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Ottawa's biggest and best music festival takes place this
year from July 9-19, 2009. This year's event takes place at Lebreton
Flats & the War Museum, near downtown Ottawa.
See also: Ottawa Festivals,
Ottawa Events, Ottawa Music,
Ottawa Tourism, Ottawa
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Headliners this year include Ben Harper, k.d. lang, Ornette Coleman,
Our Lady Peace, Ani DiFranco, Blue Rodeo, Sam Roberts, Ludacris, Brian
Setzer Orchestra, Joe Cocker, and many
more.
Six stages will offer a wide variety of simultaneous music programming.
The site is licensed and features a broad range of food, drink, and
craft concessions.
The festival started in 1994 with over 5,000 people attending a Clarence
Clemons concert at Majors Hill Park. Since then, the festival has grown
to feature over a week's worth of concerts, entertaining over 200,000
fans each year.
New this year is a concert series in the Byward Market, featuring groups
like George Clinton & the P-Funk Allstars, The Proclaimers, Matt
Mays, Wintersleep, and a whole lot more.
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