Ottawa Bluesfest 2013 FULL LINEUP: Bjork, FUN., Weezer, Zac Brown Band Among Headliners, Tour Dates Announced, Tickets On Sale Feb. 28

By Scott Taylor | Feb 28, 2013 12:23 PM EST

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Ottawa's Bluesfest is Canada's largest blues festival. Held each summer in downtown Ottawa, this year's show will feature bands such as FUN., Skrillex, Alex Clare, Weezer, and the Zac Brown Band. The festival is set in LeBreton Flats Park and runs from July 4 to 14. Tickets go on sale Feb. 28.

The show just got another boost when festival head Mark Monahan announced on CBC Radio that Icelandic singer Bjork will also appear at the event. Bjork will headline on July 13, along with B.B. King, Wu-Tang Clan, and Rush.

Other bands that will play at this summers blues festival in Ottawa includes Passion Pit, the Dixie Chicks, B.B. King, Animal Collective, Tegan and Sara, She & Him, and dozens of other bands. For all the details you can go here. Last year's show featured Nickelback, LMFAO, Alice Cooper, Norah Jones, John Mellencamp, and Snoop Dogg.

Below is the tentative schedule for some of the artists.

July 4 | Alex Clare, Adventure Club, Grand Funk Railroad, The Cat Empire, Femi Kuti and Bahamas.

July 5 | Zac Brown Band, She & Him, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Flogging Molly, Garland Jeffreys, Dawes, Frank Turner, Camera Obscura, Eddie Shaw.

July 6 | Dixie Chicks, Belle & Sebastian, Fitz & the Tantrums, Neko Case, Sharon Van Etten, Zeds Dead, Amadou & Mariam, Blue King Brown, Justin Townes Earle, Cold Specks, Joe Robinson.

July 7 | Fun, Wu-Tang Clan, Tegan and Sara, Eric Burdon, Diamond Rings, The Joy Formidable, Hunter Hayes.

July 8 | Rush, Baauer, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Mother Mother, The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer.

July 10 | Weezer, Passion Pit, Animal Collective, Marianas Trench, Killer Mike, El-P, A Tribe Called Red, Atlas Genius, The Dunwells.

July 11 | The Tragically Hip, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Solange, LP, Blues Broads.

July 12 | Great Big Sea, Matthew Good, Tommy Trash, Sonny Rhodes, Benjamin Francis Leftwich.

July 13 | Björk, Stars, Mississippi Heat, Ra Ra Riot, The Knocks, John Smith, Jon Cleary.

July 14 | B.B. King, Skrillex Full Flex Express Tour, Alejandro Escovedo, Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos, Cactus, Mitch Ryder, W.C. Clark.

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