Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival
| Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival | |
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| Genre | Blues and roots |
| Dates | November |
| Location(s) | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Years active | 2011 – present |
| Website | |
| bendigobluesandroots.com.au | |
The Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival (otherwise known as Bendigo Blues & Roots or BBRMF) is a four-day music festival held in November each year in the central Victorian city of Bendigo. The not-for-profit event was first held in 2011 and features performances and workshops at various venues and locations throughout Bendigo. In 2015 the festival is due to occur from 5 to 8 November with the headline concert being held in the Rosalind Park.
History
The first year of the festival (2011) was held over three days in November (25 - 27) and included over 58 different artists, with a free concert held in Rosalind Park headlining the festival.
In 2012 the free festival headline concert changed location moving to the Bendigo Civic Gardens, and this time the festival included the addition of "The Blues Tram", featuring performances aboard some of the vintage trams which are still operating in Bendigo. The festival was held over four days in November (8 - 11) and this time included over 90 acts throughout 20 venues.
2013 saw the festival headline concert once again return to Rosalind Park. The festival was held over four days in November (7 - 10) with over 100 acts performing throughout 22 venues.
In 2014 the festival ran over 4 days from November 6 - 9, with over 116 artists performing throughout Bendigo and surrounds. The headline event was at the Bendigo Civic Gardens on November 8.
In 2015 the festival will return to Rosalind Park for the headline event.