Bluesfest, one of Australia's longest running and prestigious music festivals, will end forever after its 2025 event. The festival has taken place almost every Easter since 1990, where it began as the East Coast Annual Blues Festival, headlined by American acts Charlie Musselwhite and Canned Heat at the Byron Bay Arts Factory. Over the next 34 years, the event grew …
The director of Byron Bay's iconic Bluesfest is threatening to move the event out of NSW, claiming new State Government guidelines could put the festival out of business. Key points: The NSW Government introduced tougher guidelines for music festivals after several drug-related deaths The Bluesfest director Peter Noble claims the majority of festivals are already safe He has threatened to …
