Photo Credit: Steve Gerecke
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 Poster
2013 Artist Lineup
- B.B. King
- Dixie Chicks
- Wu-Tang Clan
- RUSH
- Fun.
- Zac Brown Band
- The Tragically Hip
- Skrillex Full Flex Express Tour
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Tegan and Sara
- Great Big Sea
- Weezer
- Belle & Sebastian
- Grand Funk Railroad
- Baauer
- Animal Collective
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
- Passion Pit
- Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
- She & Him
- Alex Clare
- Fitz & The Tantrums
- Neko Case
- Adventure Club
- Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters
- Marianas Trench
- Solange
- LP
- Killer Mike
- El-P
- Sharon Van Etten
- Stars
- Eric Burdon
- Matthew Good
- Flogging Molly
- A Tribe Called Red
- The Cat Empire
- Balkan Beat Box
- Alejandro Escovedo
- Los Lonely Boys
- Mother Mother
- Atlas Genius
- Mississippi Heat
- Zeds Dead
- The Joy Formidable
- Amadou & Mariam
- Blue King Brown
- Femi Kuti
- Hunter Hayes
- Tommy Trash
- Garland Jeffreys
- Blues Broads
- Dawes
- The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer
- Los Lobos
- Ra Ra Riot
- Sonny Rhodes
- Frank Turner
- Justin Townes Earle
- Cactus
- Camera Obscura