Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest organizers have announced the line-up for the 2010 edition of the festival. This year, scheduling will run from Tuesday, July 6 through Sunday, July 11 (Monday will be an off-day for fans and organizers to re-charge their batteries) and re-commence Tuesday, July 13 through Sunday, July 18. Festival organizers are expecting another year of great attendance while offering a dynamic festival experience, for what Billboard Magazine has ranked as one of the top-10 festivals in the world.
Confirmed Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest acts to-date include:
Alexisonfire;
Anders Osborne & Johnny Sansone;
Andrew Bird;
AfroReggae;
Arcade Fire;
Aterciopelados;
B-52s;
Babe Ruth;
Basia Bulat;
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba;
Bear in Heaven;
Big Jeezus Truck;
Big Soul Project featuring Roxanne Goodman;
Bill 'Sauce Boss' Wharton;
Bjorn Berg;
Blonde Redhead;
Campbell Brothers;
Caravan Palace;
Carolyn Wonderland;
The Cat Empire;
Champion and His G-Strings;
Charlie Winston;
Coolooloosh;
Crowded House;
Culture Reject;
Curtis Salgado;
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band;
Down With Webster;
Drake;
Dream Theatre;
Eamon McGrath;
Elvis Perkins;
Ethiopique;
Faber Drive;
Foghat;
Furthur featuring Phil Lesh & Bob Weir;
Garaga;
Gipsy Kings;
GOOD2GO;
Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles;
Great Big Sea;
Great Lake Swimmers;
Group 1 Crew;
Grupo Fantasma;
Iron Maiden;
James Hunter;
Jimmy Cliff;
Joan Jett;
Joe Krown Trio with Walter Wolfman Washington & Russell Batiste;
John Butler Trio;
John Hiatt;
John Kilduff;
Keith Urban;
Ken Workman & the Union;
Kevin Costner and Modern West;
Kings Go Forth;
Konono No. 1;
Lady Tramaine Hawkins;
Laurent Bourque;
Levon Helm;
LIGHTS;
Loudlove;
Lukas Nelson;
Marc Cohn;
Marcia Ball & The Voice of The Wetlands All Stars featuring Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Johnny Sansone, Waylon Thibodeaux, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux;
Marianas Trench;
Martin Sexton;
Matt Andersen;
Matthew Good;
Matt Schofield;
Metric;
Moneen;
Monster Mike Welch;
NEWWORLDSON;
Nicolas Collins;
Occidental Brothers;
Octoberman;
Ozomatli;
Passion Pit;
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines;
Planet Smashers;
Renaissance;
Richie Righteous;
River City Junction;
Robert Farrell Band;
Robert Randolph & the Family Band;
Roger Hodgson;
Ronnie Baker Brooks;
Roy Rogers & The Delta River Kings;
Rosanne Cash;
The Rural Alberta Advantage;
Rush;
Ryan Montbleau Band;
Santana;
Septentrional d'Haiti;
Slyde;
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes;
Staff Benda Bilili;
Steel Pulse;
Steve Dawson’s Mississippi Sheiks Project;
Steve Hackett;
Steve Winwood;
That 1 Guy;
That’s the Spirit;
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience;
The Aggrolites;
The Budos Band;
The Constellations;
The Ethics;
The Flaming Lips;
The Hold Steady;
The Lost Fingers;
The Love Machine;
The Mohawk Lodge;
The Moody Blues;
The Musical Box;
The Swell Season;
The White Wires;
Timber Timbre;
TJ Wheeler;
Tommy Castro;
Too Slim and The Taildraggers;
Trevor Hall;
Tye Tribbett;
We Are Wolves;
Weezer;
Woodhands;
Yatkha,
with more to be announced.
http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca/ for more details!
geez i love that festival...everytime i try to drive there tho something bad happens :( last time i won two sets of tix from Kiss FM and my car broke down a block away from the venue....i never cursed so much then i did then.
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