Bluesfest line-up announced; pre-sale starts Thursday, March 26

For immediate release: ** What ** : RBC Bluesfest Line-up Confirmation ** Where ** : www.ottawabluesfest.ca ** When ** : Monday, March 23 ** How ** : Pre-sale at

10 a.m.

Thursday, March 26: http://2015rbcbluesfest.frontgatetickets.com/ NEWS RELEASE

RBC Bluesfest announces 2015 line-up

Ottawa,

March 23, 2015

— RBC Bluesfest organizers today announced the initial line-up for their 2015 program. Confirmed acts to date include: Alvvays; Al Wood and the Woodsmen; Antibalas; Arkells; Bahamas; Bella Cat; BlakDenim; Black Mountain; Blue Rodeo; Blues & Company; Bluestone & the Memphis Moonshine; Bobby Bazini; Bosveld; Brandon Allan; Brantley Gilbert; Brea Lawrenson Band; Buck N' Nice; Canned Heat; Chance the Rapper; Charles Bradley; Chvrches; Current Swell; Dallas Smith; De La Soul; Deep Purple; Donovan Woods; Drew Nelson; Dropkick Murphys; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros; Failure; Family of the Year; FET.NAT; Flight Distance; Francesco Yates; FULL FLEX EXPRESS with Jack Ü featuring Diplo and Skrillex; Future Islands; G-Eazy; G.Grand; Gold and Marrow; Grime Kings; Hamish Anderson; Hat Fitz & Cara; Hawksley Workman; Hedley; HILOTRONS; Hoodie Allen; Iggy Azalea; Ilan Bluestone; Interpol; Jason Aldean; Joe Gaspar Band; John Butler Trio; Johnny Reid; Juan De Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars; Jungle By Night; Kaleigh Watts; Keith Urban; K.I.D.; Kira Isabella; Langhorne Slim & the Law; Little Big Town; Logic; Lowell; Lowrider Band; Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real; Lurrie Bell; Lynne Hanson and The Good Intentions; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Marianas Trench; METZ; Milky Chance; MonkeyJunk; Mother Mother; Musk Ox; Myers Brothers Band; New Swears; Nick Moss; Nick Sherman; Operators; Parker Millsap; Paul Oakenfold; Pony Girl; Porter Robinson; Purity Ring; Richard Thompson; Rick Vito & The Lucky Devils with special guest Reese Wynans; River City Junction; Robyn Hitchcock; Ronnie Baker Brooks; Run the Jewels; Saint Clare; Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown; Scott Helman; Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts; Shakey Graves; Silvergun & Spleen; Simple Plan; Skylar Spence; Tara Holloway; The 24th Street Wailers; The Black Lips; The Bros. Landreth; The Gaslight Anthem; The Glorious Sons; The Growlers; The Haig; The Jivewires; The Kinsey Report; The Lucas Haneman Express; The OBGMs; The Reverb Syndicate; The Tea Party; The Tragically Hip; The Visit; The Yips; Thrifty Kids; TJ Wheeler; Tribal Seeds; Walter Trout; “Weird Al” Yankovic; Willie Nile; and Winchester Warm.

“The RBC Bluesfest is one of the most well-rounded music experiences of the summer,” says the festival’s executive and artistic director Mark Monahan. “As fans have come to expect, we will once again be offering unprecedented value and variety.” Early Bird passes—based on available quantities—will go on sale beginning at

10 a.m.

Thursday, March 26

.

RBC Bluesfest runs from

July 8 to 19

. The festival site at LeBreton Flats Park offers a wide variety of food and merchandise concessions and is fully licensed.  Check out: www.ottawabluesfest.ca for more to come in the weeks ahead.