Deni Blues and Roots Festival

The second round of artists announced for the 2014 Festival are Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Boz Scaggs, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, The Wailers, Soul Rebels, Neil Murray, Harry Hookey, Peter McWhirter, Jackson Firebird, Owen Campbell, Shaun Kirk, Joel Sulman, Michael Gorham and Frank Macias.

The two day Deni Blues & Roots Festival is unique for southern NSW and provides a great festival for music fans in the Southern States utilising the massive Deni Ute Muster site which is just 3 hours from Melbourne, 4 hours from Canberra and less than 5 hours by road from Adelaide. The purpose built site has had millions of dollars of permanent staging and lighting infrastructure, toilets and showers and bar facilities installed in recent years. Both events have been underpinned by overwhelming community support with an army of volunteers, contributions from many local businesses and great vision from the steering committee that established and built the site at Deniliquin. The inaugural Deni Blues & Roots Festival in 2013 also took out the Best Festival Award at the Inland Tourism Awards earlier this year.

The artists above join John Mayer, Dr John & The Nite Trippers, The Doobie Brothers, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Gary Clark Jr, Russell Morris, Jasmine Rae and Cash Savage and the Last Drinks for the Festival’s return in 2014.

The two day Deni Blues & Roots Festival is unique for southern NSW and utilises the massive Deni Ute Muster site, which has had millions of dollars of permanent staging and lighting infrastructure installed in recent years. Both events have been underpinned by overwhelming community support, with an army of volunteers, contributions from many local businesses and great vision from the steering committee that established and built the site.

Iconic musicians from the US and UK, including Santana, Status Quo, Jason Mraz, Chris Isaak, Bonnie Raitt, Zac Brown Band and Newton Faulkner, descended on Deni earlier this year helping the Deni Blues & Roots Festival to take out the Best Festival Award at the Inland Tourism Awards earlier this year.

Co-promoter, Michael Chugg from Chugg Entertainment said “It’s very exciting to be announcing the 1st acts for the 2nd Deni Blues & Roots Festival in April 2014. It was a great 2 days at our 1st Festival earlier this year and I can't wait to announce more acts! It will be an awesome line up of some of the world’s best musicians and bands. I’m very excited about the great young OZ acts that will strut their stuff alongside John Mayer, the legendary Dr John and more”

Harold Clapham, Chairman of Deni Play on the Plains Festivals said “After the success of the Inaugural Deni Blues and Roots Festival and the recent 15th Anniversary Deni Ute Muster, where American superstar Alan Jackson left a record breaking crowd spellbound, we can’t wait to have you “yawl” back in Deni at Easter.”

Co-promoter Rob Potts, CEO, Rob Potts Entertainment said “It’s quite amazing to see the line-up if massive international artists that have performed at Deniliquin (Deni) in the last two years which also includes Kelly Clarkson, Alan Jackson, Joe Nichols and Cob Lund as well as the list of artist who played the inaugural Deni Blues and Roots Festival.

“It’s a testimony to the great concert and camping facilities and easy to get to location that the community has built to welcome concert and festival goers. Deni Blues & Roots 2014 is set to add another great list of local and international performers to this impressive list at Easter 2014, a time when Deni also has its best weather every year.”

Tickets are on sale now.

The day schedules for the 2014 Deni Blues & Roots Festival are:

SATURDAY, 19 APRIL, 2014

John Mayer
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Dr John & The Nite Trippers
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Russell Morris
Neil Murray
Harry Hookey
Owen Campbell
Peter McWhirter
Joel Sulman
Mick Gorham

SUNDAY, 20 APRIL, 2014

The Doobie Brothers
Gary Clark Jr
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Boz Scaggs
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
The Soul Rebels
The Wailers
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks
Shaun Kirk
Jackson Firebird
Jasmine Rae
Frank Macias