The West Coast Blues 'n' Roots Festival is an annual music festival held in Fremantle, Western Australia. It features many blues and roots performers, both international and local.
History
The festival was founded by Sunset Events and began as a two-day event in 2004 and was called the 'Sunset Live's Botanic Blues, Roots and Soul' held at Kings Park, Western Australia. From 2005, the event became a one-day event and was known as the West Coast Blues & Roots held at the Esplanade Park, Fremantle. In 2007, the event expanded to a two-day event and followed on into 2008. The 2009 event saw a return to a single day format. In 2010, the festival moved to Fremantle Park and has been there since 2010. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the festival, organisers have announced the return two-day format for the 2013 lineup. The festival was not held in 2016 nor 2020. It is similar to the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, which is held on the Easter long weekend in Byron Bay.
Artist lineups
2004
Day 1
James Brown
The Cat Empire
Bomba
Xavier Rudd
Blue Shaddy
B Movie Heroes
Dave Mann Collective
Mark Hoffman
Belly
Lucky Oceans
Lois Olney
Simon Cox
Ivan Zar
Ben Witt
Day 2
Michael Franti and Spearhead
John Butler Trio
Dr. John
Taj Mahal
Xavier Rudd
Rick Steele
Carus
The Wah Trees
Pink and White Bridge
WAADA
2005
Jack Johnson
Violent Femmes
The Waifs
Xavier Rudd
Angélique Kidjo
G. Love & Special Sauce
The Beautiful Girls
John Lee Hooker Jnr
Bob Brozman & René Lacaille
Carus
Jeff Lang
Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets
Eugene Hideaway Bridges
Ash Grunwald
Vasco Era
Hat Fitz
Zydecats
Mia Dyson
Mark Hoffman (Em Dee) Blue Shaddy Toby & Code Red B Movie Heroes Dom Mariani & The Majestic Kelp Saritah Dave Mann Collective Ben Witt & Ivan Zar Honeyriders Ric Steele 43 Cambridge Kill Devil Hills West Coast Blues Club Showcase
2006
Jackson Browne
The Black Keys
Bernard Fanning
Michael Franti
Damian Marley
Pete Murray
Jamie Cullum
Donavon Frankenreiter
The Beautiful Girls
Keb' Mo'
Mia Dyson
Carus
Lucky Oceans
Ash Grunwald
Blue King Brown
Josh Pyke
Bobby Blackbird
Blue Shaddy
2007
Saturday, 31 March 2007
John Butler Trio
Wolfmother
The Cat Empire
Xavier Rudd
Gomez
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Tony Joe White
Eric Burdon & The Animals
Bob Evans
The Pilgram Brothers
Blue King Brown
The Vasco Era
Diafrix
The Bamboos
The Fumes
Andrew Winton
Blue Shaddy
Fall Electric
Sunday, 1 April 2007
Ben Harper
John Mayer
Missy Higgins
The Waifs
Bo Diddley
Larry Carlton Blues Project
Eugene Hideaway Bridges
Kaki King
Angus & Julia Stone
Terrance Simien
Piers Faccini
Amos Lee
Carus and The True Believers
Ben Kweller
Custom Kings
Dom Mariani and The Majestic Kelp
Will Conner
Kill Devil Hills
The Dave Matthews Band and The Roots were originally included in the line up but were a late withdrawal and the spot was replaced by Xavier Rudd.
2008
Saturday, 15 March 2008
Sinéad O'Connor
Don McLean
Buddy Guy
Ray Davies
Maceo Parker
Gotye
Ian Brown
Keb' Mo'
KT Tunstall
Xavier Rudd
The Cruel Sea
Jeff Martin
The Bellrays
Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set
Angus & Julia Stone
Jason Mraz
Hayley Sales
O.A.R. Lior Damien Dempsey The Basics Common Ground The Shinkickers Will Stoker & The Embers Sneaky Weasel Gang Rick Steele