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Tank and the Bangas

Review & Gallery: CityFolk Day 5

The final day of Ottawa’s CityFolk was the perfect end to a festival with a lot of highlights (my personal

Review & Photos: CityFolk Day 2

Photos by Els Durnford Gee, the Ottawa Folk Festival sure has changed. Since 2011 when the Bluesfest producers took over,

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Gallery: Cityfolk Day 1

This year’s CityFolk Festival got off to a good start at Lansdowne Park with some stellar performances by Ruth B,

Top Picks for CityFolk 2017

It’s that time of year when we descend on Lansdowne and the Glebe for CityFolk Festival. This year’s main festival

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Contest: Win passes to CityFolk Festival

*Note* – This contest is now closed. Photo by ottawafestivals.com As summer winds down, there’s still some outdoor music that

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Marvest 2017 Schedule & Sampler

For a few years now, CityFolk has included an offshoot “mini festival” of sorts called Marvest. We’ve been lucky enough

Weekend Music Picks: Sept 1-3

Friday, September 1 Shawn William Clarke & Abigail Lapell at Bar Robo Five Fridays Songwriter Circle at LIVE! on Elgin

House of PainT 2017: Breaking, DJing, MCing, Painting and Educating

House of PainT celebrated its 14th year this past week with another outstanding edition of the festival that highlights the

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Gallery: Hopped & Confused at Mill St. Brew Pub

As summer putters along with the end in sight, there are a few music events that we here in Ottawa

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Interview: Vancouver’s Needles//Pins

On a sunny day in June during Ottawa Explosion Weekend, I caught up with Vancouver self-proclaimed powertrash band Needles//Pins. Their