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On Thursday night, Caity Gyorgy and GEORGE took to the stage at the Winter Jazz Festival 2025 at the Arts Court.

Saturday night was a family affair at the Babs Asper Theatre in the National Arts Centre, as Chantal Kreviazuk made the final stop on her tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of her sophomore album Colour Moving and Still.

On Friday night, Switchfoot celebrated the twentieth anniversary of their hit album, The Beautiful Letdown with a packed house at the Bronson Theatre.

It was an energy-fuelled start to the weekend, as Rise Against headlined night three of CityFolk in commanding fashion.

One of Ottawa’s favourite festivals kicked off last night, as thousands descended upon Cityfolk 2024 at Lansdowne. Headlining night one was The Beaches, moving up from the late show to the main show in recent years. From playing The 27 Club in 2017, to the Bronson Centre in 2019 and early 2020, to heading up […]

Avril Lavigne’s Greatest Hits Tour rolled into Ottawa on Aug. 14, and the show was a dynamic celebration of her storied career and a re-living of early 2000s nostalgia.

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of his wildly successful album Rebel Yell, Billy Idol brought his Rebel Yell 2024 Canadian tour to the Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday night, and he even brought Canada’s own 80s icons Platinum Blonde along for the ride.

Night eight of Bluesfest featured Tyler Childers, the Kentucky-born country star who brought his home with him along with a massive backup band. Headlining the river stage led by Afie Jurvanen was Bahamas, complete with beautiful harmonies and dueling guitars. Ottawa sensation TALK played a set to a large early crowd, even being joined by […]

Night seven of Bluesfest featured a competition between punk and country fans, as rival stages stuck to their genres giving concertgoers their pick on Thursday evening.

Originally, Tuesday night was supposed to be the second of a two-day break for the festival. However, when the opportunity arose to bring in two huge names in country right now- that plan was scrapped, and Tuesday turned out to be one of the biggest nights of the festival so far. Jelly Roll made his […]

In February, during the Ottawa Ice Dragonboat Festival concert series at The Rainbow, I got to check out a band I had never heard of before—Brother Elsey, out of Detroit. I was immediately impressed by their performance, particularly the depth and breadth of their songwriting. So when I heard they were coming to Neat Coffee Shop in Burnstown, I jumped at the chance to see them again, this time armed with a better appreciation of their music catalogue, which has been in steady rotation for me for the last few months.

If you’re a fan of tasty beer and great (and free) music, then Overflow Brewing Company has what you need, with their Indie Series lineup of concerts!

The “Cali to Canada” tour brought Snoop Dogg’s West Coast aura to the Canadian Tire Centre.

New Age Doom drummer Eric Breitenbach is a busy guy, working prodigiously with multiple projects and running a recording studio/venue in Vancouver, where the duo is from. Fresh from a couple of Ontario gigs with Limblifter, including a show at Neat Cafe on Sunday night, he decided to use Ottawa as a starting point for […]

A rare chance to see Canadian alt-rock favourites Limblifter brought me all the way from Orléans to Neat Cafe in Burnstown last night—my very first show at the acclaimed intimate venue which has hosted many amazing artists over the years.