RBC Bluesfest organizers today announced the initial line-up for the 2018 edition of the festival.

Confirmed acts to date include: 
Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews Band, Shawn Mendes, Bryan Adams, Beck, Rae Sremmurd, Sturgill Simpson, Rise Against, Brett Eldredge, Three Days Grace, Jethro Tull, Zeds Dead, Jessie Reyez, The War On Drugs, Courtney Barnett, BROCKHAMPTON, Chromeo, Colin James, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Shaggy, Oh Wonder, Ghostface Killah, Lighthouse, Passenger, Machine Gun Kelly, Naughty By Nature, The Strumbellas, M. Ward, Greta Van Fleet, Keys N Krates, Grandtheft, Yaeji, Hanson, Benjamin Booker, Noname, Dear Rouge, Kimbra, Kodie Shane, Lauv, Beth Hart, The Spencer Lee Band, Chelsea Cutler, Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets, Larkin Poe, RL Boyce, The Julian Taylor Band, Fortunate Ones, Jupiter & Okwess, Andrew “Jr. Boy” Jones, Molly Tuttle, The Suitcase Junket, Sweet Crude, John Németh, Hat Fitz & Cara, Steve Hill, The Texas Horns, The Split, MonkeyJunk, Red Young, Liza Anne, Mr. Sipp, Bob Log III, A.J. Croce, The Lachy Doley Group, Anthony Geraci, Brandon Santini, Vanessa Collier, TJ Wheeler, Alanna Sterling & The Silvers, Amos the Transparent, Andrew Cassara, Andrew Waines, Animal Confession, Aspects & Rita Carter, Black Iri$h, Brock Zeman, Catriona Sturton, City Fidelia, Cody Coyote, Graven, Her Harbour, Hevve, Joe McDonald & the Walkin’ Hawks, JW-Jones, Kimberly Sunstrum, Krystal Jyl and the Jacks, leMeow, Lyle Odjick & The Northern Steam, Morris Ogbowu, Okies, Ray Montford Group, River City Junction, Stone Age Man, TAPAS, Tara Shannon, The Angelina Hunter Trio, The Bank Street Bonbons, The PepTides, The Town Cryers, and Vicki Brittle  . . . with more to be announced in the weeks ahead.

It’s always challenging to put together a diverse yet compelling line-up, year in and year out, but this year we’ve definitely hit on some great names from a lot of different genres. Since we’ve been stuck in quite a deep freeze this winter, I’m really looking forward to our summertime celebration of great music with the greatest music fans in the world – Mark Monahan, festival executive and artistic director