Bluesfest

Bluesfest is Australia's premier contemporary blues and roots music festival. Held annually over the Easter long weekend, Bluesfest draws some of the biggest acts both from Australia and internationally.

‘Change Wasn’t Welcome’: Former Bluesfest Marketing Head Issues Statement

Just weeks after the 2025 event wrapped, the former head of Bluesfest has alleged a "toxic culture" in a public statement

‘I Didn’t Want to Do It Anymore’: Peter Noble on His Bluesfest Backtrack

“We are a bigger business than sport," says Noble of the arts, “and we don't get near the investment sport. And that's what's wrong.”

Bluesfest 2025 Was ‘Third-Biggest Event’ in Its History

Organisers are celebrating attendance of 109,000 - well up from about 65,000 last year - and planning an "encore" edition in 2026

Bluesfest Isn’t Going Anywhere

We were told that Bluesfest 2025 would be the festival's last year, but as it turns out, it's not going anywhere

PHOTOS: Bluesfest 2025 – Day 4 – Missy Higgins, John Butler, Chaka Khan and more

PHOTOS: Bluesfest 2025 – Day 4 Highlights. Photos by Ian Farey.

PHOTOS: Bluesfest 2025 – Day 3 – Xavier Rudd, Vance Joy, The Cat Empire and more

PHOTOS: Bluesfest 2025 – Day 3 Highlights. Photos by Ian Farey.

PHOTOS: Bluesfest 2025 – Day 2 – Toto, Gary Clark Jr, George Thorogood and the Destroyers and more

PHOTOS: Bluesfest 2025 – Day 2 Highlights. Photos by Ian Farey.

Bluesfest 2025 – Day 1 – Tom Morello, Tones and I, Ocean Alley and more

PHOTOS: Bluesfest Byron Bay 2025 – Day 1 Highlights. Photos By Ian Farey.

Chaka Khan Announces Bluesfest Sideshows

Global pop icon Chaka Khan will play three sideshows in Australia and New Zealand while she is here for Bluesfest in April

Tom Morello to Play Headline Shows Ahead of Bluesfest 2025

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist is back in Australia after over a decade, with two headline shows before his Bluesfest performance

Tom Morello is Coming to Bluesfest 2025

It's official - Rage Against the Machine legend Tom Morello is coming to Bluesfest 2025 in Byron Bay this April.

Mo’Ju, HARTS, Jess Locke & More Join Bluesfest Sideshows Lineup

Bluesfest is already stacked with some of the finest acts in blues, rock, soul, and beyond, but the sideshows just levelled up