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BLUESONBROADBEACH2017Morethan35AustralianandInternationalBluesactshavebeenaddedtothealreadyimpressive2017BluesonBroadbeachMusicFestivalline-up,whichwillfeatureUKsuperstarBonnieTyler,AustralianlegendIanMossandrockabillykingSlimJimPhantomTrio.

Nowinits16thyear,multiawardwinningBluesonBroadbeachisoneofthelargestfreemusicfestivalsinAustralia,entertaininglocalsandvisitorswithalmost70actson20stages.SituatedonthepicturesqueGoldCoast,theeventdrawsmorethan160,000visitorsoveritsfourdays,withnumbersgrowingeveryyear.

JIMIHOCKING’sBLUESMACHINE,HARTS,LOUIESHELTONBLUESLAND,19TWENTYandAARONWEST&THECUSTODIANSarejustsomeoftheexcitingBluesnamesthatfanscanexpecttoseewhenBluesonBroadbeachrollsaroundMay18-21.

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BroadbeachAllianceChiefExecutiveOfficerJanMcCormicksaystheteamareecstaticwithhowthisyear’sFestivalisshapingup,andarelookingforwardtomakingafewmoreannouncementsastheFestivalgetscloser.

“Weareextremelyproudofthisbrilliantline-up.Wehaveinternationalstarsperforming,localhome-growntalent,andI’mconfidenttosaythatwhenyoucomeintotheFestival,youwillbeabsolutelyblownawaywiththeartistsonoffer,”McCormicksaid.

“Visitationnumbersareincreasingeveryyearandweareexpectingthistrendtocontinue,withthousandsofpeoplealreadytravellingfrominterstateandoverseasfortheevent,”shecontinued.

QueenslandMinisterforTourismandMajorEventsKateJonessaidthecalibreofperformerswillbeahugedrawcardforvisitors.

“TheBluesonBroadbeachMusicFestivalisahighlightonQueensland’scalendarofevents,”MsJonessaid.

“Lastyear’seventdeliveredaneconomicboostofaround$20millionintotheGoldCoasteconomyandthisyearissettobeevenbigger.”

“IcongratulateTourismandEventsQueensland(TEQ),BroadbeachAllianceandtheeventpartnersforbringingthishighlysuccessfulfestivaltotheGoldCoast.”

BluesonBroadbeachattractsover160,000visitorsoverfourdays.

JimiHocking,anincrediblehome-grownbluesartist,beganhisaffinitywiththeguitarasachild,whenhisfatherpresentedhimwithhisfirstacousticguitarforChristmas.SincethenJimihasrarelyputaguitardown,especiallyinhistimeastheleadguitaristfortheScreamingJetsinthemid-90s.Aftermuchsuccess,Jimireleasedhisfirstbluesalbum,‘BlueGuitar’whichsellsaswelltodayasitdidin1999.Havingplayedfestivalsaroundtheworldandwoncountlessawards,JimiwillbringhisincredibletalenttoBluesonBroadbeachin2017.

ThelateandgreatPrincesawsomethingspecialinDarrenHart,knownasHarts.ThemusiciconflewHartsouttohisStudiosinMinneapolistoplaywithhim,saying,“HeremindsmeofhowIwasatthatage”.TheMelbournemusician,singer-songwriter,multi-instrumentalist,composerandmusicproducerisoftenlabelledas‘aone-manmusic-makingmachine’–hecreatesallhismusicsingle-handedlyinhisbedroomstudio.HartshasbecomeknownforhisJimiHendrix-likeguitarplayinganduniqueblendoffunk,pop,rockandsoulmusic,whichhasearnedhimpraiseworldwide.

Thefestivalentertainsyoungandold-andit'scompletelyfree.

Locallybased,USmusicianLouieSheltonBlueslandwillbringhiswealthofexperiencetothe2017Festival.AninducteeintotheMusiciansHallofFameandMuseumandtheArkansasEntertainersHallofFame,LouiehasworkedwiththelikesofTheMonkees,MarvinGaye,SimonandGarfunkel,StevieWonder,TheJackson5,NeilDiamond,JohnLennonandBarbaraStreisand.HealsoplayedtheguitarsoloonLionelRichie’shit‘Hello’.Don’tmissLouieSheltonBluesland.

Alsojoiningtheline-upandbringinghiselectrifyingshowtoBroadbeachismulti-awardwinning,DarrenJackBand.AddingatouchofmagicandmillionsofYouTubehitstotheFestivalwillbemusicalvirtuoso,JuzzieSmith,bestknownforhisamazingabilitytoplayguitar,harmonicaandpercussionatthesametime.Riffandgroovebasedbluesband19-Twentywillwhipthecrowdintoafrenzy,whiletheincredibleAaronWest&theCustodiansandBennyDWilliamswillshowcasewhatthelocalshavetooffer.

Roundingoutthesecondannouncementforthe2017line-upareMojoWebbBand,AsaBroomhall,NickCharles,PhilBarlowandtheWolf,MattStillert,DevilsKiosk,TomcatPlayground,WestTexasCrude,ByronShortandTheSunsetJunkies,WardsXpress,MitchKing,BagO’Nails,BBFactory,KennySlide,RichieLangford,PopStandenandDaveHoffman,CaptainDreamboat,TheJamesStreetPreachers,RiverCityAces,TimGriffin,TheWetFish,JohnnyDevilseed,KnikiandMikeBeale,TheJackyHowellers,MescalitoBlues,JasonDelphinMusic,BradPalmerBluesSessionsandWilsonandWhite.

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19TWENTY–AARONWEST&THECUSTODIANSASABROOMHALL–NICKCHARLES–PHILBARLOWANDTHEWOLF–MATTSTILLERT–DEVILSKIOSK–TOMCATPLAYGROUND–JOHNSONSTOMPERS–WESTTEXASCRUDE–

BYRONSHORTANDTHESUNSETJUNKIES–WARDSXPRESS–MITCHKING–BAGO’NAILS–BBFACTORY–KENNYSLIDE–RICHIELANGFORD–POPSTANDENANDDAVEHOFFMAN–CAPTAINDREAMBOAT–THEJAMESSTREETPREACHERS–RIVERCITYACES–TIMGRIFFIN–THEWETFISH–JOHNNYDEVILSEED–KNIKIANDMIKEBEALE–THEJACKYHOWELLERS–

MESCALITOBLUES–JASONDELPHINMUSIC–BRADPALMERBLUESSESSIONSAndmorestilltobeannounced.

Tojoin:

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LACHYDOLEYANDTHEHORNSOFCONVICTION–PHILMANNING-HUSSYHICKSCLAUDEHAY–THETURNERBROWNBAND

THEVIBROLATORSFEATURINGMISSPETALEE–THEFLAMINGMUDCATSBLUESARCADIA–EZRALEE–AUSTINWALKIN’CANE-LITTLEBILLY

TheBluesonBroadbeachMusicFestivalissupportedbytheQueenslandGovernmentthroughTEQ’sIt’sLive!InQueenslandmajoreventscalendarandwillpresentfourmassivedaysandnightsof

AustralianandInternationalBluesactsfromMay18-21thisyear.

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