Westfest is moving

Westfest, the annual Westboro Village festival of music, art and life has announced their 2011 dates: June 10th to June 12th.  This family friendly event closes down Richmond Rd to cars from the Real Canadian Superstore to just past Golden Ave for the three day festival. They "feature the best in Canadian and Local Ottawa multidisciplinary arts, including music, performance art, literature, spoken word, media art, Aboriginal art, children's entertainment and much more."

Real Canadian Super Store parking lot.

We are also very excited to hear that they have moved their main stage from Byron and Golden to the parking lot area directly behind the Real Canadian Superstore at Byron and Kirkwood. The audience area will quadruple in size (15,000 capacity) in comparison to past years and be fully licensed (that's what I'm excited about). No more parents sitting in the fenced in beer area while their kids wait for them outside the fence to finish their beer. I only did that once and never again. My husband is happy to hear that the beer sponsor will be our local microbrewery Beau's.

Westfest has not announced their headliners yet, but I am confident they will be spectacular.

Are you excited about the new main stage location or do you think this will cause some problems? Let us know your thoughts.