Support Acts Announced For 2019 Bluesfest Sideshows

As Bluesfest season is right around the corner, that means that the highly-anticipated Bluesfest sideshows are coming up fast too. Tons of international acts are playing shows around the country, and now we finally know who of our homegrown heroes will be supporting them.

Acts like Iggy Pop, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic and Ray LaMontagne have all actually hand-picked the Aussie artists they want supporting them at these sideshows, with some of those being acts like The Chats and Emily Wurramara.

This year’s Bluesfest lineup is particularly massive, headlined by acts like Jack Johnson, Iggy Pop, Norah Jones, The Racontuers, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals and way more.

Bluesfest is set to happen from Thursday, 18th – Monday, 22nd April.

Check out all the support acts announced for sideshows below, and check out the full list of sideshows here.

Bluesfest 2019 Sideshows Support Acts

Archer supports Larkin Poe (Melbourne)

Andy Golledge supports Shakey Graves (Sydney)

Baby Blue supports Shakey Graves (Melbourne)

Bobbly Alu supports Trevor Hall

Eagle & The Wolf support Larkin Poe (Sydney)

Emily Wurramara supports Nahko And Medicine For The People (Brisbane)

Freya Josephine Hollick supports Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, 17 & 18 April The Croxton Melbourne

Grim Fawkner supports The Marcus King Band 17 Apr Northcote Social Club Melbourne

Grizzlee Train support Fantastic Negrito 14 Apr Oxford Art Factory Sydney

Jamie Payet & The Family Collective supports Vintage Trouble

Kahl Wallis supports Nahko And Medicine For The People (Sydney, Melbourne & Cairns)

Leanne Tennant supports Keb’ Mo’ (Cairns)

Louis Baker (NZ) supports Allen Stone (Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane)

Milan Ring supports Meshell Ndegeocello (Sydney)

Miss Velvet & The Blue Wolf (US) support George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic (Sydney & Melbourne)

The Morrisons support Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (Sydney)

Nathan Cavaleri supports Keb’ Mo’ (Sydney)

Roshani supports The Marcus King Band (Sydney)

The San Sebastian support Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (Adelaide)

Shaun Kirk supports The California Honeydrops (Melbourne)

Shaun Kirk supports Fantastic Negrito (Melbourne)

The Chats support Iggy Pop (Melbourne)

Tori Forsth supports Ray LaMontagne (Melbourne & Sydney)

The Weeping Willows support Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real (Meeniyan)

William Crighton supports Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real (Melbourne & Sydney)

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