The Ottawa Bluesfest is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. While mainly focused on blues at the start, 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.
Headliners
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Festival lineup
- AWOLNATION
- Alessia Cara
- Archer
- Bahari
- Belly
- Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
- Billy Idol
- Bombino
- Boy & Bear
- Brad Paisley
- Brandi Carlile
- Bryan Ferry
- Cashmere Cat
- City and Colour
- DZ Deathrays
- Death Above From 1979
- Duran Duran
- Earl Sweatshirt
- Freddie Gibbs
- Future
- Half Moon Run
- Holy Fuck
- JD McPherson
- Jeff Lang
- Joe Jackson
- John Fogerty
- Lera Lynn
- Lindsay Ferguson
- Lindsey Stirling
- Madeon
- Nelly
- Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
- PUP
- Peter Bjorn and John
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Sam Hunt
- San Fermin
- ScHoolboy Q
- Son Little
- The Cult
- The Decemberists
- The Head and the Heart
- The London Souls
- The Lumineers
- The Monkees
- The Paper Kites
- The Tallest Man on Earth
- Thomas Rhett
- Wild Child
- Wolf Parade
- XXYYXX
- Yukon Blonde
- Zeds Dead
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Festival News and Rumors
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