Bluesfest reveals site improvements ahead of 2023 festival

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Bluesfest reveals site improvements ahead of 2023 festival

January 10, 2023

Entertainment / Events / Security / Venues /

Bluesfest has announced a range of site improvements at the Byron Events Farm ahead of its 2023 event to improve water drainage and excessive mud.

In a social media post, the team at Bluesfest explained the improvements in detail, advising "Mick, our amazing head of infrastructure, has been working tirelessly to make the Bluesfest 2023 space incredible.

"The flash flooding of 2022 highlighted some weak points at the Bluesfest site, which had slowly worn down after years of dancing. So Mick and his team have been hard at it ever since in the hope that mud is a thing of the past. Is that possible? We're going to try!

"So we have levelled the ground in a way that allows the water to run off and disappear into the drains. The space will be then treated with sand and gravel and topped with a fine blue metal to allow for better drainage, better dancing, and, you guessed it, no mud! But then we have the question, can a festival be called a festival if there's no mud?

"The Mojo field is completed, and Crossroads is soon to be completed."

Taking place from Thursday 6th to Monday 10th April 2023, 50 artists have been announced for the 34th Bluesfest.

Last month, the organisers of Splendour in the Grass - which is also held at the Byron Events Farm - were ordered to pay $100,000 after causing traffic disruption on roads surrounding the festival site during their rain impacted event last July.

Image: Aerial view of the Bluesfest site. Credit: Bluesfest/Facebook.

22nd December 2022 - Splendour in the Grass Festival organisers forced to pay $100,000 over traffic chaos

27th July 2022 - Splendour in the Grass flooding disruption was foreseeable

20th July 2022 - Secret Sounds helps sponsors engage with fans at Splendour in the Grass

13th July 2022 - Licensing rule change sees under 18s banned from Splendour In The Grass festival

8th July 2022 - Bluesfest puts communications systems from D2N Technology Solutions to use

18th April 2022 - Bluesfest kickstarts besieged Australian live music industry and supports flood-ravaged local community

3rd March 2022 - Bluesfest Director encourages festival attendance to support flood impacted communities

15th January 2022 - Confident Bluesfest organisers ‘charging towards April’

23rd October 2021 - Tribunal orders Bluesfest to pay 75% refund to stallholders over cancelled 2020 event

30th September 2021 - Bluesfest Chairman Peter Noble responds to NSW Government’s COVID roadmap

18th August 2021 - No Bluesfest Festival for 2021, as event reschedules to Easter 2022

19th May 2021 - Midnight Oil to headline Bluesfest’s rescheduled festival in October

21st April 2021 - Bluesfest named finalist for ‘Music Festival of the Decade’ by Pollstar

2nd April 2021 - Bluesfest cancellation to cost more than $10 million in losses

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