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Bluesfest - The International East Coast Blues and Roots Festival '10
last updated : Tue 26th Jan 10
Date: Thursday 1st - Monday 5th April 10
Location: Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Cost: 5 day adult ticket $347, 3 (consecutive) days $262, Child (age 5-14) 5 day ticket $94
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There are 9 weeks and 1 day until Bluesfest 2010
2010 is 21st birthday of Bluesfest - The International East Coast Blues and Roots Festival held at a new site Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, near Byron Bay, Australia over the Easter weekend from Thursday 1st until Monday 5th April 2010.
Bluesfest offers all kinds of blues music, world music, roots music, and a hybrid of those and other cultural styles under one umbrella - Blues & Roots Music. Bluesfest has continued to evolve incorporating surf culture, Latino Music, African Music, as well as political and environmental message artists.
Line-up
The latest acts confirmed for 2010 are The Fray, Jools Holland & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, John Butler Trio, Taj Mahal & His Band, John Mayall, Bebel Gilberto, Matisyahu, Angus and Julia Stone, 10cc, Rodriguez, Jon Cleary, Ross Wilson's Five Decades Of Cool, The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker, Josh White Jr., Patty Larkin, and The Greencards. They join the following:
Thursday
Jack Johnson, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, Dr John And The Lower 911, Matt Costa, Neil Halstead, Zee Avi, Ozomatli, Galactic, A.L.O. (Animal Liberation Orchestra), Lil Band O' Gold, and Brian Auger's oblivion Express.
Friday
Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, The Swell Season, Blue King Brown, Dr John And The Lower 911, Al Di Meola World Sinfonia, Galactic, Joe Bonamassa, Rockwiz, Avett Brothers, Colin Hay Band, A.L.O. (Animal Liberation Orchestra).
Saturday
Jack Johnson, The Gipsy Kings, Lyle Lovett, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, Newton Faulkner, Donavon Frankenreiter, Béla Fleck's African Project featuring Oumou Sangaré, Ozomatli, The Flatlanders, Old Crow Medicine Show, Justin Townes Earle, Avett Brothers, Lil Band O' Gold, Jessica Mauboy, Joe Bonamassa, Rockwiz, and Renee Geyer.
Sunday
Crowded House, Roger Hodgson formerly of Supertramp, Jimmy Barnes plays the Rhythm and the Blues, Fat Freddys Drop, Blue King Brown, Peter Green & Friends, Gogol Bordello, Robert Gordon & The Gang They Couldn't Hang - Featuring Chris Spedding, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) and Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats), Jessica Mauboy, The Flatlanders, Justin Townes Earle, and Rockwiz.
Monday
Newton Faulkner, Béla Fleck's African Project featuring Oumou Sangaré, Peter Green & Friends, Gogol Bordello, The Flatlanders, Justin Townes Earle, Robert Gordon & The Gang They Couldn't Hang - Featuring Chris Spedding, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) and Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats), and Lil Band O' Gold.
Tickets
Early bird tickets are on offer. Adult 5 day tickets are priced (in Australian dollars) at $347, 3 (consecutive) days $262. Child (age 5-14) tickets for 5 days are priced at $94, a 3 day tickets is $77. There will be one day tickets available.
All Kids under the age of 5 are free. Children between the age of 5 and 14 inclusive have to be in the supervision of a Responsible adult. Other ticket options are also available. To buy tickets, click here.
Camping info
Camping will be available at the festival. There will be a regular shuttle service from the festival to and from Byron Bay. In addition there are several options for public transport to and from the Festival.
The Festival is a licensed event with plenty of bars to pick from. No Alcohol or Glass allowed. There is a wide variety of food at the international food fair, which is held inside the festival.
Green ethics
Bluesfest has had many years experience as a green event organisation incorporating green ethics, the principles of environmental sustainability and each year they actively pursue opportunities to implement these principles in the management of the festival.
More information will be here when available.