Performing at the 2013 RBC Bluesfest:

JULY 4

Alex Clare, Adventure Club, Grand Funk Railroad, The Cat Empire, Femi Kuti, Bahamas, Jimmy Eat World, The Black Keys
 

JULY 5

Zac Brown Band, She & Him, Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters, Flogging Molly, Garland Jeffreys, Dawes, Frank Turner, Camera Obscura, Eddie Shaw

JULY 6

Dixie Chicks, Belle & Sebastian, Fitz & The Tantrums, Neko Case, Sharon Van Etten, Zeds Dead, Amadou & Mariam, Blue King Brown, Justin Townes Earle, Cold Specks, Joe Robinson
 

JULY 7

Fun., Wu-Tang Clan, Tegan and Sara, Eric Burdon, Diamond Rings, The Joy Formidable, Hunter Hayes

JULY 8

RUSH, Baauer, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Mother Mother, The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer
 

JULY 10

Weezer, Passion Pit, Animal Collective, Marianas Trench, Killer Mike, El-P, A Tribe Called Red, Atlas Genius, The Dunwells
 

JULY 11

The Tragically Hip, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Solange, LP, Blues Broads
 

JULY 12

Great Big Sea, Matthew Good, Tommy Trash , Sonny Rhodes, Benjamin Francis Leftwich
 

JULY 13

Bjork, Stars, Mississippi Heat, Ra Ra Riot, The Knocks, John Smith, Jon Cleary
 

JULY 14

B.B. King, Skrillex Full Flex Express Tour, Alejandro Escovedo, Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos, Cactus, Mitch Ryder, W.C. Clark, Alice In Chains

Tickets on sale now via www.capitaltickets.ca.

Prices:

Adult Full Festival Wristband: $249

Youth Full Festival Wristband: $199

Limited quantities are available – buy yours before they sell out!

Prices valid until Friday at midnight or while quantities last.

Other Passes Onsale

Pick 5 Wristband – choose any 5 festival dates for $149

Pick 3 Wristband – choose any 3 festival dates for $99

Day Tickets – all 10 festival dates are available to purchase as individual single-day tickets.

Metropolitan Gold Circle Reserved Seating – all 10 festival dates available as individual tickets

Please note: Empire Grill Clubhouse Passports are not available to the general public until Saturday, 10 AM.

Check out the line-up at www.ottawabluesfest.ca

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Walking 

For walking directions to the festival, it’s best to picture a landmark. If you can see yourself in front of the Parliament buildings, imagine a short walk west on Wellington Street. This will provide a view of the Canadian War Museum, about a kilometer away. Walk toward the museum and you can’t miss the front gate and the main box office. 

Cycling in collaboration with NCC

What a beautiful way to get to the ‘fest! The festival site is bordered by the Trans-Canada Trail, a fabulous tree-lined bike path that runs through Ottawa, along the Ottawa River. RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest organizers will provide secure parking for bicycles right besidethe festival site.

www.safecycling.ca/news-and-projects/cfsc-news/304-bike-to-bluesfest-park-it-safely-with-cfsc 

Bus 

Due to the convenient proximity of the LeBreton transit station, festival organizers highly recommend the use of public transit. From Orleans to Kanata, or anywhere in between, all main east-west bus routes stop at LeBreton Flats. For more on Ottawa bus service, please visit: http://www.octranspo.com/ 

Driving

Due to the lack of parking for festival patrons on site, organizers highly recommend the use of public transit, taxis (there will be a taxi stand on site) or parking at one of the convenient locations listed below. These parking lots are all a short walk from the festival site (approx. one km from the festival site) or patrons can arrive by taxi.

Parking locations

Place de Ville, Queen and Kent (nightly rates apply)

Place du Portage, Rue Maisonneuve

Terrace de la Chaudière, Rue Eddy

The Good Companions Seniors’ Activity Centre at 670 Albert St.(directly across from Lebreton Flats) – $10 rate 

Please note the following road closures

The Ottawa River Parkway will be closed (between Booth Street and Parkdale Avenue) beginning at approximately 8 p.m., each night of the festival.

Also, Booth Street will be closed (between Scott Street and the Ottawa River Parkway) beginning at approximately 8 p.m., each night of the festival.

Policy for Pick Up & Drop Off of Disabled Persons (Para Transpo Included)

The pick-up and drop-off location for disabled patrons is on Vimy Place at the bus turnaround, located directly in front of the Canadian War Museum. You can access Vimy Place from the South bound Booth Street lane only (not from Wellington Street entrance as it will be closed). All vehicles must vacate the festival grounds once drop off has occurred.

RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest organizers highly recommend that disabled patrons be picked up in front of the museum after 11:30pm. The goal each night is to have the road re-opened by that time. If the pickup time must occur before the roads are re-opened, the alternative pickup location will become the south-bound lane of Booth Street, north of Wellington, behind the taxi stand.

*It is important to note that Bluesfest organizers highly recommended that pickup time occurs after roads have re-opened , which allows for pickup in front of the museum (around 11:30 p.m.).