Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Charts

Day 2 Friday 18th May 

Day 2 starts with some recommendations from fellow ABARAC contributors who met at Sage cafe near the Surf Parade stage while Toni Swain band was playing...Colin mentions Daniel Champagne as well as Dave Hole; Gary liked Dave as well but was taken with Christina Crofts band who he had never seen before; and Derek, all the way from WA, liked 19-Twenty out of the those artists on offer yesterday!

Inspirational acts of Friday were the always solid PJ O'Brien Band; Justin Yap Band on their first venture over into Qld territory; Dave Hole puts in awonderful effort on the Surf Parade stage as does Hat Fitz and Cara with the help of a 10 piece gospel choir from Brisbane and Ash Grunwald with his stellar band made up of members from the Living End, Bullhorn, Wolfmother and Tijuana Cartel  ends the night with a mighty audience in attendance. 

Also on some of the other stages artists of note...Blues Arcadia on the Kurrawa surf-side stage; Jimi Beavis; Dezzie D and The Stingrayz; and Lloyd Spiegel all on the Mall Stage. I have yet to venture around to the Oracle Boulevard stage but might see what's on offer there today.

So much good food and drink at all the local cafes and restaurants who have done a great job in preparing for this rather large influx of people for the weekend. Nothing beats sitting in the sun on a cool Autumn day, eating and drinking andlistening to some great live music...this is the life!

Bring on Day 3!