This Monday, March 20, the Girls to the Front Songwriters Circle is happening at Irene’s Pub along Bank St. Hosted by local singer-songwriter and musician Julie Corrigan, the event will feature live sets by Ottawa-Gatineau artists Catriona Sturton and ENiiD.
This Tuesday, March 22 Folk Music Ontario presents Ottawa folk/pop singer-songwriter Jeremy Fisher live in concert. Jeremy will be playing at Irene’s Pub with Ottawa artists Jill Zmud and Catriona Sturton.
If you’re into punk rock/powerpop/pop punk, you should make your way over to the Rainbow Bistro this Tuesday night to rock out to Cardiff Giant, Wizard Party and Idle Minds.
This Thursday night at Kinki Lounge, there’s going to be a special tribute night for legendary hip hop producer J Dilla who passed away at the young age of 36. The influential artist’s life and music will be celebrated with a specially-curated dinner menu and live music featuring his brother, rapper Illa J, DJ Rhettmatic, Dankery Harv, DJ Soko and DJ Ray Ray.
The Gatineau region is home to many great bands and musicians, and Bonhomme Sept Heures is certainly one of them. The Outaouais-based indie rock band will be releasing its debut EP this Thursday, March 23 at the Pub St-André in the picturesque village of Saint-André Avellin, just 45 minutes from Gatineau.
This Thursday and Friday, The Juno Host Committee, the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition, Ottawa 2017 and spectrasonic present LOUDottawa, showcasing the LOUD side of the nation’s capital. The mini-fest will feature live sets by A Scar For The Wicked, The Kindred, Eagleson, Halfsleeper and more. Bring earplugs.
For more loud music on Thursday night you can head over to House of Targ to rock out to Neverfriend, Fluid and The Elegant Devils.
If metal and metalcore are more your style, there’s a good show happening Friday at Mavericks featuring Auras. The Waterloo progressive metal band will be playing Ottawa with Ottawa metalcore group Southpaw, Gatineau metal project Accretion, and Ottawa deathcore newcomers Martyrs.
Friday there’s also a cool show happening at Bar Robo. It’s happening as part of All Day Breakfast’s “All The Rage” EP Release Tour and the Toronto/Ottawa garage rock band will be sharing the stage with Toronto garage rock trio Crazy Bones and Ottawa garage rockers Ornaments.
Celebrate the arrival of spring (!) and chase away winter blues at the annual Doldrums Music Festival being held this Friday and Saturday at Club SAW. The Friday show will feature live sets by locals sbsst, Church of Trees, Destroy Clocks and Kate Schroder while the second night will present performances by Prayer Wheels, Nightshades, Shadowhand and the Vile Bodies.
Ottawa experimental hip hop group wotts hasn’t given a show since last summer at Bluesfest, and the band is coming out of hiding this Friday night to perform at Live on Elgin. For the occasion, the guys will be playing alongside local folk/country singer-songwriter Tariq Anwar and lofi psy-folk duo Goodnight Boy.
DJ Shub, past member of A Tribe Called Red and Ottawa resident, is back in town this Friday night and to mark his return he’s giving a live set alongside Jon Deck at Kinki After Dark. Did someone say reunion?
This Friday night at House of Targ, expect more metal as Montreal tech death metal band First Fragment, Montreal symphonic metal group Aeternam,Ottawa death metal formation Accursed Spawn and Ottawa blackened metal project Endemise take the stage
If you haven’t been to a Souljazz Orchestra show yet, you’re missing out! The hometown heroes are performing live at Babylon this Friday, March 24. The Ottawa-based six-piece, known around the world for its contagious soul, jazz and afro-latin sounds, always deliver solid live performances. If you’re planning on going, get there early as their shows tend to sell out.
The Strange People monthly dedicated to happiness, good times and curiosity is back this Friday night inside Mercury Lounge. Party people are invited to come as they are and enjoy the sounds of house, disco, techno and more. For the latest edition, resident DJs Mat Thibault and Teknobrat will be on the mix with guest Christian Arno, and together they’ll take you on an eclectic musical journey that’s bound to stimulate your imagination.
The March edition of Hip Hop Karaoke is going down this Friday night at the Elmdale with your usual hosts DJ So Nice and Atherton. If you want to perform and impersonate Ceelo by rapping that track you spent hours memorizing in front of the mirror, now’s your chance to show the Ottawa what you’re capable of.
Ottawa dream pop extraordinaires Sparklesaurus will be be giving a historic live performance (their words) at Bar Robo this Saturday, and to mark this important event they’ll be joined by local indie rockers The Haig and local indie rock/power pop trio Sleepy and the Noise.
Quebec folk-trash takes centre stage this Saturday night at the Minotaure as Roland (of Gatineau band Charabia), Montreal franco-punk-gypsy collective Tintamare and Montreal group Robert Fusil et les chiens fous share the bill.
A monthly party dedicated to the 6 God? Drake fans, rejoice. The Drake Night dance party, at which you can expect to hear nothing but Drizzy jams and tracks from OVO affiliates courtesy of DJs Max Zims and Laocapone, is now a monthly and it’s going down this Saturday night inside Babylon.
This Saturday night marks the return of Deep Therapy at Mercury Lounge. This dance party showcases the sounds of deep and cutting edge house music in a unique and inviting atmosphere that defies the ordinary. It’s your remedy from the mainstream, so let loose and dance.
