THERE'S SOME REAL JUNO POWER BEHIND THIS YEAR'S TIM HORTONS OTTAWA DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL 2018 FREE CONCERT LINEUP

Friday, March 23, 2018

With the Juno Awards set to recognize achievement in Canadian music this weekend, we here at the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival thought we’d look into the festival’s connections to the annual awards show and boy were we impressed. This June (21^st-24^th) when the paddlers have called it a day we will keep the party going with four-nights of free concerts on the Rideau Carleton Raceway Casino Hillside Stage that will certainly do its best to maintain the energy and volume of the day’s races, and when the amps get cranked up to 11, it will be done so with the power of at least 11 Juno awards and an outstanding 34 combined Juno nominations. Not a single night will be free of the Juno footprint as we have put together a special lineup for the 25^th edition of the festival which, for the first time in festival history, includes an all Juno Winner collection of headliners.

Opening night of the festival will be headlined by 6-time Juno Award winner Sam Roberts; Up for Group of the Year this Sunday is our Friday night headliner, and 2-time Juno Winner, Broken Social Scene; 2008 New Group of the Year, Wintersleep take the stage Saturday night at the festival; and the festival will be closed out by 2014 Rock Album of the Year winner, Matt Mays. Adding Juno support to these four headliners will be 2011 New Group of the Year nominee, Hollerado on Saturday, June 23 and fellow Juno nominee Crag Cardiff opens things up the following day on Sunday, June 24.

 

Sam Roberts Band (Performs June 21)

Artist of the Year Winner – 2009, 2004

Group of the Year Nominee - 2012

Album of the Year Winner – 2009, 2004

Rock Album of the Year Winner – 2004; Nominee – 2017, 2015, 2012, 2007

Single of the Year Nominee – 2015 & 2003

Video of the Year Winner – 2007; Nominee – 2009 (x2)

New Artist of the Year Nominee – 2003

 

Broken Social Scene (Performs June 22)

Group of the Year Nominee – 2018, 2011

Alternative Album of the Year Winner – 2011, 2006, 2003

Video of the Year Nominee – 2011, 2004

 

Hollerado (Performs June 23)

New Group of the Year Nominee – 2011

 

Wintersleep (Performs June 23)

Adult Alternative Album of the Year Nominee - 2017

Alternative Album of the Year Nominee - 2008

New Group of the Year Winner - 2008

 

Matt Mays (Performs June 24)

Rock Album of the Year Winner – 2014; Nominee - 2009

Alternative Album of the Year Nominee – 2007, 2005

New Artist of the Year Nominee - 2005

 

Craig Cardiff (Performs June 24)

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year: Solo Nominee – 2012

 

 

Single of the year:

Ria Mae (2016 Nominee)

The Sheepdogs (2012 Winner, 2013 Nominee)

 

Group of the Year:

Mother Mother (2015 Nominee)

The Sheepdogs (2013 Nominee)

David Usher (2002 Winner)

Arkells (2017 Nominee)

A Tribe Called Red (2018 Nominee)

Alvvays (2018 Nominee)

 

Breakthrough Group of the Year:

The Zolas (2017 Nominee)

Dear Rouge (2016 Winner)

Half Moon Run (2016 Nominee)

The Elwins (2016 Nominee)

Young Empires (2016 Nominee)

Born Ruffians (2014 Nominee)

A Tribe Called Red (2014 Nominee)

Yukon Blonde (2013 Nominee)

Hey Ocean (2013 Nominee)

The Sheepdogs (2012 Winner)

Rural Alberta Advantage (2012 Nominee)

Hey Rosetta! (2012 Nominee)

Said the Whale (2011 Winner)

Hollerado (2011 Nominee)

Bedouin Soundclash (2006 Winner)

 

Pop Album of the Year:

Down with Webster (2015 Nominee)

David Usher (2002 Winner)

Ria Mae (2018 Nominee)

 

Rock Album of the Year:

Arkells (2017 Nominee)

 

Rock Album of the Year:

The Sheepdogs (2012 Winner, 2016, 2013 Nominee)

Arkells (2015 Winner)

 

Alternative Album of the Year:

July Talk (2015 Winner, 2017 Nominee)

Alvvays (2018, 2015 Nominee)

Stars (2013 Nominee)

Said the Whale (2013 Nominee)

Dan Mangan (2012 Winner)

Tokyo Police Club (2011 Nominee)

Sloan (1997 Winner)

 

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year:

Great Lake Swimmers (2013 Nominee)

Craig Cardiff (2012 Nominee)

 

Electronic Album of the Year:

A Tribe Called Red (2017 Nominee)

 

Adult Alternative Album of the Year:

Wintersleep (2017 Nominee)

Darcys (2014 Nominee)

  

Best Songwriter:

Steven Page (2001 Nominee)

 

Most Promising Group of the Year:

Skydiggers (1993 Winner)

 

Canadian Entertainer of the Year:

Jeff Healey (1990 Winner)

 

World Music Album of the Year:

Mighty Popo (2011 Nominee)

African Guitar Summit (2005 Winner)

 

Indigenous Album of the year:

Amanda Rheaume (2014 Nominee)

 

Blues Album of the Year:

JW Jones (2015 Nominee)

 

Instrumental Artist of the Year Winner:

Ashley MacIsaac (1997 Winner)

 

Video of the Year:

Kalle Mattson (2016 Nominee)

Mother Mother (2018 Nominee)

Arkells (2018 Nominee)