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
2015 Artist Lineup
- Alvvays
- Al Wood and the Woodsmen
- Antibalas
- Arkells
- Bahamas
- Bella Cat
- BlakDenim
- Black Mountain
- Blue Rodeo
- Blues & Company
- Bluestone & the Memphis Moonshine
- Bobby Bazini
- Bosveld
- Brandon Allan
- Brantley Gilbert
- Brea Lawrenson Band
- Buck N’ Nice
- Canned Heat
- Chance the Rapper
- Charles Bradley
- Chvrches
- Current Swell
- Dallas Smith
- De La Soul
- Deep Purple
- Donovan Woods
- Drew Nelson
- Dropkick Murphys
- Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
- Failure
- Family of the Year
- NAT
- Flight Distance
- Francesco Yates
- FULL FLEX EXPRESS with Jack Ü featuring Diplo and Skrillex
- Future Islands
- G-Eazy
- Grand
- Gold and Marrow
- Grime Kings
- Hamish Anderson
- Hat Fitz & Cara
- Hawksley Workman
- Hedley
- HILOTRONS
- Hoodie Allen
- Iggy Azalea
- Ilan Bluestone
- Interpol
- Jason Aldean
- Joe Gaspar Band
- John Butler Trio
- Johnny Reid
- Juan De Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars
- Jungle By Night
- Kaleigh Watts
- Keith Urban
- I.D.
- Kira Isabella
- Langhorne Slim & the Law
- Little Big Town
- Logic
- Lowell
- Lowrider Band
- Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
- Lurrie Bell
- Lynne Hanson and The Good Intentions
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Marianas Trench
- METZ
- Milky Chance
- MonkeyJunk
- Mother Mother
- Musk Ox
- Myers Brothers Band
- Nas
- New Swears
- Nick Moss
- Nick Sherman
- Operators
- Parker Millsap
- Paul Oakenfold
- Pony Girl
- Porter Robinson
- Purity Ring
- Richard Thompson
- Rick Vito & The Lucky Devils with special guest Reese Wynans
- River City Junction
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Ronnie Baker Brooks
- Run the Jewels
- Saint Clare
- Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown
- Scott Helman
- Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts
- Shakey Graves
- Silvergun & Spleen
- Simple Plan
- Skylar Spence
- Tara Holloway
- The 24th Street Wailers
- The Black Lips
- The Bros. Landreth
- The Gaslight Anthem
- The Glorious Sons
- The Growlers
- The Haig
- The Jivewires
- The Kinsey Report
- The Lucas Haneman Express
- The OBGMs
- The Reverb Syndicate
- The Tea Party
- The Tragically Hip
- The Visit
- The Yips
- Thrifty Kids
- TJ Wheeler
- Tribal Seeds
- Walter Trout
- “Weird Al” Yankovic
- Willie Nile
- and Winchester Warm