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Ottawa Bluesfest 2026: Local Pride, Festival Food, and a Little Balkan Flavour

Ottawa Bluesfest 2026: Local Pride, Festival Food, and a Little Balkan Flavour

Ottawa Bluesfest is wrapped up for another year. Amazing food vendors all around Ottawa and Canada showed up. Here are my faves.

While the big names always draw crowds, there is something special about watching artists who have built their careers from the ground up in Ottawa.

Bluesfest Recap 2016

Bluesfest Recap 2016

This year included a lot more gluten free options! Every year I want to find out how many people are offering GF options (not pizza, unfortunately..) so I always ask each vendor. THIS YEAR Fadi's (Main Stage) started offering gluten free wraps and buns! Hooray! I guess it helps to keep asking ;)