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The Latest Breaking News from Bluesfest

Bluesfest collapse leaves punters, suppliers reeling

It's not just ticketholders who have the blues after the cancellation of a major music festival, with one business left holding 15,000 items of merchandise.

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Bluesfest owes ticket holders $23m, as bands ‘gutted’ over cancellation

Metal band Parkway Drive say they are ‘heartbroken’ about the Byron Bay festival’s cancellation, after the organiser went into liquidation

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Byron Bay Bluesfest cancelled at short notice as organisers cite poor ticket sales

A liquidator has been appointed to wind up the festival, which was due to take place at the Byron Events Farm in Tyagarah over the Easter long weekend

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Blues fans see red as organisers pull plug on festival

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Blues fans to see red when Split Enz headline festival

The pioneering Kiwi band Split Enz will take centre stage as the iconic Byron Bay Bluesfest is resurrected for Easter 2026.

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Plea for help so the music doesn't stop for Bluesfest

As a cloud hangs over the future of Bluesfest, the threat of losing another major festival affects more than just music lovers.

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Don't Dream it's Over: Crowded House at final Bluesfest

Organisers of the the final Bluesfest are promising it will be 'one for the ages', featuring Crowded House, Vance Joy, Ocean Alley, and Tones and I.

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Off The Back Of Bluesfest & Splendour, Here’s A List Of Aussie Music Festivals That Have Been Axed

Why do Aussie music festivals keep getting cancelled? Let's take a look at what organisers of previous festivals have said.

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Bluesfest Organisers Announce They’re Pulling The Plug After 2025 In Another Huge Blow For Aussie Festivals

“Next year’s festival will be happening, but it will be our last."

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Live music 'extinction event' as Bluesfest tunes out

A long-running blues and roots festival is the latest live music show to call time, with its organiser pleading for help to save an industry "on its knees".

AAP

Taking a final bow: Bluesfest the latest festival to face the music

Easter 2025 will be the last goodbye for the Byron Bay event.

Newcastle Herald

'Good to be here': Rock legend Barnesy in stage return

One of Australia's most celebrated singers, Jimmy Barnes, has joined local and international artists at Bluesfest for his first performance since major surgery.

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Teskey Brothers sooth Civic Theatre with smooth and soulful debut

THE Teskey Brothers are the musical equivalent of warm chicken soup when you're sick, or a creamy latte when you require a caffeine hit. The Melbourne duo are familiar and soothing. Since finding national acclaim with their debut album Half Mile Harvest in 2017, Josh Teskey's achingly soulful vocal and…

Newcastle Herald

Portugal. The Man feeling it still at Bluesfest

Bluesfest 2024 just got bigger.

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Ash Grunwald celebrates 10th Bluesfest with album

Aussie blues legend here on October 21

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Bluesfest drives in Tedeschi Trucks and Taj Mahal

The Byron Bay festival has beefed up its offering.

Newcastle Herald

Bluesfest books Tom Jones, Jack Johnson and 20 more for 2024

14-year-old Taj Farrant included in the first artist lineup.

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Eric Gales, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Joe Bonamassa and Marcus King preview 2023's star-studded Crossroads Festival with incendiary Red House cover

The four blues guitar giants came together for an unforgettable jam at the Bluesfest in Byron Bay, Australia earlier this month

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The Guardian - AU

Bluesfest removes Sticky Fingers from lineup after boycotts and backlash

Director says narrative around Sydney band is ‘difficult to accept’ but festival can no longer support them

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Bluesfest changes its tune on Sticky Fingers

Byron Bay Bluesfest has changed its tune on Sticky Fingers, announcing the controversial band is out of its line-up.

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It Continues: More International Artists Leave Bluesfest Amid Claims They Weren’t Gonna Be Paid

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King Gizzard and Sampa the Great abandoning Bluesfest highlights the power of artists to change the culture of the music industry

On Monday, psychedelic rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard announced they were withdrawing from their scheduled headlining appearance at the Byron Bay Bluesfest in April.

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Sampa the Great pulls out of Bluesfest, joining King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Musicians protest inclusion of Sticky Fingers, whose singer Dylan Frost has been dogged by controversy since allegations about his behaviour arose in 2016

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Sampa The Great exits Bluesfest stage right

Representatives for Sampa The Great have confirmed she won't play Bluesfest, two days after King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard announced their withdrawal.

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Sampa The Great Quit Bluesfest The Festival Responded With *Another* Pro-Sticky Fingers Letter

Bluesfest director Peter Noble has quadrupled down on his decision to book Sticky Fingers (for some ungodly reason) in a playing schedule email sent exclusively to email subscribers and ticket holders. This email comes moments after Zambian singer and rapper Sampa the Great pulled out of the festival lineup.In a statement…

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