Music concerts in Ottawa/Gatineau

[Djeffery]

Just saw that Neil Young has cancelled his London show on July 13 due to several illnesses in the band after their recent Detroit show. I'm assuming the Toronto and Ottawa shows that happen before London's date are also affected. Bryan Adams is replacing Young in London.

[FrostyMug]

Neil Young definitely canceled due to illness. Replaced by the Offspring and a couple supporting acts. As per CTV

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/neil-young...tour-1.6942592

[harls]

Hope he's ok.

[MolsonExport]

Damn, he was coming to London next month (I would have missed it anyways, because I will be in Europe, but Neil Young is the ultimate Canadian music legend, par excellence, and I would have otherwise been there to see him).

Nobody in Nickelback is feeling unwell, so they unfortunately will be coming to London. Mr Constipation voice and his merry band:

[rocketphish]

Red Bird owner tackling bigger shows in other venues to meet Ottawa's live music demand
“The demand is there. All that’s really needed now is providing opportunities for people to see a concert.”

Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen
Published Aug 13, 2024 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 4 minute read

Geoff Cass, the owner of Red Bird, has spent much of the summer figuring out how to meet the pent-up demand for live music he sees in Ottawa.

The problem is the capacity at his Bank Street venue is limited to just 80 seats, and concerts routinely sell out fast, often leaving fans disappointed.

The trend has held true this summer even though the summer months are traditionally a slow time for club shows in the city as music fans divide their time between festivals, cottages and other out-of-town vacation destinations.

Still, it seems patrons can’t get enough of the soft-seat, high-quality listening experience at Red Bird, which opened its doors in 2022 as a hybrid music school-coffee shop-folk club. The booking policy does not aspire to nab major pop stars; instead, it focuses on singer-songwriters of all stripes from grassroots upstarts to established names.

Sometimes the solution to the ticket dilemma is simple: Add an extra performance, so long as the artist and venue schedules align.

This month’s calendar, for example, includes performances by folksingers Garnet Rogers and Archie Fisher on Aug. 14 and 15, another two by bluesman Harry Manx (Aug. 22-23, both sold out) and a Saturday-afternoon matinee by the musical comedy trio Arrogant Worms on Aug. 17, followed by a sold-out evening show.

While a consistently full house is ideal, Cass is starting to spread his wings beyond the Red Bird nest to meet a demand he suspects has always been there.

“The demand is there. All that’s really needed now is providing opportunities for people to see a concert,” he said. “If you bring a good artist to town, or, if you promote one of the artists we have locally, then people for sure come out to the concerts.”


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[kwoldtimer]

Never heard of Red Bird. Has it been around for a long time?

[phil235]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Never heard of Red Bird. Has it been around for a long time?

A couple of years. Great venue in Old Ottawa South.

[rocketphish]

Bluesfest-style rock shows overtake folk at CityFolk
The annual music event at Lansdowne Park started Wednesday and continues through Sunday.

Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen
Published Sep 13, 2024 • Last updated 2 hours ago • 5 minute read

Main-stage shows by rock acts Greta Van Fleet and The Beaches at CityFolk this week — plus a stretch of fine summer weather — have made this year’s edition of the September festival feel more like Bluesfest Lite than a direct descent of the Ottawa Folk Festival.

But, at the same time, side-stage performances by the likes of Fred Eaglesmith and local lad Jacob River Milnes have offered reminders of the festival’s folky roots by the Ottawa River 30 years ago. More about them in a moment.
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Let’s start with the over-the-top, arena-rock extravaganza served up by Greta Van Fleet on Thursday, their first show in the nation’s capital since opening for Foo Fighters at Bluesfest in 2018. Made up of three brothers and a friend, the Grammy-nominated Michigan rockers flaunted their classic-rock influences, from Led Zep and The Who to AC/DC and the Beatles, in a set of original tunes drawn from a decade of music-making, each one rendered with peak showmanship and several blasts of pyro.

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