A common saying you’ll hear frequently when living in Ottawa is that it is the city that fun forgot. I’d like to make a case for the exact opposite and all you have to do is take a look at the summer festival season.
Dark Star Jubilee PHOTO REVIEW
Grateful Dead tribute act Dark Star Orchestra hosted the sixth annual Dark Star Jubilee at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio over Memorial Day Weekend, May 26 – 28, 2017. Eric Fefferman was there, here is his photo review.
Announcing the line-up for the Ontario Festival of Small Halls 2017!
A household name in Cape Breton fiddling, a rising star from Quebec, folk darlings, and even fiery returning musicians join other quality names in the line-up announcement for the Ontario Festival of Small Halls this fall.
The Calgary Stampede turns up the volume with an expanded festival-style lineup on the Coca-Cola Stage
This year’s Coca-Cola Stage contains the biggest lineup they’ve ever had performing at the Calgary Stampede. Featuring Alessia Cara, The Strumbellas, Nelly Furtado, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals & many more, the new & expanded lineup will have music fans rocking through the day & into the night.
National Arts Centre unveils 2017 Fall Lineup featuring Jann Arden, Diana Krall, Whitehorse and more
New producer, new season and 50 + performances this fall by Jann Arden, Diana Krall, Whitehorse and many more make up National Arts Centre 2017 Fall Lineup.
Monster Lineup Announced for 2017 Riverfest Elora
MGMT – GOGOL BORDELLO – MONSTER TRUCK – MOTHER MOTHER – K.FLAY – SLOAN – USS + 46 more acts to perform at Riverfest Elora 2017!
***UPDATED with photos*** 2017, The Juno Awards in Ottawa – Hip, Cohen and Women
It’s 2017, Canada is 150, the JUNO Awards are in Ottawa for only the 3rd time ever, and it’s an amazing year to be a woman in music. Tonight 8 awards were handed out at Canadian Tire Centre out which 4 were given to women and the rest to either the Tragically Hip / Gord Downie, Leonard Cohen or Shawn Mendes.
Over 100 artists set to participate in JUNOfest 2017 Ottawa
JUNOfest 2017 lineup to include over 35 JUNO nominees, such as The Strumbellas, Silla + Rise, The Dirty Nil, Whitehorse, Tasha The Amazon, Holy Fuck, Bit Funk, Cold Creek County, Exco Levi, and more
Canadian Music Week New Additions!
Canadian Music Week has added a number of new artists, from genres ranging from hip-hop to country, to the lineup of Canada’s biggest new music and discovery festival which will take place this spring in Toronto.
RBC Bluesfest 2017 unveils World Class Lineup (UPDATED LINEUP)
It may have been a cool afternoon in February but social media started to heat up late in the day as the annual Bluesfest TAG 2017 RBC Bluesfest lineup reveal had begun…