News October 27, 2015

Bluesfest adds 14 more acts

PRESS RELEASE:

Today Bluesfest, held over the 5 Day Easter Long Weekend from Thursday 2nd to Monday 6th of April 2015 continues to build the buzz surrounding the festival by announcing the long awaited artist playing schedule with performance times and stages, yes: the whole enchilada!

Festival goers attending the 26th Annual Bluesfest, to be held at its custom built event site at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm (just outside Byron Bay) will now be able to get out their highlighters and get busy planning their Bluesfest 2015 experience.

Five major undercover stages (and one busking stage) will be bringing world class artists and their favourite songs to the Bluesfest audience from day to night.

With the festival now only six weeks away more artists have also been added to the gigantic line-up, including a number of stellar Aussie musicians.

For those yet to purchase tickets, 5 day tickets are entering their final allocation and will be increasing in price and final allocations are happening in many ticket areas.

VIEW DAILY PLAYING SCHEDULE HERE

BLUESFEST ANNOUNCE # 7 INCLUDES:
Frank Yamma (pictured)• Delta Rae • Wagons
Skipping Girl Vinegar • Marlon Williams & The Yarra Benders • Kristy Lee
Genevieve Chadwick • Dewayne Everettsmith
The Bella Reunion • Luluc • James T.
Matt Andersen • Shaun Kirk • Eddie Boyd & The Phatapillars
& SOJA add a third show on Thursday 2nd April!

ARTISTS ALREADY ANNOUNCED
Lenny Kravitz • The Black Keys
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
EXCLUSIVE – ONLY AUSTRALIAN PERFORMANCE
Paolo Nutini • David Gray • Hozier • Ben Howard
Zac Brown Band • Counting Crows • Rodrigo y Gabriela
Alabama Shakes • Jurassic 5 • Gary Clark Jr • Train
The Waterboys • Michael Franti & Spearhead •The Gipsy Kings
Jimmy Cliff • Mavis Staples • John Mayall • Angelique Kidjo
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions
feat. Dan Sultan, Kira Puru, Vika & Linda Bull, Clairy Browne
Keb Mo • Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue • Switchfoot
Hunter Hayes • Xavier Rudd and the United Nations
Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires • SOJA • Dispatch
• Chris Robinson Brotherhood • Beth Hart • Donavon Frankenreiter
Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls • Tony Joe White • Augie March
Justin Townes Earle • Fly My Pretties • Nikki Hill • Diesel • Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Mariachi El Bronx • Band Of Skulls • Blue King Brown • The Beautiful Girls
Ash Grunwald • Rebelution • JJ Grey & Mofro • Pokey LaFarge
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones • Jon Cleary & The Monster Gentlemen
G. Love & Special Sauce • Ruthie Foster • The Beat • Keziah Jones • Watussi
Jeff Lang • Jake Shimabukuro • Trevor Hall • Serena Ryder
Playing for Change • Steve Smyth • Karl S. Williams
Phil Wiggins & Dom Turner • The Rumjacks
Declan Kelly presents Diesel n Dub
feat. Emma Donovan, Alex Lloyd, Pat Powell, Radical Son, Tony Hughes
Music Maker presents
Cool John Ferguson, George Stancell, Super Chikan and Vasti Jackson
RocKwiz Live
PLUS A BLUESFEST FIRST !!
Michael Franti's SOULSHINE – Music & Yoga Concert
feat. Michael Franti, SOJA and Trevor Hall