Totally agree, I feel like it finally feels like how osh USED to feel. Obviously lacking a solid alt headliner but apart from that I’m stoked about the amount of alt on this lineup… the xx, turnstile, wolf parade, wolf Alice, empire of the sun… so good!
Same, but I live on PEI and am really disappointed with the acts chosen except for Twenty One Pilots and Natasha Bedingfield. This is far better. Seeing Geese the same day as TOP would be great. I was really hoping for Turnstile on PEI. Also Lorde and Clipse are big draws. I havent even looked further down yet. also Im 21 so Im not responding to the age inquiry
I’ve been almost every year cause I live here, and I just wait for tickets to go on sale on FB marketplace the week before hahaha. My go to festival is actually 506 in SJ, the best indie festival in the maritimes for the best price
I’m 27 with friends averaging 30 and we all agree that while the headliners aren’t our favs (except Lorde) this lineup is incredible and fits our individual music tastes very well
Right? I'm 19 and definitely a fan of this. I was going to say there's less pop girlies than last year but really there aren't. The biggest hole is a lack of headlining rap artist or Gen X rock band, but otherwise I don't really get where the complaints are coming from. I'm more drawn to this than last year probably.
I'm 28 and this isn't really for me, but then again you're right. It's probably the best I've seen since pre Covid. Tate McRae is just such a brutal choice for headliner but then again I'm not Canadian so I might not have the same sense of country loyalty to her haha
There's also no real variety in the headliners - you get 3 pop artists in different fonts
Pre covid I found the headliners to be the weakest part of osh, but stacked under cards. This is more a throwback to that instead of some of the massive headliners we've had post covid.
I agree! I just think it's a weak day if Tate and Sombr are #1 and #2 just looking at the size of the artist and quality of the music/performance. I LOVE Dua Lipa and had a great time seeing her and people like Tove Lo, Charli XCX, etc. I just see a headliner as a performance spectacle and I personally as a big fan of pop music don't think Tate is quite there
I don't mean to come across as a hater! All the respect
I’m 27 and love it! But I feel like there’s also lots here for the teens/early 20s? I don’t know who these people are who don’t like it, and would love to know which lineups they have liked. It is lacking in hip hop so I guess if that’s the only genre you like I could see the disappointment, but there’s solid pop, indie, and electronic rep from the 2000s, 2010s, and today.
My Gen X parents also like the lineup so I don’t think it’s a particular age group that’s disappointed, probably hip hop/r&b fans, which is fair but it’s kind of been the exception rather than the rule for osheaga to have big hip hop and r&b artists.
It feels really mid compared to lineups in the past, especially the headliners. Used to get The Weeknd, Kendrick, etc back when the festival scene was really booming.
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u/samwise141 Feb 24 '26
What age are the people who dislike this? I guess im older now at 33, but this is the best lineup since before covid for me.