Live Music — Next 30 Days

August 10–16

Monday, August 10

Funky Monks: Red Hot Chili Peppers Tribute + Hedonic — Overflow Brewing, Ottawa — 7:00 PM — Funk/Rock/Tribute — 19+ — Event details

Hickoids — Dominion Tavern, ByWard Market — Punk/Rock — Event details

5 Star Monday Band — The Laff, ByWard Market — Rock — Event details

Tuesday, August 11

Max McNown — Summer Vacation Tour — Hard Rock Live Ottawa — doors 7:00 PM — Country — 19+ — Tickets

Grace Petrie — National Arts Centre — Folk — Tickets

Ben Nichols — In The Heart of the Mountain Tour — The 27 Club, ByWard Market — Rock — Event details

Celtic Chamber Music Night — Rainbow Bistro — Celtic — Event details

Wednesday, August 12

Jazz Jam with The Beeched Wailers — Irene's Pub, Glebe — 8:30 PM — Jazz — Venue page

KREST + Paradise Sprites + The Burning Tree — House of TARG, Old Ottawa South — Alternative/Rock — Event details

Thursday, August 13

Irene's Thursday Blues Sessions with Gerri Trimble — Irene's Pub — 8:00 PM — Blues — Venue page

The Fly Downs + Jackki Harrt + Social Suicide — House of TARG — Pop-Punk/Rock — Event details

Meteor Heist + August John + Hedonic — LIVE! on Elgin — Indie/Rock — Event details

Friday, August 14

Greene & Bleus — Jesse Greene & Jay Bleus — Irene's Pub — 9:00 PM — Blues — Venue page

Peter Hum Quartet — The Robo Lounge — Jazz — Event details

Letdown + Tarbox + Dogo Suicide + Still Youth — The 27 Club — Rock — Event details

Friendly Frogs Freak Show + Ratskin Family Band + The Oscillators — House of TARG — Funk/Country/Ska — Event details

Under the Stars — Club SAW — Indie/Alternative — Event details

Saturday, August 15

Nick Maclean Quartet feat. Brownman Ali — The Robo Lounge — Jazz — Event details

The Extensions + Jameemah — LIVE! on Elgin — Rock — Event details

GRANDMOTHER + Destruction Derby + Tree of Smoke + Clavius — House of TARG — Metal/Rock — Event details

Lives Like Skyscrapers + Third Rail Transmission + Paul Anthony — Irene's Pub — 9:00 PM — Rock — Venue page

Sunday, August 16

Caipirinha Society — Club SAW — Global/Live Music — Event details

Sir Kingfish + Broken By Friday + Candy Says + Alturna — Rainbow Bistro — Rock — Event details

The Sunday Night Revue — Irene's Pub — 8:30 PM — Jazz/Rock — Venue page

August 17–23

Tuesday, August 18

Dummy Pass + Monach + Pareidolia — Rainbow Bistro — Indie — Event details

Wednesday, August 19

Deep Purple + Kansas — Canadian Tire Centre — Rock — tickets on sale — Tickets

Hip Hop Jam — Red Bird — Old Ottawa South — Hip-Hop — Event details

Thursday, August 20

The Wallflowers — HISTORY Ottawa, ByWard Market — Rock — tickets on sale — Tickets

Swervedriver — Raise at 35 — Bronson Centre — Alternative/Rock — Event details

Fin de Fiesta Flamenco — The Robo Lounge — Flamenco — Event details

Irene's Thursday Blues Sessions with Lucas Haneman — Irene's Pub — 8:00 PM — Blues — Venue page

Friday, August 21

The Start — Irene's Pub — 9:00 PM — Rock — Venue page

Mike McKenna Jr. + William Steven Hall — Red Bird — Folk — Event details

Guylaine Tanguay — I Love Rock'n'roll — Salle Odyssée, Gatineau — 8:00 PM — Country/Rock — Tickets

Saturday, August 22

Sam Salmon & the Grand Manan Bandits + Jack & The Backburners — Irene's Pub — 9:00 PM — Folk — Venue page

