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Mark Monahan, the co-founder and executive director of Bluesfest, found himself at this year’s festival casting back a couple ...
The iconic guitarist from joined a popular '80s band on stage, surprising fans with their epic performance at the Ottawa ...
Def Leppard sent the Ottawa Bluesfest crowd back to the 80s during the hit-packed main-stage concert that kicked off the ...
Green Day, one of the United States’ most popular punk-influenced bands, descended on Bluesfest for the first time Friday, deploying a volley of hits during a momentous main-stage performance that ...
In Canada (in North America, in fact), there are few better live music opportunities than Ottawa Bluesfest, which just ...
In the midst of a tour spotlighting their iconic LPs Bossanova and Trompe le Monde, the Pixies shifted gears in Ottawa.
Returning to the capital for the third time in under three years, the Toronto-based jazz/hip-hop fusionists — drummer ...
We found last-minute tickets for the 2023 Ottawa Bluesfest in Ottawa, ON, CA from July 12-16. Here's how you can see Foo Fighters, Ludacris, The Smile, Mumford and Sons, Fleet Foxes, Pitbull, The ...
If you’ve seen a cloud of bubbles floating above Ottawa Bluesfest crowds, it’s probably Michael Lalonde. It all started at a ...
The British-born musician known as D.B. Cohen used to daydream about playing Bluesfest when he saw how the festival took over the entire city for days at a time. “I’ve seen the big crowds and thought ...
TORONTO -- The main stage at Ottawa Bluesfest collapsed Sunday night during a Cheap Trick concert as a severe thunderstorm sent the musicians and thousands of fans running for cover. At least five ...