Multi-Platinum selling, Grammy Award winning recording artist Drake, announced today that the 6th annual hip-hop summer festival OVO FEST will take place on August 2nd and 3rd at Toronto’s Molson Canadian Amphitheatre. Tickets to OVO Fest go on sale Friday, March 20th at noon EST and will be available as a 2 day festival pass, with a limited number of lawn seats available as single day passes. Night one of OVO FEST will feature a headlining performance by J. Cole and night two will be headlined by Drake with additional artists to be announced for both nights.
Last year’s OVO FEST, which sold out in minutes alike all previous years, featured a headline performance on night one by Outkast along with surprise performances on night two by Usher, 50 Cent and G Unit, Lauryn Hill, YG, Trey Songz and more. Earlier years have featured guest appearances by Jay-Z, Eminem, Snoop Lion, Kanye West, Diddy, TLC, Lil Wayne, Ma$e, Nicki Minaj and Stevie Wonder among many others.
Tickets go on sale Friday, March 20th at noon EST at Livenation.com and all Ticketmaster Outlets. They’ll run you $55.00 for a limited number of single day lawn tickets available to $315.50 at Ticketmaster.ca