Bluesfest have upped the ante for 2015 with a huge third announcement.

The third announce includes The Gipsy Kings, (feat. Nicolas Reyes & Tonino Baliardo), Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Jurassic 5, John Mayall, Keb Mo, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin With The Guilty Ones, JJ Grey & Mofro, Tony Joe White, Jon Cleary, Trevor Hall, Serena Ryder, Jake Shimabukuro, Music Maker Foundation (feat. Cool John Ferguson, Little Freddie King, Alabama Slim, George Stancell) and Michael Franti’s Soulshine (concert featuring Michael Franti & Spearhead, SOJA and Trevor Hall).

They join the previously announced acts, which included The Black Keys, Zac Brown Band, Alabama Shakes, Train, Michael Franti & Spearhead, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Paul Kelly presenting The Merri Soul Sessions (featuring Dan Sultan, Kira Puru and Vika and Linda Bull), Xavier Rudd and The United Nations, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Rebelution, Soja, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Beth Hart, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Mariachi El Bronx, G. Love & Special Sauce, Pokey LaFarge, Band Of Skulls, Rockwiz Live,Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Paolo Nutini, David Gray, Ben Howard, Counting Crows, Gary Clark Jr., Angélique Kidjo, Jimmy Cliff, Mavis Staples, Dispatch, Ruthie Foster, The Beat, Keziah Jones, Sheppard and Playing For Change.

Bluesfest 2015 will take place fromThursday April 2 – Monday April 6atTyagarah Tea Tree Farmoutside Byron Bay.For ticketing information, head tobluesfest.com.au.

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