Bluesfest have today revealed the second of eight announcements that will form the full 2016 lineup.
The second announcement for the 2016 incarnation of the festival includes Tom Jones, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Jackson Browne, The Decemberists, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Tweedy, Steve Earle & The Dukes, The Wailers (performing four albums in entirety;Exodus, Survival, UprisingandLegendover four nights), Grace Potter, Lord Huron, Nahko And Medicine For The People, Vintage Trouble, Lucky Peterson, Emdee and Blackberry Smoke.
They join the acts from the first announcement which included The National, City and Colour, UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue, Joe Bonamassa,Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Cat Empire, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, The Word, Rhiannon Giddens, Janiva Magness, St Paul & The Broken Bones, Allen Stone, The Selecter, Shakey Graves and Songhoy Blues.
Bluesfest 2016will take place from Thursday March 24 until Monday March 28, just north of Byron Bay.