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Byron Bay Bluesfest

{{Short description|Annual music festival in Australia}}

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{{Infobox recurring event|

| name = Byron Bay Bluesfest

| image = Bluesfest Aerial Shot.png

| caption = 2014 festival from above

| size =

| location = Byron Bay, New South Wales

| years_active = 1990–2019, 2022–present

| last = 17–20 April 2025

| next =

| genre = Blues, roots

| founders = Keven Oxford

| organized = Peter Noble

| website = [https://www.bluesfest.com.au bluesfest.com.au]

}}

The Byron Bay Bluesfest, formerly the East Coast International Blues & Roots Music Festival, is an annual Australian music festival that has been held over the Easter long weekend in the Byron Bay, New South Wales, area since 1990. The festival features a large selection of blues and roots performers from Australia and around the world and is one of the world's leading contemporary music festivals.

The festival was founded by Dan Doeppel and Kevin Oxford in 1990 and is run by Peter Noble who joined Oxford for the 1994 event. It has been held at several locations in and around Byron Bay and is currently held at Tyagarah, {{cvt|11|km}} north of Byron Bay town.

The Boomerang Festival is an event within the festival dedicated to Indigenous Australian performance, art and culture.

History

The festival began in 1990 at the Arts Factory in Byron Bay as a four-day blues music event over the Easter weekend. It was founded by Dan Doeppel and Kevin Oxford in 1990 and is now run by Peter Noble who joined Oxford for the 1994 event.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

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It has been held at several locations in and around Byron Bay and is currently held at Tyagarah, 11 kilometres drive north of Byron Bay town. It now runs for five days, from Thursday to Monday. From an original crowd of 6,000, it now attracts annual audiences of over 101,000 across the five days. Patrons range from locals to international visitors from a wide age range, including celebrities such as Matt Damon, Jason Momoa and Chris Hemsworth.{{Cite news|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/matt-damon-chris-hemsworth-jason-momoa-spotted-at-bluesfest-at-byron-bay/news-story/2a80cb3966b93bd75077609963099a1b|title=Stars feel the blues this Easter|website=The Courier-Mail|access-date=2017-11-08|language=en}}

In December 2004, Keven Oxford, a director and founder of the event, left the festival and sold his 50% share of the company to a consortium comprising Michael Chugg (managing director of Sydney-based Michael Chugg Entertainment), Daryl Herbert (CEO of Melbourne-based Definitive Events) and Glenn Wheatley (CEO of Melbourne-based Talentworks), who ran the festival with co-founder Peter Noble. Noble bought out the consortium in 2008 and now owns the festival alone.{{cite journal|date=15 October 2008|title=Bluesfest buy-out|journal=DBMagazine|issue=451|url=http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/451/Industry.shtml|access-date=14 February 2009|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203145331/http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/451/Industry.shtml|archivedate=3 December 2008|df=dmy-all}} In 2010 Bluesfest moved to its permanent home at the 120-hectare Tyagarah Tea Tree farm.{{cite web|url= http://www.oztix.com.au/Home/tabid/373/mid/852/newsid852/603/Bluesfest-Byron-Bay-Tickets/Default.aspx|title=Bluesfest Byron Bay Tickets|publisher=Oztix.com.au|access-date=12 November 2014}}

In 2014, the Boomerang Festival was introduced as part of Bluesfest. This is an event within the festival dedicated to Indigenous Australian performance, art and culture.{{cite web| title=Boomerang Festival returns to Byron Bay Bluesfest in 2019| website=Australian Arts Review| date=11 February 2019| url=https://artsreview.com.au/boomerang-festival-returns-to-bluesfest-byron-bay-in-2019| access-date=28 November 2022}}

=2020=

Due to event restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 festival was the first Bluesfest to be cancelled in its history.{{Cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/bluesfest-2020-has-been-cancelled-20200316|title=Bluesfest 2020 Has Been Cancelled|first=Paul|last=Cashmere|date=16 March 2020|website=Noise11.com}}{{Cite web |date=2020-03-16 |title=Bluesfest has been cancelled due to coronavirus |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/music-news/bluesfest-2020-cancelled-coronavirus-covid-19/12059026 |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=Double J |language=en-AU}}

