The Scene
Winning the title for “festival that sounds least like its name”, the Ottawa Bluesfest hits almost every genre even including a little bit of blues. Starting as a small fest over twenty years ago, they have grown exponentially to a ten-day mult-stage event that’s one of the highlights of the Canadian summer.
Festival Info
2011 Lineup
- ARKELLS
- NICOLE ATKINS
- ERYKAH BADU
- BALOJI
- THE BEAUTIES
- BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH
- BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION
- BILLY TALENT
- THE BLACK KEYS
- BLUE KING BROWN
- BLUE RODEO
- BLUESTONE
- BOOTSY COLLINS
- JIMMY BOWSKILL
- BRAIDS
- BROTHERS CHAFFEY
- OLI BROWN
- BUCK 65
- CAGE THE ELEPHANT
- CALLERS
- CANCER BATS
- CARAVAN PALACE
- CAVALIERS
- CHALI 2NA
- CHEAP TRICK
- DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS
- DENNIS COFFEY
- COURT YARD HOUNDS
- ALEX CUBA
- CUFF THE DUKE
- DAWES
- DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
- DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979
- DIAMOND RINGS
- THE DIRTBOMBS
- DROPKICK MURPHYS
- EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
- LINDSAY FERGUSON
- FINAL FLASH
- THE FLAMING LIPS
- JOHN FOGERTY
- FOLKORE URBANO ORCHESTRA
- PETER FRAMPTON
- FUNKY METERS
- GALACTIC
- HANNAH GEORGAS
- GIRL TALK
- GIRLS WITH GUITARS
- GOMEZ
- GOSPEL DAY
- JESSE GREENE
- THE GREENHORNES
- BUDDY GUY
- BEN HARPER
- HEY ROSETTA!
- HONEY ISLAND
- JENNIFER HUDSON
- HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
- IMAGINARY CITIES
- INFECTED MUSHROOM
- WANDA JACKSON
- JIM SUHLER & MONKEY BEAT
- THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO
- JOLLY BOYS
- JW-JONES
- KARKWA
- KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE
- IAN KELLY
- MARK KOZOLEK
- LA-33
- LUCKY CHARMS
- MANNY MAKRIS
- LARRY MCCRAY
- DANNY MICHEL
- MIGUEL
- MAC MILLER
- STEVE MILLER
- ANA MIURA
- MOTHER MOTHER
- MY MORNING JACKET
- NEON INDIAN
- NOMFUSI AND THE LUCKY CHARMS
- JUSTIN NOZUKA
- A PERFECT CIRCLE
- MICHAEL POWERS
- JOHN PRIMER
- PS I LOVE YOU
- RA RA RIOT
- RED BARAAT
- AMANDA RHEUME
- RISE AGAINST
- JOSH RITTER
- TIM ROBBINS
- SHERMAN ROBERTSON
- THE ROOTS
- ROSIE LEDET & THE ZYDECO PLAYBOYS
- LEON RUSSELL
- JOE SATRIANI
- THE SHEEPDOGS
- SHPONGLE
- SIERRA MAESTRA
- SKRILLEX
- SMOKIN’ JOE KUBEK AND BNOIS KING
- SOUNDGARDEN
- SPAM ALLSTARS
- PAUL THORN
- TEGAN AND SARA
- THE TEA PARTY
- THEORY OF A DEADMAN
- THREE DAYS GRACE
- THE TRAGICALLY HIP
- TRAMPLED BY TURTLES
- THE TWISTERS
- M. WARD
- WICKED GRIN
- WINTER GLOVES
- YUKON BLONDE