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Bluesfest Byron Bay to return as tune changes

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Original article by Geordie Gray
The Australian – Page: 9 : 23-Apr-25

The success of the 2025 Byron Bay Bluesfest over the Easter long weekend has prompted the event’s director Peter Noble to cancel plans to disconinue the popular music fesival. Noble had announced in late 2024 that this year’s Bluesfest would be the last one, citing the large losses that the event recorded in 2023 and 2024. About 109,000 ticket for the four-day festival were sold, with the 2025 Bluesfest boasting the third-highest attendence since the festival began in 1990. Noble says this persuaded him to stage the event again in 2026.

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Bluesfest cancelled, restrictions for Byron Bay after man tests positive

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Original article by Mary Ward, Sarah McPhee
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: Online : 1-Apr-21

New South Wales has recorded its first locally-acquired COVID-19 case in 14 days, after a Byron Bay resident tested positive. The man had attended the same venue that hosted a bachelorette party which has been linked to one of the Brisbane clusters. The NSW government has responded by cancelling Byron Bay’s popular Bluesfest music festival and reimposing coronavirus restrictions across four shires in the region. Bluesfest organisers had hoped to attract over 16,000 music fans on each day of the event, which had also been cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic.

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