{"id":496679,"date":"2026-02-24T16:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/496679\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:53:17","slug":"the-guess-who-limp-bizkit-gwen-stefani-to-headline-ottawa-bluesfest-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/496679\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guess Who, Limp Bizkit, Gwen Stefani to headline Ottawa Bluesfest \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Guess Who, Limp Bizkit and Gwen Stefani are headed to Ottawa for this year\u2019s edition of Bluesfest.<\/p>\n<p>The annual music festival announced its lineup on Tuesday morning, with a one-day ticket presale set for Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman, who recently regained control of the band name \u201cThe Guess Who\u201d after a decades-long legal battle, will headline a night of Canadian talent on July 19 for Ottawa\u2019s 200th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/699db4d1d831652e3707edcajpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"5808\" data-pswp-height=\"3872\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/699db4d1d831652e3707edcajpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Gwen Stefani performs at the Super Bowl LVIII tailgate before the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/Mark Von Holden)\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGwen Stefani performs at the Super Bowl LVIII tailgate before the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/Mark Von Holden)<\/p>\n<p>Other performers that night include The Sheepdogs and Elisapie.<\/p>\n<p>The nine-day festival at LeBreton Flats Park will also feature bbno$, Lucy Dacus and Jessie Murph.<\/p>\n<p>The event is set to run from July 9 to 19.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 24, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Guess Who, Limp Bizkit and Gwen Stefani are headed to Ottawa for this year\u2019s edition of Bluesfest.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-496679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}