=2021=

The 2021 event, scheduled for 1–5 April,{{cite web|last1=Martin|first1=Josh|title=Byron Bay Bluesfest announces 2021 return, confirms new dates|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/byron-bay-bluesfest-announces-2021-return-confirms-newdates-2629013|website=Nme.com|access-date=19 January 2021|language=en-AU|date=19 March 2020}} was cancelled one day before it was to commence after a COVID-19 case was detected in Byron Bay. A public health order to shut down the music festival was signed by the Minister for Health Brad Hazzard.{{cite news|last1=Elsworthy|first1=Emma|title=Byron Bay Bluesfest cancelled for second year running after local man tests positive for COVID-19|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-31/byron-bay-bluesfest-2021-cancelled-after-covid-case-found/100041870|access-date=1 April 2021|work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=31 March 2021|language=en-AU|quote=This action is being taken to minimise the risk of the highly infectious COVID-19 variant of concern being transmitted in the local area, as well as across states and territories. − NSW Health statement}} As of 17 February the festival was still going ahead as the NSW Government had approved its COVID safety plan. It was to have been about half the size of previous Bluesfests, and be fully seated. Only Australian artists were to play.{{cite news|last1=Fuamoli|first1=Sose|title=Bluesfest will definitely go ahead for 2021, becoming the first COVID-safe festival of its size|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/bluesfest-2021-going-ahead-with-covid-safe-plan/13163974|access-date=17 February 2021|work=Radio Triple J|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=17 February 2021|language=en}} Evelyn Richardson, of live performance industry body Live Performance Australia, estimated the sudden cancellation had caused an A$10 million loss. Eddie Brook of the Cape Byron Distillery said that Bluesfest was worth A$100 million to the local economy.{{cite news|last1=Elsworthy|first1=Emma|title=Byron Bay Bluesfest cancellation over COVID case angers music industry and fans|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-01/fury-as-bluesfest-2021-cancelled-amid-covid-cases-byron-bay/100042390|access-date=1 April 2021|work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=31 March 2021|language=en-AU}}

Another event was arranged for October 2021, but on 17 August it was cancelled.{{Cite web |last=Brewster |first=Will |date=2021-08-17 |title=Byron Bay Bluesfest scraps rescheduled October event, announces 2022 festival dates |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/bluesfest-2021-cancelled-again/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=The Music Network}}

=2022=

The 2022 Bluesfest took place on 15–19 April.{{cite news|last1=Condon|first1=Dan|title=Bluesfest will not happen in 2021, as festival announces 2022 plans|url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/music-news/bluesfest-2021-cancelled/13488926|access-date=17 August 2021|work=Double J|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=17 August 2021|language=en}} Around 100,000 people attended the festival.{{Cite web|last=Galvin|first=Nick|date=2023-04-09|title=Slimmed-down Bluesfest rocks on despite all the dramas|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/slimmed-down-bluesfest-rocks-on-despite-all-the-dramas-20230409-p5cz48.html|access-date=2023-07-05|website=Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}

