After a year of hearing about it, RBC’s Devinder Gill finally gets her Bluesfest experience
RBC's Karl Quinn with the bank's regional president, Devinder Gill, and local developer Rick Iafelice at Ottawa Bluesfest. Photo by Caroline Phillips

After a year of hearing about it, RBC’s Devinder Gill finally gets her Bluesfest experience

Devinder Gill was so excited to attend her very first Ottawa Bluesfest since moving here nearly a year ago that the regional president at RBC even scoped out the festival grounds days in advance.

Living and working downtown, she simply walked over to LeBreton Flats to get a quick lay of the land.

On Thursday, her curiosity about what Bluesfest is all about was finally satisfied during opening night of the massive, multi-stage, multi-genre festival, for which RBC is one of the major sponsors.

Wearing a white denim dress with a linen blazer, Gill was there with members of her team on what turned out to be a perfect summer evening. They hosted dozens of clients for the headlining act: American country music singer and songwriter Lainey Wilson.

You see, Gill stepped into her new leadership role shortly after last year’s Bluesfest wrapped up — but quickly realized what a big deal the festival is.

American country music singer and songwriter Lainey Wilson opened up Ottawa Bluesfest 2025 on the RBC Stage at LeBreton Flats on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Photo by Caroline Phillips

Country rock band The Red Clay Strays were part of the opening day lineup for Ottawa Bluesfest 2025 at LeBreton Flats. Photo by Caroline Phillips
Mark Monahan, founder and executive director of Ottawa Bluesfest, and RBC regional president Devinder Gill at the RBC Suite on Thursday, July 10, 2025, for the opening night of the music festival. Photo by Caroline Phillips

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Jaspreet Kalra

Deputy Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and Legal Director at Avaya | Board Director

1mo

Thank you to Devinder K. Gill and RBC for hosting a fantastic evening! Wonderful coverage as always, Caroline Phillips.

Erika (Campbell) Whitmee

Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications at RBC

1mo

What an opening night! Thanks for capturing it so well Caroline

Elaine Lindsay

Speaker | Podcast Host | 6x Suicide Loss | Author | The Dark Pollyanna™ |Chaos + Compassion | Top 100 Mental Health Thought Leader (Thinkers360) | Start #ConverSAVEtions | The Digital Remains™(Creator)

1mo

💯 Excellent

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