Thirty years and counting . . . Ottawa Bluesfest announces star-studded lineup for 2024

Ottawa Bluesfest organizers are happy to be celebrating their 30

th

anniversary this summer, and today announced a star-studded lineup worthy of the occasion. Headliners on the RBC Stage include (July 4) –

Mother Mother

; (July 5) –

Nickelback

; (July 6) –

50 Cent

; (July 7) –

Maroon 5

; (July 10) –

Zac Brown Band

; (July 11) –

Neil Young Crazy Horse

; (July 12) –

Tyler Childers

; (July 13) –

Mötley Crüe

; and (July 14) –

Nas

. "As an internationally recognized event attracting hundreds of thousands of fans, we pride ourselves in presenting a broad and diverse lineup,” says the festival's executive and artistic director Mark Monahan. A few programming highlights—along with hundreds of other top-notch acts on multiple stages— include Noah Cyrus; Charley Crockett; Blue Moon Marquee; Jon Muq; Medicine Singers ft. Lee Ranaldo, Yonatan Gat & Zoon; Priyanka; Blues Harp Blow-Off featuring Jerry Portnoy, Annie Raines, and Steve Marriner; Ben Howard; Chelsea Cutler. The festival will run from

July 4 to Sunday, July 7

and from

Wednesday, July 10 to Sunday, July 14

.

Who’s playing when:

(July 4)

Mother Mother

; Orville Peck; Tokyo Police Club; Leith Ross; The Dip, Priyanka; Campbell & Johnston; Country Club Pool Boy; Funeral Lakes; LH Express; OK Naledi; Sandra Bouza; MELO-T (July 5)

Nickelback

; Warren Zeiders; Noah Cyrus; Ziggy Alberts; Bywater Call; Aleksi Campagne; Danielle Allard; Jaclyn Kenyon; May Davis; Mia Kelly; The Artichoke Hearts; MELO-T (July 6)

50 Cent

; Mt. Joy; Killer Mike; Shred Kelly; Etran De L’Aïr; Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers; City Fidelia; Hopper; Lynne Hanson; Nice On; Turbo Street Funk; MELO-T (July 7)

Maroon 5

; Future Islands; Chelsea Cutler; Pokey LaFarge; Blue Moon Marquee; Hussy Hicks; ALAMUSIC; Cinzia & The Eclipse; Brooke Blackburn; FOG Blues & Brass Band (July 10)

Zac Brown Band

; Charley Crockett; Matthew Good; Medicine Singers ft. Lee Ranaldo, Yonatan Gat & Zoon; Texas King; Jon Muq; Nicolette & The Nobodies; Caroline Jones; Blackburn Brothers; ALAMUSIC; Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin; Yarro (July 11)

Neil Young Crazy Horse

; Josh Ross; Corb Lund; Steph Strings; Chambers DesLauriers; ALAMUSIC; Alexa Goldie; Jessica Pearson and The East Wind; John Allaire and The Campistas; Kaya Fraser; Merle Marlow Band (July 12)

Tyler Childers

; Bahamas; TALK; Jerry Portnoy; Bombino; Annie Raines & Paul Rishell; Brittany Kennell; Empress Nyiringango; Raphael Weinroth-Browne; summersets; Wild Remedy; DJ Eazy EL Dee (July 13)

Mötley Crüe

; The Tea Party; JJ Wilde; Garret T. Willie; TJ Wheeler; Sean Pinchin; Tony D Band; Blues Harp Blow-Off; DJ Eazy EL Dee (July 14)

Nas

; Ben Howard; Geneviève Racette; Le Winston Band; JW Jones; DJ Eazy EL Dee; Training Season

Where

: The festival will take place at LeBreton Flats Park in Ottawa and is fully licensed.

TICKETS

: https://ottawabluesfest.frontgatetickets.com/ One-Day Presale starts Friday, March 1, from 10 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. ET Full on sale date is Saturday, March 2 at 10 a.m. ET. All ticket types will be on sale. For more on the Ottawa Bluesfest, go to www.ottawabluesfest.ca