Ottawa Bluesfest

Ottawa Bluesfest
Aerial view of the 2007 Bluesfest
GenreBlues, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Latin, Pop, R&B, Rock, Electronic Dance Music
DatesJuly 10–20 (2025)
LocationsOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Years active1994–present
Attendance1,250,000 (2025, 9 days total)
Capacity117,250 (all stages combined)
Websitehttps://ottawabluesfest.ca/

The Ottawa Bluesfest (currently known as RBC Bluesfest under a naming rights sponsorship) is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. While the festival's lineup historically focused on blues music at its inception, it has increasingly showcased mainstream pop, hip-hop, reggae, rock and EDM in recent years. Bluesfest has become the second largest music festival in Canada and the fourth largest music festival in North America.