The RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. While ostensibly focused on blues, the festival has increasingly showcased mainstream pop and rock acts in recent years. The Bluesfest has become the largest blues festival in Canada, and the second largest in North America.
Ticket Price: 3-Day ($99); Full Festival Pastport ($249)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- A Tribe Called Red
- Adventure Club
- Alejandro Escovedo
- Alex Clare
- Alice in Chains
- Amadou & Mariam
- Animal Collective
- Atlas Genius
- BB King
- Baauer
- Bahamas
- Belle and Sebastian
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich
- Cold Specks
- Dan Deacon
- Dawes
- Death Grips
- Diamond Rings
- Dixie Chicks
- Dog Blood (Skrillex & Boys Noize)
- El-P
- Eric Burdon
- Femi Kuti
- Fitz & the Tantrums
- Flogging Molly
- Frank Turner
- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- Grand Funk Railroad
- Great Big Sea
- Hunter Hayes
- Jimmy Eat World
- Joe Robinson
- Jon Cleary
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
- Justin Townes Earle
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Killer Mike
- LP
- Los Lobos
- Los Lonely Boys
- Matthew Good
- Mississippi Heat
- Mother Mother
- Neko Case
- Passion Pit
- Ra Ra Riot
- Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters
- Rush
- Sharon Van Etten
- She & Him
- Solange
- Sonny Rhodes
- Stars
- Steve Hill and Steve Strongman
- Tegan & Sara
- The Black Keys
- The Cat Empire
- The Dunwells
- The Joy Formidable
- The Knocks
- The Record Company
- The Specials
- The Tragically Hip
- The Waterboys
- Tommy Trash
- Trampled Under Foot
- Watsky
- Weezer
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Zac Brown Band
- Zeds Dead
- fun.
Festival News and Rumors
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