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 weekly calendar of events.

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.

March 2026 concerts

• March 17: Evan Honer, The Bronson Centre, Ottawa
• March 17: Séan McCann Sings the Great Big Songbook, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• March 17: Ruckustodian and Doug McArthur, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• March 17: Cait Porteous, Bryan Snider and Wild Nashville, St. James Gate Irish Pub, Carleton Place
• March 17: Tripoly and the Grenville Troubadours, Holy Trinity Anglican, Merrickville
• March 17: Chris de Burgh, Grand Theatre, Kingston
• March 18: Lights, The Bronson Centre, Ottawa
• March 18: Roman Timofeev, Southminster United Church, Ottawa
• March 18: William Prince, Grand Theatre, Kingston
• March 19: Chris de Burgh, Théâtre du Casino, Gatineau
• March 19: Chris White, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• March 19: Tiny Horse with Charlie Houston, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• March 19: Adrian Sutherland, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• March 20: Corridor, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• March 20: Matt Berninger, The Bronson Centre, Ottawa
• March 20: Wade Barras, St. James Gate Irish Pub, Carleton Place
• March 20: Israeli Chamber Project, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• March 20: Crown Lands, Grand Theatre, Kingston
• March 21: Bibi Club and Ribbon Skirt, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• March 21: Thievery Corporation, The Bronson, Ottawa
• March 21: Lucas Porter, Southminster United Church, Ottawa
• March 21: Forever Seger (Bob Seger tribute), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• March 21: Dylan Scott, Hard Rock Casino, Ottawa
• March 21: Abbamania (tribute show), Théâtre du Casino, Gatineau
• March 21: Radio Days, Calabogie Peaks Resort, Calabogie
• March 21: Tenille Townes, Grand Theatre, Kingston
• March 22: Cantata Singers of Ottawa, St. Joseph’s Church, Ottawa
• March 22: Sultans of String, Red Bird, Ottawa
• March 22: Hannah Georgas, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• March 22: Marc-André Hamelin and Charles Richard-Hamelin, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• March 24: Crown Lands, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orléans
• March 25: July Talk, The Bronson, Ottawa
• March 25: Canto Sentimento String Quartet, Southminster United Church, Ottawa
• March 25: The Megastars of Country Music, Grand Theatre, Kingston (tribute show)
• March 25: New Orford String Quartet, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• March 26: July Talk, The Bronson, Ottawa
• March 26: Old Man Luedecke, Red Bird, Ottawa
• March 26: Walk Like a Man, Grand Theatre, Kingston (Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons tribute)
• March 27 to 29: Broadway Showstoppers (Mississippi Mudds), Carleton Place Town Hall
• March 27: Fever Pitch Hot Jazz, Art House, Ottawa
• March 27: The Fugitives, Union Hall, Almonte
• March 27: Jamie Douglas, St. James Gate Irish Pub, Carleton Place
• March 27: Alice’s Restaurant (’60s hits), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• March 27: Mudmen, Marble Arts Centre, Tweed
• March 28: Smells Like Nirvana with Dead Original (Nirvana tribute), The 27 Club, Ottawa
• March 28: The Watchmen with Stuck On Planet Earth, The Bronson, Ottawa
• March 28: The Fugitives, Red Bird, Ottawa
• March 28: Dreamer—The Supertramp Experience, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• March 28: Manu Militari, Minotaure, Gatineau
• March 28: AnesthesiA (symphonic tribute to Metallica), Théâtre du Casino, Gatineau
• March 28: The Barrow Gang Buskers, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• March 28: Alice’s Restaurant (’60s hits), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• March 28: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pipes, Drums and Dancers with The Oakfield Players and Shabraque, Perth and District Collegiate Institute (an afternoon of pipes, fiddles, jigs and reels)
• March 28: Led Zeppelin Meets Pearl Jam (tribute show), Grand Theatre, Kingston
• March 28: Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• March 28: Mudmen, Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• March 29: Ryan Ziggs and the Zags, Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa
• March 29: Seventeen Voyces, St. Matthew’s Church, Ottawa
• March 29: Dizzy & Fay, Red Bird, Ottawa
• March 29: Joey Vinegar Band, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• March 29: Alice’s Restaurant (’60s hits), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• March 29: You’ve Got a Friend (Carole King/James Taylor tribute), Brockville Arts Hub
• March 29: The Quilter’s Guild, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners

