Ottawa Bluesfest is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The 2019 festival goes down July 4th-14th.
While the festival’s lineup mainly focused on blues music at its inception, it has increasingly showcased mainstream pop and rock acts in recent years. Bluesfest has become the largest blues festival in Canada and the second largest in North America.
Ticket Price: $219
Headliners
Festival lineup
- AJ Ghent
- Alexisonfire
- Alt-J
- America
- Backstreet Boys
- Buddy Guy
- CHVRCHES
- Charlotte Cardin
- Colter Wall
- Connan Mockasin
- DJ Pauly D
- Elle King
- Eric Church
- First Aid Kit
- Gashi
- Gone West Feat. Colbie Caillat
- Guided By Voices
- James
- Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
- Jessie Reyez
- K'Naan
- Kane Brown
- Kygo
- Leikeli47
- Lennon Stella
- Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul
- Logic
- Lou Doillon
- Matt Andersen & The Mellotones
- Murda Beatz
- Mustard
- NAO
- Pokey LaFarge
- Pup
- Pussy Riot
- Rodrigo Y Gabriela
- Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar
- Shakey Graves
- Snoop Dogg
- Steve Poltz
- T-Pain
- Taking Back Sunday
- The Beths
- The Devil Makes Three
- The Dirty Nil
- The Glorious Sons
- The Killers
- The Offspring
- The Psychedelic Furs
- The Sheepdogs
- The Trews
- This Is The Kit
- U.S. Girls
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Yungblud
Festival News and Rumors

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