Over 100 artists set to participate in JUNOfest 2017 Ottawa

JUNOfest 2017 lineup to include over 35 JUNO nominees, such as The Strumbellas, Silla + Rise, The Dirty Nil, Whitehorse, Tasha The Amazon, Holy Fuck, Bit Funk, Cold Creek County, Exco Levi, and more

The Strumbellas at Mavericks. Photo by Scott Martin Visuals

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) today announced the artist line-up for the 2017 edition of JUNOfest, presented by CBC Music. The annual two-night music festival will showcase performances by top Canadian acts on stages in more than 15 venues across Ottawa on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 as part of the 2017 JUNO Week.

Cold Creek County @ #Country4FortMac at The Phoenix in Toronto – Photo: Mike Highfield

JUNOfest wristbands are available to purchase for $30 (plus tax and service fees) and go on sale at www.ticketfly.com today (Tuesday, March 7.) Wristbands provide priority access to all venues participating in JUNOfest for both nights. Single show tickets will also be available for purchase in advance or at the door, but are subject to space and availability.

Musicians confirmed to participate include:

Amanda Rheaume performs at the Observatory at Algonquin College photo by Dave DiUbaldo

The Dirty Nil performs at TD Place in Ottawa Photo by Dave DiUbaldo

*2017 JUNO Award nominee.

Iconoclast performs at Barrymore’s photo by Natalie Fay

Confirmed JUNOfest venues include:

Promotional partners of JUNOfest: boom 99.7, CBC Ottawa, CTV Ottawa, Énergie 104.1, Le Droit, MAJIC 100, Metro News, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa’s New Country 94, Pattison Outdoor Advertising and Rouge 94,9.

Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo performs at Rogers K-Rock Centre in Kingston photo by Ron Pettitt

JUNOfest is produced by Shawn Scallen/Spectrasonic.

For a list of all participating JUNOfest artists and venues, including a performance schedule, download The 2017 JUNO Awards mobile app or visit www.junoawards.ca.

Meg Warren of Repartee performs in front of a capacity crowd at TD Place – photo by Marc Labreque

JUNO Week 2017 will be hosted in Ottawa from March 27 through April 2, 2017. A live broadcast of The 46th Annual JUNO Awards will air on CTV and CTV GO on Sunday, April 2 from the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.

Premier Partners of The 2017 JUNO Awards: CARAS acknowledges the financial support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada and of Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters, Radio Starmaker Fund, Ottawa 2017, the Province of Ontario, the Ontario Media Development Corporation, Ottawa Tourism, Google Play Music and TD Bank Group.

Web Links:

Official JUNO Awards website: www.junoawards.ca

Twitter: @TheJUNOAwards

Instagram: @TheJUNOAwards

Hashtag: #JUNOS