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.

Two other great sources of information on live music in Ottawa are Live Music Lovers Ottawa and 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.

May 2026 concerts

• May 17 and 18: Christian Marc Gendron, La Maison de la culture de Gatineau
• May 18: Anuv Jain, Bronson Music Theatre, Ottawa
• May 19: The Shoop Shoop Show (Cher tribute), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orléans
• May 19: Good Lovelies, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown (sold out)
• May 19: Brother Elsey, The Broom Factory, Kingston
• May 20: Satellite Birdhouse + Danielle Allard + Jai Vinyl, Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa
• May 20: Andrew and the Capital Syndicate (hip-hop jam), Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 21 to 23: La Vida Loca with the NAC Orchestra, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• May 21: Rory Taillon, National Arts Centre, Ottawa (Jukebox Lunch Concerts free series)
• May 21: Auguste Quartet, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• May 21: Austin Camp, Chantal Celine, Pat Rees, Alyssa Hope and Carson Cameron, Live on Elgin, Ottawa (The NXT LVL series)
• May 21: The Great Diversion + Not My Enemy + SOURPUSSY + thishellwithyou, House of Targ, Ottawa (The NXT LVL series)
• May 21: Country Boys, Casino du Lac-Leamy, Gatineau
• May 21: Phil Jenkins, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 21: Matthew Holtby, Cove Inn, Westport
• May 22: The New Hires + Yellow Magnolia + The Varitones, Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa
• May 22: Le Vent du Nord, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• May 22: Carine au Micro, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• May 22: Katya Coulton, GONDOLA, Those Who, Live on Elgin, Ottawa (The NXT LVL series)
• May 22: Dark Plains + Expanda Fuzz + NECK, House of Targ, Ottawa (Bytown Cup benefit)
• May 22: Isaac Baronikian with Kaiday, Red Bird, Ottawa
• May 22: J. Alexander Trio and Baby Richman, Kaffe 1870, Wakefield
• May 22: The Dukes of Charteris, Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield
• May 22: Kat Chapman, Beau’s Brewing Co., Vankleek Hill
• May 22: Jeremy Fisher, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• May 22: Krista Hartman, Cove Inn, Westport
• May 22: Dave Gunning, The Broom Factory, Kingston
• May 22: That 70’s Rock Show, Marble Arts Centre, Tweed
• May 23: The Golden Voices of Arabia, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• May 23: Kasador + Lazzy Lung + Dumb Crush, Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa
• May 23: Runaway Kit + STATIC and PAREIDOLIA, Live on Elgin, Ottawa (The NXT LVL series)
• May 23: Big Sugar, Bronson Music Theatre, Ottawa
• May 23: THUNDER GLOVE + The Great Octopus + Remi Royale + Live Wrestling, House of Targ, Ottawa
• May 23: La La Land in Concert, Hard Rock Casino, Ottawa
• May 23: Abigail Lapell, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 23: Nautical Twilight, Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield
• May 23: Colin Fowlie, Little Red Wagon Winery, Shawville
• May 23: Who Made Who (AC/DC tribute), Farrell Hall, Perth
• May 23: River City Junction, Cove Inn, Westport
• May 23: The Plowboys, Upper Canada Opera House, Deseronto
• May 23: That 70’s Rock Show, Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• May 24: Cantata Singers of Ottawa, St. Joseph’s Church, Ottawa
• May 24: Monkey Rock Music (two afternoon shows), Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield
• May 24: Donné Roberts Band, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners
• May 24: Eric Uren and Meghan Balogh, Cove Inn, Westport
• May 25: Superheaven, Bronson Music Theatre, Ottawa
• May 26: Kingston Youth Orchestra and Kingston School of Dance, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• May 27 and 28: Carneiro, Mozart and Goodyear with the NAC Orchestra, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• May 28: SoundProof, National Arts Centre, Ottawa (Jukebox Lunch Concerts free series)
• May 28: Marina Orsini, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• May 28: James Greer and John Geggie, Robo Lounge, Ottawa
• May 29: Judy Collins with Garnet Rogers, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• 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: Cumbia Control, Minotaure, Gatineau
• 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: Matthew Good and I Mother Earth, Hard Rock Casino, Ottawa
• May 30: Tin Constellations + Macmono & The Stereotypes, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 30 and 31: Les Chansonniers d’Ottawa, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orléans
• May 30: Jim Bryson, Mariposa Farm, Plantagenet
• May 30: The Somerset Combo, CC’s on the Rideau, Rideau Ferry
• May 30: Cash at Folsom Prison Revisited (Johnny Cash tribute), Historic SDG Jail, Cornwall
• May 30: Open Voices, Cooke’s-Portsmouth United Church, Kingston
• May 31: Yosuke Kawasaki, the Ironwood Quartet and Vadim Serebryany, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa
• May 31: Lynn Miles, Robo Lounge, Ottawa
• May 31: Baroque Trios, La Fab sur Mill, Chelsea
• May 31: Dave Gunning, Little Red Wagon Winery, Shawville

