Ottawa ili ndi imodzi mwamasewera abwino kwambiri komanso osangalatsa kwambiri ku North America, yokhala ndi zikondwerero zambiri, makonsati, ma gigs ndi zisudzo zomwe zimaperekedwa kuti zigwirizane ndi nyimbo zilizonse. Ndi nthawi yachilimwe pamene likulu limakhala ndi zikondwerero zazikulu kwambiri za rock, pop, classical ndi jazz, popanda zazikulu kuposa RBC Bluesfest yomwe-ngakhale dzina lake-imadzitamandira kusakaniza kwa mitundu yonse.
Kuchitika 5 - 15 July, Bluesfest ndi imodzi mwa zochitika zazikulu kwambiri za nyimbo zapadziko lonse ku North America ndipo, malinga ndi Billboard Magazine, ndi imodzi mwa zikondwerero khumi zapamwamba kwambiri za nyimbo padziko lapansi. Chochitikacho, chomwe chinayamba mu 1994, poyamba chinali chiwonetsero cha nyimbo zabwino za blues koma chasintha kukhala chikondwerero chomwe chimakhalanso ndi ojambula otchuka a pop, rock ndi dance.
Zochita za Bluesfest za chaka chino zalengezedwa, ndi mndandanda wa nyenyezi zonse zomwe zakhazikitsidwa kwa omvera. Nthano ya ku Canada Bryan Adams adzakhala nawo pa siteji yayikulu limodzi ndi rock royalty Foo Fighters ndi Beck. Jethro Tull, Dave Matthews Band, Shaggy ndi Shawn Mendes adzaseweranso siteji yayikulu ku LeBreton Flats m'chigawo chapakati cha Ottawa. Ndi chikondwererochi chomwe chingathe kukopa anthu opitilira 300,000 omwe ali ndi zochitika zopitilira 200 zomwe zimatenga magawo asanu, matikiti akuyembekezeka kugulitsidwa mwachangu.
Kuphatikiza maholide ndi zikondwerero zanyimbo zakunja kukuchulukirachulukira kwa apaulendo aku UK. Bluesfest imapatsa alendo kusakanikirana koyenera kwa nyimbo zabwino, komanso kuwalola kuti afufuze zachikhalidwe chapadziko lonse cha Ottawa, zosangalatsa ndi zokopa zausiku.
