The 20th Annual Ottawa Bluesfest | July 4th-14th, 2013

Ottawa Bluesfest 2013 – July 4-14


RBC Bluesfest organizers
today announced the line-up for the 20th edition of one of Canada’s
most popular and long-standing music festivals. This year, the event
will include 10 days of programming between July 4 and 14. Festival
organizers are offering a dynamic festival experience for what Billboard
Magazine has ranked as one of the top-10 music festivals in the world.

“Over
the years, we’ve built a solid reputation for world-class programming, ”
says the festival’s executive/programming director Mark Monahan. “We
consider this year’s line-up to be one of the best of any across North
America—it reaches out to a wide-ranging demographic with cutting edge
performances as well as festival favourites.”

Confirmed RBC Bluesfest acts to-date include:

B.B. King
Dixie Chicks
Wu-Tang Clan
RUSH
Fun.
Zac Brown Band
The Tragically Hip
Skrillex Full Flex Express Tour
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Tegan and Sara
Great Big Sea
Weezer
Belle & Sebastian
Grand Funk Railroad
Baauer
Animal Collective
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Passion Pit
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
She & Him
Alex Clare
Fitz & the Tantrums
Neko Case
Adventure Club
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters
Marianas Trench
Solange
LP
Killer Mike
El-P
Sharon Van Etten
Stars
Eric Burdon
Matthew Good
Flogging Molly
A Tribe Called Red
The Cat Empire
Balkan Beat Box
Alejandro Escovedo
Los Lonely Boys
Mother Mother
Atlas Genius
Mississippi Heat
Zeds Dead
The Joy Formidable
Amadou & Mariam
Blue King Brown
Femi Kuti
Hunter Hayes
Tommy Trash
Garland Jeffreys
Blues Broads
Dawes
The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer
Los Lobos
Ra Ra Riot
Sonny Rhodes
Frank Turner
Justin Townes Earle
Cactus
Camera Obscura
Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Diamond Rings
Eddie Shaw
Mitch Ryder
The Dunwells
The Knocks
Bahamas
Jon Cleary
Cold Specks
John Smith
Joe Robinson
W.C. Clark
plus many more to be announced in the weeks ahead.

The festival site at LeBreton Flats Park offers a wide variety of food
and merchandise concessions and is fully licensed. Tickets will become
available on-line, to the general public, at capitaltickets.ca on
Thursday, February 28 at 10 a.m.

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