Ottawa

Brekky Boy Made It Well Worth the Trip

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 29

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2023

Definitely in the running for band who travelled farthest to get here, Sydney, Australia trio Brekky Boy righteously had one of the most we...

Mark Guiliana Brought the Precision and Punctuality

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 28

PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2023

Perhaps the most exclusive slot of the festival thus far, it was only with some effort that even the illustrious press were able to make th...

Borrowed Instruments and Soggy Skies Couldn't Keep the Mary Ancheta Quartet Down in Ottawa

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 26

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023

Battling less-than-great air quality and some frankly unpredictable weather at the festival's 6:30 pm main stage slot, we were greeted by t...

Little Animal! Showed Ottawa Their Weirdo-Jazz Bonafides

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 26

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023

Mercifully tented, the OLG stage was the place to be on a stormy Monday night; shielding from the elements, incubating the jazz. The 7:30 s...

TEKE::TEKE Brought the After-Hours Party to Ottawa Jazz Fest

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 24

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2023

TEKE::TEKE was the tip for day two of the Ottawa Jazz Festival. Hot off the release of their second album Hagata, the Montreal-based...

Feist Was Charismatic and Unpredictable in Ottawa

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 23

PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2023

Festival season has officially started here in Ottawa, with both its eponymous Jazz Festival and Escapade kicking off this weekend — the mu...

The Ottawa International Animation Festival Is Going Fully Online in 2020

PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2020

Thanks to the social distancing measures required by the COVID-19 pandemic, the new normal for 2020 is to put every film festival online. F...

Geoffroy / ren

27 Club, Ottawa ON, November 28

PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2019

I could tell the Geoffroy concert at the 27 Club on Thursday night was going to be popular; the 27 Club isn't the largest venue, but judgin...