April 2026 concerts

• April 2: JJIG, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• April 3: Thirteen Strings, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa
• April 4: Dirty Dancing in Concert (live performance synced to film), National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• April 4: fanclubwallet, Club SAW, Ottawa
• April 4: Béton Armé, Durs Coeurs, B.O.O.T., Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
• April 4: George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Hard Rock Casino, Ottawa
• April 4: Vulgaires Machins, Minotaure, Gatineau
• April 6: Goo Goo Dolls, Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata
• April 7: The Meteors + Gunsmoke + Slo’ Tom & The Handsome Devils, House of Targ, Ottawa
• April 8: Edwin Raphael, Minotaure, Gatineau
• April 9: Minor Gold, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• April 9: Pat Moore and Pat McLaughlin, Carleton Place Gallery
• April 10: WITCHZ, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• April 10: Lycanthro, Chemicide and Scraam, Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
• April 10: Emma Lamontagne, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• April 10: Disco Fever Experience 2.0, Théâtre du Casino, Gatineau
• April 10: Greenwoodz and Statzz, Minotaure, Gatineau
• April 10: Amir Amiri Ensemble, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• April 11: Vnukowski/Odin Quartet, Almonte Old Town Hall (Almonte in Concert series)
• April 11: Allison Lupton, Shane Cook and Kyle Waymouth, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• April 11: The Detention Club with Blue Hazel and Scott Stewart, Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• April 12: A New World: Intimate music from Final Fantasy, Théâtre du Casino, Gatineau
• April 12: Grouyan Gombo, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• April 12: Jennifer Noxon and Friends, Cedar Hill Schoolhouse, Pakenham
• April 12: Kellylee Evans, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners
• April 14: The Blind Boys of Alabama, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Ottawa Jazz Festival)
• April 14: Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic (tribute), Théâtre du Casino, Gatineau
• April 14: Elbows Up! (Canadian country), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• April 15: Danny Michel, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• April 15: Elbows Up! (Canadian country), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• April 15: Florence + The Machine, Centre Bell, Montreal
• April 16: Fotocrime with UNWELL and Ultra Love, Club SAW, Ottawa
• April 16: Danny Michel, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• April 16: Elbows Up! (Canadian country), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• April 16: Kuné World, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• April 16: Aysanabee, Marble Arts Centre, Tweed
• April 17 and 18: Véronic DiCaire, Théâtre du Casino, Gatineau
• April 17: Raven + Slackjaw + Infrared + Enforcer, Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
• April 17: Lazarettes with special guest Ron Hawkins, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea 
• April 17: Danny Michel, Shawville (venue to be confirmed)
• April 17: Elbows Up! (Canadian country), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• April 18: Motherland, Sun Dried Flies, Hotskins, Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
• April 18: Great Lake Swimmers, The Bronson, Ottawa
• April 18: James Gordon with Katherine Wheatley, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• April 18: Danny Michel with Matt Moodie, Almonte Old Town Hall (waitlist)
• April 18: Elbows Up! (Canadian country), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• April 18: Elmer Iseler Singers, St. Lawrence Anglican Church, Brockville
• April 19: Celtic Woman, Hard Rock Casino, Ottawa
• April 19: Catching Rain and August John, Minotaure, Gatineau
• April 19: The Devin Cuddy Band, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown (April 18 show is sold out)
• April 19: Elbows Up! (Canadian country), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• April 21: Arm’s Length, The Bronson, Ottawa
• April 22: Standing Room Only, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orléans
• April 22: Men of the Deeps, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• April 22: The Grapes of Wrath Acoustic Duo, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• April 23: Standing Room Only, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• April 23: Glass Tiger, Théâtre du Casino, Gatineau
• April 23: Tom Allen and Friends (J.S. Bach’s Long Walk in the Snow), St. Paul’s United Church, Perth
• April 24 and 25: West Ottawa Ladies Chorus, Bells Corners United Church, Ottawa (Music from the Movies)
• April 24: Amos the Transparent with The Sarandons, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• April 24: Kristen Martell, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• April 24: Pretty Archie, Joshua Bates Centre, Athens
• April 24: Fever Pitch Hot Jazz, Art House, Ottawa
• April 24: Old Dominion, Hard Rock Casino, Ottawa
• April 24: Floyd Factor (Pink Floyd Tribute), Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• April 25: The Brokes (Strokes tribute), The 27 Club, Ottawa
• April 25: Ottawa Beatlemania, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• April 25: Bon Enfant and Choses Sauvages, Minotaure, Gatineau
• April 25: Aeroforce (Aerosmith tribute), Farrell Hall, Perth
• April 25: Oktopus, Bernard Childs Auditorium, Deep River
• April 26: Rideau Chorale (Handelfest), Southminster United Church, Ottawa
• April 26: Angine de poitrine, Minotaure, Gatineau
• April 26: Sam Robbins, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• April 26: Terra Spencer, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners
• April 26: Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• April 26: Sam Robbins, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• April 30: The Casualties with The Drowns, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• April 30: Mélisande, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea

