UPDATE: Bluesfest Makes Female-Heavy Second Lineup Announcement For 2019
ORIGINAL STORY: It’s finally here. Byron Bay’s annual Bluesfest has finally made its first lineup announcement for 2019, and holy moly this is looking like it will be one to remember.
At the top of this first announcement is Hawaiian legend Jack Johnson, who has a special rapport with Bluesfest, having first played the event in 2001 and returning most recently in 2014.
Joining Johnson is Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals. Harper was literally just in the country for this year’s Splendour In The Grass, performing alongside Charlie Musselwhite.
As well as these two heavyweights, this first announcement includes Ray LaMontagne, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Snarky Puppy, Kasey Chambers, St. Paul & The Broken Bones and loads more.
Check out the full first lineup announcement below.
Bluesfest is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2019, and it’s all happening across the Easter Weekend long weekend — Thursday, 18th April to Monday, 22nd April. Given it’s such a momentous anniversary for the festival, expect this to be the first of many massive announcements.
“Our 30th anniversary Bluesfest will be a major event in a long line of great festivals,” says Festival Director Peter Noble.
“We will only turn 30 once, and we intend to make this edition truly memorable.”
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Bluesfest 2019 First Lineup Announcement
Jack Johnson (Exclusive)
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals (Exclusive)
Ray LaMontagne
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic (Exclusive)
Snarky Puppy
Kasey Chambers
St Paul & The Broken Bones (Exclusive)
Nahko And Medicine For The People
Tommy Emmanuel
Colin Hay
Arlo Guthrie
Keb’ Mo’
Tex Perkins
Allen Stone
Richard Clapton
Russell Morris
Kurt Vile & The Violators
Vintage Trouble
The Black Sorrows
The California Honeydrops
Trevor Hall
I’m With Her
Larkin Poe
Irish Mythen
Elephant Sessions
Greensky Bluegrass
Rockwiz Live
Bluesfest 2019
Thursday, 18th April — Monday, 22nd April
Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, Byron Bay
Tickets: Official Website
