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Have you rebooted it?

Perhaps that can be the mission statement for the music festival you organize.

If Bluesfest banned law chairs, and someone somehow brought in a lawn chair, Bluesfest could eject them from the site. They could probably rip up the ticket too. They'd likely just firmly ask the patron to check the chair at coat check in the museum for the rest of the day and not bring it tomorrow. For smokers, same thing - they can eject the patron and likely take away the ticket, but I think that's a bit heavy-handed for the first year unless it's a repeat offender or the person's being a dick about it.

They're easier to smoke.

And The Specials

Björk added!!! Awesome.

It would have nothing to so with the bylaw since, as you write, It's not city land. My non-lawyer opinion on this would be it's their site for the duration, ticket holders agree to abide by certain rules, etc etc...

De La Soul is a headliner? I bet they fondly remember their Ottawa show at Massey Park where 7 people paid to see them. What a disaster that was. They played the show though.

Apparently another headliner will be announced after 4:30 on All In A Day.

Paper tickets for an extra $55. Worth it, if not planning to go every day? Also, Camp Radio is my fav local band so glad they are on the bill. Always a good show.

So far Amadou & Miriam are at the top of my list. Haven't seen Neko Case in a while either. I really like the Killer Mike album but live hip-hop is so hit and miss that I'm not getting my hopes up.

Where's the quote from? I'm underwhelmed with the announcement but at least the price is low.

It might be an early bird ticket war between jazzfest and Bluesfest. Regarding PJ - all they gotta do to go back on that is say something about overwhelming demand, love for the fans, etc. I'm sure London is sold out so nobody would care if they played ottawa too. Although they might have been telling the truth too. I wouldn't be surprised either way.

I'd love PJ too but not sure if it'll happen as they've stated that the London show is their only Canadian show of the year. Of course there are many easy ways to go back on that statement with little harm. But they still said that. I'd believe the Taylor Swift thing, especially in light of her headlining that cancelled Hoedown here last year. Great PR and a huge "get" for both her and Bluesfest.

To start, it's tomorrow not today. A few details in the Citizen story copied below. Looks like headliners will be announced, maybe not full lineup though?

They've said they are adding new acts each Monday.

According to the artistic director of the festival (Monahan), yes. He posted that on Twitter this morning.

Lineup to be released Wednesday.

Lineup is pretty great so far

Belle and Sebastian confirmed for Bluesfest on their website.

One of the beat writers wrote that Michalek was also hurt last night, but didn't provide any details / prognosis.

They're saving many more people from enduring those bands.

I'm completely smitten with the Beau's WinterBrewed Coffee-Amber. I don't like coffee and I usually don't like ambers / porters, but this is so good and I can't explain why I like it so much. One of the best beers I've had in a long time.

Yeah, it's a boneheaded move by the ticket staff. Anyone can buy a ticket and cheer for whoever they want. If I buy a ticket, I can re-sell it to whoever I want (assuming I'm not scalping, etc). So dumb. Although they are attracting a lot of free PR, so maybe not totally dumb......

While he has drummed with so many awesome bands (super friendz, emergency, etc), he also has a pretty great solo record that I'd recommend too.