concerts

[caption id=“attachment_57986” align=“aligncenter” width=“1038”] Christmas Lights Across Canada. (Canadian Heritage)[/caption] Here’s a big _ (and growing) _ list of Christmas concerts and holiday events in Ottawa. You should also check out our separate list of Holiday Craft Fairs and Christmas Parades . ...

Confirmed 2012 Ottawa Folk Festival acts to date include: * Bon Iver * Ben Harper * Dan Mangan * Great Big Sea * Matthew Good * Matt Mays * Wintersleep * Kathleen Edwards * Corb Lund * Bombino * Belle Starr * Guy Forsyth * Yukon Blonde * John K. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Prince_PurpleRain_single.jpg) One of the great episodes in Ottawa music history has to be the time when Prince played an after-show at Oliver’s Pub at Carleton University. Yes, for real. It was June 2002, and he was in town for a sold-out show at the National Arts Centre. ...

I cannot think of any other word than " awesome " to describe this photo. UPDATE: The previously unidentified purple cat has been identified by several of our readers as “Kitty Purry”. [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/harper-perry.png) From left to right, an unidentified purple cat, Rachel Harper, Katy Perry and Stephen Harper. ...

The Ottawa Folk Festival line-up is out! Here’s who’s performing so far: 1. [ Anaïs Mitchell ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=49) 2. [ Anders Drerup & Kelly Prescott ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=47) 3. [ Basia Bulat ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=27) 4. [ Bright Eyes ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=21) 5. [ Bruce Hornsby & The Noise Makers ](http://ottawafolk. ...

The Ottawa International Jazz Festival announced the 2011 line-up today. Here’s a list of confirmed performers so far: * Ana Moura * Angele Desbois Jazz Ensemble * APEX: Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green * Apex Jazz Band * Atomic * Béla Fleck & The Flecktones the original line-up * Brian Browne Trio * Caridad Cruz * Chet Doxas Quartet * Christian McBride and Inside Straight * Christine Fagan’s “Songs from Once” * Coeur de Pirate * Come Sing Jazz Standards with Elise Letourneau & Capital Vox Jazz Choir * Craig Pedersen Quartet * Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub * Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society * Django Libre * DRUMHAND * Eivind Aarset “Sonic Codex 4tet” * Elio Villafranca * Elliott BROOD * Elvis Costello & the Imposters * Erik Truffaz 4tet * Francois Bourassa Quartet * Gord Grdina Trio plus Mats Gustafsson * Ilan Bar-Lavi * J. ...

* ** @amy_c_rankin: ** And now the concert is being poorly re-enacted on #octranspo * ** @MAllinotte: ** Sparks shooting out of her boobs and crotch. Again, somehow not surprising. * ** @amyboughner: ** I'm assuming the harpist never pictured this life for herself * ** @mpearson78: ** OMG, @ladygaga just admitted she drinks Bud Light. ...

If you’re at Sunday’s Lady Gaga show at Scotiabank Place, look for 14-year-old Michelle Treacy’s from Orleans as she makes a cameo appearance on the video wall. Matthew Treacy sent along this note: _ When Lady GaGa first announced the Monster Ball Tour in 2009, a website opened where fans could submit creative videos of any sort. ...

** UPDATE: ** The full Bluesfest line-up was announced on April 26. Here’s a full list of performers so far for Bluesfest 2011. It’s not quite on the same level of hockey trade rumours, but I’ve seen a few rumours recently about possible performers as Bluesfest (July 5-17, 2011 in Ottawa). ...