The Ottawa Bluesfest is ranked by Billboard Magazine as one of the top-10 most successful outdoor music festivals in the world. People travel from far and wide to attend the ‘fest, and music fans in Ottawa look forward to opening night with mounting anticipation, year after year. This award winning, multi-staged music extravaganza is the biggest outdoor music festival in Canada and is considered one of the most important music events in North America. Thousands of national and international performers are featured annually at LeBreton Flats Park, in downtown Ottawa.
Ticket Price: $99 (3-Day); $249 (Regular)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- AWOLNATION
- Action Bronson
- Andrew Bird
- Barenaked Ladies
- Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
- Blondie
- Bonobo
- Brett Dennen
- Charli XCX
- Charli XCX
- Childish Gambino
- Collective Soul
- Cypress Hill
- Darius Rucker
- Deer Tick
- Deltron 3030
- Drive-By Truckers
- Foreigner
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Gogol Bordello
- Honey Island Swamp Band
- JJ Grey & Mofro
- Jake Bugg
- Jeff Tweedy
- Jenny Lewis
- Jimmy Buffett
- John Mayall
- Lady Antebellum
- Lady Gaga
- Langhorne Slim
- Lord Huron
- Lucius
- Mac DeMarco
- Pink Mountaintops
- Queens of the Stone Age
- RL Grime
- Royal Canoe
- Ryan Hemsworth
- Sam Roberts Band
- Shovels & Rope
- Snoop Dogg
- St. Vincent
- Styx
- Tegan and Sara
- The Band Perry
- The Killers
- Third Eye Blind
- Tokyo Police Club
- Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
- Tyler the Creator
- Vintage Trouble
- Violent Femmes
- Young Rival
- Young the Giant
- Zedd
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