OTTAWA, Ontario (CelebrityAccess) — The team behind the RBC Ottawa Bluesfest announced a lineup for the 2018 edition of the event that includes headliners Foo Fighters, Shawn Mendes, and Bryan Adams
The festival, which is set for Lebreton Flats Park for a ten-day stretch from July 5 to 15, will also feature performances from Bluesfest first-timer Beck, as well as Rise Against, Dave Matthews Band, Jethro Tull and Sturgill Simpson.
Bluesfest executive director Mark Monahan told the CBC that artist diversity was a focus this year. “That’s what I think we’ve achieved,” Monahan told the CBC.
While this year’s lineup includes many traditional rock acts, the fest’s bill also features a spate of hip-hop and electronic artists as well, including Shaggy, Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah, R&B performer Noname, Rae Sremmurd, Machine Gun Kelly, Naughty by Nature and Brockhampton.
Tickets for the 2018 RBC Ottawa Bluesfest go on sale on Feb. 16th, with pre-sale tickets available starting the day before at 10 a.m. Tickets include single-day, as well as three and five day passes, VIP tickets and full fest wristbands.
The full lineup for 2018
Foo Fighters
Dave Matthews Band
Shawn Mendes
Bryan Adams
Beck
Rae Sremmurd
Rise Against
Brett Eldredge
Three Days Grace
Sturgill Simpson
Jethro Tull
Zeds Dead
The War on Drugs
Shaggy
Colin James
Passenger
Machine Gun Kelly
The Strumbellas
Hanson
Kimbra
A.J. Croce
Jessie Reyez
Courtney Barnett
Brockhampton
Chromeo
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Oh Wonder
Ghostface Killah
Lighthouse
Naughty By Nature
M. Ward
Greta Van Fleet
Keys N Krates
Grandtheft
Yaeji
Benjamin Booker
Noname
Dear Rouge
Kodie Shane
Lauv
Beth Hart
The Spencer Lee Band
Chelsea Cutler
Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets
Larkin Poe
RL Boyce
The Julian Taylor Band
Fortunate Ones
Jupiter & Okwess
Andrew “Jr. Boy” Jones
Molly Tuttle
The Suitcase Junket
Sweet Crude
John Németh
Hat Fitz & Cara
Steve Hill
The Texas Horns
The Split
MonkeyJunk
Red Young
Liza Anne
Mr. Sipp
Bob Long III
The Lachy Doley Group
Anthony Geraci
Alanna Sterling & The Silvers
Amos the Transparent
Andrew Cassara
Andrew Waines
Animal Confession
Aspects & Rita Carter
Black Irish
Brock Zeman
Catriona Sturton
City Fidelia
Cody Coyote
Graven
Her Harbour
Hevve
Joe McDonald & The Walkin’ Hawks
Jw-Jones
Kimberly Sunstrum
Krystal Jyl and the Jacks
leMeow
Morris Obgowu
Okies
Ray Montford Group
River City Junction
Stone Age Man
TAPAS
Tara Shannon
The Angelina Hunter Trio
The Bank Street Bonbons
The PepTides
The Town Cryers
Vicki Brittle
