The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival (French: Festival de la musique et des arts Oshéaga) is a multi-day indie music festival in Montreal, Quebec, that is held annually at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène every summer. The 2006 festival attracted a crowd of around 25,000 people. The second edition was held on September 8 and 9, 2007. The 2009 edition was held on July 30 - August 2 with Coldplay headlining as part of their Viva la Vida Tour.
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 & 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 lineup included 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 but Placebo as well as Amy Winehouse and Peter Bjorn & John had to cancel.
The Beastie Boys, who were initially scheduled to perform as the headline performance for August 2, 2009 had to cancel their performance to allow band member Adam "MCA" Yauch's recovery from cancer surgery.
Cage the elephant were scheduled to perform at the 2010 festival, however had to cancel due to Border issues. Deadmau5 was also scheduled to perform but had to cancel because of exhaustion.
The 2010 festival, which was held from July 31 to August 1, featured Arcade Fire, Weezer, Metric, Snoop Dogg, Pavement, The National, Stars, The Black Keys, and The Gaslight Anthem
In the 2012 edition, Iggy Azalea cancelled her appearance one week before the festival due to scheduling conflicts as well as Graffiti6.
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)