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.

April 2026 concerts

• April 29: Carleton University All-Stars, Robo Lounge, Ottawa
• April 29: Madeline Goldstein + Frissons + Dark Discothèque DJs, House of Targ, Ottawa
• April 29: Marie LeBlanc, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orléans
• April 30: The Casualties with The Drowns, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• April 30: Steve Berndt, Robo Lounge, Ottawa (album release party)
• April 30: Ottawa Air Guitar Championships 2026, House of Targ, Ottawa
• April 30: Lynne Hanson, Red Bird, Ottawa
• April 30: Mélisande, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea

May 2026 concerts

• May 1: Leith Ross with Wyatt C. Louis, Bronson Centre, Ottawa
• May 1: En Pleine Face (Harmonium tribute), Minotaure, Gatineau
• May 1: James Ehnes, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
• May 1: Lowest of the Low, The Broom Factory, Kingston
• May 1: The Piano Men (Elton John/Billy Joel tribute), Upper Canada Opera House, Deseronto
• May 1 and 2: Steve Poltz, Red Bird Ottawa
• 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: Lowest of the Low, Bronson Music Theatre, Ottawa
• May 2: Class of 91 + Curl + Corascene + Summer of ’92, House of Targ, 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: Morgan Toney with Graham Lindsey, Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg
• May 2: Heartbroken (Tom Petty tribute), Aultsville Theatre, Cornwall
• May 2: Real Love (Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton tribute), Festival Hall @ L’Équinoxe, Pembroke
• 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: Three Voices, One Sonic Journey, Robo Lounge, Ottawa
• May 3: Cattle Decapitation, Bronson Music Theatre, Ottawa
• May 3: Steve Poltz, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 3: Kate Weekes with James Stephens, Off the Grid, Eganville
• 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: Morgan Toney, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• May 7: Lynn Miles, Carleton Place Gallery
• May 7: Sean McCann, Festival Hall @ L’Équinoxe, Pembroke
• May 7 and 8: Tommy Youngsteen (CCR tribute), Bancroft Village Playhouse, Bancroft
• May 8: Dead Bob, MVLL CRIMES, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• May 8: The Box, Bronson Music Theatre, 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: Kanata Choral Society, St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Kanata
• May 9: Groovy Aarvark, Minotaure, Gatineau
• May 9: Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 9: The Junction Boys, Little Red Wagon Winery, Shawville
• 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 13: Thirteen Strings, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa
• May 14: Josh and the Dirty Rags, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 15 and 16: The Pursuit of Happiness, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• May 15: Los Desperados (Eagles tribute), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• May 15: The Salt Cellars, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 15: The Alan Jackson Experience (tribute), Festival Hall @ L’Équinoxe, Pembroke
• May 16: Gabriel Ayala, Upper Canada Opera House, Deseronto
• May 17: Seventeen Voyces, St. Matthew’s Church, Ottawa
• May 17: Melissa Payne, Motel Chelsea, Chelsea
• May 17: Brother Elsey, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• May 19: The Shoop Shoop Show (Cher tribute), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orléans
• May 19: Good Lovelies, Neat Coffee Shop, Burnstown
• 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: 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: Donné Roberts Band, MERA Schoolhouse, McDonald’s Corners
• 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: 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: Akeem Oh, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• 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: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John tribute), Bar Robo, Ottawa
• 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: Tim Hicks, The Bronson, Ottawa
• June 15: ABRA Cadabra (ABBA tribute), Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, Nepean
• June 16: Sherri Harding with Shawn Tavenier, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
• June 19: Daniela Andrade, The 27 Club, Ottawa
• June 20: Bailey Zimmerman, Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata
• 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 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: 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 24: Saccage, HPV, Acid Rot, Armistix, Weakness, Dominion Tavern, 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
• August 22: Brian An Quartet, Robo Lounge, Ottawa
• September 13: Ottawa Guitar Trio, Off the Grid, Eganville
• September 24: Take It to the Limit (Eagles tribute), Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans
• November 22: Connie Kaldor, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Eganville

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