=2023=

In November 2022 it was announced that, in addition to the 34th annual Byron Bay Festival being held on 6–10 April 2023, the inaugural Bluesfest Melbourne will take place on 8–9 April.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}{{Cite web|title=Artist Lineup & Play Dates|url=https://www.bluesfest.com.au/artist-lineup|access-date=2023-02-21|website=Bluesfest.com.au|language=en-AU}} Controversy about the line-up erupted after controversial band Sticky Fingers was included in the line-up. This resulted in Melbourne band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and rapper Sampa the Great withdrawing from the festival in protest.{{Cite web|last=Boulton|first=Martin|date=2023-02-21|title=Bluesfest director doubles down after Sticky Fingers controversy|url=https://www.theage.com.au/culture/music/bluesfest-director-doubles-down-after-sticky-fingers-controversy-20230221-p5cmd2.html|access-date=2023-02-21|website=The Age|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Burke|first=Kelly|date=2023-03-02|title=Bluesfest removes Sticky Fingers from lineup after boycotts and backlash|language=en-GB|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/02/bluesfest-removes-sticky-fingers-from-lineup-after-boycotts-and-backlash-sampa-the-great-king-gizzard|access-date=2023-03-03|issn=0261-3077}} Bluesfest director, Peter Noble, defended the decision to include the band stating that the lead singer of Sticky Fingers had apologised for his past actions and called for the artists to stop living in the past.{{Cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Meg|last2=Boulton|first2=Martin|date=15 February 2023|title='Stop living in the past': Bluesfest director backs adding Sticky Fingers to line-up|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/stop-living-in-the-past-bluesfest-director-backs-adding-sticky-fingers-to-lineup-20230215-p5ckpx.html|access-date=21 February 2023|website=The Age}} After weeks of backlash, it was announced that Sticky Fingers would no longer be on the lineup. Around 70,000 people attended the Byron Bay festival.

= 2025 =

In August 2024, Noble announced that the 2025 event would be the final Bluesfest.{{Cite news |last=Radbourne |first=Lucas |date=2024-08-13 |title=Bluesfest announces the 2025 festival will be its last: 'It pains me to say this' |url=https://beat.com.au/bluesfest-announces-the-2025-festival-will-be-its-last-it-pains-me-to-say-this/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241014105536/https://beat.com.au/bluesfest-announces-the-2025-festival-will-be-its-last-it-pains-me-to-say-this/ |archive-date=2024-10-14 |access-date=2025-04-23 |work=Beat Magazine |language=en-US}} Around 109,000 people attended the festival, the third largest attendance in its history. Following the 2025 festival, it was announced that another Bluesfest would be held in 2026.{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Hannah |date=2025-04-22 |title=Punters at final Bluesfest feel 'betrayed' as festival renewed for 2026 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-23/bluesfest-goers-feel-betrayed-by-final-festival-marketing/105202614 |access-date=2025-04-23 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}

Awards

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= Summary (Bluesfest) =

  • 1 win at the Keeping the Blues Alive Awards Memphis - For Festival Director Peter Noble
  • 8 wins at the NSW Tourism Awards for Major Festivals & Events (6 Gold, 2 Silver)
  • 6 wins at the North Coast Tourism Awards for Major Festivals & Events
  • 4 wins at the Helpmann Awards for Best Contemporary Music Festival, Ceremony for Australia's most talented and celebrated performers and industry
  • 6 wins at the Australian Event Awards for Australian Event of the Year
  • 10 nominations at the Pollstar Awards (US) for International Festival of the Year (6 in a row from 2012- incl 2017)
  • 1 nomination at the Pollstar Awards (US) for International Festival of the Decade

