The 2017 edition of Blue Mountains Music Festival has been locked in, with a lineup led by some Australian songwriting icons.

Paul Kelly and Charlie Owen top the Blue Mountains bill for next March, performing songs from their first collaborative album,Death’s Dateless Night. The record features a peculiarly Kelly spin on classics from The Beatles and Leonard Cohen, plus some of his own hits.

Meanwhile, The Waifs will celebrate their 25th anniversary with a set at the festival, alongside the release of their seventh albumBeautiful You.

The full BMMF lineup is:

Paul Kelly and Charlie Owen
The Waifs
Eddi Reader
Folk Uke
Bustamento
The Jerry Cans
The Young Folk
Irish Mythen
Séamus Begley Trio
Mundy
Dereb the Ambassador and Teddy Mak
Les Poules à Colin
The Bazzookas
George and Noriko
My Bubba
Debapriya Samanwaya & Group
The Borderers
Gregory Hoskins
Boo Hewerdine
Big Rory & Ochie
Urthboy
The Hot Potato Band
Chris Wilson
Davidson Bros
National Junk Band
The Mission Songs Project
Juzzie Smith
The Spooky Men’s Chorale
Hat Fitz & Cara
Dog Trumpet
William Crighton
Kerryn Fields
The Loveys
The Bean Project
Co-cheòl
AJ Leonard and Jenny Rowlands
Caiti Baker
Miriam Lieberman Trio
Lime n Steele
Dave MacDonald
The Cleaning Ladies

The 22nd Blue Mountains Music Festival takes place in Katoomba from Friday March 17 – Sunday March 19. Earlybird tickets are on sale now.

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