Brian An Quartet — The Robo Lounge — Jazz — Event details

JW-Jones Plays the Hits — Red Bird — Blues — Event details

GOAT! 15-Year Birthday Bash — LIVE! on Elgin — Punk/Rock — Event details

Sunday, August 23

Legendary Sunday Afternoon Blues Jam — Rainbow Bistro — Blues — Event details

JW-Jones Plays the Hits — Red Bird — Blues — Event details

Raphael Weinroth-Browne — Ottawa Tennis Club — Alternative/Instrumental — Event details

The Sunday Night Revue — Irene's Pub — 8:30 PM — Venue page

August 24–30

Monday, August 24

Meltt — The 27 Club — Indie — Event details

Tuesday, August 25

The Surfrajettes + Mama Mush — House of TARG — Surf/Rock — Event details

Wednesday, August 26

The Wiggles — Tree of Wisdom Spectacular — Arena at TD Place — Family/Pop — Tickets

Thursday, August 27

Luke Bryan — Word on the Street Tour — Canadian Tire Centre — Country — tickets on sale — Tickets

Switched-On Synths — House of TARG — Experimental/Synth-Punk — Event details

Irene's Thursday Blues Sessions with Jeff Rixx Graham — Irene's Pub — 8:00 PM — Blues — Venue page

Friday, August 28

Thomas Duxbury & The New Mother Nature + The Berns + Out By Lucy — Irene's Pub — 9:00 PM — Rock — Venue page

Roxy's Proxy Album Launch — The Robo Lounge — Folk — Event details

Mimi O'Bonsawin — Red Bird — Folk — Event details

Broncs & 'Tonks — Ottawa — Country concert/rodeo event — Event details

Saturday, August 29

August John + Supersum + The Louies — Irene's Pub — 9:00 PM — Rock — Venue page

Sweetnotes Biyaya Concert — Algonquin Commons Theatre — Concert — Tickets

Sunday, August 30

Heydoo Live in Concert — Algonquin Commons Theatre — Concert — new date — Tickets

The Sunday Night Revue — Irene's Pub — 8:30 PM — Venue page

August 31–September 8

Wednesday, September 2

The Prime Rib Big Band — Irene's Pub — 8:30 PM — Big Band/Jazz — Venue page

Thursday, September 3

Altered By Mom — Summer Tour — LIVE! on Elgin — Rock — Event details

Clément Jacques — Iris — Salle Odyssée, Gatineau — 8:00 PM — Singer-songwriter — Tickets

Friday, September 4

Houndmouth — The Lordy Tour — HISTORY Ottawa — Rock — tickets on sale — Tickets

Claude Dubois — Dubois solide en liberté — Salle Odyssée, Gatineau — 8:00 PM — Chanson — $75 — Tickets

80s Dance Party + One Vision — House of TARG — Live '80s Pop — Event details

Tuesday, September 8

France D'Amour — Salle Odyssée, Gatineau — Rock/Chanson — Tickets

Major Concerts — Next 6 Months

August 2026

Aug. 11 — Max McNown — Hard Rock Live Ottawa — Country — on sale.

Aug. 19 — Deep Purple + Kansas — Canadian Tire Centre — Rock — on sale.

Aug. 20 — The Wallflowers — HISTORY Ottawa — Rock — on sale.

Aug. 26 — The Wiggles — Arena at TD Place — Family/Pop — on sale.

Aug. 27 — Luke Bryan — Canadian Tire Centre — Country — on sale.

September 2026

Sep. 4 — Houndmouth: The Lordy Tour — HISTORY Ottawa — Rock — on sale.

Sep. 4 — Claude Dubois — Salle Odyssée, Gatineau — Chanson — on sale.

Sep. 9 — KALEO: Way Down We Go Tour — HISTORY Ottawa — Rock — on sale.

Sep. 9 — Jim Henson's Labyrinth: In Concert — Algonquin Commons Theatre — live soundtrack performance — on sale.

Sep. 11 — Mt. Joy — Hard Rock Live Ottawa — Indie Rock — 19+ — on sale.

Sep. 12 — SOS: The ABBA Experience — Algonquin Commons Theatre — Tribute/Pop — $49.50+.

