Dear Bluesfesters,
I hope you feel as we do about the Bluesfest line-up.
Not only is it one of our best bills in the festival’s history, I believe it is the festival bill of the season.
Sticky Fingers will be playing one of their all-too-rare shows in Australia. They have only played a handful in our country in the last five years, and Bluesfest is happy to welcome them back after eight years.
Sampa the Great has been truly discovered on a worldwide basis. She plays major festivals these days, including Glastonbury, Coachella, Primavera, Lollapalooza and Newport Jazz Festival. Now for the first time, she’ll be appearing at Bluesfest on Easter Saturday.
A Sampa the Great show is full of surprises, incredible dancing, and she isn’t afraid to walk the walk. I can’t wait to meet her!
The first time I saw The Heartfelt Tribute to Uncle Archie in association with The Archie Roach Foundation at the Woodford Folk Festival, there was a standing ovation for this incredible outpouring of love. The whole room was crying, it was incredibly emotional, and I am so proud to have this Tribute at Bluesfest.
FOOLS and Jerome Williams will also be great shows. So many artists, such little time!
Peter Noble OAM
Festival Director
The daily playing schedule announcement is one week away
Ticket Prices Are Going Up Soon!!
STICKY FINGERS PLAYING BLUESFEST SATURDAY
Music illuminates even the darkest moments. A song lets in a sliver of light when you need it the most. It doesn’t matter how dark it gets out there; we’ve got Sticky Fingers. Theirs is an underdog story already worthy of a tell-all memoir. The quintet accomplished the seemingly impossible as a wholly independent act since 2008.
Affirmed as one of Australia’s biggest bands, they’ve delivered three straight Top 5 albums, earned ARIA platinum and gold plaques, eclipsed 1 billion streams, and sold out the continent’s most hallowed venues, usually reserved for the likes of Elton John and Post Malone. Check them out below!
Want to come to Bluesfest but still deciding about accommodation? Camping is the best way to experience the festival, and we still have a raft of great options available for you!
Glamping: This is the perfect option for those who like a little more luxury. Glamping 5-day tickets are on sale now!:
Tent Motels: Tent motels are ideal for those that want to camp but don’t want to do the set-up. Turn up to a fully set up tent, complete with an awning, carpet, 12v light, stretcher beds, and roll-up windows. You can choose to bring your own bedding or hire some from tent city directly. They are available for 3 days and 5 days.
Juke Joint The Juke Joint field will be open daily for campers from 9am, providing additional breakfast and café options.
Wednesday Night: We’re in the throws of organising something special for the campers on Wednesday night, so you’re well and truly into the festival spirit in time for Bluesfest!
Cafe till 1am: We will keep the Northern and Southern Cafés open until 1am so you can chill with a cuppa after the last acts and avoid the car park rush.
Soft Drinks at night: We’ll have drinks supplied by Coca-Cola available outside the events area so you can hydrate yourself before heading home.
Want to come to Bluesfest but short on cash? Don’t forget about the LatitudePay payment option via Moshtix checkout!
The Green Room, Byron
Lisa Hunt, Byron Bay’s adopted soul songstress, will play The Green Room, Byron Bay’s new live music venue, at the Byron Events Farm, the home of Bluesfest.
Lisa Hunt’s Forever Soul show will be an all-ages event on 12 March. Doors open at 2pm.
The Green Room founder Peter Noble OAM said today, “I believe Lisa Hunt is Australia’s Best Soul Singer, and I know she is going to bring The Green Room house down on March 12”.
Ziggy Alberts will also be playing a pop-up show on Thursday, 9 March. To purchase tickets, click the buttons below.
CHECK OUT MORE TOURS BELOW
Stand by for further touring announcements, coming soon! ?
Multi-Grammy-winning R&B artist Robert Glasper will perform at The Metro, Sydney, on Thursday, 6 April 2023, performing with an electric band featuring Justin Tyson (drums), Burniss Travis (bass) and DJ Jahi Sundance.
The 12-time nominated, 5-time Grammy® award winner recently performed a record 30-night stand at the world-famous Jazz venue, The Blue Note in New York. The only other artists to have ever achieved this are Chick Corea and Dizzy Gillespie.
Glasper is also the only artist ever to have an album release in the top 10 of 4 album charts on Billboard simultaneously. Two years later, he did it again.
For more details, visit bluesfesttouring.com.au
MARCUS KING is one of the fastest-rising artists. His ‘sold out’ first Australian tour in 2019, as well as the Covid-cancelled 2020 tour with its larger venues, only confirmed this. He returns for his second visit to Australia for Bluesfest Touring in April 2023. At 26 years of age, with a GRAMMY-nominated debut album under his belt, produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, he is showing maturity far beyond his years. Marcus King is a ‘KING’ of unparalleled performance prowess with a dynamic live show, switching from swaggering rock to supersonic soul.
VINTAGE TROUBLE Since forming in 2010, Vintage Trouble has become rock ‘n’ roll’s best-kept secret. Distilling swaggering rock, soulful blues, R&B grooves, and pop ambition into a bold and brash brew, the quartet have logged 3,000 shows across 30 countries on tour with divinities such as The Who, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Lenny Kravitz, and Bon Jovi, to name a few.
For more, visit bluesfesttouring.com.au
