Osheaga Festival

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Saturday afternoon, view from the hill

The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival is a two-day rock festival in Montreal, Quebec, that is held annually at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène in September. The 2006 attracted a crowd of around 25,000 people. The second edition was held on September 8 & 9, 2007.

Artists who played at the inaugural Osheaga Festival include Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Sonic Youth, The Flaming Lips, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Dinosaur Jr., k-os, Metric, Damian Marley, G. Love and Special Sauce, Wolf Parade, Bedouin Soundclash, Joseph Arthur, Malajube, Lady Sovereign, Kid Koala, Starsailor, Islands, Amon Tobin, Bell Orchestre, Think About Life, Duchess Says, Final Fantasy, The Hidden Cameras, Tokyo Police Club, The Stills, Ben Lee, James Chance and the Contortions, Brazilian Girls, Percy Farm, Patrick Watson, We Are Wolves and Land of Talk.

The 2007 line up includes such artists as; The Smashing Pumpkins, Bloc Party, Interpol, Damien Rice, Arctic Monkeys, Gotan Project, Leslie Feist, Stars, Amy Winehouse, M.I.A., Paolo Nutini, Xavier Caféine and Sam Roberts have already been announced. Placebo as well as Amy Winehouse and Peter Bjorn & John had originally been announced as participating in the festival on Sunday, but had to cancel, citing scheduling conflicts.

The very first Youswitch event will take place in Montreal. For the first time in the world, a concert will be broadcasted LIVE using the interactive Youswitch technology. It will take place, on www.telus.com/osheaga