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Originally Posted by Uhuniau

The forementioned TWDY; Kings of Leon with the Walkmen opening skipped Ottawa last fall; Walkmen were here in 2007, not since (part of Calum Marsh's Capital Idea Fest, which brought a ton of great acts, and, so, naturally, flopped in Lame Musical Taste Town); Chris Garneau (also a CIF alumnus); Kristin Hersh; Grizzly Bear (were here in 2007; naturally their last Canadian dates were, you guessed it, Toronto and Montreal); Mazarin, when they existed, did, yup, Toronto and Montreal; etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

It's perennial.

There's a few acts I'd go see at Boozefest, but outside that, there's absolutely zero mid-sized mid-venue touring scene in this town. Zilch. There's local bands, and there's semi-superannuated-past-their-prime middle-of-the-road Scotiabankplace fillers.

Or the Wiggles.

And that's about it.

Nothing in between.

Over the past couple years some of the biggest acts have come to the sbp aslo some big acts have come to the festivals you may not like them and thats fine but the fact is Otatwa has hosted some big acts over the past couple years i am not saying its perfect its not but in no way is it all that bad.