The famous Ottawa Bluesfest has just announced this year’s lineup. The summer festival is going to feature well-known and loved artists including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wolf Parade and Brad Paisley.
This year’s Ottawa Bluesfest will take place between July 7th and 10th, 2016. The festival will be held in LeBreton Flats in the heart of downtown Ottawa. Though the festival focuses on blues music, musicians of various genres will also take part in the event, from indie folk favorites, the Lumineers, to famous hip-hop/rap artist, Future.
In addition, notable performers include Duran Duran, Schoolboy Q, City and Colour, the Monkees, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Earl Sweatshirt and Awolnation. The event will also feature delicious multicultural food, merch and posters for sale, and contests, among several other activities.
The Ottawa Bluesfest had its first event in 1994 at Majors Hill Park, drawing relatively small crowds. Originally, the festival was intended to focus solely on blues music, but since then has added musicians of just about every genre. The festival was also recently renamed the RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest.
It is hosted every July in downtown Ottawa and never fails to provide its attendees with an enjoyable experience. It was ranked the most successful outdoor music festivals by Billboard Magazine. In addition, Consequence of Sound lists the festival is the largest in Canada and second largest in North America.
Tickets for the festival are CA$49.50 for a single day pass, and CA$229.00 for a full festival pass. VIP options are also available for both single day and multi-day passes. For more information and the link to buy tickets, click here.
For more information on the festival, please visit Ottawa Bluesfest’s official website here.
Update 04/07: Ottawa Bluesfest has added several more performers to their lineup. These include Belly, Death Above From 1979, JD McPherson, and Lera Lynn. Please see below for the full list of performers.
Ottawa Bluesfest 2016 Lineup
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Duran Duran
Brad Paisley
Future
The Lumineers
Wolf Parade
Billy Idol
Sam Hunt
Alessia Cara
Joe Jackson
Schoolboy Q
thomas Rhett
Nelly
The Cult
Madeon
The Head and the Heart
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
City and Colour
Bryan Ferry
The Monkees
Brandi Carlile
John Fogerty
Half Moon Run
Zeds Dead
The Decemberists
Awolnation
Earl Sweatshirt
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Coeur De Pirate
Cashmere Cat
Jeff Ross
Lindsey Stirling
XXYYXX
The Tallest Man On Earth
Coleman Hell
Freddie Gibbs
Peter Bjorn and John
Son Little
Holy Fuck
Amos the Transparent
Amanda Rheaume
Boy & Bear
Pup
Brock Zeman
Yukon Blonde
The Wicked Mercy
DZ Deathrays
San Fermin
Debauche
The Paul Deslauriers Band
Wild Child
The Peptides
Pierre Kwenders
Lindsay Ferguson
Bombino
Jill Zmud
Tal Wilkenfeld
Harrison “Sweettaste” Kennedy
The London Souls
The Jimmy Tri-Tone Band
Archer
Gingkoa
Pitch and the Parenchymas
Tyler Kealey
Belly
Death Above From 1979
JD McPherson
Lera Lynn
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