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| Ottawa Bluesfest 2013 - July 4-14 RBC Bluesfest organizers today announced the line-up for the 20th edition of one of Canada's most popular and long-standing music festivals. This year, the event will include 10 days of programming between July 4 and 14. Festival organizers are offering a dynamic festival experience for what Billboard Magazine has ranked as one of the top-10 music festivals in the world. "Over the years, we've built a solid reputation for world-class programming, " says the festival's executive/programming director Mark Monahan. "We consider this year's line-up to be one of the best of any across North America—it reaches out to a wide-ranging demographic with cutting edge performances as well as festival favourites." Confirmed RBC Bluesfest acts to-date include: B.B. King Dixie Chicks Wu-Tang Clan RUSH Fun. Zac Brown Band The Tragically Hip Skrillex Full Flex Express Tour Kenny Wayne Shepherd Tegan and Sara Great Big Sea Weezer Belle & Sebastian Grand Funk Railroad Baauer Animal Collective Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Passion Pit Grace Potter & the Nocturnals She & Him Alex Clare Fitz & the Tantrums Neko Case Adventure Club Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters Marianas Trench Solange LP Killer Mike El-P Sharon Van Etten Stars Eric Burdon Matthew Good Flogging Molly A Tribe Called Red The Cat Empire Balkan Beat Box Alejandro Escovedo Los Lonely Boys Mother Mother Atlas Genius Mississippi Heat Zeds Dead The Joy Formidable Amadou & Mariam Blue King Brown Femi Kuti Hunter Hayes Tommy Trash Garland Jeffreys Blues Broads Dawes The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer Los Lobos Ra Ra Riot Sonny Rhodes Frank Turner Justin Townes Earle Cactus Camera Obscura Benjamin Francis Leftwich Diamond Rings Eddie Shaw Mitch Ryder The Dunwells The Knocks Bahamas Jon Cleary Cold Specks John Smith Joe Robinson W.C. Clark plus many more to be announced in the weeks ahead. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Jazz News :: home page |