Peter Noble delivers U-turn on Bluesfest future
In a frank interview, the festival director tells IQ about the state of play with the long-running Australian institution
News By Lisa Henderson | 11 December 2024
Bluesfest organiser Peter Noble has performed a U-turn on the fate of the Australian institution, revealing its immediate future is safe amid its best sales yet.
In August, the Byron Bay festival director announced that the event’s 2025 edition would be its “final curtain call”, only to leave the door open for its return just a few weeks later.
Now, Noble tells IQ that his clarion call was largely a ploy to attract the attention of the state government, which…
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