The mammoth six-day East Coast Blues and Roots festival rounded off their lineup today with the final announcement of artists.
The final announcement includes Warren Haynes, Clare Bowditch, Dale Watson & His Lonestars, Neil Murray, Shane Nicholson, Frank Yamma, Buddy Knox, Lisa Miller, Louis King and the Liars Klub, Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson, Grace Barbe Afro Kroel, Ajak Kwai, The Blackwater Fever, Bobby Long, Nga Tae, Collard Greens and Gravy, Old Spice Boys, The Secret Sisters, Victor Valdes & The Marin Brothers, Raghu Dixit, Jackson Firebird, Hank Green’s Blues, A French Butler Called Smith, U Blues Band, Microwave Jenny, Kingfisha, Mojo Bluesmen, Bob Abbot & The Fabulous Green Machine, Joewah, Transvaal Diamond Syndicate and The Incredible Sky Pilots Plasticiens Volants.
They join a spectacular lineup including Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, ZZ Top, B.B. King, Elvis Costello, Jethro Tull, Grace Jones, John Legend, Toots and the Maytals, Irma Thomas, Kasey chambers, Tim Finn, Paul Kelly and many many many many many more.
The full lineup and complete schedule is available at www.bluesfest.com.au. Tickets are still available for the fifth and newly added sixth day, but the first four are all sold out.
The festival takes place in Byron Bay from April 21 - 26, 2011.
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Check out Bluesfest performer Shane Nicholson performing in the Undercover studios for the U-Sessions below:
