Bluesfest Has Been Given a Provisional Green Light to Go Ahead at 50 Percent Capacity This April – Concrete Playground

Throughout the last 12 months of gathering restrictions and lockdowns, many music festivals have teased returns, announced dates and even lineups. While a few COVID-safe music events have been able to take place, we’ve yet to see any of the major music festivals return.

Despite this, Byron Bay Bluesfest has been persistent in forging ahead with its plan for its 2021 edition of the festival. Those plans have now been given a provisional green light, with the festival announcing it’s been given NSW Government approval to run the festival at 50 percent capacity this April — if no outbreaks occur beforehand.

In an announcement made on Wednesday, February 17, Bluesfest Festival Director Peter Noble OAM said, “The NSW Government has…