The lineup for this year’s Ottawa Bluesfest has been revealed, and as usual, it’s got something for everyone.
Indie rock kids will love acts like Death From Above 1979, Death Cab For Cutie, Mother Mother, My Morning Jacket, The Flaming Lips, The Black Keys, Tegan And Sara, Diamond Rings, Winter Gloves and Yukon Blonde being on the bill.
Your idiot prog rock brother may dig the inclusion of Joe Satriani, while there’s plenty your dad will love, like Buddy Guy, Blue Rodeo, Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick, Steve Miller and even Wanda Jackson.
Our only nitpicky comment of this lineup is that it seems pretty slim on hip-hop.
Bluesfest takes place July 5 to 17 at Ottawa’s Lebreton Flats. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. EST through the festival’s website or capitaltickets.ca. Individual tickets will go for $40 to $60 (probably determined by the acts playing and whether you buy a ticket for a weekend or not), according to the Ottawa Citizen. The newspaper also reports week passes are going for $150, while full festival passes will cost you $250.
Here are the acts playing Ottawa Bluesfest so far:
Arkells
Nicole Atkins
Erykah Badu
Baloji
The Beauties
Bedouin Soundclash
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Billy Talent
The Black Keys
Blue King Brown
Blue Rodeo
Bluestone
Bootsy Collins
Jimmy Bowskill
Braids
Brothers Chaffey
Oli Brown
Buck 65
Cage The Elephant
Callers
Cancer Bats
Caravan Palace
Cavaliers
Chali 2na
Cheap Trick
David Clayton-Thomas
Dennis Coffey
Court Yard Hounds
Alex Cuba
Cuff The Duke
Dawes
Death Cab For Cutie
Death From Above 1979
Diamond Rings
The Dirtbombs
Dropkick Murphys
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Lindsay Ferguson
Final Flash
The Flaming Lips
John Fogerty
Folkore Urbano Orchestra
Peter Frampton
Funky Meters
Galactic
Hannah Georgas
Girl Talk
Girls With Guitars
Gomez
Gospel Day
Jesse Greene
The Greenhornes
Buddy Guy
Ben Harper
Hey Rosetta!
Honey Island
Jennifer Hudson
Huey Lewis & The News
Imaginary Cities
Infected Mushroom
Wanda Jackson
Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat
The John Butler Trio
Jolly Boys
JW-Jones
Karkwa
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
Ian Kelly
Mark Kozolek
LA-33
Lucky Charms
Manny Makris
Larry McCray
Danny Michel
Miguel
Mac Miller
Steve Miller
Ana Miura
Mother Mother
My Morning Jacket
Neon Indian
Nomfusi And The Lucky Charms
Justin Nozuka
A Perfect Circle
Michael Powers
John Primer
PS I Love You
Ra Ra Riot
Red Baraat
Amanda Rheume
Rise Against
Josh Ritter
Tim Robbins
Sherman Robertson
The Roots
Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys
Leon Russell
Joe Satriani
The Sheepdogs
Shpongle
Sierra Maestra
Skrillex
Smokin’ Joe Kubek And Bnois King
Soundgarden
Spam Allstars
Paul Thorn
Tegan And Sara
The Tea Party
Theory Of A Deadman
Three Days Grace
The Tragically Hip
Trampled By Turtles
The Twisters
M. Ward
Wicked Grin
Winter Gloves
Yukon Blonde
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