Bluesfest 2013

The 24th Bluesfest - The International East Coast Blues and Roots Festival returns to Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, near Byron Bay, Australia over the Easter weekend from Thursday 28th March until Monday 1st April 2013.

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

Ben Harper with his Band, Santana, Iggy & The Stooges (on their final tour), Steve Miller, Chris Isaak, Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Plant's Sensational Space Shifters, Roger Hodgson (Supertramp), Status Quo, Madness, Jon Anderson (Yes), Dropkick Murphys, Newton Faulkner, William Wlliott Whitmore, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi, Glen Hansard with the Frames, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Armatrading, Rodriguez, Robert Cray, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Mavis Staples, Allen Toussaint, Wanda Jackson, Fred Wesley & The New JBs, Michael Kiwanuka, Bettye Lavette, Luka Bloom, Ruthie Foster, Tony Joe White, Sweet Honey In The Rock, The Duke Robillard Band, Shawn Colvin, Seth Lakeman, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Grace Potter, Playing for Change, and Ben Caplan.

Tickets

Tickets are priced at http://www.bluesfest.com.au/pages/?ParentPageID=9&PageID=220. 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.

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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