bluesfest

Saw this on Andrew King’s twitter feed last night and it made me laugh. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/shoulders.png) There are more (many more) Bluesfest photos from last night on Flickr . ** See also: ** Ottawa Bluesfest Guide If you liked this post, please consider subscribing to our blog via email, Twitter, Facebook or RSS. ...

Nine nights of comedy have been added to this year’s Bluesfest line-up at The Barney Danson Theatre, inside the War Museum at the Bluesfest site. ( Here’s the full music line-up this year. ) * ** [ July 5, 6, 7: ](http://www. ...

_ (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. ...

** UPDATE: ** The full Bluesfest line-up was announced on April 26. Here’s a full list of performers so far for Bluesfest 2011. It’s not quite on the same level of hockey trade rumours, but I’ve seen a few rumours recently about possible performers as Bluesfest (July 5-17, 2011 in Ottawa). ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Huey_Lewis_and_the_news_CD.jpg) Stuntman Stu , PA announcer for the Sens and morning co-host at Bob FM, is on a crusade to bring Huey Lewis and The News to Bluesfest . He’s asking fans to show their support via this Facebook page . ...

If you went to Bluesfest earlier this month, chances are on the way out you saw The Dube Brothers – the three kids who were rockin' out just beyond the main gates. Last Tuesday night, Arcade Fire dropped by for an impromptu sing-along with the brothers. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/zr2.jpg) Here’s a great pic from Aaron Sadhankar of the crowd in the Byward Market to see last night’s City and Colour show. They played a free show on the Pop Life Stage as part of Bluesfest. ...

(This post was originally published on April 21, 2010 then updated & re-published on July 2, 2010.) The complete list (so far) of performers at the 2010 edition of Bluesfest. Be sure to check out the excellent Bluesfest website or OttawaStart’s Bluesfest Guide for more info. ...

The Ottawa Citizen is doing live coverage of the KISS show at Bluesfest tonight and doing a pretty good job of conveying the atomsphere down there. They’ve got a kind of crowd-sourced-stream-of-consciousness thing going. It’s just like being there, but way quieter and a lot textier. ...

If you’re a Bluesfest fan, here are some blogs that are providing regular updates of shows - previews, reviews, photos and more. In no particular order: * [ Apartment 613 ](http://www.apt613.ca/) * [ The Big Beat ](http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bigbeat/default.aspx) * [ Ming Wu Photography ](http://www. ...