Don’t miss these upcoming concerts in Ottawa-Gatineau and beyond!

Concerts in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario, the Outaouais and beyond are the subject of this continually updated post. Whether your taste runs to pop, country, hip-hop, jazz, classical or anything in between, keep checking this post regularly to find out which acts are coming to town soon!

If a show is part of a bigger festival or series, I’ll try to note that. If the show is sold out, I’ll do my best to remove it from this post. Sometimes, shows change dates or locations. I’ll update this post frequently, but if you see a discrepancy between this post and the concert promoter’s website, the promoter’s site is always right!

Perhaps you see a listing for a show you’d like to see, but it’s too far away or on a night you can’t go. Try searching the act’s name in the rest of the post. Often, if a singer or group is doing one show in the region, they’re doing several while they’re in the area.

Another great source of information on live music in Ottawa is Ottawa Gigs.

If you’re looking for other upcoming events in and around Ottawa, check my main events post.

P.S.: If you know of an event that’s not listed here, or if you learn that an event has been cancelled or is sold out, please email me and I’ll update the post.

Cover photo by Ahmed Rizkhaan on Unsplash.

April 2025 concerts in Ottawa and beyond

From Heart to Raffi, there’s lots of Canadian content in April’s lineup of concerts in Ottawa and elsewhere.

• April 12: Craig and Kim, Moose McGuire’s (Hunt Club), Ottawa
• April 12: Fierbois, Almonte Old Town Hall (Almonte in Concert series)
• April 12: The Undercovers: Rogers, Richie and Robinson (tribute), Studio Theatre, Perth
• April 12: ABBA Revisited (tribute show), St. Paul’s United Church, Perth
• April 12: Splash ‘N’ Boots, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• April 12: Cathedral Choir and Caelis Academy Ensemble, St. George’s Cathedral, Kingston
• April 12: The Liverpool 4 (Beatles tribute), Festival Hall Centre for the Performing Arts, Pembroke
• April 12 to 13: Raffi, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• April 13: Lisa B. Band, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 13: Dumb Crush with Cardamom Years and pretty good, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 13: Boreal, Westboro Masonic Hall, Ottawa
• April 13: Lynn Miles with Keith Glass, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners
• April 13: Eric Uren and Meghan Balogh, The Cove Inn, Westport
• April 14: Fan Club with Crisis Party and Pith, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 16: Harmonious Pigs Reed Trio, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans (Matinée Café series)
• April 16: Drag Me To Live!, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 16: Gregory Charles, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans (SOLD OUT)
• April 16: Shawn McCullough + Friends, The Cove Inn, Westport
• April 17: Alex Whorms, Pat Rees and Alexander Bella, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 17: Belt: The Improvised Musical, Red Bird, Ottawa
• April 17: The Harmonious Pigs Reed Trio, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean (Matinée Café series)
• April 17: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• April 18: Sarah Jayne Riley with special guest Dylan Ireland, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 18: Brooks & Bowskill, The Cove Inn, Westport
• April 19: Canaan Cox, Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa
• April 19: Isaac Baronikian, Mark Brownlee and Georgia Evans, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 19: Tony D, Moose McGuire’s (Hunt Club), Ottawa
• April 19: The Van Halen Invasion (Van Halen tribute), Port Theatre, Cornwall
• April 19: Gowan, Empire Theatre, Belleville
• April 20: Waylon Napadogan Band and The Tortoise The Hare, & The Millionaire, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 20: Eric Uren and Meghan Balogh, The Cove Inn, Westport
• April 23: Allison Lupton with Shane Cook and Kyle Waymouth, Red Bird, Ottawa
• April 23: Shawn McCullough + Friends, The Cove Inn, Westport
• April 24: Nicholas Campbell & The Metre Cheaters with The New Hires, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 24: Terra Spencer, Red Bird, Ottawa
• April 24: Lynn Miles, CP Gallery, Carleton Place
• April 25: Tucana with Cruel Hope and Saturn Sunrise, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 25: The Elvis Concert (tribute show), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• April 25: Lunch at Allen’s, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• April 25: Mary Frances Leahy, Perth and District Collegiate Institute, Perth
• April 25: Terra Spencer, Off the Grid Productions, Eganville
• April 26: Celeigh Cardinal, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• April 26: Kentucky, Julie Stella and James King, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 26: Greg Szepietowski Duo, Moose McGuire’s (Hunt Club), Ottawa
• April 26: Alan Jackson Experience (Alan Jackson tribute), Port Theatre, Cornwall
• April 27: Keean Davies, Leeny Jones and Yan Simon, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 27: Eric Uren and Meghan Balogh, The Cove Inn, Westport
• April 27: Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston (Ravel Festival)
• April 30: Gone Fishing, Robin Kenny, and Tea and Oranges, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• April 30: Shawn McCullough + Friends, The Cove Inn, Westport

May 2025 concerts

Details on May concerts in Ottawa and beyond are still being finalized, but here are a few to consider.

