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TD Ottawa Jazz Festival crowd at City Hall in 2018. (Photo/Chris Parker) With word of the so-called freedom convoy making a return to Ottawa for Canada Day, TD Ottawa Jazz Festival is seeking to reassure ticketholders. “The TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, in recent consultation with Ottawa Special Events, has been reassured that a significant police presence will ensure the safety of all jazz fans over the Opening and Canada Day weekends. ...

(Via TD Ottawa Jazz Festival) “Ottawa loves its festivals, and 2020 is no different. Rising to the challenge of broadcasting from home and reaching audiences virtually, TD Ottawa Jazz Fest has been online blowing minds all week. They have dubbed this season “Tenacity” because it turns out that you can’t lock artists down, and you can’t stop the music. ...

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival crowd at City Hall in 2018. (Photo/Chris Parker) Where: Ottawa City Hall, Confederation Park, NAC, Queen St. Fare (170 Queen St.), Lord Elgin Hotel Grill 41 and Mercury Lounge (56 ByWard Market Sq.) When: June 21 through July 1. ...

CityFolk 2019 lineup. (Via CityFolk) CityFolk festival organizers today announced the initial line-up for their 2019 program. Confirmed acts to date include Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters (Sep 15); Leon Bridges (Sep 14); Summersault — Our Lady Peace, +LIVE+, Bush (Sep 13); The Strumbellas (Sep 12); Lucinda Williams (Sep 12); RHYE (Sep 14); Lucy Dacus (Sep 15); Donovan Woods and The Opposition (Sep 13); Larkin Poe (Sep 12); Tim Baker (Sep 15); Rich Aucoin (Sep 13); Saul Williams (Sep 14); Dear Rouge (Sep 13); Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Sep 14); The Once (Sep 14); Orville Peck (Sep 12); Dwayne Gretzky (Sep 12); The White Buffalo (Sep 15); The East Pointers (Sep 15); Eleni Mandell (Sep 14); Harrow Fair (Sep 15); LeE HARVeY OsMOND (Sep 14); Caroline Rose (Sep 15); Tamino (Sep 14) and Human Kebab (Sep 13). ...

Jazz legend Oscar Peterson’s unmistakable statue on Elgin Street. (Government of Canada photo) There’s nothing like live jazz to chill you out and get relaxed. And with plenty of places to catch some live jazz performances, Ottawa sure is a cool city. ...

Photo from 2017 via Bluesfest Facebook page. This year’s RBC Bluesfest runs from July 4-14 and, being the 25th anniversary of the festival, it’s likely we can expect to see a blockbuster lineup. Some announcements were already made earlier. Organizers confirmed Backstreet Boys will be performing this year, as well as Eric Church, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, and Colter Wall. ...

_ (Via Danielle Allard) _ OTTAWA – Local singer-songwriter, Danielle Allard, is set to release a follow-up EP to her highly successful record, Chameleon. The CD release party will take place at Collabspace, a centre for local entrepreneurs on May 19th at 6:00 PM. ...

** Ian Boyd ** , the owner of ** Compact Music ** , sent us a note to say that the store will be celebrating 40 years in the music business on Saturday, April 21. That date is also ** Record Store Day ** , “a day that celebrates independent record stores all over the world with parties, in-store performances and special releases. ...

_ (Via RBC Ottawa Bluesfest) _ RBC Bluesfest organizers announced the addition of ‘fest favourites, ** Blue Rodeo ** . Since the festival’s inception, Blue Rodeo has repeatedly charmed, thrilled, and outright rocked RBC Bluesfest audiences. They’ll be appearing on July 12 . ...

The ** Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival ** returns June 21 to 24 for its 25 th Anniversary. Highlighting this milestone are free concerts from ** Sam Roberts Band ** (21 st ), ** Broken Social Scene ** (22 ...