Overview
- Bluesfest confirmed Parkway Drive for its 37th edition at Byron Events Farm from 2–5 April 2026, with tickets available via the festival website.
- Festival director Peter Noble issued a statement asserting Bluesfest is about “great music—not genres,” citing decades of boundary-pushing bookings as precedent.
- Erykah Badu will return to Australia for the first time in 14 years to play Good Friday on the same stage as Earth, Wind & Fire.
- The Wailers will deliver a three-night residency honoring the 50th anniversary of Bob Marley’s Rastaman Vibration with three distinct sets.
- The latest additions join a broad 2026 lineup that already features Split Enz, Sublime, The Black Crowes, Buddy Guy, Counting Crows and others.