The Ottawa Bluesfest is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. While initially focused on blues, the festival has increasingly showcased mainstream pop and rock acts in recent years.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- A Perfect Circle
- Alex Cuba
- Arkells
- Bedouin Soundclash
- Ben Harper
- Billy Talent
- Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
- Blue Rodeo
- Bootsy Collins & the Funk University
- Braids
- Buck 65
- Buddy Guy
- Cage The Elephant
- Callers
- Caravan Palace
- Chali 2na
- Cheap Trick
- Classified
- Coheed and Cambria
- Dawes
- Death Cab For Cutie
- Death From Above 1979
- Dennis Coffey
- Diamond Rings
- Dropkick Murphys
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Erykah Badu
- Flogging Molly
- G. Love & Special Sauce
- Galactic
- Girl Talk
- Gomez
- Hey Rosetta!
- Honey Island Swamp Band
- Huey Lewis and the News
- Imaginary Cities
- Infected Mushroom
- Jane's Addiction
- Joe Satriani
- John Butler Trio
- John Fogerty
- Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band
- Karkwa
- Leon Russell
- Lupe Fiasco
- M. Ward
- Mac Miller
- Mark Kozelek
- Metric
- Mother Mother
- My Morning Jacket
- Neon Indian
- Nicole Atkins
- Peter Frampton
- Protest the Hero
- Ra Ra Riot
- Red Baraat
- Rise Against
- Shpongle
- Skrillex
- Soundgarden
- Spam All-Stars
- Stephen Marley
- Steve Miller Band
- Tegan and Sara
- The Black Keys
- The Dirtbombs
- The Flaming Lips
- The Greenhornes
- The Roots
- The Sheepdogs
- The Tea Party
- The Tragically Hip
- Theory of a Deadman
- Three Days Grace
- Trampled By Turtles
- Wanda Jackson
- Winter Gloves
- Yukon Blonde
Festival News and Rumors
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Consequence Staff January 31, 2023