Bon Iver And Patti Smith Lead Bluesfest’s Massive 2021 Line-Up
Plus The Teskey Brothers, The Gipsy Kings, and so, so many more.
Bluesfest has revealed the first round of artists locked in for 2021, and it’s a suitably packed bill.
Patti Smith and her Band, Bon Iver, Jimmy Barnes, George Benson, The Gipsy Kings, Michael Franti & Spearhead, and The Teskey Brothers are just a few of the bands set to appear in Byron Bay over Easter next year.
Elsewhere, fan favourites like The Waifs and Kasey Chambers are also coming along for the ride, as is Morcheeba, Xavier Rudd, The Cat Empire, John Butler, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and The Wailers — who’ll be performing songs from Legend. Check out the line-up below; plenty more artists will be added in the coming months.
Bluesfest was forced to cancel its 2020 event at the last minute due to COVID-19 restrictions.
“When Bluesfest 2020 was ordered by the Government to shut-down 2020 we immediately put our noses to the grindstone within days of the cancellation and got on with 2021,” festival director Peter Noble says.
“We want to present another great event, one that is safe and with best-practise protocols implemented on every level. We need it, the music industry needs it and the greater community needs it. Together we will find the most prudent pathway to revive the live music industry, an industry that is aching to get back to work ASAP.”
Bluesfest 2021 will take place over Easter weekend — April 1st to 5th — at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm. Tickets are on sale now.
Bluesfest 2021 Line-Up (First Round Announcement)
BON IVER
PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND
JIMMY BARNES
GEORGE BENSON
THE TESKEY BROTHERS
JOHN BUTLER
XAIVER RUDD
THE CAT EMPIRE
KOOL & THE GANG
THE GIPSY KINGS
KASEY CHAMBERS
THE WAIFS
TROY CASSAR-DALEY
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD
THE WAILERS PERFORM SONGS FROM ‘LEGEND’
LP
MORCHEEBA
THE BLACK SORROWS
TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE
TORI KELLY
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE
THEMARCUS KING BAND
CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM
JIMMIE VAUGHAN
JOHN MAYALL
MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA
CHAIN
LARKIN POE
WEDDINGS, PARTIES, ANYTHING
BACKSLIDERS
HARTS PLAYS HENDRIX
ASH GRUNWALD
THE WAR & TREATY
CORY HENRY & THE FUNK APOSTLES
WALTER TROUT
THE BAMBOOS
MICK THOMAS’ ROVING COMMISSION
DAMI IM
PIERCE BROTHERS
EMILY WURRAMARA
ROSHANI
RAY BEADLE
HENRY WAGONS
HUSSY HICKS
PACEY, KING & DOLEY
DANIEL CHAMPAGNE
NATHAN CAVALERI
LITTLE GEORGIA
BLUESFEST BUSKING COMPETITION & WINNERS
THE AUSTRALIAN AMERICANA MUSIC HONOURS