= Bluesfest Awards =

  • 2024 Festival of the Year, Variety Australia Awards
  • 2023 Silver Major Festivals & Events, NSW Tourism Award
  • 2022 Gold Major Festivals & Events, NSW Tourism Award
  • 2019 Best Regional Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2018 Best Cultural, Arts or Music Event - Australian Event Awards
  • 2018 Keeping the Blues Alive Award Memphis - For Festival Director Peter Noble
  • 2017 Gold Major Festivals & Events - NSW Tourism Awards (After winning Gold 3rd time in a row Bluesfest entered the NSW Tourism Hall of Fame)
  • 2017 Best Regional Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2016 Gold Major Festival & Events, NSW Tourism Awards
  • 2016 Best Regional Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2016 Gold Major Festivals & Events, North Coast Tourism Awards
  • 2016 Order of Australia Medal (OAM), Won by Festival Director, Peter Noble ‘For service to live and recorded music, to tourism, and to the community.’
  • 2015 Gold Major Festivals & Events, NSW Tourism Awards
  • 2015 Gold Major Festivals & Events, North Coast Tourism Awards
  • 2015 Pan Australasian Festival Of The Year, Canadian Music Week International Festival Awards
  • 2014 Best Contemporary Music Festival, Australian Helpmann Awards
  • 2014 Best Cultural, Arts or Music Event, Australian Event Award
  • 2014 Gold Major Festival & Event, North Coast Tourism Awards
  • 2014 'The Rolling Stone Award' Won by Festival Director, Peter Noble
  • 2014 Silver Major Festivals & Events, NSW Tourism Awards
  • 2013 Silver Best Cultural, Arts or Music Event Australian Event Awards
  • 2013 Gold Major Festivals & Events, NSW Tourism Awards
  • 2013 Gold Major Festivals & Events, North Coast Tourism Awards
  • 2013 Best Regional Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2013 Best Contemporary Music Festival Australian Helpmann Awards
  • 2013 Business Excellence Award, North Coast Tourism Awards
  • 2012/13 The International A Greener Festival Award
  • 2012 Silver Major Festival & Events, NSW Tourism Awards
  • 2012 Business Excellence Award, North Coast Tourism Awards
  • 2011 The International A Greener Festival Award
  • 2011 Gold Major Festivals & Events, NSW Tourism Awards
  • 2011 Business Excellence Award, North Coast Tourism Awards
  • 2010 Australian Event of the Year, Australian Event Awards
  • 2010 The International A Greener Festival Award
  • 2009 The International A Greener Festival Award
  • 200 Grammy Award, ‘Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album’, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience (AIM Records artist)
  • 2008 The International A Greener Festival Award
  • 2007 The International A Greener Festival Award
  • 2006 Best Contemporary Music Festival, Australian Helpmann Awards
  • 2005 Best Contemporary Music Festival, Australian Helpmann Awards
  • 1998 – 2013 Readers Poll Award, Rhythms Magazine – "Best Australian Festival"
  • 1994 - 96 Readers Poll Award, Rhythms Magazine – "Best Australian Festival"

= Bluesfest nominations =

  • 2022 Pollstar Awards (USA) for International Festival of the Year
  • 2022 Best Cultural/Arts Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2021 Pollstar Awards (USA) for International Festival of the Decade
  • 2019 Pollstar Awards (USA) for International Festival of the Year
  • 2017 Best Contemporary Music Festival, Australian Helpmann Awards
  • 2016 International Music Festival of the Year, 28th Pollstar Awards (2017)
  • 2016 Best Contemporary Music Festival, Australian Helpmann Awards
  • 2015 International Music Festival of the Year, 27th Pollstar Awards (2016)
  • 2015 Best Contemporary Music Festival Australian Helpmann Awards
  • 2014 Major Festivals & Events, NSW Tourism Awards
  • 2014 Best Cultural, Arts or Music Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2014 Best Tourism Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2014 Best Regional Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2014 Best New Event for Boomerang Festival, Australian Event Awards
  • 2013 International Festival of the Year 25th Pollstar Awards (2014)
  • 2013 Best Tourism Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2012 International Festival of the Year 24th Pollstar Awards (2013)
  • 2012 Best Cultural/Arts Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2012 Best Contemporary Music Festival, Robert Helpmann Awards
  • 2011 Best Regional Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2011 Best Achievement in Sustainability, Australian Event Awards
  • 2009 Best Cultural or Arts Event, Australian Event Awards
  • 2009 Best Overseas Festival, UK Festival Awards
  • 200 Grammy Award, ‘Best Tropical Latin Album’, Greetings From Havana - Cubanismo (AIM Records artist)
  • 2008 Best Contemporary Music Festival, Australian Helpmann Awards
  • 2007 International Music Festival of the Year from the esteemed US based Pollstar Concert Industry Awards

Past lineups

=2007=

The line-up for the 2007 festival included:[http://www.bluesfest.com.au/lineup2007.html Line-up 2007] bluesfest.com.au. {{webarchive|title=Line-up 2007|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061215094159/http://www.bluesfest.com.au/lineup2007.html|date=15 December 2006}}

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=2008=

The 2008 festival was held at the {{convert|26|acre|m2}} Belongil Fields, the original outdoor venue. The 2008 festival had more food and craft stalls, a covered area where festival goers could eat at tables, a chill-out area, plus an area for an additional, fifth stage.

