Festivals

Bluesfest Day 6: El-P, Killer Mike & A Tribe Called Red

There is no better way to show my cousin from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts a good time than during Bluesfest. Zac & I arrived

Bluesfest Day 6: Weezer & Killer Mike

RBC Bluesfest Press Images, Photo: Marc Desrossier “Greetings people of Ottawa, Canada, Earth, galaxy, Milky Way. We come from the

Bluesfest Day 5: The half way point with Iconoclast, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Specials and Mother Mother

I finally saw The Specials! No offence to Iconoclast, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, and Mother Mother, who did a

Bluesfest day 4: fun., Tegan and Sara, Wu-Tang Clan and more

Mother Nature gave us one day off Saturday, but on Sunday the rain returned with a vengeance at Bluesfest. No

Bluesfest Day 3: Neko Case, Zed’s Dead, Sharon Van Etten and more

With the rain nowhere in sight and the heat blaring, day three belonged to the ladies, well mostly. I was

Bluesfest Day 2: Frank Turner, Flogging Molly, She & Him, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Zac Brown Band

Two years ago my friends from Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Marianne and Russel, drove down for Bluesfest.  That night we got poured on

Bluesfest Day 1: Jimmy Eat World, DVBBS, and The Black Keys

It’s that exciting time of year when Bluesfest is upon us, promising two weeks of music-packed evenings, rain, suffocating humidity,

Bluesfest Day 1: Alex Clare, The Cat Empire and Bahamas

The capital’s most anticipated music festival of the year has finally arrived, Bluesfest 2013 is off and running. Starting my

Bluesfest 2013 Must-See Acts: Scharf Edition

With Bluesfest kicking off tonight I thought I would share the one or two acts a day I consider must-see

ODBF Day 3: The Treasures, Kalle Mattson, The Matinée, Great Lakes Swimmers & Born Ruffians

By Joseph Mathieu My first day of the Ottawa Dragon Boats Festival was it’s third. The line-up alone would have