Osheaga Festival

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Saturday afternoon, view from the hill

The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival is a two-day rock festival in Montreal, Quebec, that was held at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène on September 2 and 3, 2006. The two day event attracted a crowd of around 25,000 people. The festival is expected to become an annual event.

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 and Special Sauce, Wolf Parade, Bedouin Soundclash, Joseph Arthur, Malajube, Lady Sovereign, Kid Koala, Starsailor, Islands, Amon Tobin, Bell Orchestre, Duchess Says, Final Fantasy, The Hidden Cameras, Think About Life, 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.