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read more17th June 2024 - Bluesfest Byron Bay secures an award for Best Australian Music Festival
2nd April 2024 - Bluesfest’s Peter Noble acknowledges Easter weekend festival success
10th January 2023 - Bluesfest reveals site improvements ahead of 2023 festival
18th April 2022 - Bluesfest kickstarts besieged Australian live music industry and supports flood-ravaged local community
3rd March 2022 - Bluesfest Director encourages festival attendance to support flood impacted communities
23rd October 2021 - Tribunal orders Bluesfest to pay 75% refund to stallholders over cancelled 2020 event
30th September 2021 - Bluesfest Chairman Peter Noble responds to NSW Government’s COVID roadmap
18th August 2021 - No Bluesfest Festival for 2021, as event reschedules to Easter 2022
19th May 2021 - Midnight Oil to headline Bluesfest’s rescheduled festival in October
21st April 2021 - Bluesfest named finalist for ‘Music Festival of the Decade’ by Pollstar
2nd April 2021 - Bluesfest cancellation to cost more than $10 million in losses
2nd April 2021 - Save Victorian Events highlight Bluesfest cancellation as confirmation of need for Governments to back event cancellation insurance
1st April 2021 - LPA calls for emergency Business Interruption Fund after government directive shuts down Bluesfest
31st March 2021 - COVID-19 case sees NSW Health Minister cancel Byron Bay Bluesfest
11th March 2021 - Bluesfest team share their excitement for the return of live music
18th February 2021 - COVID-19 Safety Plan approved for 2021 Bluesfest
21st October 2020 - Bluesfest 2021 adds to its line-up to appeal to broader audience
27th July 2020 - Bluesfest highlights losses incurred due to festival cancellation in 2020
12th July 2019 - Byron Bay Bluesfest names Moshtix as exclusive ticketing partner
12th February 2019 - NSW Government stance on festivals sees Byron Bay Bluesfest Director threaten to move event
16th July 2018 - Pollstar acknowledges Bluesfest as Australia’s top music festival
16th May 2018 - Bluesfest’s 30 year journey to be shared at 2018 Asia-Pacific Venue Industry Congress
30th October 2017 - Steve Romer to join Bluesfest as Chief Operating Officer
21st April 2014 - Byron Bay Bluesfest celebrates 25th anniversary
8th October 2010 - Byron Bay Bluesfest named Australia’s top event
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