Artists in 2008 included Buddy Guy, Eskimo Joe, The John Butler Trio, Gotye, The Beautiful Girls, Newton Faulkner, Seasick Steve, Charlie Musselwhite, Mavis Staples, John P. Hammond, John Hiatt, Ray Davies, Maceo Parker, Loudon Wainwright III, Ozomatli, Ruthie Foster, Jake Shimabukuro, Keith Urban, Amali Ward, Lior, MOFRO, Dan Sultan, Jeff Lang, The Cat Empire, Clare Bowditch, Raul Midon and Xavier Rudd.

=2011=

The line-up for the 2011 festival included:

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=2012=

The line-up for the 2012 festival included:

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=2013=

The line-up for the 2013 festival included:

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The line-up for the 2014 festival included:

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The line-up for the 2015 festival included:

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The line-up for the 2016 festival included:

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The line-up for the 2017 festival included:

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BOOMERANG:

  • Oka
  • Jannawi Plus workshop
  • Emily Wurramara
  • Excelsior plus workshop
  • Yirrmal
  • Airileke and Rize Of the Morning Star
  • Tenzin Choegyal

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BOOMERANG:

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BOOMERANG:

  • Leonard Sumner
  • Excelsior Plus workshop
  • Tenzin Choegyal
  • Jannawi plus workshop
  • Airileke and Rize of the Morning Star
  • Excelsior Plus workshop
  • Oka

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The line-up for the 2018 festival included:

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BOOMERANG:

  • Narasirato
  • The Strides
  • Sorong Samarai
  • Meet the Artists
  • Healing Workshops
  • Weaving workshops
  • Art Gallery Talks
  • Healing
  • Kids weaving
  • Weaving with Grasses
  • Talks and Ideas
  • Move it Mob Style with Darren Compton
  • Workshops Jannawi
  • Eric Avery
  • Muggerah

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BOOMERANG:

  • Sorong Samarai
  • Yirrmal
  • Benny Walker
  • Narasirato
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  • Weaving workshops
  • Art Gallery Talks
  • Healing
  • Kids Weaving
  • Weaving with Grasses
  • Talks and Ideas
  • Narasirato
  • Eric Avery
  • Move it Mob Style
  • Jannawi
  • Workshops Muggerah

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BOOMERANG:

  • Yirrmal
  • Benny Walker
  • The Strides
  • Meet the Artists
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  • Art Gallery Talks
  • Healing
  • Kids weaving
  • Weaving with Grasses
  • Talks and Ideas
  • Gathering Ceremony with local dancers
  • Sarong Samarai
  • Eric Avery
  • Move it Mob Style with Darren Compton

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=2019=

The line-up for 2019 included:{{cite web|url=https://www.bluesfest.com.au/pages/?ParentPageID=90&PageID=289|title=Byron Bay Blues Festival Playing Schedule|publisher=Byron Bay Bluesfest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216042530/https://www.bluesfest.com.au/pages/?ParentPageID=90&PageID=289|archive-date=16 February 2019|access-date=16 February 2019}}

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Sunday, 21 April

BOOMERANG:

  • Yothu Yindi and The Treaty Project
  • Mission Songs Project
  • Benny Walker

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Monday, 22 April

  • Paul Kelly
  • The Saboteurs
  • David Gray
  • Ray LaMontagne
  • Julia Stone
  • Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
  • George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
  • Keb' Mo'
  • Allen Stone
  • St. Paul and the Broken Bones
  • Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
  • Archie Roach
  • I'm with Her
  • Samantha Fish
  • Deva Mahal
  • Vintage Trouble
  • Mojo Juju
  • Anderson East
  • Melody Angel
  • Hussy Hicks
  • Thando
  • The California Honeydrops
  • Elephant Sessions
  • Caiti Baker
  • Mission Songs Project
  • Benny Walker
  • Amaru Tribe
  • Brotherhood of the Blues

