Bluesfest reveals site improvements ahead of 2023 festival

Bluesfest has announced a range of site improvements at the Byron Events Farm ahead of its 2023 event to improve water drainage and excessive mud.

In a social media post, the team at Bluesfest explained the improvements in detail, advising "Mick, our amazing head of infrastructure, has been working tirelessly to make the Bluesfest 2023 space incredible.

"The flash flooding of 2022 highlighted some weak points at the Bluesfest site, which had slowly worn down after years of dancing. So Mick and his team have been hard at it ever since in the hope that mud is a thing of the past. Is that possible? We're going to try!

"So we have levelled the ground in a way that allows the water to run off and disappear into the drains. The space will be then treated with sand and gravel and topped with a fine blue metal to allow for better drainage, better dancing, and, you guessed it, no mud! But then we have the question, can a festival be called a festival if there's no mud?

"The Mojo field is completed, and Crossroads is soon to be completed."

Taking place from Thursday 6th to Monday 10th April 2023, 50 artists have been announced for the 34th Bluesfest.

Last month, the organisers of Splendour in the Grass - which is also held at the Byron Events Farm - were ordered to pay $100,000 after causing traffic disruption on roads surrounding the festival site during their rain impacted event last July.

Image: Aerial view of the Bluesfest site. Credit: Bluesfest/Facebook.