Dylan To Headline Bluesfest

Bob Dylan will headline Bluesfest next year, which runs April 21-25 in Byron Bay during the long Easter weekend.

It’s taken Bluesfest director Peter Noble almost 10 years to snare Dylan. Among the first round of artists for the festival are B.B. King, Ben Harper, Elvis Costello.

Also in the lineup are Michael Franti, Rodrigo y Gabriela, The Cat Empire, Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Aaron Neville, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi Band, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Mavis Staples, and Xavier Rudd.