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Ottawa Bluesfest 2023: Foo Fighters, Shania Twain, Weezer, The Smile

Ottawa Bluesfest is back this July with another stacked lineup.

Running from July 6-16 at Lebreton Flats in Ottawa, this year’s acts include Foo Fighters, Shania Twain, Weezer, Radiohead offshoot band The Smile, Pitbull, Death Cab for Cutie, Mumford and Sons, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Charlotte Cardin, and much more.

Check out the full day-by-day breakdown below.

  • July 6 – Shania Twain; Orville Peck; bbno$; Dax; Son Little; John Németh; Brea Lawrenson; J.C; Melissa Lamm; Mikhail Laxton; Mimi O’Bonsawin
  • July 7 – Weezer, Thundercat; Billy Talent; PUP; Tank & The Bangas; Jupiter & Okwess; Southern Avenue; Digging Roots; Emily Jean Flack; Melo Griffith; The Jesse Greene Band.
  • July 8 – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; BADBADNOTGOOD; Blackie and The Rodeo Kings ft. Daniel Lanois and Suzie Vinnick; Raul Midón; Sugaray Rayford; The Texas Horns; Aspects; Nesrallah Artuso Project; Steven Taetz.
  • July 9 – Death Cab for Cutie; Tegan and Sara; Alan Doyle; Bran Van 3000; Moonlight Benjamin; Jack Barksdale; Youngtree & The Blooms; Guy Belanger; East Coast Experience; Emmanuelle Querry.
  • July 12 – Foo Fighters; AJR; White Reaper; MONOWHALES; Black Joe Lewis; Lime Cordiale; My Son The Hurricane; River City Junction.
  • July 13 – Mumford and Sons; The War On Drugs; Declan McKenna; Sudan Archives; Cam Kahin; Lloyd Spiegel; Loviet; Amos The Transparent; Angelina Hunter Trio; Ash Ravens; Avery Raquel.
  • July 14 – Charlotte Cardin; FLETCHER; Fleet Foxes; Allison Russell; Rich Aucoin; Sauce Boss; Sussex; Amanda Jordan; Pony Girl.
  • July 15 – Pitbull; Ludacris; Julia Jacklin; HOROJO Trio; TJ Wheeler; Abby Stewart; Drew Nelson; GRAE; Joe McDonald.
  • July 16 – The Smile; Koffee; Miss Emily; Eazy Finesse; Megan Jerome; and Steph La Rochelle; Alvvays.

Tickets go on-sale Thursday, February 23 at 10:00 am via the Ottawa Bluesfest site.

Gabriel Sigler

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