Peter Noble

Liquidators handling the collapse of Bluesfest have reportedly flagged investigations into the festival’s finances and director Peter Noble.

Bluesfest director Peter Noble avoided answering questions when asked about the collapse of his music festival. Noble was confronted for the first time since he called off the 2026 edition of…

A former Bluesfest executive has pointed to long-term financial and structural pressures as key drivers behind the festival’s cancellation. Jason Clair, who served as the festival’s head of marketing…

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Safework NSW has completed enquiries into concerns raised from last month's Bluesfest. Earlier this week, the workplace health and safety regulator confirmed that it had received five requests for…

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

“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.

Noble paraphrased a tagline popularised by former U.S. president Bill Clinton. “It’s the economy, stupid.”