Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest Preliminary Line-up Announcement Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest organizers today announced that the following artists and many more will be performing at this year’s Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest, which will span 11 days (July 3 – 13) and feature six stages. Also this year, CBC Radio will record several concerts for national broadcast on a Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest special during Canada Live’s summer season. James Taylor Steely Dan The Tragically Hip Feist Wyclef Jean The Black Crowes Fergie Widespread Panic Brian Wilson Great Big Sea Boz Scaggs Three Days Grace TV on the Radio Akon Primus Zappa Plays Zappa Taj Mahal Lucinda Williams Donna Summer Plain White T's Richard Thompson Matthew Good and His Band Don McLean Keb' Mo' Robert Randolph and the Family Band Theory of a Dead Man Blind Boys of Alabama Joan Armatrading Jakob Dylan Dr. John Canned Heat The Secret Machines Corb Lund Metric Calexico Sean Kingston The Weakerthans The Wailers Johnny Winter Cassandra Wilson Kathleen Edwards Adrian Belew Bettye LaVette Shelby Lynne Wintersleep Allen Toussaint Sam Roberts Band Ray Davies Martha Wainwright Master Musicians of Jajouka Tony D JW-Jones Shawn Tavernier Jose Gonzalez Michael Jerome Browne Fiftymen Amanda Rheaume Ball & Chain & The Wreckers Jim Bryson The Hammerheads Alexis O'Hara Budos Band Ana Muira Cooper Brothers Quarter Life Steve Marriner Watters Brothers Rebellion Royal Wood Lindsay Ferguson Samuel James Jeff Rogers Evil Farm Children Anders Drerup Kid Beyond Guy Forsyth Guitar Shorty Roxanne Potvin Orchestra Baobab Sonny Landreth Guy Davis Seun Kuti Dave Bidini Band Christine Fellows Trevor Alguire Anders Osborne Samuel James Harper Angelique Kidjo Back Door Slam Justin Rutledge Jon Amor Michael Burks Chuck Prophet Eric Eggleston Brothers Chaffey Theory of a Dead Man NQ Arbuckle Nick Moss & The Flip Tops Crooked Still Ladytron JJ Grey & Mofro Lil' Brian Terry & the Zydeco Travelers Becky Abbott Hayden Luke Doucet Jenn Grant Guy Forsyth Krueger Brothers Elliot Brood The Holmes Brothers Nation Beat Tom Wilson Otis Taylor Band The Super Fantastics Don Vappie The Bluerunners Pappy Johns Band Digging Roots with Hoop Dancer Jill Buckshot Sandy Schofield Billy Joe Green Mumbo Jumbo Voodoo Combo The Sauce Boss Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets That 1 Guy David Maxwell Justin Nozuka Terry Gillespie Hollerado Infected Mushroom James Blood Ulmer Terry Evans The Acorn HiLoTrons L'il Ed & The Blues Imperials Hamell on Trial Bryan Lee & the Blues Power Band Chuck Prophet Catherine Russell Federico Aubele Frank Vignola Rachid Taha Becky Abbott Pierre Bensusan Jully Black Born Ruffians Jason Collett Lil' Dave Thompson Tokyo Police Club The Most Serene Republic Dorit Chrysler Jason Ricci & New Blood Stars Eric Eggleston John Nemeth John Allaire Harry Manx & Kevin Breit Lurrie Bell Nappy Brown Walter Trout Rozasia Hayden Bernard Allison Sadie Hell Ben Cooper Plants and Animals Lurrie Bell Melissa Ferrick Eli 'Paperboy' Reed Three Days Grace The Dynamites Brights Brothers Chaffey Acres Nikkii Yanofsky Balkan Beat Box Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys The Love Machine Jesse Stewart If Then Do Shelby Lynne Ryan Montbleu Band World Gospel Jam with Canton Jones Sharon Riley & Faith Chorale Sonz of Thunder Danny Eason God’s Plan Ministry New World Son, and Shirley Ceasar John Kilduff Porkbelly Futures Red Volkaert with Cindy Cashdollar Shakura Gina Sicilia Blues in the Schools Performance Jam Clinic John Henrys Grupo Fantasma The Bush Pilots Stars Rozasia Debbie Davies Harrison Kennedy Trevor James and Perfect Gentlemen Lance Anderson Nihilist Spasm Band Baobab Tree and Akpokli Mr Something Something Jetplanes of Abraham Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest 2008Site Information The Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest will celebrate its 15th edition in 2008 with a spectacular explosion of blues, gospel, roots, world and popular music. The festival will span 11 days, from July 3 to July 13 and feature multiple stages in a number of locations at LeBreton Flats Park and the Canadian War Museum. The Bluesfest site will again feature two stages on the NCC grounds in front of the Canadian War Museum, with four other outdoor stages bordered by the Ottawa River and the War Museum. Additional performances will also be staged in the Barney Danson Theatre inside the War Museum. With the close proximity of the Booth Street transit way , which is a hub for bus transportation, the many bike paths that lead to this area, and vacant neighbourhood parking lots (due to the festival’s evening and weekend schedule) getting to this year’s event should be green and easy. 2008 BLUESFEST STAGES This year’s festival site in downtown Ottawa brings with it a few changes, including the addition of a new ROOTS Stage: The Bank of America Stage (formerly the MBNA Stage)will be located in the heart of the festival site at LeBreton Flats and feature internationally renowned headliners. The Rogers Stage will feature such an impressive array of performers that it could be considered a festival unto itself. Within view of the Bank of America Stage, the Rogers Stage will share a capacity of 30,000—crowd-surfing, anyone? The Blacksheep Stage - Offering an eclectic combination of music including: blues, funk, indie, pop, rock, world and more! The River Stage - Located on the west side of the festival site, this stage will offer something for everyone—from punk to funk, indie to rock and so much more, there’ll be a whole lot of shakin’ goin’ on! The Roots Stage - Festival organizers will introduce a major new stage in 2008, featuring a broad range of “Roots†music performed by world-renown artists . . . and some of the best Gospel acts on the planet! Come and enjoy!