![Ottawa Bluesfest headliner Mötley Crüe rock out on the RBC Stage on July 13, 2024. [Photo by Alexa MacKie/The Charlatan]](https://charlatan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_5937_720-218x150.jpg "Review of Bluesfest Day Nine: Crowds rock ’n’ roll and rage on")
Review of Bluesfest Day Nine: Crowds rock ’n’ roll and rage on
In the near 30 C weather, Bluesfest attendees donned sunglasses and baseball caps to protect themselves from the heat on the festival’s ninth day....
![Ottawa Bluesfest headliner Tyler Childers strums his guitar on July 12, 2024. [Photo by Sean Sisk via Bluesfest]](https://charlatan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tyler-Sean-218x150.png "Review of Bluesfest Day Eight: Folk, fellowship and community")
Review of Bluesfest Day Eight: Folk, fellowship and community
“Fellowship.” The word was plastered on the screens beside the RBC Stage during Tyler Childers’ set at Ottawa Bluesfest, perfectly encapsulating the day.
The sun...
![The Offspring lead guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman plays the guitar at Ottawa Bluesfest on July 11, 2024. [Photo by Sean Sisk via Bluesfest]](https://charlatan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Noodles-218x150.jpg "Review of Bluesfest Day Seven: A night of mud, moshing and music")
Review of Bluesfest Day Seven: A night of mud, moshing and music
Despite the morning’s torrential downpour, the rain let up just long enough for thousands to enjoy the seventh day of Ottawa Bluesfest.
Neil Young and...
![Ottawa Bluesfest headliner Zac Brown Band performs on July 10, 2024. [Photo by Greg Kolz via Bluesfest]](https://charlatan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Zac-Band-1-218x150.jpg "Review of Bluesfest Day Six: Cowboy hats, ponchos and cold beers")
Review of Bluesfest Day Six: Cowboy hats, ponchos and cold beers
Music fans of all ages gathered to stomp their cowboy boots around in the mud for Ottawa Bluesfest day six.
Despite the looming threat of...
![Ottawa Bluesfest headliner Jelly Roll takes in the size of the crowd on July 9, 2024. [Photo Greg Kolz via Bluesfest]](https://charlatan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Jelly-grateful-218x150.jpg "Review of Bluesfest Day Five: A genre-bending night of rising stars")
Review of Bluesfest Day Five: A genre-bending night of rising stars
There is nothing better than a great surprise, and that’s what Ottawa Bluesfest’s fifth night was.
The July 9 date wasn’t originally part of the...
