OTTAWA, Ont. – Country, rock, hip hop, electronic, and the blues; there’s something for all music fans on the long list of performers for this year’s RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest.
Obvious headliners include Rush, The Dixie Chicks, B.B. King, Weezer, Wu Tang Clan, and the Tragically Hip. The show will also include Tegan and Sara, Kenny Wayne Shepard, fun., Los Lonely Boys, Stars, Belle & Sebastian and Hunter Hayes.
While last year’s festival focused mostly on the electronica, this year seems to take a little country and blues, mix it with some rock n roll, with a twist of the electronica and you have “Take Me to the River”, this year’s theme.
There are still two headline acts to be named along with a number of other performers. Bluesfest runs from July 4 to 14 at LeBreton Flats.
Tickets go on sale through Capital Tickets on Thursday, February 28 at 10 a.m.
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Full 2013 RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest lineup:
B.B. King
Dixie Chicks
Wu-Tang Clan
RUSH
Fun.
Zac Brown Band
The Tragically Hip
Dog Blood (Skrillex)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Tegan and Sara
Great Big Sea
Weezer
Belle & Sebastian
Baauer
Animal Collective
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
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
The Cat Empire
Alejandro Escovedo
Los Lonely Boys
Mother Mother
Atlas Genius
Mississippi Heat
Zeds Dead
Joy Formidable
Amadou & Mariam
Blue King Brown
Femi Kuti
Hunter Hayes
Tommy Trash
De La Soul
Garland Jeffreys
The Blues Broads
Dawes
The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer
Los Lobos
Frank Turner
Justin Townes Earle
Cactus
Camera Obscura
Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Eddie Shaw
Mitch Ryder
The Dunwells
The Knocks
Bahamas
Cold Specks
Shovels & Rope
John Smith
Joe Robinson
