Blues, Brews & BBQs – Tumut 2026 took place over a night and a day and a night on a weekend in mid March.
In the images below, each band has a link to all their images (in colour) in JAlbum. You can then select an image or run a slideshow.
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At the bottom of this post there are links for Top 25, Top 100, Selected Monochromes, All Images and All Previous Thredbo Festivals. Bands in this post are ordered according to when I took most images of each, for a sense of how the festival progressed.
JAlbum can also show you all images from previous Tumut festivals.
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The Prelude
Rory Phillips Trio
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Rory Phillips Trio.
The festival proper was on Saturday but on Friday night was the prelude at Tumut River Brewing Co. You can see this from the brewing equipment in the background and it made for a challenging lighting environment.
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Rory Phillips.
Rory Phillips Trio at The Prelude.
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Minnie Marks
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The Blues Factory.
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Emma Peacock.
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Dougal Scott and Billy Barnett.
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From left to right: James Palmer (hidden), Ray Beadle (guest performance), Laura Rampling, Clayton Denson, Emma Peacock, Dougal Scott and Billy Barnett.
The Blues Factory at The Prelude.
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Ray Beadle.
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From left to right: George Rigatos, Ray Beadle, Justin Sturt, Aidan Glover and Billy Barnett.
This is not the band Ray would play with the next day, mainly Sydney Blues Society people and a local. Though Ray was on the program and the jam next, it rapidly turned into the jam anyway, although Ray was playing most of the time.
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Sydney Blues Society Jam.
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George Rigatos.
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Aidan Glover, Ray Beadle, Minnie Marke, George Rigatos, Billy Barnett.
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Minnie Marks (usually guitar and vocal, often solo).
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Ray Beadle (usually guitar).
There was a lot of swapping round of instruments, with unexpected combinatind.
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Mark Barnett (Billy Barnett’s father).
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Clayton Denson.
Sydney Blues Society Jam Part 1
Sydney Blues Society Jam Part 2.
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The Festival.
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Rock Solid.
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Darren Jaynoy, Jordan Ironside, Mark Fitzgibbins and Brett Day.
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Mark Fitzgibbins and Brett Day.
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Rory Phillips Trio.
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Rory Phillips,James Palmer and Jordan Ironside.
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Minnie Marks.
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The Blues Factory.
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Billy Barnett.
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Laura Rampling.
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James Palmer.
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James Palmer, Dougal Scott (obscured), Emma Peacock, Billy Barnett (obscured), Laura Rampling.
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Little Quirks.
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Abbey Toole.
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Jaymi Toole.
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Mia Toole.
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Mia Toole, Jordan Rouse, Jaymi Toole, Abbey Toole (obscured), Alex Toole (hidden).
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Abbey Toole and Jaymi Toole.
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SunBears.
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Cam Hall, Finlay Marshalsey, Craig Marshalsey.
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CC Hall
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Kathleen Halloran.
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Jonathan Zion.
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Kathleen Halloran.
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Kathleen Halloran, Jeff Consi, Jonathan Zion.
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Ray Beadle.
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Geoff Simpson.
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Ray Beadle.
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George Brugmans.
Ray Beadle.
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19-Twenty.
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Kane Dennelly, Jeremy Berg, John Gwilliam.
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Kane Dennelly (and Jeremy Berg).
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Kane Denelly and John Gwilliam.
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Kane Dennelly, Jeremy Berg, John Gwiliam.
19-Twenty.
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Bill Barber and the Holding Cell.
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Shaun Klinger, Bill Barber, Tommy “Backbeat” Brown, Jaspar Austin-Gray.
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Bill Barber.
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Tommy “Backbeat” Brown.
Bill Barber and the Holding Cell.
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All images in this post are duotnes with red shadows and yellow highlights.
I took 2,350 images and produced 318 colour images in individual band portfolios, and also duotone conversions (yet to finish). I used Lightroom to select and catalogue images, and processed images in Capture One. In some cases I also used DxO PureRaw 6 or Topaz Photo Studio for noise reduction.
Top 30 to come soon .
Select Duotones to come soon
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On the Other Blues Festival Page, you will find links to images from the Tumut Festivals I have photographed since 2023 apart from this one as yet (there are also links at the top of the JAlbum pages).
This Blog now has links to over 19,000 live music images (probably over 20,000 when I update the spreadsheet, and 13,000 from festivals).
For images I have taken of any band since 2006, see the Musicians and Bands Page .
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