With September comes cooler temperatures, the leaves start to change colour and fall from the trees, back to school sales are the big thing at pretty much every retailer and most people are looking back on the summer festival season that was…but in Ottawa there’s always one more big party before we put away our festival shoes and that party, CityFolk Festival, unveiled its 25th Anniversary lineup earlier this morning.

Headlining the 25th Anniversary event are:

Hozier performs at WayHome Music and Arts Festival in 2015 photo by Trish Cassling

DAVID BYRNE – HOZIER – NICK MURPHY (CHET FAKER) – JANIS IAN

Kaleo performs at Canadian Tire Centre photo Dave DiUbaldo

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN – KALEO – THE DECEMBERISTS


The Decemberists photo by Sean Sisk

MICHAEL MCDONALD – TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND

Lindi Ortega performs at Boots and Hearts in August 2017 photo Rebel Shadow Photography

STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES – LINDI ORTEGA – ALLAN RAYMAN

Joining the headliners you won’t want to miss performances by:

Whitehorse performs at the JUNOCup Jam in Vancouver photo Jeremy MacKnott

TRAMPLED BY TURTLES – TUNE-YARDS – WHITEHORSE – ANDY SHAUF – COLTER WALL – FLINT EASTWOOD – DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE – HUMBLE PIE – WHITNEY ROSE – WILLIAM PRINCE – BEN CAPLAN – TERRA LIGHTFOOT – CHRIS SMITHER – SKYDIGGERS – MONKEYJUNK – MT. JOY – GENE CLARK TRIBUTE – & MANY MORE!

Chet Faker performs at WayHome Music and Arts Festival in 2016 – photo Mike Highfield

Daily Lineup

SEPT 12.

  • TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
  • KALEO
  • STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES

SEPT 13.

  • DAVID BYRNE
  • TRAMPLED BY TURTLES
  • TUNE-YARDS
  • ANDY SHAUF

SEPT 14.

  • ALLAN RAYMAN
  • NICK MURPHY (CHET FAKER)
  • FLINT EASTWOOD
  • HUMBLE PIE
  • WILLIAM PRINCE

SEPT 15.

  • HOZIER
  • BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
  • MICHAEL MCDONALD
  • LINDI ORTEGA
  • DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE
  • WHITNEY ROSE
  • BEN CAPLAN
  • SKYDIGGERS
  • GENE CLARK TRIBUTE

SEPT 16.

  • JANIS IAN
  • THE DECEMBERISTS
  • WHITEHORSE
  • COLTER WALL
  • TERRA LIGHTFOOT
  • CHRIS SMITHER
  • MONKEYJUNK
  • MT. JOY

Steve Earl and the Dukes perform at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto photo Front Row Pics

Ticket Information

Pre-Sale starts Thursday May 24 at 10am

Prices are as follows:

FULL FESTIVAL PASS

EARLY BIRD $109
PRE-SALE $129
REGULAR $139

OGILVIE SUBARU VIP FULL FESTIVAL PASS

PRE-SALE $209
REGULAR $249

For tickets and more information visit www.cityfolkfestival.com