BLUESFEST HAS won Best Regional Event at this year’s Australian Event Awards, leading co-founder Peter Noble to suggest a new official slogan be adopted for our region.
Peter suggests a new official slogan would reflect the region’s contributions to Australia’s creative communities.
“Bluesfest is proud to once again receive the award Best Regional Event at the Australian Event Awards,” he says.
“This is the second time we have received this honour. There are great events occurring all over regional Australia; however, it is clear that the Byron area is the regional arts as well as the festival capital of Australia. Event presenters in the region bring tens of millions of dollars, hundreds of jobs and real culture to our area.
“Festivals create a sense of community. They say Byron is a brand; it is festivals here, like Bluesfest, that have had a huge impact on how the Byron brand is recognised as an arts capital around the world.
“I call on our civic leaders, state member, councillors and mayor to adopt the slogan, ‘Byron — the regional arts capital of Australia‘, to create greater awareness and wealth in our community, and because surely it is time this occurred. The creative industries have made such a special contribution to our area; it is time we fully acknowledged that and show the support they so richly deserve.”