Bluesfest

SafeWork NSW is looking into concerns raised from last month's Bluesfest. The 2025 edition of the Byron Bay festival again took place over the Easter Long Weekend and reported its third-highest ever…

The former head of marketing for Bluesfest has taken aim at management in a public post just weeks after resigning. In a statement shared to LinkedIn this week, Jay Clair, who first joined the Byron…

"Certain things are going to have to happen now for it to move into the next decade,” Peter Noble tells TMN.

Bluesfest, Yours and Owls, Lost Paradise, Listen Out and Field Day were the five music festivals that got support from the Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund.

“We’ve had the highest attendance of any Australian festival since pre-COVID at 109,000 attendances - the third-biggest event we've done".

Though the 2025 event was said to be the final edition, the Byron Bay spectacle will return in 2026, organisers have announced.

Bluesfest has joined the AFA’s membership, alongside Cedar Mill Events, CMC Rocks QLD, Good Things, Fuzzy Operations and many others.

The first artists for the final Bluesfest have been unveiled, and the departing festival is clearly determined to go out on a high. 20 artists have been announced for the 36th and final Byron Bay…

Bluesfest has "been a labour of love," says Peter Noble, “But after the 2025 festival, as much as it pains me to say this, it’s time to close this chapter.”

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