June 2026 concerts

• June 4: Geneviève RB, National Arts Centre, Ottawa (Jukebox Lunch Concerts free series)
• June 4: Brock Zeman, Carleton Place Gallery
• June 4: Bobby Bazini, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• June 5: Akeem Oh, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• June 5: Matthew Barber, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• June 5: Durham County Poets, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• June 5: Maggie’s Wake, Marble Arts Centre, Tweed
• June 6: Lynne Hanson, Little Red Wagon Winery, Shawville
• June 6: Jacob Moon Plays Rush and More, Studio Theatre, Perth
• June 6: Maggie’s Wake, Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• June 11: James Leclaire with Kennedy Leclaire, Red Bird, Ottawa
• June 11: Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Place Laval, Gatineau
• June 12: Malia Rogers Trio with Mallory Chipman, Red Bird, Ottawa
• June 13: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John tribute), Bar Robo, Ottawa
• June 13: The Arrogant Worms, Little Red Wagon Winery, Shawville
• June 13: Let’s Go! and The 80-Its (Cars tribute/other ’80s hits), Farrell Hall, Perth
• June 13: Epic Elton (Elton John tribute), Festival Hall @ L’Équinoxe, Pembroke
• June 13: Tanglefoot, Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• June 14: The Great Rhythmobile Adventure, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• June 14: Tim Hicks, The Bronson, Ottawa
• June 15: ABRA Cadabra (ABBA tribute), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• June 15: Schmaltz and Pepper, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• June 16: Sherri Harding with Shawn Tavenier, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• June 18: Danielle Allard, National Arts Centre, Ottawa (Jukebox Lunch Concerts free series)
• June 19: Daniela Andrade, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• June 20: Soulthief, Minotaure, Gatineau
• June 20: Bailey Zimmerman, Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata
• June 20: Jim Bryson, Little Red Wagon Winery, Shawville
• June 20: SOS—The ABBA Experience (tribute), StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• June 21: Erin Propp, Robo Lounge, Ottawa
• June 25: Norma Winstone with the Atlantic Jazz Collective, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• June 25: Avishai Cohen Big Vicious, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• June 26: Max Richter, 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 27: SOS The ABBA Experience (tribute), Festival Hall @ L’Équinoxe, Pembroke
• June 30: 54-40, Hard Rock Casino, Ottawa
• June 30: Evanescence, Centre Bell, Montreal

Looking ahead

• July 2: Sarah Smith, Station Theatre, Smiths Falls
• July 3: Our Lady Peace, Hard Rock Casino, Ottawa
• July 5: VOCES8, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• 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 19: Country Rocks, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• July 21: Metal Church, Heathen, All Sinners, The Scepter, Overflow Brewery, Ottawa
• July 23: National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• July 24: Saccage, HPV, Acid Rot, Armistix, Weakness, Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
• July 25: The Roxanne Delage Trio, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• July 26: Weird Al Yankovic, Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata
• July 30: Ryan Young, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• August 1: IANOS, Minotaure, Gatineau
• August 6: Sugaray Rayford, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• August 8: Honeymoon Suite with The Headpins, Hard Rock Casino, Ottawa
• August 8: Valdy, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Eganville
• August 16: The Devil’s Brigade, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• August 20: The Wallflowers, History Ottawa
• August 21: Classic Albums Live: Madonna (tribute), National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• August 22: Brian An Quartet, Robo Lounge, Ottawa
• August 22: All Blues Day, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• August 30: The Lightfoot Band, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• September 4: Houndmouth, History Ottawa
• September 6: Balmoral, Qwan and Pity Fountain, Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
• September 9: Kaleo, History Ottawa
• September 13: The Pretty Reckless, History Ottawa
• September 13: The Main & Abbott Dance Band, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• September 13: Ottawa Guitar Trio, Off the Grid, Eganville
• September 13: John Burge, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• September 15: Blackberry Smoke, History Ottawa
• September 18: UB40, History Ottawa
• September 20: ensemble132, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• September 23: Spencer Krug, The Broom Factory, Kingston
• September 24: Take It to the Limit (Eagles tribute), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orléans
• September 26: Sabaton, History Ottawa
• September 27: Bywater Call, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• September 29: Missing, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• October 2: Two Door Cinema Club, History Ottawa
• October 2: David R. Maracle, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• October 4: Modest Mouse, History Ottawa
• October 4: JW Jones, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• November 3: Amble, The Bronson Music Theatre, Ottawa
• November 22: Connie Kaldor, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Eganville

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