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
2018 Artist Lineup
- Foo Fighters
- Dave Matthews Band
- SHAWN MENDES
- BRYAN ADAMS
- Beck
- Rae Sremmurd
- STURGILL SIMPSON
- Rise Against
- BRETT ELDREDGE
- THREE DAYS GRACE
- JETHRO TULL
- Zeds Dead
- JESSIE REYEZ
- The War on Drugs
- Courtney Barnett
- BROCKHAMPTON
- Chromeo
- COLIN JAMES
- ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES
- SHAGGY
- OH WONDER
- Ghostface Killah
- LIGHTHOUSE
- PASSENGER
- MACHINE GUN KELLY
- NAUGHTY BY NATURE
- THE STRUMBELLAS
- M. WARD
- GRETA VAN FLEET
- KEYS N KRATES
- GRANDTHEFT
- LAUV
- HANSON
- BENJAMIN BOOKER
- NONAME
- DEAR ROUGE
- KIMBRA
- KODIE SHANE
- YAEJI
- BETH HART
- THE SPENCER LEE BAND
- CHELSEA CUTLER
- NICK LOWE WITH LOS STRAITJACKETS
- LARKIN POE
- RL BOYCE
- THE JULIAN TAYLOR BAND
- FORTUNATE ONES
- JUPITER & OKWESS
- ANDREW “JR. BOY” JONES
- MOLLY TUTTLE
- THE SUITCASE JUNKET
- SWEET CRUDE
- JOHN NÉMETH
- HAT FITZ & CARA
- STEVE HILL
- THE TEXAS HORNS
- THE SPLIT
- MONKEYJUNK
- RED YOUNG
- LIZA ANNE
- MR. SIPP
- BOB LOG III
- A.J. CROCE
- THE LACHY DOLEY GROUP
- ANTHONY GERACI
- BRANDON SANTINI
- VANESSA COLLIER
- TJ WHEELER
- ALANNA STERLING & THE SILVERS
- AMOS THE TRANSPARENT
- ANDREW CASSARA
- ANDREW WAINES
- ANIMAL CONFESSION
- ASPECTS & RITA CARTER
- BLACK IRI$H
- BROCK ZEMAN
- CATRIONA STURTON
- CITY FIDELIA
- CODY COYOTE
- GRAVEN
- HER HARBOUR
- HEVVE
- JOE MCDONALD & THE WALKIN’ HAWKS
- JW-JONES
- KIMBERLY SUNSTRUM
- KRYSTAL JYL AND THE JACKS
- LEMEOW
- LYLE ODJICK & THE NORTHERN STEAM
- MORRIS OGBOWU
- OKIES
- RAY MONTFORD GROUP
- RIVER CITY JUNCTION
- STONE AGE MAN
- TAPAS
- TARA SHANNON
- THE ANGELINA HUNTER TRIO
- THE BANK STREET BONBONS
- THE PEPTIDES
- THE TOWN CRYERS
- VICKI BRITTLE