May 2026 concerts

• May 1: En Pleine Face (Harmonium tribute), Minotaure, Gatineau
• May 1: James Ehnes, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• May 2 and 3: Ottawa Choral Society, St. François d’Assise Church, Ottawa
• May 2: The OBGMs with The Effens and BANEZEAN, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• May 2: Triumph, Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa
• May 2: Robert Robert, Minotaure, Gatineau
• May 2: Red Dirt Skinners, Station Theatre, Smiths Falls
• May 2: The Isabel Voices, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• May 2: Dethklok and Amon Amarth, Centre Bell, Montreal
• May 2: Valdy, Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• May 2: Radio Rush – The Moving Pictures Story (tribute), Empire Theatre, Belleville
• May 3: Steve Poltz, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 4: Lowertown, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• May 6: Bleeker with Texas King, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• May 6: Brad Mehldau, St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, Ottawa (Ottawa Jazz Festival)
• May 6: Chances, Minotaure, Gatineau
• May 7: Lynn Miles, Carleton Place Gallery
• May 7 and 8: Tommy Youngsteen (CCR tribute), Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• May 8: Dead Bob, MVLL CRIMES, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• May 8: Fresh Horses (Garth Brooks tribute), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• May 8: I Beg Your Parton (Dolly Parton tribute), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• May 9: Fleetwood Mac Mania (tribute), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• May 9: Groovy Aarvark, Minotaure, Gatineau
• May 9: Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 9: I Beg Your Parton (Dolly Parton tribute), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• May 10: I Beg Your Parton (Dolly Parton tribute), Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• May 14: Josh and the Dirty Rags, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 15: The Salt Cellars, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 17: Seventeen Voyces, St. Matthew’s Church, Ottawa
• May 17: Melissa Payne, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 19: The Shoop Shoop Show (Cher tribute), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• May 21: Phil Jenkins, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 22: That 70’s Rock Show, Marble Arts Centre, Tweed
• May 23: La La Land in Concert, Hard Rock Casino Ottawa
• May 23: Abigail Lapell, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 23: Who Made Who (AC/DC tribute), Farrell Hall, Perth
• May 23: That 70’s Rock Show, Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• May 24: Cantata Singers of Ottawa, St. Joseph’s Church, Ottawa
• May 24: Donné Roberts Band, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners
• May 29: Fenix TX, Pop Culture Icons, This Disaster, Venosta, Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa
• May 29: Canadian Centennial Choir, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa
• May 29: Hannah Shira Naiman and Nathan Smith (album release), Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 30: Classic Albums Live: The Beatles (tribute), National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• May 30: Whitehorse, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• May 30: Tin Constellations + Macmono & The Stereotypes, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 30 and 31: Les Chansonniers d’Ottawa, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orléans

Looking ahead

• June 4: Brock Zeman, Carleton Place Gallery
• June 4: Bobby Bazini, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• June 5: Matthew Barber, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• June 5: Maggie’s Wake, Marble Arts Centre, Tweed
• June 6: Maggie’s Wake, Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• June 13: Let’s Go! and The 80-Its (Cars tribute/other ’80s hits), Farrell Hall, Perth
• June 13: Tanglefoot, Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• June 14: Tim Hicks, The Bronson, Ottawa
• June 15: ABRA Cadabra (ABBA tribute), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• June 19: Daniela Andrade, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• June 20: Bailey Zimmerman, Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata
• June 25: Norma Winstone with the Atlantic Jazz Collective, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• June 25: Avishai Cohen Big Vicious, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• June 27: Flore Laurentienne, National Arts Centre, Ottawa 
• June 27: Myra Melford’s Fire & Water Quintet, National Arts Centre, Ottawa 
• June 27: The Plowboys, The Pews, Merrickville
• June 30: Evanescence, Centre Bell, Montreal
• July 2: Sarah Smith, Station Theatre, Smiths Falls
• July 5: Lionel Richie, and Earth, Wind and Fire, Centre Bell, Montreal
• July 8: YOO II with Nolan Potter, Minotaure, Gatineau
• July 11: Six Feet Under, Kataklysm, Wormhole and Gland, Overflow Brewery, Ottawa
• July 21: Metal Church, Heathen, All Sinners, The Scepter, Overflow Brewery, Ottawa
• July 26: Weird Al Yankovic, Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata
• July 30: Ryan Young, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• August 1: IANOS, Minotaure, Gatineau
• August 8: Honeymoon Suite with The Headpins, Hard Rock Casino Ottawa
• August 8: Valdy, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Eganville
• August 21: Classic Albums Live: Madonna (tribute), National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 22: Connie Kaldor, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Eganville

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