Arguably one of the biggest regional blues events in Australia, the Echuca-Moama Winter Blues festival is back for 2023.
Featuring the cream of the Australian Blues music scene and renowned as one of the longest-running and most important events on the blues festival calendar, The Winter Blues Festival has announced its return for 2023 this July, bringing along an impressive lineup of Australia’s best artists.
Now in its 24th year, the free festival has gone from humble beginnings as a one-Sunday-afternoon event in a pub with a handful of bands – to being a festival that sprawls across 4 days, in 20-plus venues around the town of Echuca, Victoria.
The festival has now announced its first round of artists for 2023, a list that contains some festival favourites and some new artists to discover. There’s something for the die-hard blues fans, but also music that’s perfect to accompany a relaxing weekend with a few drinks, some good food, and some good friends. Check it out below.
Winter Blues Festival – First artist announce (in alphabetical order):
19-Twenty
Anna Scionti
Cass Eager
Catfish Voodoo
Creek
The Detonators
Doc Halibut
Dom Turner & The Rural Blues Project
Electric Blues Collective
Fiona Boyes
FOOLS
Frank Sultana
Hat Fitz & Cara
Jesse Redwing
Lloyd Spiegel
Owen Campbell
Sweet Felicia and The Honeytones
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Along with the continued success of the Winter Blues Festival has come huge economic and cultural benefits for the local and regional community. As 20,000 punters make the annual pilgrimage to Echuca Moama from all over Australia, it’s hard to believe that the last weekend in July was once the quietest weekend of the year for tourism in the historic port town.
As always, the Wrap Party on Sunday night will return as a ticketed fund-raising event featuring the cream of the festival, ticket sales soon to be announced.
The Winter Blues Festival was set up by the community for the community and is a not-for-profit organisation that relies on funding from local businesses and grants funding to keep going.
There is no better way than spending a winters weekend at The Echuca-Moama Winter Blues Festival from July 27 – 30 2023. Find out more here.
