Bluesfest

Organisers of the annual Bluesfest have given fans an update on its 2026 lineup in a new statement this week.

Safework NSW has confirmed it has completed enquiries into concerns raised from last month's Bluesfest in a new statement.

SafeWork NSW has confirmed to The Music Network that it is looking into concerns raised from last month's Bluesfest. 

The former head of marketing for Bluesfest has taken aim at management in a public post just weeks after resigning

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

Bluesfest, Yours and Owls, Lost Paradise, Listen Out and Field Day were the five music festivals that got support from the Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund.

“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.

Bluesfest has joined the AFA’s membership, alongside Cedar Mill Events, CMC Rocks QLD, Good Things, Fuzzy Operations and many others.

Crowded House, Tones and I, Vance Joy, and many more artists are heading to Bluesfest for its 36th and final edition next year