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London Bluesfest Returns To Rock Harris Park

London's annual Bluesfest is back for another year with a packed line-up.

Festival organizers announced the four-day event's headlining performers on Monday, which include The Sheepdogs, Colin James with Mark Farner’s American Band, and Blue Oyster Cult with Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band.

Other artists performing including H&B with Dizzie Reed of Guns & Roses, The Dead Daisies, Earl & The Agitators featuring Scott Holt and Savoy Brown, Delta Stone & the War Dogs, Ray Fuller & the Blues Rockers, Anthony Gomes, Cheryl Lescom, Bill Durst, and Dana Fuchs.

The 2018 Bluesfest, which is supported by Ontario’s Celebrate Ontario program, runs from Thursday, August 23 to Sunday, August, 26.

The festival will donate $1 from every ticket sold to Musicounts to help put instruments into the hands of children that need them the most.

Tickets go on sale on May 18 at 10m online and the Budweiser Gardens Box Office. For more details on London Bluesfest, click here.

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