Ottawa Jazz Fest

Five Must-See Acts at the Ottawa Jazz Festival 2024

PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2024

Founded in 1980, the Ottawa Jazz Festival has brought all-star acts to Canada's capitol for more than 40 years. The festival takes a broad...

Ottawa Jazz Festival Gets Laufey, Lake Street Dive, Norah Jones for 2024 Edition

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2024

The annual Ottawa Jazz Festival has announced the lineup for its 2024 edition, set to take over the nation's capital from June 21 to 30...

Colin Stetson Tested the Limits in Ottawa

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 30

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2023

While others will be typing into the night about legendary headliner Herbie Hancock closing the main stage at the Ottawa Jazz Festival's fi...

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...

Léon Phal Brought Gallic Élan to Ottawa

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 28

PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2023

Sponsored by the French Embassy of Canada, Champagne native Léon Phal played the smaller Fourth Stage inside the National Arts Centre on 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...