Sep. 13 — The Pretty Reckless: Dear God Tour — HISTORY Ottawa — Rock — on sale.

Sep. 15 — Blackberry Smoke: 25th Anniversary Tour — HISTORY Ottawa — Southern Rock — on sale.

Sep. 18 — UB40 — HISTORY Ottawa — Reggae — on sale.

Sep. 18 — Australian Pink Floyd — Hard Rock Live Ottawa — Tribute/Rock — 19+ — on sale.

Sep. 19 — Kathleen Edwards — HISTORY Ottawa — Singer-songwriter/Rock — on sale.

Sep. 19 — Jesse & Joy — Hard Rock Live Ottawa — Pop — 19+ — on sale.

Sep. 20 — The Billy Joel Legacy — Hard Rock Live Ottawa — Tribute — 19+ — on sale.

Sep. 26 — Sabaton + Pop Evil + Wings of Steel — HISTORY Ottawa — Metal — 6:00 PM — on sale.

Sep. 30 — Gogol Bordello — HISTORY Ottawa — Punk/World — 7:00 PM — on sale.

October 2026

Oct. 2 — Bring Me The Horizon — Canadian Tire Centre — Metal/Rock — on sale.

Oct. 2 — Two Door Cinema Club: Tourist History 15th Anniversary — HISTORY Ottawa — Indie Rock — on sale.

Oct. 5 — Metric + Broken Social Scene + Stars — Arena at TD Place — Indie Rock — on sale.

Oct. 7 — Pat Metheny: SIDE-EYE III+ — Algonquin Commons Theatre — Jazz — on sale.

Oct. 9 — Christone “Kingfish” Ingram — Algonquin Commons Theatre — Blues — on sale.

Oct. 16 — Bruce Cockburn — National Arts Centre — Folk/Rock — on sale.

Oct. 17 — The Black Keys — Canadian Tire Centre — Rock — on sale.

Oct. 20 — Loreena McKennitt — National Arts Centre — Roots/World — on sale.

Oct. 24 — Marianas Trench — HISTORY Ottawa — Pop/Rock — on sale.

Oct. 25 — Allison Russell + AHI — National Arts Centre — Folk — on sale.

Oct. 30 — Disney Descendants, ZOMBIES & Camp Rock: Worlds Collide — Canadian Tire Centre — Pop — 7:00 PM — on sale.

November 2026

Nov. 1 — Hot Mulligan — HISTORY Ottawa — Alternative/Pop-Punk — on sale.

Nov. 4 — Owen Riegling — HISTORY Ottawa — Country — on sale.

Nov. 8 — Geoff Tate: Operation Mindcrime — The Final Chapter — Algonquin Commons Theatre — Progressive Rock/Metal — on sale.

Nov. 13 — Wheeler Walker Jr. — HISTORY Ottawa — Country — on sale.

Nov. 18 — Raine Maida + Chantal Kreviazuk — Algonquin Commons Theatre — Rock/Pop — on sale.

Nov. 26 — Dax: The Anger Management Tour — HISTORY Ottawa — Hip-Hop — on sale.

Nov. 28 — Steven Page Trio — Algonquin Commons Theatre — Pop/Rock — on sale.

December 2026

Dec. 19 — Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy — National Arts Centre — Celtic/Folk — on sale.

Dec. 20 — Choir! Choir! Choir!: Un-Silent Night — National Arts Centre — Pop/Choir — on sale.

January 2027

Jan. 7–9 — Dancing Queen: The Best of ABBA with the NAC Orchestra — National Arts Centre — Symphonic Pop — tickets from $33.

Jan. 14–15 — Yoann Bourgeois & Patrick Watson — National Arts Centre — Live Music/Dance — newly listed.

Jan. 16 — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — In Concert — Arena at TD Place — 7:00 PM — orchestra and choirs performing Howard Shore's score live.

Jan. 23 — Comfortably Numb: Canada's Pink Floyd Show — Algonquin Commons Theatre — Tribute/Rock.

February 2027

Feb. 4 — Hilary Duff: The Lucky Me Tour — Canadian Tire Centre — 7:30 PM — Pop — support: Lauren Spencer Smith — on sale.