Bluesfest celebrates 25th year with eclectic lineup
Bluesfest is ringing in its 25th birthday with The Killers, Eric Church, The Offspring, Buddy Guy and more.
Backstreet Boys, CHVRCHES, Wu-Tang Clan among high-profile acts
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Brandon Flowers of The Killers, centre, performs alongside fellow band members Mark Stoermer, left, and Dave Keuning at Coachella in April 2009. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)
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Ottawa's biggest music festival is turning 25 this year, and it's celebrating with The Killers, Eric Church, The Offspring, Buddy Guy and more.
Bluesfest is happening from July 4-14, 2019, once again at LeBreton Flats.
Below is the lineup so far — other artists are expected to be added to the roster in the weeks and months ahead.
Some of the biggest names:
The Killers
Eric Church
Backstreet Boys
Kygo
Logic
Jessie Reyez
Alexisonfire
Snoop Dogg
Rapper, producer and cannabis entrepreneur Snoop Dogg has been active since the early 1990s.
Kane Brown
The Glorious Sons
CHVRCHES
First Aid Kit
Wu-Tang Clan
The Offspring
Post-hardcore rockers Alexisonfire of St. Catharines, Ont., split up years ago, but released a new single in February and recently performed in Toronto. (Darren Calabrese/Canadian Press)
Other acts:
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
Buddy Guy
America
Taking Back Sunday
Elle King
Blues legend Buddy Guy. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun Times via AP)
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Mustard
Lennon Stella
T-Pain
PUP
Colter Wall
Pussy Riot
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot performing in Boise, Idaho, in March 2018. (Otto Kitsinger/Associated Press)
Gone West Feat. Colbie Caillat
Shakey Graves
Murda Beatz
The Sheepdogs
DJ Pauly D
Charlotte Cardin
Canadian singer Charlotte Cardin performs in Bern, Switzerland, in July 2018. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
K'Naan
Matt Andersen
Nao
Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul
The Psychedelic Furs
Lou Doillon
Guided By Voices
Robert Pollard is the songwriter behind Guided By Voices, a U.S. indie band formed in the early 1980s. (Sled Island)
Pokey LaFarge
Elisapie
Busty and The Bass
James
Leikeli47
The Trews
William Prince
Yungblud
The Dirty Nil
U.S. Girls
U.S. Girls is fronted by Meghan Remy. (CBC Music)
Connan Mockasin
Ashley MacIsaac
Southern Avenue
Sue Foley
Ziggy Alberts
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar
The Devil Makes Three
Gashi
Francesco Yates
Singer-songwriter Francesco Yates performing at the Canadian Screen Awards in March 2017. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
The Sorority
The Beths
Bad Child
KALLITECHNIS
Brandon "Taz" Niederauer
Cartel Madras
This Is The Kit
Sugaray Rayford
Steve Poltz
Dawn Tyler Watson
Montreal's Kallitechnis. (CBC Arts)
Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers
Justin Saladino
Anthony Geraci
Crook The Kid
AJ Ghent
The Proven Ones
David Vest
Little Walter Tribute
Acts from closer to home:
Abby Stewart (Kingston, Ont.)
Abigail Lapell (Toronto)
After Funk (Toronto)
Area Resident (Ottawa)
BlakDenim (Ottawa)
Ottawa's BlakDenim. (Facebook)
Brea Lawrenson (Ottawa Valley)
Children of Indigo (Ottawa)
Del Hartley (Toronto)
Durham County Poets (Ormstown, Que.)
Ellie Gadzos (Ottawa)
Future States (Ottawa/Montreal)
Future States feature members from Ottawa, Montreal, Kitchener, Ont., and Whitehorse. (futurestatesband.com)
Gabrielle Goulet (Bourget, Ont.)
GARÇONS (Ottawa)
Gavin McLeod (Milton, Ont.)
HOROJO Trio (Ottawa)
Ikirezi (Ottawa)
Kelly Sloan (Ottawa Valley)
Kelly Sloan hails from the Ottawa Valley. (Rick Hererra)
Kyle Ivan (Ottawa)
Loon Choir (Ottawa)
Marie-Clo (Lefaivre, Ont.)
Melanie Brulée (Toronto)
Mia Kelly (Ottawa)
Mike McKenna Jr. (Nova Scotia)
Moonfruits (Ottawa)
Ottawa band Loon Choir. (Courtesy of the Band)
Moscow Apartment (Toronto)
No Mistakes in Space (Ottawa)
Outside I'm a Giant (Gatineau)
Rebecca Noelle (Ottawa)
Renée Landry (Ottawa)
River City Junction (Cardinal, Ont.)
Ottawa's Rebecca Noelle. (CBC)
Scary Bear Soundtrack (Ottawa)
Silent Winters (Ottawa)
The Kim Pollard Band (Napanee, Ont.)
U.N. Jefferson (Toronto)
Vi (Ottawa)
Ottawa's Scary Bear Soundtrack. (Jessica Deeks, from scarybearsoundtrack.wordpress.com)
