He’s Back! Australian-born, Nashville, Tennessee-based, singer, songwriter, slide guitar player and festival favourite, 8 Ball Aitken returns to grace the #AgnesBluesFest Marquee Stage with his sensational live show. For more than a decade, blues-rocker 8 Ball Aitken has toured the world, performing his swampy, slide guitar-driven songs at more than 200 gigs each year. His […]
Festival organisers have just released the name of their headline act for February 2020, the iconic -Tex Perkins joined by The Fat Rubber Band. Tex Perkins has played a key role in Australian music and it’s understandably difficult to pull together a coherent picture of a man whose career that has taken in everything from […]
Kissing the Flint are returning to the #AgnesBluesFest stage in 2020. With their debut EP, ‘Unconditionality’, under their belt Kissing the Flint are slave to no particular genre, lighting up any stage with their eclectic repertoire crossing roots, folk, reggae, soul, funk, rock and pop; driven by guitar, bass, drum loops and a versatile, power-house […]
With a global reputation for making music across a stylistically diverse catalogue of over 25 albums, Agnes Blues, Roots & Rock Festival is delighted to be welcoming Jeff Lang to the 2020 Lineup! Alone IN Bad Company, Jeff’s latest album, presents the most organic union of his talents and influences yet. It’s filled with exquisitely […]
After their recent wild, rootsy performances at the Airlie Beach Music Festival, we simply can’t wait to welcome, Lily and King to the Agnes Blues, Roots & Rock Festival. Lily and King are a two-piece musical circus playing everything from junkyard blues to Dixieland stomp to dirty cabaret sleaze. A quirky, musical junkyard from Melbourne, […]
Hussy Hicks is set to play the Agnes Blues, Roots & Rock Festival in 2020. Described as a band of accomplished and powerful women, Hussy Hicks have made a name for themselves locally and on the international stage the old-fashioned way – by playing their music and connecting with audiences one passionate performance at a […]
Heralded as 'Australia's quirkiest and possibly only ukulele-based bluegrass/reggae/folk band', Gypsy Rumble has its roots in Celtic, world music and bush dance traditions. The band's enthralling, high energy performances are renowned for audience participation as they seamlessly blend showmanship, comedy and artistry. Whilst Gypsy Rumble are only just over a year old, the band is […]
Agnes Blues, Roots & Rock Festival are excited to announce The Earl of Grey as part of their 2020 Festival Lineup. With a pedal steel guitar playing father, The Earl of Grey has somewhat of a country music pedigree, however it is his own life journey that makes up the stories he tells. Often consisting […]
Kristen Lee Morris as been described as the real deal. A one-in-a-million swamp dog with a vibe all of his own and makes his debut on the Agnes Blues, Roots & Rock Festival stage next February. Having built a career on writing, singing and playing guitar in a raw and soulful manner the festival audience […]
They’re back! Flaskas are dropping by as the last stop of their tour to celebrate their latest single, ‘Songbird’. Flaskas have evolved into one of Australia's most exciting live acts. Since forming they have shared the stage with luminaries such as Ash Grunwald, Boy & Bear, Tijuana Cartel, The Black Sorrows and many more. Their […]
