The curtain is coming down on one of the nation’s best-loved and longest running music festivals.
Next year’s Bluesfest will be the last, bringing down the curtain on the much-loved festival’s 35-year history.Peter Noble has made the shock announcement that next year’s Bluesfest will be the last.“As much as it pains me to say this, it’s time to close this chapter,” said Noble, who has helmed the event since 1994. “As I said earlier this year at Bluesfest 2024, next year’s festival will be happening, and it definitely is, but it will be our last.
“My greatest fear is what our live music industry is going to look like in a couple of years if we don’t get disposable income to a point where people will spend their money.” International stars who have appeared over the years include Bob Dylan, Jethro Tull, Paul Simon, Kendrick Lamar and Tom Jones, while local talent has included Cold Chisel, Paul Kelly, Kasey Chambers, Midnight Oil and Dan Sultan.The festival was hit particularly hard by COVID. The 2020 festival was cancelled due to the pandemic, then the following year organisers were forced to pull the pin just a day before gates were due to open after a COVID-19 case was discovered in the area.
Soundcheck, a survey from the government agency Music Australia in April this year, found young people were deserting music festivals in alarming numbers.
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