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Organizers of Ottawa’s biggest and most diverse summer music festival are holding a public meeting on Jan. 30 to discuss issues related to the 10-day event, which is scheduled for July 5-15.

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Bluesfest’s executive director Mark Monahan said the meeting was prompted by a greater-than-usual amount of feedback in the two months following the festival, with comments ranging from security concerns to programming ideas to pedestrian traffic in the neighbourhoods near the LeBreton Flats site.

“The challenge with a festival that’s almost 25 years old is you try to keep it relevant,” Monahan said. “We’re looking forward to the future but trying to better understand our audience.”

The festival has attracted an increasingly youthful audience in recent years, a demographic lured by headliners from the EDM, hiphop and pop genres, including artists such as Skrillex, Migos, 50 Cent and P!nk.