#bluesfest #festivals #music

The complete Bluesfest line-up (so far) for 2011 (UPDATE)

_ (Originally published April 26, most recently updated June 28) _ * [ Just For Laughs Comedy Line-Up ](http://ottawastart.com/bluesfest-adds-just-for-laughs-comedy-line-up/) * A Perfect Circle * Alex Cuba * Al Wood & the Woodsmen * Alberta Cross * Alex Cuba * Alyssa Reid * Amanda Rheaume * Amos the Transparent * Ana Miura * Andrew Jr Boy Jones * Arkells * Arms of the Girl * Ashley Newall Band * Autumn's Canon * Baloji * Be in the Band * Bedouin Soundclash * Ben Cooper Band * Ben Harper * Big Jeezus Truck * Big Sam's Funky Nation * Billy Talent * Blackie and the ROdeo Kings * Blue King Brown * Blue Rodeo * Blues in the Schools Performance * Bluestone * Bootsy Collins * BRAIDS * Brock Zeman * Brooks Family Blues Dynasty * Brothers Chaffey * Buck 65 * Buddy Guy w/ Quinn Sullivan * Cage the Elephant * Callers * Cancer Bats * Cavaliers * Chali 2na * Cheap Trick * Classified * Coheed & Cambria * Colin Linden * Court Yard Hounds * Cuff the Duke * Currents * Dana Fuchs * Danny Michel y Los Hombres Malos * David Clayton-Thomas * Dawes * Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers * Death Cab for Cutie * Death from Above 1979 * Dennis Coffey * Derrick Miller * Diamond Rings * Doll * Down in Ashes * Dropkick Murphys * Eamon McGrath * Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros * Elage Mbaye * Erykah Badu * Final Flash * Folklore Urbana Orchestra * Full Tipped Sleeve * G. ...

#garbage & recycling #tools

Cool tool: Downloadable garbage/recycling collection calendars

[ ![Garbage Day](/legacy/00772.jpg) ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/5751735759/) I'm sure some of this stuff could have been recycled. Photo by [ Zhu ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/5751735759/) . Saw this recently on Shawn Hooper’s blog : As my contribution to 2010′s Open Data Ottawa Hackfest, I converted the City of Ottawa’s Garbage Collection Calendar into a open format (iCalendar) so that the schedule could be used for purposes like being imported into your favourite calendaring application such as MS Outlook, Google Calendar, or even your smartphone. ...

#concerts #festivals #folk #music

Here's the 2011 Ottawa Folk Festival line-up

The Ottawa Folk Festival line-up is out! Here’s who’s performing so far: 1. [ Anaïs Mitchell ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=49) 2. [ Anders Drerup & Kelly Prescott ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=47) 3. [ Basia Bulat ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=27) 4. [ Bright Eyes ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=21) 5. [ Bruce Hornsby & The Noise Makers ](http://ottawafolk. ...