Backstage Pass – Charlie Bedford
Dale Harris2020-10-09T15:46:41+11:00Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival presents Backstage Pass with blues sensation, Charlie Bedford interviewed by committee member, Patrick Byrne.
2020 Festival Update
Dale Harris2020-08-31T14:25:33+10:00Over the weekend, the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival Committee met to work through the latest COVID-19 restrictions and the ability to continue with this years 10th anniversary festival. While the committee has remained optimistic and continued to explore ways of proceeding in 2020, the re-introduction of Stage [...]
Aaron Pollock: The Next Big Thing
Patrick Byrne2020-06-18T15:27:51+10:00Like his hero, Mississippi Delta King Robert Johnson, Aaron Pollock is a musician at the crossroads of his career, but far from ‘sinking down’ he is rapidly on the way up. Starting out at 15 and settling on a right handed guitar, Aaron quickly realised that being a musician [...]
The Covid19 Blues
Patrick Byrne2020-06-18T15:27:51+10:00Bendigo remains a hub of local, national and International music activity despite social distancing and the temporary prevention of audiences gathering at live music venues across the state. Musicians are always creative and adaptable and are using this strange time to give housebound audiences the opportunity to have entertainment [...]
Summer Showcase – Ramble Town
Paul Robins2020-02-19T21:34:35+11:00‘New Band Making Waves’ Ramble Town is among the newest and most exciting acts on the Bendigo Music scene and is set to light the fuse at the Bendigo Blues and Roots showcase coming up on March 1st at The Rifle Brigade Hotel. Co -founder and outstanding multi - [...]
Summer Showcase Set To Sizzle!
Paul Robins2020-02-19T21:21:21+11:00The 10th annual Bendigo Blues & Roots Summer Showcase/Fundraiser will be staged on Sunday 1 March across two stages at the Rifle Brigade Hotel. Solo and duo acts will serenade music fans on the glorious balcony and bands of all shapes and sizes will keep you dancing via the [...]
Backstage Pass – Tennyson King
Paul Robins2020-10-09T15:36:38+11:00Known for his cool cruisy folk-rock sound, Canada’s Tennyson King is looking forward to hitting the road to play Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival this November. After his first tour here in 2017, Tennyson can’t get enough of our Aussie lifestyle. “I’m just excited to get back to [...]
Backstage Pass – Alister Turrill
Paul Robins2020-10-09T15:36:38+11:00Alister Turrill is a Blues performer whose playing style blends a true form of blues with complex song writing that sets him apart from other young artists. He’s shared the stage with Blues royalty such as Jeff Lang, Geoff Achison and Lloyd Spiegel on several occasions and has supported [...]
Backstage Pass – TK Reeve
Paul Robins2020-10-09T15:36:38+11:00Melbourne based Blues artist TK Reeve is a showman whose modern craft and passion for the music harks back to the Mississippi Delta of the early twentieth century. Releasing his debut album I Wanna Feel Good earlier this year he is one of the hardest working musicians in the [...]
Backstage Pass – Top 10 Tips!
Paul Robins2020-10-09T15:36:38+11:00Bendigo’s very own grassroots music festival turns NINE! Are you a festival fan? Have you attended since the beginning…all nine years? We know there are one or two Bendigonians who are yet to experience the wonder and amazement of what plans to be our biggest and best festival yet! [...]