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.
Ticket Price: $199 - $249 (GA)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Sari Schorr
- 50 Cent
- A Tribe Called Red
- Alan Doyle and The Beautiful Gypsies
- Anderson East
- Anna Lunoe
- Arum Rae
- Bob Moses
- Brandi Carlile
- DJ Mustard
- Daniel Caesar
- Death From Above 1979
- Delicate Steve
- Fetty Wap
- Flume
- Foy Vance
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Hannah Anderson
- Jake Owen
- Johnnyswim
- July Talk
- Justin Moore
- LCD Soundsystem
- Lil Yachty
- Live
- MUSE
- Matt Andersen
- Melissa Etheridge
- Migos
- Molly Hatchet
- Pat Travers
- Patti LaBelle
- Peter Wolf
- Phantogram
- Pink
- Pokey LaFarge
- RL Grime
- Sam Roberts Band
- Taylor Knox
- Tegan and Sara
- The Campbell Brothers
- The Shins
- The Zombies
- Toby Keith
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- Xavier Rudd
- Yonatan Gat
Festival News and Rumors

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Consequence Staff January 31, 2023