Global movement for gender-balanced music fests hits Ottawa

A global movement aimed at getting more female performers on festival stages has come to Canada, and it’s starting to take root in Ottawa.
Although it wasn’t evident on this year’s Bluesfest main stage, which had exactly zero female headliners, executive director Mark Monahan says gender equality is important to the festival when it comes to programming. In recent years, the festival has presented headlining shows by P!nk (2017), Lady Gaga (2014), Dixie Chicks and Bjork (b