![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...
![Ottawa Bluesfest headliner Maroon 5 performs on July 7, 2024. [Photo by Greg Kolz via Bluesfest]](https://charlatan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Maroon-218x150.jpg "Review of Bluesfest Day Four: ‘Embrace the sweat!’")
Review of Bluesfest Day Four: ‘Embrace the sweat!’
With the heat and humidity high, music lovers crammed into LeBreton Flats to keep cool on Bluesfest day four.
A star-studded lineup of Carly Rae...
![Ottawa Bluesfest headliner 50 Cent raps and ignites the crowd on July 6, 2024. [Photo by Darren Tran/The Charlatan]](https://charlatan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/0-2-218x150.jpg "Review of Bluesfest Day Three: Fiery crowds roar on despite rain")
Review of Bluesfest Day Three: Fiery crowds roar on despite rain
If the roiling grey storm clouds in the distance threatened to put a damper on the night, Bluesfest day three attendees were ready for...
Review: Is AI the equivalent to a nuclear-level threat? McKee’s ‘Uncontrollable’ might have the...
“No other living thing in the history of all life on Earth can bake cookies.”
Though this seems an odd expression of intelligence, Darren McKee’s...
![Noah Cyrus bewitches the River Stage on day two of Ottawa Bluesfest. [Photo by Sadeen Mohsen/The Charlatan]](https://charlatan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/New-Noah-218x150.jpg "Review of Bluesfest Day Two: A night of soulful rhythms")
Review of Bluesfest Day Two: A night of soulful rhythms
An array of cowboy boots and denim flooded LeBreton Flats for a successful second day of performances at Ottawa Bluesfest.
Despite the near 30 C...
