Bluesfest (Australia)

last updated: Fri 22nd Jul 2016

Bluesfest - The International East Coast Blues and Roots Festival began in 1990 at the Arts Factory in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. It quickly became known as 'Byron Bay Bluesfest' and 'The Byron Bay Festival' and is now known as 'Bluesfest'.

Bluesfest prides itself on being an all ages family event, and genuine international and national multi-cultural, strictly music event. Bluesfest features people from not only an indigenous background, but from many non-European and non-English speaking backgrounds. The event has now grown to a point where people from every Continent appear yearly at the event.

In 2010 Bluesfest found itself a new permanent home in Byron Bays at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm.