bouche Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca/ Pre-sale at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 26http://2015rbcbluesfest.frontgatetickets.com/ Alvvays Al Wood and the Woodsmen Antibalas Arkells Bahamas Bella Cat BlakDenim Black Mountain Blue Rodeo Blues & Company Bluestone & the Memphis Moonshine Bobby Bazini Bosveld Brandon Allan Brantley Gilbert Brea Lawrenson Band Buck N' Nice Canned Heat Chance the Rapper Charles Bradley Chvrches Current Swell Dallas Smith De La Soul Deep Purple Donovan Woods Drew Nelson Dropkick Murphys Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros Failure Family of the Year FET.NAT Flight Distance Francesco Yates FULL FLEX EXPRESS with Jack Ü featuring Diplo and Skrillex Future Islands G-Eazy G.Grand Gold and Marrow Grime Kings Hamish Anderson Hat Fitz & Cara Hawksley Workman Hedley HILOTRONS Hoodie Allen Iggy Azalea Ilan Bluestone Interpol Jason Aldean Joe Gaspar Band John Butler Trio Johnny Reid Juan De Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars Jungle By Night Kaleigh Watts Keith Urban K.I.D. Kira Isabella Langhorne Slim & the Law Little Big Town Logic Lowell Lowrider Band Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Lurrie Bell Lynne Hanson and The Good Intentions Lynyrd Skynyrd Marianas Trench METZ Milky Chance MonkeyJunk Mother Mother Musk Ox Myers Brothers Band New Swears Nick Moss Nick Sherman Operators Parker Millsap Paul Oakenfold Pony Girl Porter Robinson Purity Ring Richard Thompson Rick Vito & The Lucky Devils with special guest Reese Wynans River City Junction Robyn Hitchcock Ronnie Baker Brooks Run the Jewels Saint Clare Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown Scott Helman Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts Shakey Graves Silvergun & Spleen Simple Plan Skylar Spence Tara Holloway The 24th Street Wailers The Black Lips The Bros. Landreth The Gaslight Anthem The Glorious Sons The Growlers The Haig The Jivewires The Kinsey Report The Lucas Haneman Express The OBGMs The Reverb Syndicate The Tea Party The Tragically Hip The Visit The Yips Thrifty Kids TJ Wheeler Tribal Seeds Walter Trout “Weird Al” Yankovic Willie NileWinchester Warm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Shouldn't be too many conflicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 I am whelmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Feels like "our time" has come and gone. ah well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Low Roller Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 My first impression is that the line-up seems to be missing some heavyweight names to headline the festival. But there are definitely some interesting bands on the list to make this a worthwhile event. I posted an article on the blog portion of this site, so head over there to read my thoughts and drive up the traffic in that section so that Bouche can pay the bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 thanks for the recommendations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Thanks Mark, that is one more thing to cross off of my "Things I really miss about Ottawa" list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 I think there's at least one big headliner to be announced. The lineup is too light. Might as well scale the festival down a bit otherwise. Still hoping for Foo Fighters - not a huge fan but would go see them for sure. Big rock show on a summer night, why not. Also heard Monahan on the radio this morning talking about how the exchange rate really affected things this year and with all the new festivals the going rate for artists is going up very fast. Kinda makes one wonder (rhetorically) why 11 days of programming is needed (to get as much $$ from customers as possible) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Because ego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Still have my (sticky) fingers crossed for a Rolling Stones announcement on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 I wouldn't be surprised to see him pack it in over the next couple of years. He has climbed to the peak and has nothing left to accomplish. That coupled with the total overabundance of festivals must make this very frustrating for him. I do think however that his statement about the exchange rate is a bit boo hoo, he has been running a festival for nearly 2 decades (ok I will give him the benefit of the doubt that it has been less than a decade of superstar programming) during which currency exchange has been predictably unpredictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic ChrisC Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Their web site has been hacked. Poor Bluesfest...their bad lineup (ok, edit, so I sound nicer: not-so-interesting-to-me lineup) was leaked early and now their site is hacked. Maybe all this is a PR stunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bouche Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Their web site has been hacked. Poor Bluesfest...their bad lineup was leaked early and now their site is hacked. Maybe all this is a PR stunt. What happened? I missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic ChrisC Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 OK so now their web site URL just leads to their Facebook page. The web site was hacked by I can't remember who now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic ChrisC Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 If the Stones play in Ottawa, it would probably be at TD Place, no? And with outrageous prices like the AC/DC show that I'm not going to because tickets are too expensive and since I want only to be in good seats for that show, I got discouraged by that policy many shows now have...this one is first 15 rows, get in with credit card and ID only...can't sell tickets if you end up not being able to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 found it on the reddit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic ChrisC Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 haha, there ya go. I don't go on reddit often enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 ollie prollie goes there enough to cover both of you! ( looooove yooou, ollie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 The initial lineup is usually light on 'must-see' acts … right? Though what AD mentions from the interview makes me think this is pretty much it. There are 120 ish acts listed afterall. 120 hours average / 11 days / 3 stages is about 4 hours / day. That's horrible math and a pretty shitty estimate I just did but it seems close to filling up the slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 just got the official email. so that is really it huh. Feels like "our time" has come and gone. ah well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic ChrisC Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 I feel strange not buying a full pass this year! Been doing that for years and I usually get the early bird price when available. But not this year for the first time in a long time. I think I'll wait to see the final schedule and maybe get a 3-day or 5-day pass if I don't decide to leave town in July instead, which would be something new to do! I like my Bluesfest summer evenings though! Well, just because I don't buy the presale doesn't mean I can't go...I don't like how they don't release all the information right now. Why can't I know now how much the 5-day pass will cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Velvet Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 All I'm gonna hit is Skynyrd and the final Fri/Sat/Sun unless I score a fest pass again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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