2011 Osheaga Music Festival ( Lineup Announced )

The organizers had too much music on their plates this year that it could not be
contained in merely 2 days, a third day had to be summoned.
The 6th edition of this now 3 day festival goes down @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
July 29th, 30th and 31st.
Last year’s lineup was pretty much unbeatable. Expectations were high for this [...]

Osheaga 2010: The Recap

A week ago today, 53 000 people showed up on Île-Sainte-Hélène, making this year’s festivities their most well attended edition yet.
Killer lineup of bands + perfect Summer weather, there was no way this edition
would fail.
Highlights for me included hearing songs from the new Walkmen album “Lisbon”.
they were the first band I caught on Satuday and [...]

Osheaga 2010: Even More Additions To The Lineup

The Latest:
Fran Healy (Travis lead singer)
Galactic w/ Cyril Neville
Ariel
Horse Feathers
K’naan
Had a chance to see Fran Healy’s show last Fall and it was quite fun.
Just him and Travis band member Andy Dunlop performing songs from the
Travis catalog and telling tales from bygone days.
Here’s how the schedule is shaping up day wise:
Saturday, July 31st:
Arcade Fire
Pavement
The Antlers
Avi Buffalo
Bahamas
Beach [...]

Osheaga 2010: More Additions To The Lineup

DEVO!
Just added to the Osheaga lineup.
They’ve been doing one-off shows here and there for the last few years
(A main act @ Coachella this weekend) but now they’re hitting the touring
circuit full time to promote their first album in 20 years
(for a June release) of new material.
If you go on their website, some dude name Jacob [...]

2010 Osheaga Music Festival ( Lineup Announced )

Now that I’m back from SXSW, It’s time to think about other music
festivals I get to look forward in the coming Summer season.
First up, the 5th edition of our own local little slice of the Summer
music festival pie, I speak of course of Osheaga, which is held
each and every year @ Parc Jean-Drapeau on île [...]

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