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

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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.

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.

December 2024 concerts

To no one’s surprise, Christmas concerts in Ottawa and elsewhere in the region are plentiful this holiday season!

• December 10: The Celtic Tenors: A Celtic Christmas, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans (SOLD OUT)
• December 10: Carleton Place Town Singers, Zion Memorial United Church, Carleton Place
• December 11: OrKidstra, Ottawa Technical Secondary School (free)
• December 11: The Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans (Matinée Café series) (SOLD OUT)
• December 11: Christmas in the Valley with Wayne Rostad, Aultsville Theatre, Cornwall
• December 11: Tim Baker and All Hands, Grand Theatre, Kingston
• December 12: Blues with Peter Newsom, Irene’s Pub, Ottawa
• December 12: The Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean (Matinée Café series)
• December 12: Sultans of String and special guests, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• December 13: The Barrel Boys Bluegrass Christmas, Red Bird, Ottawa
• December 13: 10th Annual Hip Hop Food Drive, The Rainbow, Ottawa
• December 13: Société philharmonique du Nouveau Monde, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (holiday concert)
• December 13: Lynn Miles with the Crusty Mittens Band, Irene’s Pub, Ottawa
• December 13: Tripoly and the Grenville Troubadours, Trinity United Church, Smiths Falls
• December 13: MonkeyJunk, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• December 13: Jersey Nights Before Christmas Show, Grand Theatre, Kingston
• December 14: Christmas Brass!, Ottawa City Hall (Ottawa Pops Orchestra)
• December 14: Christmas Sisters, Red Bird, Ottawa
• December 14: Lynn Miles with the Crusty Mittens Band, Irene’s Pub, Ottawa
• December 14: ABBA Holly Jolly Christmas (tribute show), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• December 14: Christmas from the Pontiac: Gail Gavan and Friends (afternoon show), StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg (Winery series)
• December 14: Christmas from the Pontiac: Gail Gavan and Friends (evening show), StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg (Winery series)
• December 14: Elvis: A Christmas Special, Brockville Arts Centre
• December 14: MonkeyJunk, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• December 15: The Bells of Dublin (Irish Christmas concert), St. Francis of Assisi Church, Ottawa (Ottawa Choral Society)
• December 15: Lynn Miles with the Crusty Mittens Band, Irene’s Pub, Ottawa
• December 15: Christmas Sisters, Red Bird, Ottawa
• December 15: Elvis: A Christmas Special, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• December 15: Coro Vivo Christmas Choir, Robert Plante Greenhouses, Orleans
• December 15: Anna Ludlow Christmas Kitchen Party, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg (SOLD OUT)
• December 16: Elvis: A Christmas Special, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• December 16: The Barra MacNeils, Grand Theatre, Kingston
• December 17: OrKidstra, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (free)
• December 17: Christmas in the Valley with Wayne Rostad, Festival Hall Centre for the Performing Arts, Pembroke
• December 17: Elvis: A Christmas Special, Grand Theatre, Kingston
• December 18: Rideau Ramblers and the Ottawa Celtic Choir, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• December 18: The Jersey Nights Before Christmas Show, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• December 18: The Barra MacNeils, Aultsville Theatre, Cornwall
• December 19: Blues with James Cochrane, Irene’s Pub, Ottawa
• December 19: Christmas in the Valley (with Wayne Rostad), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• December 19: The Jersey Nights Before Christmas Show, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• December 20: OttaWassail, Red Bird, Ottawa (WAITLIST)
• December 20: Joe McDonald with Gladsome Gentlemen and Friends, Irene’s Pub, Ottawa
• December 20: Dawn Tyler-Watson Christmas Show, First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa (First Unitarian Series)
• December 20: Kitchen Party Christmas, Brockville Arts Centre
• December 20: Pavlo and John McDermott, Grand Theatre, Kingston
• December 20: Cantabile Choirs of Kingston, The Spire, Kingston
• December 21: Good Lovelies, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• December 21: Céleste Lévis, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• December 21: Southern Style with Jevon Rudder, Irene’s Pub, Ottawa (Darius Rucker tribute)
• December 21: OttaWassail, Red Bird, Ottawa (WAITLIST)
• December 21: Orchestre symphonique de Gatineau: Le Messe de Haendel (Handel’s Messiah in French), Salle Odyssée, Gatineau
• December 21: Cantabile Choirs of Kingston, The Spire, Kingston
• December 21: Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy: A Celtic Family Christmas, Grand Theatre, Ottawa
• December 22: Christmas Gems, St. Matthew’s Church, Ottawa (Seventeen Voyces)
• December 22: Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy: A Celtic Family Christmas, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• December 22: OttaWassail, Red Bird, Ottawa (WAITLIST)
• December 22: Lynn Miles, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg (Winery series)
• December 22: Cantabile Choirs of Kingston, The Spire, Kingston
• December 27: The Telegrams with Three for a Buck, Irene’s Pub, Ottawa
• December 28: Mudmen, Studio Theatre Perth

