There’s just a week to go until the Australia Blues Music Festival is set to kick off in the scenic surrounds of Goulburn in New South Wales and it will assuredly cement the town’s reputation as Australia’s home of the blues.

This year’s festival will feature more than 70 free performances spread across some of Goulburn’s best venues, with sets from the likes of Ray Beadle, Minnie Marks, Jan Preston, PJ O’Brien Band, Blue Eyes Cry, and Lloyd Spiegel.

Meanwhile, Miss Whiskey, Cameron James Henderson Band, Keith Hall & Pat Dow Band, Sugar Bowl Hokum, The Groove Kings, and Jesse Valach presents The Blues Mountain will play The Australian Blues Music Festival for the very first time in 2016.

Did we mention all of the gigs making up the incredible Australian Blues Music Festival programme are totally free? Check below for the lineup and further details or head on over to the official festival website.

Australian Blues Music Festival

Andrew Winton
Blue Eyes Cry
Cameron James Henderson Band
Chris O’Connor
Dan Dinnen
Doggin It!
Frank Macias & Los Amigos
GRC Baby Blues
Greg Dodd & The Hoodoo Men
Jack Derwin
Jan Preston Boogie Woogie
Jesse Valach & Blues Mountain
John McNamara
Keith Hall & Pat Dow Band
Lloyd Spiegel
Minnie Marks
Miss Whiskey
Nick Charles
PJ O’Brien Band
Ray Beadle
Richard Perso
Room 15
Sugar Bowl Hokum
The Amphibians
The Groove Kings
The Jacky Howellers
The Lemon Squeezin’ Daddies
The Muddy Malone Trio
The Vibrolators
Youth In The Blues
+ more

Thursday, 11th February – Sunday, 14th February 2016
Goulburn NSW

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