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About Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
Osheaga launched on Labour Day weekend in September 2006 as a two-day music and arts festival on Île Sainte-Hélène in Montreal. Nick Farkas, then a concert buyer for Gillett Entertainment Group, built the first edition around underground and indie acts, betting that Montreal's standing with indie listeners could anchor the destination festival the East Coast lacked. Sonic Youth and Ben Harper headlined the debut. The Smashing Pumpkins, M.I.A., Feist, and Arctic Monkeys arrived in year two, and the early formula favored depth over star power, stacking mid-level alternative bills that collectively carried the top line.
The growth arc came quickly. The 2008 edition broadened the bill with The Killers and Jack Johnson, and 2009 turned the festival's first profit with roughly fifty acts across four stages. Osheaga stretched to three days in 2011, and Eminem's Friday-closing set that year drew 38,000 people in a single day, the biggest single-day crowd since the debut edition. The 2012 edition sold out with 120,000 attendees over the weekend, and 2013 sold out faster still with 135,000. When Gillett Entertainment Group became Evenko, Farkas stayed on to lead the festival, and Osheaga locked in its place on the North American summer circuit.
Every edition since 2006 has taken place at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène, with the Montreal skyline in view from the grounds. Six stages carry the bill across the island: River, Mountain, Green, Trees, Valley, and Zone Piknic Electronik. The programming spans rock, hip-hop, pop, electronic, folk, jazz, Latin, country, and blues, and Osheaga tickets cover all of it, every stage included. It is a big-city festival with an island escape built in, and that pairing is a big part of why fans plan whole Montreal weekends around the event.
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Who has headlined the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival?
- The indie foundation (2006 to 2009): Sonic Youth, Ben Harper, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Killers, Coldplay, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
- The breakout years (2010 to 2013): Arcade Fire, Weezer, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Justice, The Black Keys, The Cure, and Beck.
- The headliner era (2014 to 2019): Outkast, Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, Kendrick Lamar, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, and Childish Gambino.
- The 2020s: Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler, The Creator, Twenty One Pilots, Tate McRae, and Lorde.
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