Bluesfest 2011

Bluesfest - The International East Coast Blues and Roots Festival held at a new site Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, near Byron Bay, Australia over the Easter weekend from Thursday 21st until Tuesday 26th April 2011.

Bluesfest offers all kinds of blues music, world music, roots music, and a hybrid of those and other cultural styles under one umbrella - Blues & Roots Music. Bluesfest has continued to evolve incorporating surf culture, Latino Music, African Music, as well as political and environmental message artists.

Line-up

The latest acts confirmed are John Fogerty, Ziggy Marley, Candi Staton, David Bromberg Band, Canned Heat, Vusi Mahlasela, Richard Clapton, Blitzen Trapper, The Audreys, Backsliders, Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges, Ray Beadle, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Hat Fitz & Cara, Tribali, Watussi, Eagle and The Worm, Mat. McHugh, Dubmarine, Mama Kin, Tijuana Cartel, Benjalu, Carus Thompson, Kim Churchill, Dallas Frasca, Marshall & The Fro, Ashleigh Mannix, Ollie Brown, Kooii, and Lachlan Bryan.

They join:

Thursday

Ben Harper and Relentless7, ZZ Top, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Toots and the Maytals, Los Lobos, Xavier Rudd, Ernest Ranglin, Luciano and Jah Messenjah Band, Warrior King, Funky Meters, Ruthie Foster, CW Stoneking, Nat Col and the Kings, The Bamboos, Ray Beadle, and The Hands.
Friday 22nd April 2011.

Friday

BB King, Grace Jones, Toots and the Maytals, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Aaron Neville, Los Lobos, Raul Malo, Funky Meters, Ernest Ranglin, Luciano and Jah Messenjah Band, Warrior King, Fistful of Mercy, Xavier Rudd, Trombone Shorty, Eric Bibb, Ruthie Foster, CW Stoneking, RocKwiz Live, The Dingoes, Ray Beadle, and The Hands.

Saturday

Michael Franti & Spearhead, John Legend, Wolfmother, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Imogen Heap, Raul Malo, Kasey Chambers, Mavis Staples, Trombone Shorty, Joe Louis Walker, Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery Band, Little Bushman, BB and the Blues Shacks, Indigo Girls, RocKwiz Live, The Snowdroppers, and Phil Jones & the Unknown Blues.

Sunday

Gurrumul, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band, The Cat Empire, Pete Murray, Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Aaron Neville, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Mavis Staples, Irma Thomas, Cecilia Noel, Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Trinity Roots, Washington Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, Ash Grunwald, Jeff Lang, Saltwater Band, Peter Rowan & The Blue Grass Band, RocKwiz Live, Phil Jones and the Unknown Blues, The Snowdroppers, and Barrence Whitfield.

Monday

Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Jethro Tull, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Irma Thomas, Diesel, Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Cecilia Noel, Trinity Roots, Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery Band, Joe Louis Walker, Catain Matchbox Whoopee Band, Tony Joe White, Michelle Shocked, Saltwater Band, Peter Rowan & The Blue Grass Band, Kate-Miller Heidke, The Mad Bastards, Eli Paperboy Reed, RocKwiz Live, The Snowdroppers, Barrence Whitfield, B.B and the Blues Shacks, and Bobby Alu.

Tuesday

Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Leon Russell, George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Gurrumul, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Paul Kelly, Tim Finn, Tony Joe White, Michelle Shocked, Eli Paperboy Reed, The Mad Bastards, and Bobby Alu.

Tickets

Weekend tickets have sold out. Adult 5 day tickets were priced (in Australian dollars) at $349, 3 (consecutive) days $255. Child (age 5-14) tickets for 5 days are priced at $95, a 3 day tickets is $70. There are one day tickets available.

All Kids under the age of 5 are free. Children between the age of 5 and 14 inclusive have to be in the supervision of a Responsible adult. Other ticket options are also available. To buy tickets, click here.

Camping info

Camping will be available at the festival. There will be a regular shuttle service from the festival to and from Byron Bay. In addition there are several options for public transport to and from the Festival.

The Festival is a licensed event with plenty of bars to pick from. No Alcohol or Glass allowed. There is a wide variety of food at the international food fair, which is held inside the festival.

Green ethics

Bluesfest has had many years experience as a green event organisation incorporating green ethics, the principles of environmental sustainability and each year they actively pursue opportunities to implement these principles in the management of the festival.

More information will be here when available.

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