Bluesfest Honoured by Billboard & Pollstar

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International music industry giants Billboard and Pollstar have named Bluesfest among the best music festivals in the world. Bluesfest has come in at number 7 on Billboard’s list of top musical festivals, and is the only Australian entry in the top 10.

Bluesfest is also proud to report that for the 5^thyear in a row, and the 7^thtime overall Bluesfest has been nominated in the prestigious 2016 Annual Pollstar Awards in the category of ‘International Music Festival of the Year’. The 27^thBluesfest was held over the 2016 Easter long weekend,and featured headliners Kendrick Lamar, The National, Brian Wilson, Tom Jones, D’Angelo, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and many more.Bluesfest has been recognised alongside international festivalheavyweights The Barclaycard British Summer Time Hyde Park (UK), The Glastonbury Festival (UK), Lollapalooza Berlin (Germany), Primavera Sound (Spain) and Rock Werchter (Belgium).

Bluesfest is especially proud to be the only Australian festival nominated in the last decade.The 28^thAnnual Pollstar Awards will be held on the 2^ndof February 2017 at The Novo in Los Angeles.The Pollstar Awards honour artists, management, talent buyers, venues, support services and more for their professionalism, achievements and abilities. Winners are determined by votes fromagents, managers and promotersof concerts around the world.

Peter Noble, Bluesfest director, responds to the Pollstar nomination

Bluesfest is proud to be nominated for this prestigious award for the 5th year in a row! We are in good company alongside Glastonbury once again – they are the only other festival to receive as many nominations this decade.

This accolade is awarded by our industry peers, who we would like to thank for their ongoing support. Now let’s knock off the Holy Grail and see this award won by someone outside the UK for the first time in history!

Fingers crossed, but I’m not holding my breath.

Peter Noble OAM

Director

Byron Bay Bluesfest

The 28^thAnniversary Bluesfest will take placeover the Easter long weekendfromThursday 13^thto Monday 17^thApril 2017 and features headliners Santana, Zac Brown Band, Patti Smith, Buddy Guy and Mary J. Blige. The Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, just outside of Byron Bay will come alive when thousands of festival goers attend Australia’s Premier Blues and Roots festival. Featuring multiple stages with 12 hours of music each day, an eclectic range of food and market stalls, and a variety of onsite camping options Bluesfest Byron Bay is a festival that rivals the best the world has to offer.

The 2017 Bluesfest playing schedule is available atbluesfest.com.au

All 5, 3 & 1 day festival and camping tickets are now on sale throughbluesfest.com.auor by phoning the Bluesfest office on 02 6685 8310