With an impressive turnout of around 30,000 passionate country enthusiasts, the festival grounds buzzed excitedly as attendees dusted off their beloved country boots and adorned themselves with fashionable cowboy hats.
Ottawa Bluesfest
What do Shania Twain, Pitbull, Death Cab for Cutie and Mumford and Sons have in common? They’re all playing Ottawa Bluesfest 2023!
Plans are already being drawn up so that the City of Ottawa can take full advantage of all the hate energy that will be generated by West’s performance.
This summer’s Bluesfest will be undergoing a radical thematic change now that event organizers are finally giving in to calls to incorporate more “blues” into the festival.
What to see and when to see it Photo by Eva Rinaldi (CC) RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest (July 3–13): According to Billboard, Bluesfest is one of the top 10 music festivals in the world. As Ottawa’s landmark summer event, music fans come together to watch countless artists from a variety of genres including country, pop, …
Living up to their slogan, “WE ARE FUN.”, the band never stopped giving it throughout the show, ending with an encore that continued even as a large part of the crowd started wandering out of the festival and towards home. Fun., visibly drenched in sweat, jammed well past 11 p.m., disregarding the city’s noise by-law and focusing solely on their audience.
If I had to guess, playing a show between Wu-Tang Clan and fun. on a rainy Sunday evening was probably never an item on Tegan and Sara’s bucket list.
