JUNOfest 2017 lineup to include over 35 JUNO nominees, such as The Strumbellas, Silla + Rise, The Dirty Nil, Whitehorse, Tasha The Amazon, Holy Fuck, Bit Funk, Cold Creek County, Exco Levi, and more

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) today announced the artist line-up for the 2017 edition of JUNOfest, presented by CBC Music. The annual two-night music festival will showcase performances by top Canadian acts on stages in more than 15 venues across Ottawa on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 as part of the 2017 JUNO Week.

JUNOfest wristbands are available to purchase for $30 (plus tax and service fees) and go on sale at www.ticketfly.com today (Tuesday, March 7.) Wristbands provide priority access to all venues participating in JUNOfest for both nights. Single show tickets will also be available for purchase in advance or at the door, but are subject to space and availability.

Musicians confirmed to participate include:

Adam Saikaley

Amanda Lowe

Amanda Rheaume

Amanda Tosoff*

Ammoye*

Angelique Francis

Antoine Lachance

Audrey Saparno

Band Of Rascals

Barbra Lica*

Barney Bentall (High Bar Gang)*

Berhnari

Big Jeezus Truck

Bit Funk*

Bleeker*

Blessed*

Blve Hills

Brandi Disterheft*

Bryden Gwiss Kwenzie*

Casa Lagarto

Caveboy

Céleste Lévis

Charles Spearin

Cold Creek County*

Colin Linden*

Common Deer

Corin Raymond*

Crystal Shawanda*

Damien Robitaille

Dave Young Quintet*

Devin Cuddy

Dilly Dally*

DJ Greg Reain

DJ Magnificent

DJ UNPIER

DRAE

Eddie Quotez

Ensign Broderick

Exco Levi*

Expanda Fuzz

Five Alarm Funk

Flying Hórses

FTRSL

George Beliveau

Ghostkeeper

Harea Band

Harrison*

Heather Bambrick* & David Braid*

Her Harbour

Holy Fuck*

Iconoclast

Jason Bajada

Jason Plumb

Jay Kartier*

Jenny Whiteley*

Jessica Pearson and East Wind

Jill Zmud

Jim Cuddy

Joëlle St-Pierre

Joey Landreth

Joey Robin Haché

Jonathan Becker & the North Fields

Julian Taylor Band

Kacy & Clayton*

Kaia Kater

Kalle Mattson

Kasador

Kathryn Berry

Keek

Kelly Prescott

La Bronze

leMeow

Loon Choir

Lyle Odjick and the Northern Steam

Maria Dunn*

Mclean

Mélanie Brûlé

Mélissa Ouimet

Menoncle Jason

MonkeyJunk

Mosely

Mushy Gushy

Neon Dreams

New Love

New Swears

Nick Soru

No Fuss

NOBRO

NQ Arbuckle

Old Man Grant

Onionface

Ornaments

Partner

Paul Reddick*

Pony Girl

Public Animal

Pugs and Crows and Tony Wilson* Quantum Tangle*

Rebecca Noelle

Repartee

Sarah Scriver

Scary Bear Soundtrack

Scenic Route To Alaska

Sean Pinchin*

Shirantha Beddage*

Silla + Rise*

Silver Creek

Simon Daniel

Stay Classy

Steve Adamyk Band

Stuck On Planet Earth

Sykamore

Tanika Charles*

Tanya Tagaq

Tasha The Amazon*

Ten Strings and a Goat Skin*

The Abrams

The Artichoke Hearts

The Balconies

The Damn Truth

The Dirty Nil* The Honest Heart Collective

The Lindbergh Babies

The Lytics

The Riot Police

The Split

The Strumbellas*

The Treble

Those Gulls

Thrifty Kids

Townes

Trevor Alguire

Trevor Walker

Twin Flames

Virginia To Vegas

Warren Dean Flandez*

Weaves*

Whitehorse*

William Prince*

Winchester Warm

wotts

Yao

Youngblood

*2017 JUNO Award nominee.

Confirmed JUNOfest venues include:

Babylon

Cafe Dekcuf

Club Saw

House of Targ

Irene’s Pub

Live on Elgin

Mavericks

Minotaure

Pressed

Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts St. Alban’s Church

The Bourbon Room

The Brass Monkey

The Bronson Centre Theatre

The Dominion Tavern

The Lowertown Brewery

The Mercury Lounge

The Rainbow Bistro

The Record Centre

Zaphod Beeblebrox

Promotional partners of JUNOfest: boom 99.7, CBC Ottawa, CTV Ottawa, Énergie 104.1, Le Droit, MAJIC 100, Metro News, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa’s New Country 94, Pattison Outdoor Advertising and Rouge 94,9.

JUNOfest is produced by Shawn Scallen/Spectrasonic.

For a list of all participating JUNOfest artists and venues, including a performance schedule, download The 2017 JUNO Awards mobile app or visit www.junoawards.ca.

JUNO Week 2017 will be hosted in Ottawa from March 27 through April 2, 2017. A live broadcast of The 46th Annual JUNO Awards will air on CTV and CTV GO on Sunday, April 2 from the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.

Premier Partners of The 2017 JUNO Awards: CARAS acknowledges the financial support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada and of Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters, Radio Starmaker Fund, Ottawa 2017, the Province of Ontario, the Ontario Media Development Corporation, Ottawa Tourism, Google Play Music and TD Bank Group.

Web Links:

Official JUNO Awards website: www.junoawards.ca

Twitter: @TheJUNOAwards

Instagram: @TheJUNOAwards

Hashtag: #JUNOS