Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival

Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival
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.[1]

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 6–9 November, with over 116 artists performing throughout Bendigo and surrounds. The headline event was at the Bendigo Civic Gardens on 8 November.

In 2015 the festival staged over 400 performances in 48 venues from more than 180 acts over the 4-day program from 5-8 November. This included a return to Rosalind Park for the all-day family-friendly concert. It also included headline concerts at the Capital and Ulumbarra Theatres, as well as shows of all shapes and sizes at all kinds of venues in and around the city.

2016 will see the festival proper staged from 3-6 November and will again bathe the city in quality live music from end to end, start to finish.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival". Bendigobluesandroots.com.au. 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2015-12-21.

External links

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