Bluesfest

Fake front page from the Ottawa Citizen's Digital Lounge

Chris and I look forward to volunteering at Bluesfest every year.

It felt a bit like the end of summer camp when we said goodbye to all our friends after our last shift on Sunday. I hope we see most of them again next year!


Some of this year's highlights included seeing Walk Off the Earth perform their famous rendition of Somebody That I Used to Know, marveling at The PepTides' stylish outfits and being blown away by how far Skrillex has come in the last year (2011 he was on a small stage, Saturday night he was the headliner and played from the deck of a freaking spaceship!)

Skrillex's X-wing

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