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Tex Perkins of The Cruel Sea. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

Wild Aid To Go Ahead Despite Bushfires

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Announcement: Wild Aid, the benefit concert to raise money for Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, to be held at The Green Room, on Bluesfest site Byron Bay IS ON, despite the region’s recent bushfires.

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Bluesfest Opens Up To International Acts

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The first of eight international acts have been added to the Bluesfest line-up for 2022 with sideshows included.

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Bluesfest Postponed Until 2022

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Bluesfest has been postponed again, this time to Easter 2022.

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Bluesfest To Go Ahead Despite Queensland Covid Outbreak

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Bluesfest will go ahead in Byron Bay this weekend despite the new Brisbane covid clusters.

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Kate Ceberano performs at the APIA Good Times Tour at the Palais in St Kilda on Saturday 28 May 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman https://www.noise11.com

Kate Ceberano, Mark Seymour and Pete Murray Join Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has added its final batch of Australian artists for the 2021 event over Easter. Kate Ceberano, Pete Murray and Mark Seymour & The Undertow have joined the bill.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Bluesfest Given Go Ahead With Covid Plan Approved

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Peter Noble OAM, Bluesfest Festival Director and Chairman of the Bluesfest Group of Companies announced this morning:

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Jimmy Barnes performs at the Red Hot Summer Tour Mornington Racecourse on Saturday 23 January 2016.

Bluesfest Is Official All-Australian For 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has announced that the 2021 music festival will now feature an all-Australian line-up.

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Peter Noble Plans Bluesfest 2021 For A Post-Covid World

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Bluesfest boss Peter Noble is confident of delivering a world-class Bluesfest 2021 line-up and is working on all of the potential scenarios to make sure the event goes ahead.

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The Angels play Palms Crown Casino on Friday 27 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Living End, Ross Wilson, The Angels Added To Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest 2021 is moving forward with another all-Australian line-up with The Living End, Ross Wilson and The Angels leading the strongest Aussie announcement so far.

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Bluesfest Has An All-Australian Line-up Announcement for 2021

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Bluesfest has announced its first ever all-Australian announcement. Russell Morris, Ian Moss and Kev Carmody join the line-up for 2021 in the 10 names announced.

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Bluesfest Plans For A 2021 Music Festival

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Planning for Bluesfest 2021 remains on track with the first line-up announcement confirmed for 2021.

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Bluesfest 2021 Early Bird Tickets Go On Sale

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In what will be regarded as an incredible act of bravery Bluesfest has announced Early Bird tickets to its 2021 festival will go on sale today. This announcement comes one week ahead of what is said to be an historical First Artist Announcement next week on July 8th.

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Iggy Pop and Norah Jones lead the next Bluesfest 2019 announcement

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Iggy Pop and Norah Jones will perform at Bluesfest 2019 as well as 12 other artists.

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Bluesfest Credited As Australia’s Top Music Festival

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Bluesfest is officially Australia’s biggest music festival and ranks 14th worldwide according to Pollstar.

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Steve Romer Joins Bluesfest Peter Noble Becomes Executive Chairman

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Bluesfest boss Peter Noble has delegated his day to day role at Australia’s biggest music festival to become Executive Chairman of the company with Steve Romer stepping in to take the Chief Operating Officer role.

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Bluesfest Picks Up NSW Tourism Award

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Peter Noble’s Bluesfest has won its fourth Gold at the 27th Annual NSW Tourism Awards for Major Festival and Event in Sydney.

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Bluesfest Adds 11 More Acts

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11 more acts have joined the Bluesfest line-up including Australia’s Glenn Cardier, Jeff Lang and Lloyd Spiegel.

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Peter Noble Harpoons White Whale Neil Young For Bluesfest

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Bluesfest boss Peter Noble has finally cross Neil Young off his bucket list for Bluesfest. Neil Young + Promise of the Real will headline Bluesfest 2017.

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Bluesfest Second Announcement Features Mary J Blige

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Mary J. Blige leads the second Bluesfest announcement for 2017.

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Jackson Browne performs at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Friday 1 April 2016.

Bluesfest To Take All 2017 Tickets Off Sale Next Week

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Bluesfest will take all 2017 off sale next week until the first round of artists is announced.

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Bluesfest Responds To Koala Killing Claim

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Bluesfest has hit back at an allegation by Dr. Steve Phillips that the festival is responsible for the death of multiple koalas.

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Boomerang Festival Folded Into Bluesfest

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Boomerang, the indigenous music festival, will become part of Bluesfest in 2016.

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Bluesfest 6th Announcement: Hozier, The Waterboys, Switchfoot

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Bluesfest has extended the 2015 line-up with new additions Hozier, The Waterboys and Switchfoot to the line-up.

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Bluesfest 2015 Headliners Are The Black Keys, Zac Brown Band

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The Black Keys and Zac Brown Band will return to Australia for Bluesfest 2015.

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James Cotton Blues Band Add Bluesfest Sydney Sideshow

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James Cotton, the Grammy Award winning and Blues Hall of Fame inductee, will perform his own show at Sydney’s The Basement during his first Australian visit in April.

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Bluesfest Adds Jeff Beck, KC & The Sunshine Band

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Bluesfest 2014 is forever expanding with Jeff Beck and KC & The Sunshine Band joining the line-up as well as Gov’t Mule and War.

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Bluesfest Wins NSW Tourism Award For Best Major Event

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Bluesfest 2013 has won the Best Major Festival and Event Award at the NSW Tourism Awards held in Sydney this week.

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AWME 2013 Comes To A Close

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Following four days of world music and conferences, the Australian World Music Expo is over for another year.

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Bluesfest Fourth Announcement Features Buddy Guy And Jake Bugg

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Peter Noble is putting the blues into Bluesfest with the fourth artist announcement for the 2014 music festival with Buddy Guy leading the latest additions but Jake Bugg will also be there.

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Peter Noble Responds To Ernest Ranglin’s Noise11 Statement

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest boss Peter Noble given an additional response to the withdrawal of Jamaican reggae star Ernest Ranglin from the festival following a statement Ranglin made Noise11 on the weekend.

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