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  4. Official Ottawa Bluesfest 2010 Thread (first post contains current lineup)

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    This year's talent budget will come in at about $5 million, said Monahan, which is up about $1 million from last year. "It's hard to top every year but I would say if you look at the major festivals across North America, this lineup stands with the best of them," Monahan said. The theme is Bluesfest Goes to Hollywood, a nod to the fact that actor Kevin Costner and his band, Modern West, are booked to perform July 17.

    Monahan said the $5-million total includes the money spent on programming the Blues in the Byward offshoot festival, which will feature free outdoor concerts in the Byward Market over two weekends: July 9-11 and July 16-18. That lineup will be announced in mid-May.

    Okay so they must have a ton of cash left over for the Byward shows, this is great news!

    I was just checking out the volunteer section and found a couple cool things

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    Mill Street Pub – The Mill Street Pub will be located in the Main Bowl of the festival. The pub will offer fans a taste of specialty branding in a unique setting and pub atmosphere. The Mill Street Pub will present a broad range of draught beers that include seasonal offerings not available in bottles at the LCBO and The Beer Store. The pub will boast 5 to 7 draft taps, pub food, and big screen TVs. Pub patrons will be also be offered wine, coolers, and non-alcoholic drinks

    and this seems like a great way to get a free ticket.

    Social Media – Social Media volunteers, who will be located at various locations through the site, will be asked to tweet and blog about performances and exciting things happening at Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest.

    Title: Social Media Reps

    Duties: We are looking for social media reps to assist us with getting the word out, on various social media networks, about the exciting things happening at the festival.

    Skills: excellent interpersonal and communication skills; customer service experience; professionalism and attention to detail; social, energetic and willing to learn; courteous; polished customer service skills; ability to use discretion and tact effectively and identify appropriate messaging; ability to work independently, as well as part of a team.

    Special Requirements: 15 years of age and over; knowledge and understanding of social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Blogging, etc, willing to work in all types of weather; no drinking or smoking while on duty.

  5. Official Ottawa Bluesfest 2010 Thread (first post contains current lineup)

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    I stand corrected Ollie. Still seems weird to let the fest sit dark for a day, but maybe I'm just bitter because that is the first day of my vacation.

    Going over the list it seems that, compared to other years, they haven't really dished out the big money for acts. Now I have no clue what these acts charge or what the Bluesfest budget is but it seems scaled back. I mean who on that list would be really that expensive besides say Santana? There's lots of Canadian bands, mid tier acts and unknowns.

    I'm hoping this means they saved their dollahs for some more big names, I guess we'll see.

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