morris
- Sam Teskey
- Stan Walker
- Tex Perkins The Man In Black
- The Angels
- The Bamboos
- The Bamboos
- The Black Sorrows
- The Buckleys
- The Cat Empire
- The Church
- The Living End
- The Regime
- The Teskey Brothers
- The Waifs
- Tijuana Cartel
- Troy Cassar-Daley
- Vika & Linda
- Weddings Parties Anything
- Xavier Rudd
- Jack Johnson
- Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
- Ray LaMontagne
- George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
- Snarky Puppy
- Kasey Chambers
- St. Paul & The Broken Bones
- Nahko and Medicine For The People
- Tommy Emmanuel
- Colin Hay
- Arlo Guthrie
- Keb’ Mo’ – Solo
- Tex Perkins and The Fat Rubber Band
- Allen Stone
- Richard Clapton
- Russell Morris
- Kurt Vile & The Violators
- Vintage Trouble
- The Black Sorrows
- The California Honeydrops
- Trevor Hall
- I’m With Her
- Larkin Poe
- Irish Mythen
- Elephant Sessions
- MS. LAURYN HILL
- Afro Celt Sound System
- André Cymone
- Ásgeir
- Benjamin Booker
- Bobby Rush
- Canned Heat
- CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers
- Dumpstaphunk
- Eric Gales
- Elephant Sessions
- First Aid Kit
- Gomez
- Gov’t Mule
- Harry Manx
- Harts
- Holy Holy
- Hurray for the Riff Raff
- Jackson Browne
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
- Joe Louis Walker
- John Butler Trio
- José González
- Kesha
- Juanes
- Lionel Richie
- Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
- Melissa Etheridge
- Michael Franti & Spearhead
- Morcheeba
- Newton Faulkner
- Rag’n’Bone Man
- Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
- Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters
- Seal
- Seu Jorge
- Sheryl Crow
- Tash Sultana
- The California Honeydrops
- The New Power Generation
- The Original Blues Brothers Band
- The Teskey Brothers
- Walter Trout
- William Crighton
- Youssou N’Dour
- Ziggy Alberts
- Andrew Bird
- Airileke and Rize of the Morning Star
- Australian Ukulele Show
- Beth Hart
- Billy Bragg
- Billy Bragg and Joe Henry
- Blind Boy Paxton
- Bonnie Raitt
- Booker T presents The Stax Revue
- Buddy Guy
- Busby Marou
- The California Honeydrops
- Corinne Bailey Rae
- Courtney Barnett
- Davy Knowles
- Devon Allman Band
- The Doobie Brothers
- Dumpstaphunk
- Ellis Hall
- Eric Gales
- Emily Wurramara
- Experience Jimi Hendrix
- eXcelsior
- Gallant
- Glenn Cardier and the Sideshow
- Gregory Porter
- Irish Mythen
- IVY
- Jannawi Dance Clan
- Jake Shimabukuro
- Jethro Tull
- Jeff Lang
- Jimmy Buffett
- Joan Osborne
- Kasey Chambers
- Kopere Healing
- OKA
- Laura Mvula
- Little Georgia
- Lloyd Spiegel
- Lucy Gallant
- The Lumineers
- Madness
- Mary J Blige
- Max Jury
- Melody Angel
- Mavis Staples
- Michael Kiwanuka
- Miles Electric Band
- The Mountain Goats
- Mud Morganfield
- Nahko and Medicine For The People
- NAS & guests The Soul Rebels
- Neil Finn
- Nic Cester & The Milano Elettrica
- Nikki Hill
- Patti Smith and her Band perform Horses
- Patti Smith and Band Acoustic
- Ray Beadle & The Silver Dollars
- Playing for Change
- The Record Company
- Rhiannon Giddens
- Remi
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Round Mountain Girls
- Roy Ayers
- Santana
- Sir Rosevelt
- Slightly Stoopid
- Snarky Puppy
- The Soul Rebels
- St. Paul & The Broken Bones
- Tenzin Choegyal
- The Strumbellas
- The Suffers
- Trevor Hall
- Tony Joe White
- Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
- Turin Brakes
- Vasti Jackson
- Vintage Trouble
- The Wilson Pickers
- Wouter Kellerman
- Yirrmal
- Zac Brown Band
- Allen Stone
- Archie Roach
- Blackberry Smoke
- Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds
- City and Colour
- Cold War Kids
- Con Brio
- D’Angelo
- Don McLean
- East Journey
- eMDee
- Fantastic Negrito
- Grace Potter
- Harts
- Hiatus Kaiyote
- Houndmouth
- Hussy Hicks
- Jackson Browne
- Janiva Magness
- Jason Isbell
- Jeff Martin
- Joe Bonamassa
- Kaleo
- Kendrick Lamar
- Kim Churchill
- Lord Huron
- Lucky Peterson
- Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
- Melissa Etheridge
- Mike Love
- Mojo Juju
- Nahko & Medicine For The People
- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
- Pierce Brothers
- Rhiannon Giddens
- Russell Morris
- Shakey Graves
- Shooglenifty
- Songhoy Blues
- St. Paul & The Broken Bones
- Steve Earle & The Dukes
- Steve Smyth
- Sturgill Simpson
- Taj Mahal (SOLO)
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Tex Perkins and The Ape
- The Blind Boys Of Alabama
- The Bros. Landreth
- The Cat Empire
- The Decemberists
- The Mastersons
- The National
- The Original Blues Brothers Band
- The Residents present Shadowland
- The Selecter
- The Wailers
- The Word
- Tom Jones
- Tweedy
- UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue
- Vintage Trouble
- Roger Daltrey
- Earth Wind and fire
- the pogues
- john butler trio
- my morning jacket
- G3 featuring: joe satriani, steve vai & steve lukather
- Yes
- buddy guy
- maceo parker
- brian setzer’s rockabilly riot
- kenny wayne shepherd
- jonny lang
- yann tiersen
- bettye lavette
- steve earle
- justin townes earle
- trombone shorty & orleans avenue
- great big sea
- the jayhawks
- Crosby stills & nash
- the specials
- donovan
- lucinda williams
- angelique kidjo
- john hiatt & the combo
- seasick steve
- keb mo
- nick lowe
- rosie ledet
- seth lakeman
- harry manx
- fabulous thunderbirds
- alabama 3