Ottawa's RBC Bluesfest Announces 2023 Lineup with Foo Fighters, the Smile, Shania Twain

Also featuring Alvvays, Fleet Foxes, Thundercat, Orville Peck, Sudan Archives, Tegan and Sara, and many more

RBC Ottawa Bluesfest 2023

BY Alex HudsonPublished Feb 22, 2023

Always one of the biggest festivals in the Canadian calendar, Ottawa's RBC Bluesfest has announced the artists performing at this year's event.

The festival runs for nine days in total: from July 6 to July 9, and from July 12 to July 16, at Ottawa's LeBreton Flats Park. Daily headliners include Foo Fighters, the Smile, Shania Twain, Weezer, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Charlotte Cardin, Mumford & Sons, Death Cab for Cutie and Pitbull.

Rounding out the lineup are Alvvays, Fleet Foxes, Thundercat, Orville Peck, PUP, Billy Talent, BADBADNOTGOOD, the War on Drugs, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings (with Daniel Lanois and Suzie Vinnick), Tegan and Sara, Bran Van 3000, AJR, MONOWHALES, Sudan Archives, Declan McKenna, Allison Russell, Rich Aucion, FLETCHER, Ludacris, Julia Jacklin, bbno$, Koffee, and more.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow (February 23) at 10 a.m. right here. See the full daily lineup at the festival's website.

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