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
2023 Artist Lineup
Billy Talent
Fleet Foxes
Foo Fighters
Ludacris
Mumford & Sons
Pitbull
The War on Drugs
Thundercat
- Abby Stewart
- AJR
- Alan Doyle
- Allison Russell
- Alvvays
- Amanda Jordan
- Amos The Transparent
- Angelina Hunter Trio
- Ash Ravens
- Aspects
- Avery Raquel
- BADBADNOTGOOD
- bbno$
- Billy Talent
- Black Joe Lewis
- Blackie and The Rodeo Kings ft. Daniel Lanois and Suzie Vinnick
- Bran Van 3000
- Brea Lawrenson
- Cam Kahin
- Charlotte Cardin
- Dax
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Declan McKenna
- Digging Roots
- Drew Nelson
- East Coast Experience
- Eazy Finesse
- Emily Jean Flack
- Emmanuelle Querry
- Fleet Foxes
- FLETCHER
- Foo Fighters
- GRAE
- Guy Belanger
- HOROJO Trio
- J.C; Melissa Lamm
- Jack Barksdale
- Joe McDonald
- John Németh
- Julia Jacklin
- Jupiter & Okwess
- Koffee
- Lime Cordiale
- Lloyd Spiegel
- Loviet
- Ludacris
- Megan Jerome
- Melo Griffith
- Mikhail Laxton
- Mimi O’Bonsawin
- Miss Emily
- MONOWHALES
- Moonlight Benjamin
- Mumford & Sons
- My Son The Hurricane
- Nesrallah Artuso Project
- Orville Peck
- Pitbull
- Pony Girl
- PUP
- Raul Midón
- Rich Aucoin
- River City Junction
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
- Sauce Boss
- Shania Twain
- Son Little
- Southern Avenue
- Steph La Rochelle
- Steven Taetz
- Sudan Archives
- Sugaray Rayford
- Sussex
- Tank & The Bangas
- Tegan and Sara
- The Jesse Greene Band
- The Smile
- The Texas Horns
- The War On Drugs
- Thundercat
- TJ Wheeler
- Weezer
- White Reaper
- Youngtree & The Blooms