Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Charts

Fantastic weather kicked off Bluesfest 2025 after some recent rains but as Thursday emerged the sky turned a stunning powder blue.

An almost sold out event with very few parking tickets left and no bus tickets available, people who had not prearranged their transport were scrambling for ideas of how to get to the site - the marketing strategy worked but there were some unhappy punters.

Many attendees spent a vast amount of time crowded outside the merch tent to get their hands on merch for what was billed as the last ever Bluesfest!

Spoiler alert - It’s not going to be the last!

QR codes were being displayed everywhere for earlybird 2026 tickets.

Debuting act for us was Sydney soul artist/adonis Don West. With a recently released debut EP & upcoming UK/EU tour he opened the Mojo festival vibe. He’s one to watch with a super cool attitude, smooth soul vocals & stage presence to match.

Melody Angel put in her high energy show on the Delta which she opened with some scorching Jimi Hendrix stylings. Her mom accompanied her on stage with backup vocals and some tambourine flair.

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram in his 3rd appearance has honed his skills and stagecraft even further. Joined on stage by his 3 piece band - keyboards (as well as keytar for a dual with Kingfish), bass and drums.

Kingfish has been a regular Bluesfest performer since his emergence on the world stage being tutored by Buddy Guy no less. As Buddy always does, Kingfish has picked up on the tradition of the crowd walkout as part of schtick which he performs towards the end of his set.

We decide to leave a bit earlier to miss the carpark crawl as Tom Morello and Here Come The Mummies are both playing other days over the upcoming weekend.

Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Charts

Byron Bay Bluesfest 2025 - The last Bluesfest or not?

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - Bluesfest Byron Bay 2025

Spoiler alert - It’s not going to be the last!