Sampa the Great, Sticky Fingers and More Artists Added to Bluesfest 2023 Lineup
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Bluesfest has made its sixth artist announcement for 2023, naming five more acts who’ll appear at the Byron Bay festival this Easter long weekend. Zambian artist Sampa the Great will beef up the festival’s hip hop offering, which already includes Talib Kweli, GZA and Big Freedia. Sticky Fingers join the lineup for the five-day festival, appearing 12 months after the release of their fifth album, LEKKERBOY.
Another addition is A Heartfelt Tribute to Uncle Archie, produced in association with the Archie Roach Foundation. The performance will feature “long-time friends and musical collaborators” of the late Gunditjmara and Bundjalung musician and storyteller Archie Roach, who passed away in July 2022.
Sampa the Great – ‘Let Me Be Great’
Melbourne-based 13-piece rock’n’roll collective Fools will make their way to the Byron Events Farm in Tyagarah, NSW, along with Northern Rivers singer-songwriter Jerome Williams.
Bluesfest made its fifth lineup announcement in early February, adding former The X Factor Australia winner and Eurovision representative Dami Im, Pacific beats artist Bobby Alu, Mental As Anything offshoot Dog Trumpet, YouTube sensations Steve ‘n’ Seagulls, roots festival favourites Hussy Hicks and UK folkie Frank Turner.
The event’s previously announced headliners include Beck, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Gang of Youths, Counting Crows, Elvis Costello, The Doobie Brothers and plenty more.
“I hope you feel as we do about the Bluesfest lineup,” said Bluesfest festival director Peter Noble. “Not only is it one of the best bills in the festival’s history, I believe it is the festival bill of the season.”
Bluesfest 2023
Sampa the Great
Sticky Fingers
A Heartfelt Tribute to Uncle Archie
Fools
Jerome Williams
joining…
Bobby Alu
Buttered
Clarence Bekker Band
Coterie
Dami Im
Daniel Champagne
Dog Trumpet
Electric Cadillac
Frank Sultana
Frank Turner
Hussy Hicks
Lisa Hunt’s Forever Soul
Loose Content
Ray Beadle Stax of Blues
Roshani
Round Mountain Girls
Steve Poltz
Steve ‘n’ Seagulls
joining…
Paolo Nutini
The Angels
Ash Grunwald
Backsliders
The Bros. Landreth
Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges
Trombone Shorty & The Orleans Avenue
Yirrmal
joining…
Beck
joining…
Allison Russell
Counting Crows
The Doobie Brothers
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats
St Paul & The Broken Bones
Vintage Trouble
joining…
19-Twenty
Beth Hart (Exclusive)
The Black Sorrows
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
The Cat Empire
Chain
Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Eric Gales (Exclusive)
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
Gang Of Youths
Greensky Bluegrass (Exclusive)
Jackson Browne
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
Joe Bonamassa (Exclusive)
Joe Camilleri Presents a Star-Studded Tribute to The Greats of The Blues
Jon Stevens
Kaleo (Exclusive)
Keb’ Mo’
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Lachy Doley And The Horns Of Conviction
Larkin Poe
LP
Lucinda Williams
Marcus King
Mavis Staples
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Nikki Hill (Exclusive)
Robert Glasper
RocKwiz Live
The Soul Rebels & Friends with Special Guests Talib Kweli • GZA • Big Freedia
Southern Avenue (Exclusive)
Spinifex Gum Feat. Marliya
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Tash Sultana
Xavier Rudd
Dates & Venue
Thursday, 6th April–Monday, 10th April – Byron Events Farm, Tyagarah NSW
Tickets are on sale now via the official website.
Further Reading
Shortlist Revealed for the 18th Australian Music Prize: Body Type, Tasman Keith, and More
The Complete and Updated List of Bluesfest 2023 Sideshows
Bluesfest Is Coming To Melbourne In 2023
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