More than 30 acts added to bill for Gold Coast’s 2018 Blues on Broadbeach music festival
LOCAL musicians lead the latest rollcall of more than 30 artists signed on to play free shows in the streets and venues of Broadbeach following the Commonwealth Games.
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LOCAL musicians lead the latest rollcall of more than 30 artists signed on to play free shows in the streets and venues of Broadbeach following the Commonwealth Games.
Northern NSW roots rocker Ash Grunwald, folk duo Hat Fitz and Cara and the James Southwell Band top the second wave of acts locked in to play free shows on the Gold Coast from May 17-20 as part of this year’s Blues on Broadbeach music festival.
Presented by Broadbeach Alliance, last year’s event brought more than 160,000 people into the beachside precinct to enjoy blues, folk, soul, roots and rock tunes — delivering a $20 million boost to the local economy.
Revered live double act Hat Fitz and Cara will up the ante for their festival appearance this year when they play a special one-off set with the Brisbane City Gospel Choir.
The collaboration was the brainchild of festival director Mark Duckworth.
After noticing the work Hat Fitz and Cara were doing with community choirs around the world, Mr Duckworth suggested they team up with the 14-member Brisbane City Gospel Choir (who wowed crowds when they played the festival’s main stage a couple of years ago).
Other artists added to the bill in the latest announcement include guitar star Dave Hole, indie singer/songwriter Shaun Kirk, Daniel Champagne, Uptown Brown, Kniki, Mike Beale, Dan Dinnen and Shorty, PC and the Biffs, the Griffith University School Yard Blues, Jan Preston’s Boogie Circus, Ezra Lee and New Zealand’s Stomping Nick and His Blues Grenade.
A host of favourite live local acts have also made the cut — from Diamonds & the Blues, The New Savages, BB Factory and Dezzie D and the Stingrayz to Fever 7z, Mike Elrington, Little Billie, Bluescorp, Doggn it Blues, Jason Delphin, Gavin Doniger and His Mescalito Blues, The Angela Fabian Band, Lucky Lips, Mike Frost and the Icemen, Jimi Beavis, The Waves and ls Philosophy.
They join previously announced 2018 festival headliners The Robert Cray Band, Screaming Jets, Backsliders, Jon Stevens, Lloyd Spiegel and Karl S. Williams and more for the festival’s bumper program of 150 free live performances in more than 20 indoor and outdoor venues — from pubs to parks — across four days.
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