CityFolk festival director Mark Monahan said feedback from festival\u002Dgoers last year made him realize that people like having another on\u002Dsite option, and like seeing local acts in a festival setting.
The festival kicks off with a rare Ottawa appearance by Iggy Pop, the 76-year-old Godfather of Punk, who’s due to hit the TD Stage at 9 p.m. Wednesday. Other headliners include Can-rock chart-toppers Arkells, returning Thursday after selling out TD Place last fall, English rockers Bush on Friday, Icelandic blues-rockers Kaleo on Saturday and Hozier, the Irish superstar who fell in love with Ottawa when he played CityFolk in 2018. He returns Sunday.
To accommodate, there’s a new, secondary stage, dubbed the Courtside stage, which will be housed in a large tent , set up on the plaza near the basketball courts at Lansdowne Park. Ottawa-area artists are also in the Courtside spotlight, including a salute to Ray Charles by soulful singer Jeff Rogers with a 12-piece band and an appearance by singer-songwriter Kristine St. Pierre.
Organizers are expecting about 10,000 people a night this year, which is still not quite back to pre-pandemic attendance of 15,000 a night, but it’s on the right track, Monahan said. “Our ticket sales are up slightly over last year,” he said. “So it’s been encouraging.”Article content
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