Bluesfest today announced the playing times for Bluesfest 2016 to be held north of Byron Bay over the Easter long weekend.
ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR BLUESFEST 2016
CONTEMPORARY
KENDRICK LAMAR
THE NATIONAL • D’ANGELO
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS • CITY AND COLOUR
THE DECEMBERISTS • THE CAT EMPIRE
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL • COLD WAR KIDS
HIATUS KAIYOTE • ALLEN STONE • MODEST MOUSE
ELLE KING • GRACE POTTER • JEFF MARTIN (THE TEA PARTY)
NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE
VINTAGE TROUBLE • BLACKBERRY SMOKE • HOUNDMOUTH
LUKAS NELSON AND PROMISE OF THE REAL • LORD HURON
KALEO • DUSTIN THOMAS • HARTS • SAHARA BECK
LEGENDS
BRIAN WILSON performs ‘PET SOUNDS’ • TOM JONES
THE MICK FLEETWOOD BLUES BAND feat. RICK VITO
UB40 feat. ALI CAMPBELL, ASTRO & MICKEY VIRTUE
DON MCLEAN • JACKSON BROWNE • MELISSA ETHERIDGE
GRAHAM NASH • TAJ MAHAL • STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES
RICHARD CLAPTON • RUSSELL MORRIS • CHAIN
THE WAILERS • THE RESIDENTS
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA • ARCHIE ROACH
BLUES and ROOTS
JOE BONAMASSA • TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
THE ORIGINAL BLUES BROTHERS BAND
JASON ISBELL • RHIANNON GIDDENS
THE WORD • THE SELECTER
NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS
ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES • SHAKEY GRAVES
KAMASI WASHINGTON • LUCKY PETERSON • TWEEDY
PLAYING FOR CHANGE BAND • BACKSLIDERS •
TEX PERKINS & THE APE • JANIVA MAGNESS • SONGHOY BLUES
EUGENE ‘HIDEAWAY’ BRIDGES • IRISH MYTHEN • DIGGING ROOTS
FANTASTIC NEGRITO • ASH GRUNWALD • BLIND BOY PAXTON
CON BRIO • MIKE LOVE • THE BROS. LANDRETH
KIM CHURCHILL • SHOOGLENIFTY • MOJO JUJU
FRAZEY FORD • MARSHALL OKELL • EMMA DONOVAN & THE PUTBACKS
RAW EARTH • PIERCE BROTHERS • THE MASTERSONS
WARDS XPRESS • HUSSY HICKS • STEVE SMYTH
EAST JOURNEY
BOOMERANG
DANCE – MUSIC – HEALING
TALKS & IDEAS
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