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Concerts/music
Ottawa Jazz Festival
Layers of Sound & History. Celebrating its 45th anniversary in 2025, the Ottawa Jazz Festival’s programming continues to be a trailblazer in the complexities and explorations of jazz. The Ottawa Jazz Festival exists to advance the appreciation and knowledge of all music, in particular jazz, by programming music that richly underscores the continuing creativity and diversity … Read more
Three Days Grace & Volbeat
Three Days Grace & Volbeat Sunday, June 22, 2025 7 PM Three Days Grace Three Days Grace balance moments of extreme emotion on an axis of pummeling hard rock anthems and pensive balladry. Along the way, the Juno Award-nominated multiplatinum record-breaking Ontario, Canada quartet have amassed billions of streams and millions of album sales, sold … Read more
Shelley Conducts Zarathustra
You have heard the opening to Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra , but did you know it has nine spectacular parts? Experience them all. Composer Claude Debussy’s love for the ocean rises and falls in giant waves of sound in La mer. Ian Cusson is a Canadian Indigenous composer whose music maps and explores the Canadian … Read more
Sesame Street Live
Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, and their friends from Sesame Street are coming to Ottawa to say hello! At Sesame Street Live! Say Hello, sing, dance, and play alongside your favourite furry friends, all while you follow Elmo’s puppy, Tango, in a fun game of hide & seek. So put on your dancing shoes and … Read more
The New Brunswick Youth Orchestra – Project TITAN
Admission is free, but reservations are required. Booking opens on June 11 at 10 AM. - - - - - The New Brunswick Youth Orchestra, under the direction of Antonio Delgado, presents an evening of exceptional orchestral music. Canada’s oldest provincial youth orchestra is celebrating its 60th anniversary with the aim of sharing this remarkable … Read more
Murdoch Mysteries in Concert
Join us for an electrifying evening that pulls back the curtain on CBC’s hit series Murdoch Mysteries—live in concert with the National Arts Centre Ochestra. Hosted by series star Yannick Bisson, this exclusive event explores how music for the series is brought to life with award-winning composer Rob Carli. Blending television drama and live orchestral … Read more