Press Releases

Spreading the Blues

2017-06-27T09:42:43+10:00

Ahead of the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival’s Winter Showcase on July 16, Queensland singer-songwriter Tasha Zappala explains why she keeps coming back to the city. Briefly describe your music and your musical journey [...]

Spreading the Blues2017-06-27T09:42:43+10:00

Bendigo Blues & Roots ‘unique on the festival circuit’

2017-06-27T09:36:05+10:00

Ahead of the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival’s Winter Showcase on July 16, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Matt Katsis talks about the strong sense of community among musicians who play the annual festival. Briefly describe your [...]

Bendigo Blues & Roots ‘unique on the festival circuit’2017-06-27T09:36:05+10:00

Songwriters ready to support festival that supports them

2017-06-27T09:31:51+10:00

Visiting and local artists alike are preparing for the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival’s Winter Showcase, to be held at the Golden Vine Hotel, Bendigo, on Sunday, July 16. For Melbourne-based singer-songwriter and guitarist [...]

Songwriters ready to support festival that supports them2017-06-27T09:31:51+10:00

Fundraiser to build on festival’s growing reputation

2017-06-27T09:18:18+10:00

The Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival has quickly built a reputation for attracting high-quality national artists to the city each year – but music lovers don’t need to wait until the festival in November [...]

Fundraiser to build on festival’s growing reputation2017-06-27T09:18:18+10:00

Bluesy double act to roll through Bendigo

2017-05-24T19:06:42+10:00

The Blues Tram is set to roll again on Saturday, May, 27 with two very talented singer-songwriters on board. Hailey Calvert and Luke Watt will entertain and charm passengers on a vintage restored W Class [...]

Bluesy double act to roll through Bendigo2017-05-24T19:06:42+10:00

New Orleans comes to Bendigo

2017-05-24T19:06:42+10:00

Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges will bring the contemporary sounds of New Orleans to central Victoria as part of the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival’s main event concert on Saturday, November 5. Described as a nomadic [...]

New Orleans comes to Bendigo2017-05-24T19:06:42+10:00

The Blues in Springtime

2017-05-24T19:06:42+10:00

The Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival is set to take over the town from November 3 to 6, with hundreds of performances being staged across more than 45 of Bendigo’s finest live music venues [...]

The Blues in Springtime2017-05-24T19:06:42+10:00

Newmarket back with a Bluesy Bang!

2016-09-09T11:27:00+10:00

The  Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival is set to take over the town from  November 3 to 6, with hundreds of performances being staged across more than 40 of Bendigo’s finest live music venues [...]

Newmarket back with a Bluesy Bang!2016-09-09T11:27:00+10:00

The Thrill is Gone, a Tribute to B.B. King

2017-05-24T19:06:44+10:00

In 1947 an up-and-coming guitarist from the cotton farms of Mississippi arrived in the home of blues, Tennessee’s Beale Street. The Beale Street Blues Boy, later known as BB King, made a name for himself [...]

The Thrill is Gone, a Tribute to B.B. King2017-05-24T19:06:44+10:00