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.

October 2025 concerts

• October 8: Witchrot, Subsun, Altar of the Fuzz, Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
• October 8: Bryan Adams, Bell Centre, Montreal
• October 9: Oscar Peterson Centennial Quartet, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• October 9: Joce Rayome, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• October 9: Crypta, A Scar for the Wicked, Mortal Rites and Luridity, Overflow Brewery, Ottawa
• October 9: Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers Story, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• October 9: James Keelaghan, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• October 9: Ashley MacIsaac, Moose Creek Recreational Hall (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 9: Irish Mythen, Oakfield Rugby Park, Perth (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 9: The Arrogant Worms, McDonald’s Corners Agricultural Hall (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 10: Neil Turbin, The Brass Monkey, Ottawa
• October 10: Octoberman with Andy Swan, Red Bird, Ottawa
• October 10: Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers Story, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• October 10: Ashley MacIsaac, Carleton Place Arena (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 10: The Piano Men (Billy Joel/Elton John tribute), St. Paul’s United Church, Perth
• October 10: The Maywoods (John Prine songs), McDonald’s Corners Agricultural Hall
• October 10: Irish Mythen, Newboro Community Hall (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 10: The Devin Cuddy Band, Joshua Bates Centre, Athens
• October 11: Mike McKenna Jr. with Jessica Pearson and the East Wind, Red Bird, Ottawa
• October 11: Real Sickies, Boids, Mean Bikini, Casual Tragedies, the Fly Downs, House of Targ, Ottawa
• October 11: Pearl (Janis Joplin tribute), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• October 11: Naalai Namathe 2025 (Tamil showcase), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• October 11: Geneviève Racette, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• October 11: Irish Mythen, Almonte Old Town Hall (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 11: Chantal Kreviazuk, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, Prescott (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 11: Big Sugar, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• October 11: The Arrogant Worms, Matawatchan Community Memorial Centre (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 11: Mia Kelly with Blair Dunlop, Morton Community Hall, Lyndhurst (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 11: The Piano Men (Billy Joel/Elton John tribute), The Spire, Kingston
• October 12: Olie N., Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• October 12: Blair Dunlop, Red Bird, Ottawa
• October 12: Chris Ronald with Nathan Smith, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• October 14: Martha Wainwright, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• October 14: Fed Ash, Blood Moon Occultation and Hypersex Banshee, Avant Garde Bar, Ottawa
• October 14: Ikons of Rock (multiple tribute), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• October 15: Burry, with Mars Aspen and Robin Kenny, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• October 15: Maple Leaf Horn Quartet featuring members of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• October 16: Ariane Moffatt, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• October 16: Jacques Surette, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• October 16: Joe Nolan, Red Bird, Ottawa
• October 16: Ammoye, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• October 16: Maple Leaf Horn Quartet, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• October 16: Sultans of String, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), Shannon Thunderbird and Josee Bourgeois, Wesley United Church, Pembroke
• October 17: GoGo Penguin, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• October 17: Čiurlionis Quartet, Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa (Music and Beyond)
• October 17: The Brains + Screamin’ Sins + Fast Food Fairies + Taco Bandits, Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
• October 17: Claude Munson with Matt Lazenby, Red Bird, Ottawa
• October 17: Abba Revisited, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• October 17: Victor Nesrallah, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• October 17: Devin Cuddy Duo, Manotick United Church (Festival of Small Halls)
• October 17: Brandon Agnew & A Sea of Gold and Burgundy, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• October 17: Sarah Hagen, Elgin United Church (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 17: A Celebration of Kenny and Dolly (Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton tribute), Grace United Church, Gananoque
• October 17: Real Love (Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton tribute), The Spire, Kingston
• October 17: Mumford and Sons, Bell Centre, Montreal
• October 17: The Arrogant Worms, Pontypool Community Centre (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 18: Less Toches, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• October 18: Sam Polley and The Old Tomorrows, Burritts Rapids Community Hall (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 18: Devin Cuddy Duo, Westmeath and District Recreation Centre (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 18: Ashley MacIsaac, Coronation Hall, Omemee (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 19: Les Arts Florissantes, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa (Music and Beyond)
• October 19: Suzie Ungerleider, Red Bird, Ottawa
• October 19: Tony Turner, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• October 19: Roxane Delage Trio, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• October 19: Sam Polley and The Old Tomorrows, Tatlock Community Hall, Almonte (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 19: Ashley MacIsaac, Norwood Old Town Hall (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 22: Vader, Kataklysm, Malevolent Creation, Skeletal Remains, Overflow Brewery, Ottawa
• October 22: Kaleb Hikele, Grace United Church, Gananoque
• October 23: Shaun Ferguson, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• October 23: Noah Malcolm with Leah Holtom, Red Bird, Ottawa
• October 23: Paul Brandt and Terri Clark, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• October 23: Offbeet, Carleton Place Gallery
• October 24: Ron Sexsmith, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• October 24: Legends Show (multiple tribute), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• October 24: Shane Pendergast, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• October 24: Danny Michel, Union Hall, Almonte (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 24: Devin Cuddy Duo, The Pews, Merrickville (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 25: Surf Hat + Kieran Campbell, Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa
• October 25: All Bark No Bite, with Those Who and Countdown 2 Earplugs, Live on Elgin, Ottawa
• October 25: The Pairs, Red Bird, Ottawa
• October 25: Percussiano3, Almonte Old Town Hall (Almonte in Concert series)
• October 25: Bon Jovi Forever (tribute show), Farrell Hall, Perth
• October 25: Stephen Fearing and the Sentimentals, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• October 25: Devin Cuddy Duo, DACA Centre, Dacre (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 25: Danny Michel, Althorpe Bolingbroke Community Hall, Maberly (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• October 26: Noah Derksen, Red Bird, Ottawa
• October 26: Family Man, Bronson Novella, 86IT, Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
• October 26: Marwan Khoury and the Canadian Arabic Orchestra, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• October 26: Darius Rucker, Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata
• October 26: Jeffery Straker, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners
• October 26: Canadian Songbook (multiple tribute), The Broom Factory, Kingston
• October 27: Ikons of Rock (multiple tribute), Brockville Arts Centre
• October 28: Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata
• October 29: Tom Morello, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• October 29: Jess Moskaluke, Brockville Arts Centre
• October 29: Lennie Gallant, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• October 29: Foreigner, Slush Puppie Place, Kingston
• October 30: Lennie Gallant, Red Bird, Ottawa
• October 31: Jesse Roper, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown

November 2025 concerts

• November 1: Leahy, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 1: Kate Weekes, Station Theatre, Smiths Falls
• November 1: Le Diable à Cinq, Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg (St. Lawrence Acoustic series)
• November 1: Sing for Change (multiple choral groups), St. Paul’s United Church, Perth
• November 1: ZED (Led Zeppelin tribute), Brockville Arts Centre
• November 2: Barney Bentall, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• November 2: Lunch at Allen’s, Brockville Arts Centre
• November 2: Terri Clark and Paul Brandt, Empire Theatre, Belleville
• November 6: Ken Yates, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 7: Georgia Harmer, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 7: Sudden Waves, Feels Like Home, Soulthief, The Great Diversion, Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
• November 7: Mikhail Laxton, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• November 7: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Brockville Arts Centre
• November 8: Lara Klaus, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 8: Reanimator, Metalian, Street Panther, Infrared, House of Targ, Ottawa
• November 8: After the Gold Rush (Neil Young tribute), Brockville Arts Centre
• November 8: Lowest of the Low, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• November 8: Fleetwood Mac Mania, Brockville Arts Centre
• November 9: Anciients + Howling Giant + Rotual + Black Galaxy, Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
• November 9: Jason Blaine, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• November 9: Amanda Rheaume, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners
• November 12: Nathan Smith with Kyle Kirkpatrick, Oakfield Rugby Park, Perth
• November 12: Black Umfolosi, Bernard Childs Auditorium, Deep River
• November 13: Hawksley Workman, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 14 and 15: Connie Kaldor, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• November 15: Abigail Lapell, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 15: The Reba, Dolly and Shania Tribute, Brockville Arts Centre
• November 16: The Plowboys, Tatlock Hall, Clayton (Almonte)
• November 16: The Macc Lads, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• November 16: Jersey Seasons (Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute), Brockville Arts Centre
• November 18: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 19: The Free Label, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• November 20: JW Jones, ABC Hall, Maberly
• November 21 and 22: Blue Rodeo, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 21: Songs of the War Years, Almonte Legion
• November 22: Cadence Weapon, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 22: Corb Lund, Carleton Place Arena (SOLD OUT)
• November 22: Bootleg Creedence (CCR tribute), Farrell Hall, Perth
• November 22: George Canyon and Aaron Pritchett, Brockville Arts Centre
• November 22: Junkhouse, The Spire, Kingston (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• November 23: Choir! Choir! Choir!, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 23: Junkhouse, Carp Agricultural Hall (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• November 23: Corb Lund, Carleton Place Arena (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• November 23: Vinta, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners
• November 27: The Dears, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 27: The Plowboys, Joshua Bates Centre, Athens
• November 28: Dallas Smith with Brock Phillips, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 28: Jill Barber, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 28: Matthew Byrne, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 28: Hawksley Workman, Watson’s Corners Community Hall, Lanark (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• November 28: Ben Caplan, The Cove Inn, Westport (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• November 29: Soweto Gospel Choir, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• November 29: Megan Jerome Together Ensemble, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• November 29: Real Love (Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton tribute), St. Paul’s United Church, Perth
• November 29: S.O.S. The Abba Experience, Brockville Arts Centre
• November 29: The Bowie Lives (David Bowie tribute), The Spire, Kingston

