Bluestone Blues Festival is celebrating its 21st birthday this year with one of the best line-ups yet, showcasing a whole lot of outstanding local and national blues talent to bring in the New Year.
The two-day event is the annual highlight of Sleepy Hollow Blues Club, and is fitting for blues lovers wanting to celebrate New Year’s with like-minded party people, their friends and their families.
Kicking off New Years Eve, three-piece Geelong blues band Lounge Lizards will take to the stage, followed by big-voiced blues-based quartet Buxom Blues. Other acts helping end 2016 include The Andy Layfield Sound and Sweet Felicia and the Tradies, with Melbourne trio HouseWreckers having the task of carrying the crowds in to the New Year with their performance.
The party will head into the night, finishing up at 1am. After getting a few hours to snooze, the party will kick off again in ‘Recovery Day’ style from 11am.
Torquay-based blues outfit Righteous Desmond will take to the stage, followed by Chris Wilson Band (complete with his penetrating voice and brilliant harmonica playing) and Geoff Achison and the Souldiggers with their crowd-pleasing guitar virtuoso. Sammy Owen Band will signal the end of the party, with their mix of contemporary, funky and highly energetic blues tunes.
This calibre of acts for New Years Day represent some of the finest blues talent this country has to offer.
Along with the great blues tunes, guests can indulge in a range of beers, spirits, wine and soft drinks and graze on a variety of hot and cold food that will be available.
As an annual two-day event, attendees also have the option of camping overnight to make recovery day a bit easier, which is one of the reasons this popular festival is one of the longest-running blues festival in Victoria.
When & Where: Bluestone Blues Festival @ Murgheboluc Reserve, Murgheboluc (20km west of Geelong) – December 31 2016 – January 1 2017
For more information and to purchase tickets online, visit sleepyhollowblues.club
