Byron Bay Bluesfest has always been about more than just blues, but the annual Australian music celebration has never turned its back on the genre and it intends to make 2017 a celebration of one the most important art forms in music.
That’s why the latest round of Bluesfest lineup additions is a salute six-string masters of the past and present, with Eric Gales, Mud Morganfield, Devon Allman, Experience Jimi Hendrix, and more joining the lineup.
Experience Jimi Hendrix is a celebration of one of the most iconic guitarists of all time, bringing together an incredible collective of musicians including Screaming Jets founder Grant Walmsley, Peter Northcote, and more to pay tribute to the mighty Jimi Hendrix.
“The Blues announce at Bluesfest is one I always look forward to,” says Bluesfest founder Peter Noble. “You may not know this guy, however, we are so proud to announce Eric Gales, the sublime guitar player that Joe Bonamassa describes as the Best Glues guitar slinger of the lot right now.”
“We are pleased to welcome back Devon Allman, who just had a Number 1 album on the Billboard Blues charts. They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, well in this case they are 100% right, except it may have been a peach.”
“Experience Jimi Hendrix is an Australian production featuring Jak Housden, the founder of the Badloves, Dai Pritchard, who was Billy Thorpe’s right hand man who also plays with Rose Tattoo and Steve Edmonds of Hoodoo Guru’s fame.”
Check out the full Byron Bay Bluesfest 2017 lineup below.
Bluesfest 2017
Eric Gales
Mud Morganfield
Devon Allman
Experience Jimi Hendrix
Jeff Lang
Ray Beadle And The Silver Dollars
Lloyd Spiegel
Glenn Cardier And The Sideshow
Davy Knowles
Blind Boy Paxton
Melody Angel
joining…
Madness
Miles Electric Band
Patti Smith and Her Band Acoustic Set
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry
Slightly Stoopid
Rhiannon Giddens
Tony Joe White
Max Jury
The Record Company
The Mountain Goats
The California Honeydrops
Trevor Hall
Barry Gibb
Neil Young + Promise of the Real
Santana
The Doobie Brothers
Mary J Blige
Corinne Bailey Rae
Michael Kiwanuka
Nako and Medicine For The People
Gallant
The Suffers
Zac Brown Band
Patti Smith And Her Band Perform Horses
The Lumineers
Buddy Guy (Exclusive)
Bonnie Raitt
Mavis Staples (Exclusive)
Billy Bragg
Jethro Tull
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Gregory Porter
Snarky Puppy
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Beth Hart (Exclusive)
Laura Mvula
Roy Ayers
Booker T Presents The Stax Records Revue
Andrew Bird
Rickie Lee Jones
Joan Osborne
Turin Brakes
The Strumbellas
Jake Shimabukuro
Dumpstaphunk
Nikki Hill
Irish Mythen
Thursday 13th, April – Monday, 17th April 2017
Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm NSW
Tickets: Bluesfest
