Investigation continues into Ottawa Bluesfest's grand finale

The cleanup for Ottawa’s Blues Festival is well underway, but the investigation into the stage collapse continues. Organizers are still scratching their heads as to why the main stage crumbled from a flash thunderstorm Sunday. Especially since the rest of the infrastructure remained in tact.

Winds travelling up to 90 km per hour caused the main stage to collapse during the set of rock band Cheap Trick. Executive Director of Bluesfest called the situation a “freak” accident at a press conference Monday. There he denied knowing that there was a severe tornado warning. Only three people were hurt with minor injuries. Monahan said that these people have been discharged from hospital.

All remaining shows were cancelled including highly anticipated sets from Death Cab for Cutie and John Butler Trio.

The Ministry of Labour will look over engineering documentation and videos of the collapse.

Those that attended the concert will receive a full refund upon presentation of their day pass.