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Look who's playing Hillside Festival this summer!

Over 50 artists revealed for annual festival July 19-21
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The Hillside Island Stage. GuelphToday file photo

A wide range of musical performers will take to the stage at this year’s Hillside Festival.

The lineup was announced today.

Over 50 artists will take to the stage, from local acts to bands coming in from the United States, the United Kingdom, Cameroon, France, Senegal and Australia.

The 41st edition of the festival takes place July 19-21 at the Guelph Lake Conservation Area.

Tickets for the festival are on sale now. Weekend passes are $179 plus taxes and fees until the end of April. The price goes up by $10 per month as the festival approaches.

Day passes have not gone on sale yet.

“We're thrilled to be able to bring musical artists of such high quality from Canada and around the world to Guelph Lake Island.”

The full list of artists is below:

  • ALIAS
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  • Aquakultre
  • Ashley MacIsaac
  • Aysanabee
  • Bab L'Bluz
  • BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness)
  • Beings (Zoh Amba / Steve Gunn / Shahzad Ismaily / Jim White)
  • Benin International Musical
  • Blackie & The Rodeo Kings with Daniel Lanois and Terra Lightfoot
  • Blue Moon Marquee
  • Bombino
  • Bronwen Olson
  • Bry Webb
  • Chris Brown & Kate Fenner
  • Chris Pierce
  • Christina Hutt
  • Dom Louis
  • Dwayne Gretzky
  • Espanola
  • Five Alarm Funk
  • Geordie Gordon
  • Golden Feather
  • Jaffa Road
  • Katie Tupper
  • Kim Churchill
  • Kirk Diamond
  • Land of Talk
  • Lëk Sèn
  • Leon Timbo
  • Medicine Singers with Yonatan Gat and Lee Ranaldo
  • Meredith Moon
  • The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis
  • Minuscule
  • MOONBEAN
  • MOONRiiVR
  • Moskitto Bar
  • NOBRO
  • Patrick Watson
  • Peter Dreams
  • Rich Aucoin
  • Richard Thompson
  • Shauit
  • SHEBAD
  • Stephen Lewis & The Big Band of Fun
  • Tragedy Ann
  • Tray Wellington 
  • Valérie Ékoumè 
  • The Vaudevillian
  • Windborne

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