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Arboretum Festival: The Hammock Sessions (Secret Shows) – Saturday, August 23

As you may have noticed on the Arboretum Arts Festival Schedule, we’re presenting a few “secret shows” today at the

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Steve Adamyk Band Dial Tone album release party w/ Blue Angel + Tropical Dripps @ House of Targ

Saturday night was another home run at House of Targ, the new music venue/arcade/pierogi house that seems to know how to

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The Haig Open Up About Their Inaugural Tour & New EP

Ottawa “rock and not roll” band The Haig are embarking on their first tour ever across the roads of Ontario. Booking your band’s

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New Music: Jon Hynes – Watchful Creatures

Jon Hynes is a new addition to Ottawa’s burgeoning music community, but he is by no means new to the

RBC Bluesfest Day 8: July Talk + Third Eye Blind + Canadian Women’s Songwriter’s Showcase

RBC Bluesfest Press Images Photo: Mark Horton With the final weekend of RBC Bluesfest at hand, everyone here in Ottawa

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RBC Bluesfest Day 3: Kalle Mattson + Blakdenim + The Digs + Black Joe Lewis + Matt Andersen & the Mellotones

The longest day of Bluesfest 2014 so far began with hardly a cloud in the sky, and the sun beating

RBC Bluesfest Day 1: Amos the Transparent + Tegan and Sara

Photo: John McQuarrie, RBC Bluesfest Press Images The first day of RBC Ottawa Bluesfest began much like it has in

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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble at the OLG After Dark Series on June 28

It’s not often an eight-piece band comes along that fuses different rhythms and styles and genres of music with interchangeable

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New Music: Bonnie Doon An Affair to Imagine EP

Local punk/post-punk/whatever band Boonie Doon released their first EP called An Affair to Imagine on Bruised Tongue yesterday, Saturday, June 28, when they played a