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Volume 38 #34 / 31 Jan–6 Feb, 2024 Editor: Eve Jeffery / Editorial / gigs: gigs@echo.net.au Copy deadline: 5pm each Thursday Gig Guide deadline: 5pm each Friday Advertising: adcopy@echo.net.au P: 02 6684 1777 / W: echo.net.au/entertainme
FIFTH BLUESFEST ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT Bluesfest’s fifth artist announcement sees Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, supergroup Infectious Grooves, Katie Melua and The Waifs add weight to the already hefty lineup. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals will be playing exclusively for Bluesfest, and Infectious Grooves is a supergroup that includes Robert Trujillo (Metallica) on bass, Mike Muir (Suicidal Tendencies) on vocals, Jay Weinberg (Slipknot) on drums, Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver) on guitar, and Dean Pleasants (Suicidal Tendencies) on guitar.
THE ULTIMATE VINYL NYL AFFAIR Celebrating the achievement nt of crossing the milestone of donating over $400,000 and d helping 38 local charities since December 2015, Cunning Stunts will bring back their allvinyl affair when scintillating g guest DJs join the Cunning Stunts residents to heat up the Shed at February’s Nudge Nudge Wink Wink: The Ultimate timate Party with a Conscience! ncludes Sydney-based guest DJ Kate February’s sublime lineup includes Monroe and locally-based guest DJ Snow Monkey joining the rd Sut and Dale Stephen, all ready to sensational resident DJs Lord spin the platters so you can dance as if it just don’t matter this Saturday from 4pm.
Also at Bluesfest, the best-selling British and European female artist of the 2000s, Katie Melua, returns to Australia for the first time in almost 20 years, and Aussie favourite Brad Cox, who won a Golden
For the January and February ry 2024 events, Cunning Stunts are donating much needed funds to the Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre (PBNC) so they can continue e to provide services and support, with a focus on the needs of those e in our Northern Rivers communities who are socially and economically mically disadvantaged. ,574 so far, helping 38 local You have helped raise $400,574 porting their own. charities – community supporting
Guitar for ‘Top Selling Country Album of the Year’ last year. Other artists included in the fifth artist announcement are: Yirrimal, Dirty Honey, Jerome Williams, Ben Swissa, eMDee, Perry Street Park, and Da Manager. Festival Director, Peter Noble OAM, says, y , ‘It’s the events 35th birthdayy and it’s going to be hot. Not only is Bluesfest the most highly–awarded festival in Australia Australia, but it is also the only Australian festival to be nominated nine times in the “Best International Music Festival” category, by Pollstar Awards (USA). Bluesfest has also been recognised as one of the top10 festivals of the decade, worldwide by industry bible Pollstar in 2021.’ ‘There is simply no other festival quite lik like Bluesfest. ‘For our fifth and (probably not) final arti artist announcement, we are proud to present the artist who has done more to bring Bluesfest Bluesf to the masses, Ben Harper & The Innocent Innocen Criminals, for their first performance in Australia in five years. Ben first played Bluesfest in 1996. ‘Another genre-bending artist announcement is Infectious Grooves. Th They are a true funk punk supergroup.’ There’s so much more to see and do at Bluesfest. www.bluesfest.com.au. www.bluesfest.com.au LEFT: BEN HARPER BELOW: KATIE MELUA
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