• May 1: Jason Dunkerley, Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 1: Supersonic Hearts, Manor Lounge, Ottawa
• May 1: Pomelo Soda, Hedonic and Broken By Friday, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• May 1: Meta4, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• May 2: Bachman Turner Overdrive, April Wine and Headpins, TD Place, Ottawa
• May 2: Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen, Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 2: Casper Skulls with Scrip Issue and Nick Bendzsa, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• May 2: Valdy, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 2: My Son the Hurricane, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• May 2: A Night on Broadway (The Isabel Voices), Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• May 2 and 3: Ben Hur, St. Matthew’s Church, Ottawa (Seventeen Voyces)
• May 3: Tonia and Bill, Moose McGuire’s (Hunt Club), Ottawa
• May 3: Steven Page with special guest Landon A.R. Coleman, Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg (St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage series)
• May 3: Symply Skynyrd (tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd), Farrell Hall, Perth
• May 3: Heatwave: A Motown Dance Party, The Cove Inn, Westport
• May 3: Pembroke Symphony Orchestra, Festival Hall Centre for the Performing Arts, Pembroke
• May 3: Zoo Station (U2 tribute), Empire Theatre, Belleville
• May 4: Acoustic Underglow (multi-act fundraiser), Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• May 4: In Spite of Ourselves (John Prine tribute), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• May 4: The Fugitives, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners
• May 4: Eric Uren and Meghan Balogh, The Cove Inn, Westport
• May 5 and 6: Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic (tribute show), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• May 6: Tafelmusik, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• May 7: Four Eyed Muscle Man with They’re Not Here and Bathwash, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• May 7: The Monroe Sisters, Red Bird, Ottawa (Bluegrass Wednesdays)
• May 7: ABRA Cadabra (ABBA tribute), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• May 7: Shawn McCullough + Friends, The Cove Inn, Westport
• May 8: Forces of Nature, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Thirteen Strings)
• May 8: The High Loves and The Empties, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• May 8: Garth and Shania Tribute Show, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• May 8: Garrett Mason, The Cove Inn, Westport
• May 9: Fleetwood Mac Mania (tribute show), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• May 9: The Alan Jackson Experience (tribute show), Empire Theatre, Belleville
• May 10: Canadian Centennial Choir, Centretown United Church, Ottawa (Music Inspired by Nature)
• May 10: Russell deCarle, Red Bird, Ottawa (also May 9, but that show is sold out)
• May 10: Dylan Watts, Moose McGuire’s (Hunt Club), Ottawa
• May 10: Bobby Bazini, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• May 10: Classic Troubadours (Sheryl Crow/Stevie Nicks tribute), Empire Theatre, Belleville
• May 11: A Family Affair, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Ottawa (Ottawa Choral Society)
• May 11: CHILIØ, Cawston and Sudden Waves, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• May 11: Richard Flohil and Jesse Greene, Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 11: Eric Uren and Meghan Balogh, The Cove Inn, Westport
• May 14: Shawn McCullough + Friends, The Cove Inn, Westport
• May 15: Naked Neighbours, Brett Jericho and Chew Bear, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• May 15: Jane and Kyle, Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 16: Bywater Call, Carleton Place Town Hall, Carleton Place
• May 17: Doug Paisley, Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 17: Justin Duhaime’s Gypsy Muse, Moose McGuire’s (Hunt Club), Ottawa
• May 22: Dave Gunning, Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 22: Dan Hill and Andy Kim, Empire Theatre, Belleville
• May 23: Leeroy Stagger, Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 23: Paul Webber Trio, Moose McGuire’s (Hunt Club), Ottawa
• May 23: GODDO, Empire Theatre, Belleville
• May 24: LeVolume, Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 25: Stephen Stanley and NoElectric, Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 25: Paul Marleyn and Frédéric Lacroix, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners
• May 28: sheila&lucile, Red Bird, Ottawa (Celtic Celebration)
• May 29: Malia Rogers, Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 29: Bray and MacLean Trio, CP Gallery, Carleton Place
• May 30: Madison Violet, Red Bird, Ottawa (WAITLIST)
• May 31: Madison Violet, Red Bird, Ottawa (SOLD OUT)
• May 31: Mary Beth Carty and Anna Ludlow, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg (Celtic Corner series)

June 2025 concerts

Lots more concert news will be added here as it becomes available.

• June 6: Pretzel Logic (Steely Dan tribute), Empire Theatre, Belleville
• June 7 and 8: Le Potager, National Arts Centre, Ottawa (performance in French for children 2 and up)
• June 8: An evening with EXTC (XTC’s Terry Chambers and Friends), Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa
• June 12: Bruno Capinan, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• June 14 and 15: Star Trek vs. Star Wars: Galactic Musical Showdown, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Ottawa Pops Orchestra)
• June 14: John Hanson Quartet, Moose McGuire’s (Hunt Club), Ottawa
• June 20: Grease the Concert and Music of the ’50s and ’60s, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• June 21: GODDO, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• June 21: TRiPOD, Off the Grid Productions, Eganville
• June 26: TRiPOD, CP Gallery, Carleton Place
• June 30: East Coast Experience, The Cove Inn, Westport

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