December 2025 concerts

• December 5: The Once, Carleton Place Arena (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• December 5: Whitehorse, Spencerville United Church (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• December 5: Tim Baker, Seeley’s Bay Community Hall (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• December 6: Whitehorse, Carp Agricultural Hall (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• December 6: The Once, Manotick United Church (Ontario Festival of Small Halls)
• December 6: Marie Michèle Desrosiers, Almonte Old Town Hall (Almonte in Concert series)
• December 6: A Celtic Christmas with Hadrian’s Wall, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• December 7: The Barra MacNeils, Showplace Performance Centre, Peterborough
• December 8: The Barra MacNeils, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• December 9: Elvis: A Christmas Special (tribute), Brockville Arts Centre
• December 9: The Barra MacNeils, Empire Theatre, Belleville
• December 12: MonkeyJunk, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• December 12: Montreal Guitar Trio, Bernard Childs Auditorium, Deep River
• December 13: Christmas Kitchen Party with Anna Ludlow and guests, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• December 13: MonkeyJunk, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• December 13: Two Legends: One Stage (Elton John and Rod Stewart tribute), Brockville Arts Centre
• December 14: Jessica Pearson and The East Wind, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• December 14: Elvis’s Wonderful World of Christmas: Graceland Edition (tribute show), The Spire, Kingston
• December 15: The Barra MacNeils, Grand Theatre, Kingston
• December 16: The Barra MacNeils, Brockville Arts Centre
• December 19: Serena Ryder, Brockville Arts Centre
• December 20: The Blind and the Beautiful, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• December 21: The Rachelle Behrens Band, StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard, Morrisburg
• December 27: The Mudmen, Studio Theatre, Perth
• December 28: The Mudmen, Studio Theatre, Perth

2026 concerts

• January 10: Intimate Acoustics, Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg (St. Lawrence Acoustic series)
• January 25: Elinor Frey, Almonte Old Town Hall (Almonte in Concert series)
• February 5: Cowboy Junkies, Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg (St. Lawrence Acoustic series)
• February 6: Moonfruits and Tragedy Ann, Joshua Bates Centre, Athens
• March 5: Diyet & The Love Soldiers, Bernard Childs Auditorium, Deep River
• March 7: Bridge & Wolak, Almonte Old Town Hall (Almonte in Concert series)
• March 7: Ndidi O, Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg (St. Lawrence Acoustic series)
• March 12: Maggie’s Wake, Joshua Bates Centre, Athens
• April 11: Vnukowski/Odin Quartet, Almonte Old Town Hall (Almonte in Concert series)
• April 24: Pretty Archie, Joshua Bates Centre, Athens
• April 25: Oktopus, Bernard Childs Auditorium, Deep River

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