Sadly, we (Parker and Jenna) the 2010 Big Rock Grasshoppin’ Contest winners, have come to the end of our festival tour!

The Ottawa Folk Festival (aka OFF) has just recently wrapped up, and we’re already feeling nostalgic about our incredible summer. However, the low-key little fest in Canada’s capital was a great way to wrap up the tour—we were surprised to discover how small the Ottawa Folk Festival is! With only about 10,000 people in attendance over the course of the weekend, it was the second smallest folk festival that we attended this summer (The Dawson City Music Festival is understandably much smaller, since it takes place in a small town).
 
One of the best aspects of OFF is that the beer garden is unlimited, so you can walk around the whole festival site with your drinks! The festival takes place in Britannia Park, right next to a beach, so we enjoyed a lovely view while sippin’ on a brew…and of course, we were excited to finally be able to drink our Grasshopper on the dance floor!

The highlight of the festival, for us, was Tanya Tagaq, an Inuit throat singer from Nunavut. She puts on an otherworldly performance, writhing and screaming across the stage without restraint. We were able to catch her in a workshop in Edmonton as well, and were in awe both times.

At one point I saw her walking through the crowd in Ottawa, and had to say hello; she was super friendly and even said we look alike (I WISH!) when we took a photo together!

We also really enjoyed Namgar, a band of Mongolian/Russian origin.

 
So that’s it for us, our summer as Festival Legends is officially over, but keep an eye out for our final awards blog! We’ll be revealing which festivals had the best line-ups, venues, beer gardens, and more!

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We really hope you’ve enjoyed following Jenna and Parker’s summer as the Big Rock Grasshoppin’ Contest Winners. We’re still searching for next summer’s Festival Legends so if you want to apply to have the summer of a life time just click here!