When Bluesfest booked Kendrick Lamar in 2016, there was a backlash. The Byron Bay festival had been operating for more than two decades and it had never been headlined by a rap act. It was a groundbreaking moment for the festival which forced festival director Peter Noble to consider what made an act worthy of a spot on the Bluesfest lineup. In a video
The festival landscape has undergone major upheaval in the last three years, and Covid’s long-term impact on the music industry…
