As well as sharing its playing schedule today, Bluesfest festival organisers have dropped another bombshell: a surprise “major announcement” will be revealed this weekend.
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The 2024 Bluesfest Byron Bay playing schedule is here well ahead of time, with the festival set to begin on Thursday, 28 March.
To date, the beloved festival has shared five artist announcements. As well as sharing its enormous playing schedule today, Bluesfest festival organisers have dropped another bombshell: a surprise “major announcement” will be revealed this weekend.
“If you cast your eyes over the schedule, you will see there is one spot marked MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT! That means only one thing... We have another artist to announce,” festival organisers teased in a press release.
And when you can expect it? “This time, we'll be making our announcement at 9 am this Sunday, 11 February. It's going to be big!”
Bluesfest Byron Bay 2024 is just 50 days away, and with the arrival of the set times, punters can plan for their festival experience. You can check out this year’s playing schedule below.
The first artist announcement for this year’s festival, which landed in August, was led by Jack Johnson (Bluesfest exclusive), Tom Jones, The Teskey Brothers, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos, and Tommy Emmanuel, while the second (announced in September) revealed the likes of The Cruel Sea, Rickie Lee Jones, Dan Sultan and Tedeschi Trucks Band.
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The third announcement, which arrived in November, added Portugal. The Man, Snarky Puppy and Pierce Brothers, while December’s fourth announcement included PJ Morton and Allman Betts Family Revival. The fifth announcement, which was revealed last month, added Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, the Suicidal Tendencies, Metallica and Slipknot supergroup Infectious Grooves, Katie Melua (performing her first Australian show in nearly 20 years), The Waifs, Yirrmal and Brad Cox.
You can find the complete Bluesfest Byron Bay 2024 artist announcements below.
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Infectious Grooves
Katie Melua
The Waifs
Brad Cox
Yirrmal
Dirty Honey
Jerome Williams
Ben Swissa
eMDee
Perry Street Park
Da Manager
PJ Morton
Allman Betts Family Revival
Portugal. The Man
Ziggy Alberts
Snarky Puppy
Blind Boys Of Alabama
Meshell Ndegeocello
Fiona Boyes & The Fortune Tellers
The Turner Brown Band
Pierce Brothers
Velvet Trip
ROSHANI
Sweet Talk
Tedeschi Trucks Band
The Cruel Sea
Taj Mahal
Tim Finn
Ian Moss
Rickie Lee Jones
Dan Sultan
The Whitlams Black Stump Band
COTERIE
Playing For Change Band
Lisa Hunt’s Forever Soul
Jackie Venson
WILSN
Caravãna Sun
Women Of Soul Collective
Jack Johnson
Tom Jones
The Teskey Brothers
Matt Corby
L.A.B
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos
Tommy Emmanuel
The Dead South
The Paper Kites
Drive-By Truckers
Newton Faulkner
Steve Poltz
19-Twenty
Taj Farrant
Erja Lyytinen
Harry Manx
Here Come The Mummies
Clayton Doley’s Bayou Billabong
Little Quirks
Hussy Hicks
Blues Arcadia
RocKwiz Live
Thursday 28 March – Monday 1 April, 2024
Byron Events Farm, Tyagarah NSW
Tickets: bluesfest.com.au