Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival presents:
Easter Blues Bender 2018!
3 days of great live music across some of Bendigo’s tastiest venues – starting Good Friday (30 March), through Easter Saturday (30 March) and Easter Sunday (1 April).
Full artist line-up:
Catfish Voodoo
Nardia Rose Band
Bill Barber Music
Richard Perso
Highway 79
Jess Parker & The Troubled Waters
Charlie Bedford
Sherri Parry
Walkers Road
Rattlin’ Bones Blackwood – The Real Page
Jarrod Shaw
Sarah Wilkinson
Taylor Sheridan
Erica Hawkey Band
Funk Junkies
Aaron Pollock Music
Mezz Coleman Music
Four Lions Music
Rhyley McGrath
Harlem Band
Misconception (feat: members of Jakal)
Midweek Blues
Steph Bitter
Mariah McCarthy
Soul Contact
Program detailing playing times for each act will be released here first… watch this space!
*Confirmed Host venues:
Golden Vine Hotel Bendigo
The Basement Bar Bendigo
Handle Bar
Bendigo Art Gallery
Rosalind Park (Main Stage and Kauri Gardens Stage)
The Exchange Bendigo
Bull Street Concert (Outside Metro/Puggs)
FULL PROGRAM:
Who’s playing where/when over Easter Weekend?! Check out the program below – with some possible surprises still in store as well…
*Good Friday (March 30)
Rosalind Park (Kauri Gardens Stage)
BB&RMF Youth Showcase Stage
1pm – 1:30pm: Steph Bitter
1:40pm – 2:10pm: Rhyley McGrath
2:20pm – 2:50pm: Sherri Parry
3pm – 3:30pm: Charlie Bedford
3:40pm – 4:10pm: Sarah Wilkinson
4:20pm – 5pm: Bill Barber
Rosalind Park (Main Stage)
4pm – 4:45pm: Catfish Voodoo
Handle Bar (Rear of 73 Mitchell Street – entry via Get Naked Espresso Bar)
4pm – 5pm: Mariah McCarthy
5:15pm – 6:15pm: Aaron Pollock
6:30pm – 7:30pm: Walkers Road
7:45pm – 9pm: Midweek Blues
Basement Bar (17 View Point)
8pm – 8:45pm: Charlie Bedford
9pm – 11pm: Rattlin’ Bones Blackwood
Golden Vine Hotel (135 King Street Bendigo) Free entry
8:30pm – 9:30pm: Richard Perso
10pm – 11pm: Nardia Rose Band
*Easter Saturday (March 31)
Rosalind Park (Main Stage)
4pm – 4:45pm: Taylor Sheridan
Rosalind Park (Kauri Stage)
2pm – 2:45pm: Erin Mannix w/Stephen Briggs
3pm – 3:45pm: Richard Perso
4pm – 4:45pm: Sherri Parry
Bendigo Art Gallery (42 View Street)
Purely acoustic stage
11am-11:45am: Mariah McCarthy
12pm-12:45pm: Mezz Coleman
1pm-1:45pm: Steph Bitter
2pm-3pm: Sarah Wilkinson
Bull Street (Outside Metro/Puggs)
4pm – 4:45pm: Erica Hawkey Band
5pm – 5:45pm: Soul Contact
6pm – 6:45pm: Harlem
The Exchange (Shop 11 The Bendigo Bank Centre)
4pm-4:45pm: Rhyley McGrath
5pm-5:45pm: Jarrod Shaw
6pm-6:45pm: Mezz Coleman
7pm-8pm: Aaron Pollock
Handle Bar (Rear of 73 Mitchell Street – entry via Get Naked Espresso Bar)
2pm – 3pm: Charlie Bedford
3:15pm – 4:15pm: Mezz Coleman
4:30pm – 5:30pm: Bill Barber
5:45pm – 6:45pm: Jess Parker & The Troubled Waters
7pm – 8pm: Richard Perso
8:15pm – 9:15pm: Highway 79
Basement Bar (17 View Point)
9pm – 9:45pm: Sherri Parry
10pm – 11pm: Richard Perso
Golden Vine Hotel (135 King Street Bendigo) Tix $5
9:15pm – 10:15pm: Charlie Bedford
10:30pm – 12am: Catfish Voodoo
*Easter Sunday (April 1)
Rosalind Park (Kauri Gardens Stage)
4pm – 4:45pm: Misconception
Rosalind Park (Main Stage)
3pm – 3:45pm: Funk Junkies
4pm – 4:45pm: Four Lions
Basement Bar (17 View Point)
5pm – 8pm: Bill Barber’s All-star Acoustic Jam Session
(Saturday Torchlight Procession is 8pm… Sunday’s Gala Parade is 1pm till 3pm.)