The question on everyone’s mind, “Aren’t they done yet?” can be answered with a clear NO.

There is simply no stopping Bluesfest this year.

The latest announcement brings a first-class mix of many genres including Blues, Rock, Alternative, Reggae, Jam, Gospel, Soul – YOU NAME A GENRE – and it’s very likely to be represented in this release.

Last week’s Bluesfest announcement added an army of Australian & New Zealand talent (Cat Empire, Fat Freddy’s Drop, ROCKWIZ LIVE to name just a few) to its super bill, which is headlined by Paul Simon, Robert Plant presents Sensational Space Shifters, Santana, Ben Harper, Iggy & The Stooges, Jimmy Cliff, Wilco, Rodriguez, Steve Miller Band, Chris Isaak, Madness, Roger Hodgson from Supertramp and many more

For Festival line up and the latest playing schedule go to www.bluesfest.com.au

Clearly, the Bluesfest line up is now taking great shape and each performance stage is being fine-tuned to perfection. Truly it can’t get much better than this, or can it?

Here is what Peter Noble, Festival Director and Bluesfest Mastermind has to say about his latest announcement:

“After last week’s Aussie and Kiwi Announcement, which received such great reviews, I had a lot of people asking: Is that it? I just laughed and replied: No, we are not there yet.

We still have more coming and why stop now? We are having an absolute ball and are truly revelling in the fact that we can bring all these gifted, talented and also versatile Artists to our thankful audience.

It’s one hell of a line up and I am really proud.

This announcement is a pick of many genres; it’s a cross section with a very strong Blues but also Rock component which we don’t normally book very much but is multiplied in this release. There is Blues Rock, American Rock, Funk Rock, Jam Rock, Roots Rock, Indie Rock, Surf Rock – it’s hard to imagine there are that many different types of rock genres but we have them all in this announcement.

Tickets are now rolling out the door and there will be one more announcement before Christmas. Be sure to buy your loved ones a ticket to put under the Christmas tree as we are headed towards a sell out in the near future.”

LATEST ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT 2013 includes:

COUNTING CROWS

BEN HARPER SOLO

THE LUMINEERS

TAJ MAHAL – SHUGGIE OTIS

KITTY DAISY & LEWIS – BEN HOWARD
TAV FALCO & THE PANTHER BURNS – JD MCPHERSON

ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD – SOJA
JAKE SHIMABUKURO – DAMIEN DEMPSEY

2013 ARTISTS ALREADY ANNOUNCEMENT includes:

PAUL SIMON
ROBERT PLANT

PRESENTS SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS

BEN HARPER – SANTANA
IGGY & THE STOOGES

STEVE MILLER BAND – STATUS QUO
MADNESS – CHRIS ISAAK – BONNIE RAITT

WILCO – RODRIGUEZ – RUFUS WAINWRIGHT

ROGER HODGSON THE LEGENDARY VOICE OF SUPERTRAMP
JIMMY CLIFF – JOAN ARMATRADING – THE CAT EMPIRE
ROBERT CRAY – XAVIER RUDD – JON ANDERSON THE VOICE OF YES

DROPKICK MURPHYS – TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
GLEN HANSARD WITH THE FRAMES – TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS
AVENUE
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA – MAVIS STAPLES
FRANK TURNER AND THE SLEEPING SOULS – FAT FREDDY’S DROP
THE BREAK FEAT. MEMBERS OF MIDNIGHT OIL, VIOLENT FEMMES, HUNTERS & COLLECTORS
ALLEN TOUSSAINT – WANDA JACKSON – GRACE POTTER
FRED WESLEY AND THE NEW JB’S – BETTYE LAVETTE
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK – PLAYING FOR CHANGE – RUTHIE FOSTER

NEWTON FAULKNER – TONY JOE WHITE – LUKA BLOOM
THE DUKE ROBILLARD BAND – MICHAEL KIWANUKA
WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE – BEASTS OF BOURBON – KARISE EDEN
THE BAMBOOS – MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA – THE BEARDS
THE SNOWDROPPERS – KING CANNONS
SHAWN COLVIN – SETH LAKEMAN – GREY GHOST
BEN CAPLAN – BUSBY MAROU – SASKWATCH
THE WILSON PICKERS – ROUND MOUNTAIN GIRLS

HAT FITZ & CARA – MASON RACK BAND
THE SONGS OF THE HAIGHT ASHBURY STAGE SHOW
LIL FI & THE DIRTY RASCALS –WARDS XPRESS

ROCKWIZ LIVE

Important news: Headliners Paul Simon and Robert Plant will NOT perform in Brisbane or QLD. Their Bluesfest performances are exclusive to that region and tickets to the Festival are now reported to be selling fast.

For Festival line up and the latest playing schedule go to www.bluesfest.com.au