West Coast Blues & Roots Festival

The West Coast Blues 'n' Roots Festival is an annual music festival held in Fremantle, Western Australia. It features many blues and roots performers, both international and local.

History

The festival began as a one-day event in 2004. In 2007 it expanded to a two-day event. It is a sister event to the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, which is held on the Easter long weekend in Byron Bay.

2004 line-up

James Brown, Michael Franti and Spearhead, The John Butler Trio, Dr. John, Taj Mahal, Xavier Rudd, The Cat Empire, Bomba, Carus, Blue Shaddy, B Movie Heroes, Dave Mann Collective, Belly & Mark Hoffman, Lucky Oceans & Lois Olney, Simon Cox & Wayne Freer, Ben Witt & Ivan Zar, Rick Steele & Mark Gordon, The Wah Trees, Pink and White Bridge, WAADA

2005 line-up

Jack Johnson, The Violent Femmes, The Waifs, Xavier Rudd, G Love and Special Sauce, John Lee Hooker Jnr, Angelique Kidjo, The Beautiful Girls, Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets, Jeff Lang, Bob Brozman & Rene Lacaille, Mia Dyson, Carus and The True Believers, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, The Vasco Era, Ash Grunwald, The Kill Devil Hills, Blue Shaddy, Zydecats, B Movie Heroes, Mark Hoffman, Toby & Code Red, Dave Mann Collective, The Honeyriders, Hat Fitz, Rick Steele, Dom Mariani, 43 Cambridge, Saritah, Ben Witt & Ivan Zar and the West Coast Blues Club Showcase

2006 line-up

The 2006 Festival was held on Saturday 8 April 2006 on the Esplanade Reserve, Fremantle with:
Jackson Browne, The Black Keys, Bernard Fanning, Michael Franti, Damian Marley, Pete Murray, Jamie Cullum, Donavon Frankenreiter, The Beautiful Girls, Keb Mo, Mia Dyson, Carus and The True Believers, Lucky Oceans, Ash Grunwald, Blue King Brown, Josh Pyke, Bobby Blackbird and Blue Shaddy

2007 line-up

The Dave Mathews Band and The Roots were originally included in the line up but were a late withdrawal and the spot was replaced by Xavier Rudd. The line up for the 2007 West Coast Blues & Roots Festival (31 March to 1 April 2007) at the Esplanande Reserve, Fremantle was as follows: [http://sunsetevents.com.au/Event/West_Coast_Blues_n_Roots_Festival_2007/?Display=246]

*Saturday 31 March 2007
John Butler Trio, Wolfmother, The Cat Empire, Gomez, Lee Scratch Perry, Sierra Leone's Refugee Allstars, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Tony Joe White, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Bob Evans, Ben Kweller, Blue King Brown, True Live, The Vasco Era, Diafrix, The Bamboos, The Fumes, Andrew Winton, Blue Shaddy and Fall Electric

*Sunday 1 April 2007
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, John Mayer, Missy Higgins, The Waifs, Bo Diddley, Larry Carlton Blues Project featuring Robben Ford, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Kaki King, Angus and Julia Stone, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience, Piers Faccini, Amos Lee, Carus and The True Believers, The Pigram Brothers, Custom Kings, Dom Mariani and The Majestic Kelp, Will Conner and The Kill Devil Hills

References

*West Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival

External links

* [http://sunsetevents.com.au/Event/West_Coast_Blues_n_Roots_Festival_2007/?Display=245 West Coast Blues & Roots Festival website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/westcoastbluesandroots West Coast Blues & Roots Festival MySpace Website]