The Nordstock Music Festival recently announced the addition of five bands to its line-up, now featuring 15 performing acts, for the festival weekend August 9-10-11, 2019 at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa.
Ten Years After – Woodstock Original Band – Photo by Thomas Henzler
The headliner for Saturday August 10th will be Ten Years After who performed at the original Woodstock in 1969. The other acts just added are:
- Joan Baez Tribute by Josée Brault
- Down N’ Dirty: A Tribute to Johnny Winter
- Country Joe and the Fish Tribute by Rock Snake
- Canned Heat Tribute by BONE
John Fenton, Director of Talent Acquisition, said, “We have been beavering away behind the scenes, assembling this line-up, and it just keeps getting better. We have selected fabulous artists who provide the passion, talent and energy to recreate and celebrate ‘Going back in time – to ‘69’.”
“We are thrilled with the response to the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock. With fans from Halifax to Vancouver already buying tickets, we invite all Canadians to make Ottawa part of their summer travel plans” said Timothy Laflamme, Executive Director Operations.
The Music Bracket Challenge
Today Nordstock also launched the Music Bracket Challenge. Think Stanley Cup playoffs but with music. Although we don’t have all the details yet organizers have assured us that this contest will not only be fun, engaging & awesome it will have a huge grand prize. All we can say is stay tuned as we’ll have full details once they are available!
About the Nordstock Music Festival
This unique festival celebrates the many famous bands and creative artists of the Woodstock festival, on the 50th Anniversary of that iconic event. The dates are August 9-10-11, 2019.
Headliner bands include David Clayton-Thomas, Ten Years After, and CCR. Tribute bands also pay respects to Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, Santana, Crosby Stills, Nash & Young, Mountain, Johnny Winter, Sly & The Family Stone, Joan Baez, Country Joe & The Fish, Canned Heat and the Grateful Dead. All this fantastic live music at one place, Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, Canada.
Schedule information and ticket purchase is on the web at Nordstock.ca.
