Bluesfest

Bluesfest 2021 is cancelled. The shock decision was made late Wednesday (31st March), following an outbreak of COVID-19 in Byron Bay, not far from the festival site. The news came via the New South…

Brad Hazzard has signed a public health order stopping Bluesfest from going ahead this weekend.

Bluesfest is going ahead, rain, hail or Queensland lockdown. A snap, three-day lockdown began late Monday in Brisbane and surrounding areas, casting some doubt over the Easter weekend event. Despite…

'The bottom line is that our industry just wants to get back to business urgently.'

Splendour in the Grass has been pushed back again - this time until November, 2021.

"This is a great day, not only for Bluesfest, but also for the Australian live music industry."

Bluesfest's festival director Peter Noble is calling on local media to do its bit in the current battle against Covid-induced erasure of our live music industry. Emailing the Bluesfest database today…

Bluesfest's Peter Noble has warned that without intervention, there will be even more job losses and devastation in the live music sector.

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled Bluesfest had no legal basis to keep stallholder fees.

Overseas acts including Patti Smith and Bon Iver will no longer be a part of the 2021 proceedings.