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=2020=

Bluesfest 2020 was cancelled on 16 March 2020 due to the Public Health COVID-19 Public Events Order 2020.{{cite web |title=Public Health COVID-19 Public Events Order 2020 |url=https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/diseases/Documents/covid-19-public-events-order-20200315.pdf |website=Health.gov.au}}

The line-up for 2020 was set to include:{{Cite web|url=https://www.bluesfest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Bluesfest-2020-Playing-Schedule.pdf|title=Byron Bay Blues Festival Playing Schedule|website=Bluesfest.com.au|access-date=30 September 2023}}

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=2021=

Bluesfest 2021 was cancelled on 31 March 2021 by order of the Minister for Health and Medical Research, due to the discovery of a positive COVID-19 case in Byron Bay the previous day.

The line-up for 2021 was set to include:{{cite web|url=https://www.bluesfest.com.au/2021-lineup|title=2021 lineup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331080922/https://www.bluesfest.com.au/2021-lineup|archivedate=31 March 2021|website=Bluesfest.com.au|url-status=usurped|access-date=30 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bluesfest.com.au/playing-schedule|title=Playing schedule|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330050701/https://www.bluesfest.com.au/playing-schedule|archivedate=30 March 2021|website=Bluesfest.com.au|url-status=dead|access-date=30 May 2021}}

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Bluesfest 2021 was rescheduled to 1–4 October 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.bluesfest.com.au/bluesfest-is-cancelled-for-two-years-in-a-row|title=Bluesfest 2021 rescheduled dates!|website=Bluesfest.com.au|date=13 May 2021 |access-date=30 May 2021}} The revised line-up for 2021 was set to include:{{cite web|url=https://www.bluesfest.com.au/2021-lineup|title=2021 lineup|website=Bluesfest.com.au|access-date=30 May 2021|archive-date=31 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331080922/https://www.bluesfest.com.au/2021-lineup|url-status=dead}}

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On 17 August 2021, Bluesfest 2021 was once again cancelled due to COVID-19, and will not be rescheduled. The majority of the announced lineup has been confirmed for Bluesfest 2022, which took place over its original Easter weekend scheduling.{{Cite web|last=Condon|first=Dan|date=2021-08-17|title=Bluesfest will not happen in 2021, as festival announces 2022 plans|url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/music-news/bluesfest-2021-cancelled/13488926|access-date=2021-08-17|website=Abc.bet.au|language=en}}

=2022=

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=2023=

The 2023 Byron Bay Bluesfest ran from the 6th to the 10th of April and the line-up included the following artists.{{Cite web|title=Byron Bay Bluesfest contemporary Blues & Roots music festival|url=https://www.bluesfest.com.au|access-date=2023-02-21|website=Bluesfest.com.au|language=en-AU}}

=2024=

The 2024 Byron Bay Bluesfest ran from the 28th of March to the 1st of April and the line-up included the following artists.

=2025=

The 2025 Byron Bay Bluesfest will run from the 17th of April to the 20th of April and the line-up will include the following artists:

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Sunday, 20 April

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See also

References

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External links

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  • [http://www.bluesfest.com.au Bluesfest Byron Bay]
  • [http://www.bluesfesttouring.com.au Bluesfest Touring]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070306220140/http://www.tyagarah.org News from local residents on the new festival site]

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Category:Blues festivals in Australia

Category:Byron Bay

Category:Festivals cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Category:Music festivals established in 1990

Category:Music festivals in New South Wales

Category:Recurring events established in 1990

Category:Recurring events disestablished in 2025

Category:Reggae festivals

Category:1990 establishments in Australia

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