Ottawa Bluesfest is an annual outdoor music festival taking place July 9th-19th, 2020 at LeBreton Flats in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. While the festival’s lineup historically focused on blues music at its inception, it has increasingly showcased mainstream pop, hip hop, reggae, and rock acts in recent years. Bluesfest has become the largest blues festival in Canada and the second largest in North America.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- 6LACK
- Alanis Morissette
- Ali Gatie
- Arrested Development
- Barns Courtney
- Big Wreck
- Billy Talent
- Blink-182
- Blue Rodeo
- Boyz II Men
- Brandy Clark
- Cash Cash
- Cat Power
- Charlotte Day Wilson
- DJ Shadow
- DUCKWRTH
- Daniel Caesar
- Dashboard Confessional
- Dean Lewis
- Deltron 3030
- Durand Jones & The Indications
- Ezra Furman
- Garbage
- Grandson
- Jack Johnson
- Jade Bird
- Joan Osborne
- July Talk
- King Crimson
- Lil Tecca
- Marco Benevento
- Marshmello
- Marshmello
- Matt Maeson
- Nahko and Medicine For The People
- Nelly
- Ocean Avenue
- Patrick Watson
- Protoje
- Rage Against the Machine
- Sharon Van Etten
- Southern Avenue
- Tash Sultana
- The Barr Brothers
- The National
- The New Pornographers
- Travis Tritt
- Turkuaz w/ Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light Turns 40
- Vance Joy
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