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Westfest 2019 welcomes summer to Ottawa
By Emily Plunkett on June 26, 2019
When Westfest returns to Ottawa’s Hintonburg neighbourhood, there’s always this wonderful feeling of homecoming and the start of summer. This past weekend saw the 16th...
Ottawa’s Westfest announces first wave of 2019 headlining performers
By Emily Plunkett on February 21, 2019
Free for everyone, always, Ottawa’s Westfest has announced their 2019 headlining performers. Opening the festival at Tom Brown Arena in the west end neighbourhood of...
Westfest 15 celebrates the diversity and inclusiveness of Ottawa
By Emily Plunkett on June 16, 2018
Three days of amazing weather and community welcomed guests of the 15th Westfest in Ottawa’s Hintonburg neighbourhood. With the dancing beginning right on schedule on...
Westfest 2018 announced during fundraiser in Ottawa
By Emily Plunkett on March 6, 2018
“I’ll take this brief moment to remind you all that Westfest is 100 percent volunteer-run,” festival founder Elaina Martin reminded the enthusiastic and supportive crowd...
Photo Review – iHeartRadio WestFest
By Adriana Marquise on July 10, 2017
First time in Calgary, the unforgettable iHeartRadio WestFest event took place on Saturday, July 8th at Shaw Millennium Park. The heat in the full sun was...
The Ottawa Music Scene: An Interview with Steve Marriner of MonkeyJunk
By Emily Plunkett on June 9, 2017
Being one of Canada’s premiere blues acts, MonkeyJunk maintains a busy touring schedule that will have the band crisscross the country once again in 2017....
Ottawa’s Westfest opens the 2017 festival season
By Emily Plunkett on June 5, 2017
After a weekend of hip-hop, blues, drag, and just about every genre of music you could possibly fit onto a small festival stage, Westfest 2017...
Westfest 2017: Day 2 Highlights
By Emily Plunkett on June 4, 2017
Westfest continued Saturday night with a evening of blues, featuring Ottawa’s own MonkeyJunk! Stay tuned to Canadian Beats for our interview with MonkeyJunk, and more coverage...
Westfest 2017: Day 1 Highlights
By Emily Plunkett on June 3, 2017
An electric pow wow brought the Ottawa neighbourhood of Mechanicsville out for the first night of Westfest. Headlined by Ian Campeau (DeeJay NDN of A...
The City that Fun Forgot? The exhilaration of Ottawa’s music festivals in the Sesquicentennial year
By Emily Plunkett on May 12, 2017
OTTAWA, ON – They say that Ottawa is the city that fun forgot, and there is some truth to that. Just this week there was...
iHeartRadio announces first ever Westfest Calgary
By Heather Young on May 10, 2017
iHeartRadio has just announced the first ever Westfest Calgary. The star studded festival will take place in Calgary, Alberta on July 8th 2017 at Shaw...
Westfest returns for it’s 14th year with a stellar lineup
By Emily Plunkett on May 5, 2017
A staple of the Capital’s rich summer music line up, the ever-evolving Westfest returns for it’s 14th year from June 2 to 4, 2017. In...