January 2025 concerts in Ottawa and beyond

Shake off that post-holiday fog with one of these January concerts in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario and elsewhere.

• January 3: The Paisanos with Jamieson Mackay and Chloe Laberge, Irene’s Pub, Ottawa
• January 4: James Leclaire and the Cable 22’s with Tilda, Irene’s Pub, Ottawa
• January 8: The Prime Rib Big Band, Irene’s Pub, Ottawa
• January 10: A Climate Cabaret (fundraiser), Red Bird, Ottawa
• January 11: Jason Wilson and Ashara, Red Bird, Ottawa
• January 11: Intimate Acoustics (six emerging artists), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg (St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage series)
• January 11: Road Apples (Tragically Hip tribute), Grand Theatre, Kingston
• January 12: Kingston Symphony (Hindemith and Haydn), Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• January 17: Disco Fever Experience, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• January 18: Tribute to Joe Cocker, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• January 18: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring score, TD Place, Ottawa
• January 18: Elliott Brood, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• January 18 and 19: The Music of Hans Zimmer, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Ottawa Pops Orchestra)
• January 22: Lynne Hanson, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans (Matinée Café series)
• January 23: Joshua Hyslop, Red Bird (WAITLIST)
• January 24: Omar Sosa and Seikou Keita, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• January 24: Sum 41, Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata
• January 25: Lynne Hanson, Red Bird, Ottawa
• January 25: Whitehorse, Almonte Old Town Hall (Folkus Series)
• January 26: Trio Uchida-Crozman-Chiu, Almonte Old Town Hall (Almonte in Concert series)
• January 29: Hotel California (Eagles tribute), Brockville Arts Centre
• January 30: Shane Pendergast, Red Bird, Ottawa

February 2025 concerts

Concerts in Ottawa, Gatineau and beyond this February include everything from symphonic dances to Jully Black.

• February 1: Alysha Brilla, Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg (St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage series)
• February 1: Road Apples (Tragically Hip tribute), Brockville Arts Centre
• February 6: Vegas Knights (’60s, ’70s and ’80s music), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• February 7: Colin James with special guest Terra Lightfoot, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• February 7: Vegas Knights (’60s, ’70s and ’80s music), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• February 8: Vegas Knights (’60s, ’70s and ’80s music), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• February 9: Ken Lavigne, First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa (First Unitarian Series)
• February 9: Symphonie Fantastique, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Ottawa Symphony Orchestra)
• February 9: Vegas Knights (’60s, ’70s and ’80s music), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• February 12: Treasures and delights of the violin repertoire, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Thirteen Strings)
• February 15 and 16: Maputo-Mozambique, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• February 16: Romantic Voyces, St. Matthew’s Church, Ottawa (Seventeen Voyces)
• February 20: Myriam Gendron, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• February 22: European Dances, Salle Odyssée, Gatineau (Orchestre symphonique de Gatineau)
• February 22: Steve Poltz, Almonte Old Town Hall (Folkus Series)
• February 25: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Ottawa Choral Society)
• February 28: Jully Black, National Arts Centre, Ottawa

March 2025 concerts

Celebrate the arrival of spring with one of these concerts in Ottawa and nearby communities!

