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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 ...
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 ...
The Bluesfest show at LeBreton Flats Park went on after an afternoon of unsettled weather brought periods of heavy rain and ...
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 ...
If you’ve seen a cloud of bubbles floating above Ottawa Bluesfest crowds, it’s probably Michael Lalonde. It all started at a ...
His Ottawa band members have plenty of Bluesfest experience, but it’s a first for the 45-year-old bandleader. “It’s a very big deal,” he said. “It’s the biggest show I’ve played since I came to Canada ...
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 ...
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 ...