• March 1: Susan Aglukark, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• March 1: AySay, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• March 1: Mia Kelly with Blair Dunlop, Red Bird (SOLD OUT)
• March 1: Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards with special guest Irish Millie, Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg (St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage series)
• March 1: Pembroke Symphony Orchestra, Festival Hall Centre for the Performing Arts, Pembroke
• March 2: Mia Kelly with Blair Dunlop, Red Bird, Ottawa
• March 5: Irish Rovers, Brockville Arts Centre
• March 6: Mado Lamotte, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• March 7: Minor Gold, Red Bird, Ottawa
• March 7: Our Lady Peace, Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa
• March 6: Cordâme: Fabula Femina, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• March 8: New Orford String Quartet, Almonte Old Town Hall (Almonte in Concert series)
• March 11: Taylor’s Story (Taylor Swift tribute), Brockville Arts Centre
• March 12: KODO, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• March 13: Les Hay Babies, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• March 13: Grand Corps Malade, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• March 14: Séan McCann sings the Great Big Sea Songbook, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• March 15 and 16: Ghibli Symphony: Part I, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Ottawa Pops Orchestra)
• March 19: Alan Doyle, Brockville Arts Centre
• March 20: Rideau Ramblers, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean (Matinée Café series)
• March 21: Classic Troubadours Live (multi-artist tribute), Brockville Arts Centre
• March 22: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa
• March 23: The Glory of Strings, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Thirteen Strings)
• March 28: Danny Michel, Red Bird, Ottawa
• March 28: Tommy Youngsteen (The Band tribute), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• March 28: Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot tribute), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• March 29: Danny Michel, Red Bird, Ottawa
• March 29: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• March 29: Ennio Morricone’s Universe, Salle Odyssée, Gatineau (Orchestre symphonique de Gatineau)
• March 29: Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot tribute), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• March 29: Lynn Miles, Almonte Old Town Hall (Folkus Series)
• March 30: Danny Michel, Red Bird, Ottawa
• March 30: Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot tribute), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg

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 1: Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• April 3: Héritières, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• April 3: Catherine MacLellan, Red Bird, Ottawa
• April 4: Heart, Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata
• April 5: Elisapie, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• April 5: The Bilinguish Boys, Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg (St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage series)
• April 5: Maria Doyle Kennedy, Almonte Old Town Hall (Folkus Series)
• April 6: Maria Doyle Kennedy, Red Bird, Ottawa
• April 11: When Angels Speak (Bach cantatas), Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Thirteen Strings)
• April 11: We Walk the Line (Johnny Cash tribute), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• April 12: Fierbois, Almonte Old Town Hall (Almonte in Concert series)
• 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 17: The Harmonious Pigs Reed Trio, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean (Matinée Café series)
• April 19: New Works Project, The Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa (Ottawa Pops Orchestra)
• April 26: Celeigh Cardinal, National Arts Centre, Ottawa

May 2025 concerts

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

• May 2: Bachman Turner Overdrive, April Wine and Headpins, TD Place, Ottawa
• May 2 and 3: Ben Hur, St. Matthew’s Church, Ottawa (Seventeen Voyces)
• May 3: Steven Page, Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg (St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage series)
• May 3: Pembroke Symphony Orchestra, Festival Hall Centre for the Performing Arts, Pembroke
• May 8: Forces of Nature, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Thirteen Strings)
• May 11: A Family Affair, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Ottawa (Ottawa Choral Society)
• 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 7 and 8: Le Potager, National Arts Centre, Ottawa (performance in French for children 2 and up)
• June 14 and 15: Star Trek vs. Star Wars: Galactic Musical Showdown, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Ottawa Pops Orchestra)

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