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Today - Happy 20th anniversary to Avant-Garde Bar. Help them celebrate this incredible milestone by attending their party with live music from Basement Dweller, The Rough Go, Quantum Boogie, and All Bark No Bite. $10 online or $15 at the door. 135 1/2 Besserer St. Ottawa K1N 9K4
🆓 ‘Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.’ The absurdism of 60-year old Cold War satire Dr Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb seems perfectly in tune with our weird world of 2024. Capital Pop-Up Cinema presents a free screening of the Kubrick classic at Beechwood Cemetery, tonight at dusk (around 8:45 pm). Bring your own picnic (be sure to take your trash with you), blanket, and lawn chair. Popcorn, gummies, and water will all be available for sale. Famous bluesmen Nickelback hit the RBC stage tonight at Bluesfest. Your general admission ticket will get you access to all stages and all performances. Tickets $110 including fees and tax. Rum Ragged headlines Almonte Celtfest, with special guests Mariner’s Curse. Tickets $30. There’s more great music all weekend but the festival doesn’t stop there. If you want to take up a new instrument or brush up your skills, check out the series of workshops happening on Saturday morning ($25 per student). On Sunday, there's a Fiddle Mass. All main stage performances are in Gemmill Park (182 Bridge St, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0), but you’ll also find talented buskers in the downtown area. Finally, food and drink vendors will be there to perk you up when your energy wanes. Music and Beyond summer music festival welcomes big names like the Phaeton Trio, Miloš, Utrecht String Quartet II, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Payadora Tango Ensemble, Hannaford Street Silver Band, and Armour & Lacroix, but we’re also intrigued by the way that the festival explores how music interacts with with other arts disciplines like Circus and Film. The festival runs today through July 17, with the main series happening at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre and Outside the Core events popping up around town. Single concert tickets and festival passes are now on sale. It’s all to, um, draw for at the Art Battle City Championships at Overflow Brewing, as the participants create artworks under pressure, in the hopes of moving on to the Canadian National Championships in Toronto. Who knew that art was a competitive sport?! A massive 12 sonic creators from Ottawa and beyond, at two different venues, all in a single night: That’s the music event that is Coriolis: 5 years of Fun, presented by Congrego and Montréal’s Also Cool. Head to Club SAW for the first part of the night, then make your way to city at night for part two. Tickets are $35 at the door, or $20 plus charges online. If the the Nickelback show at Ottawa Bluesfest doesn’t give you enough Nickelback, Emo Night Ottawa can help. They’re presenting A Love Letter to Chad at Berlin from 10:00 pm, where they'll be spinning hits from the band as well as some of your other alt-rock faves. 56 ByWard Market. That big top tent at 1200 St Laurent is the home of Cirque Italia’s Water Circus Gold show, in residence from today through Sunday (July 7). ByTowne Cinema: Ghostlight, L’é5é denier (Last Summer), MaXXXine, I Saw the TV Glow Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, Tuesday, Stop Making Sense Gigs The Nausea, Flat Grey, Echthros, Mark Molnar, Clinical Bedfellows. Cafe Dekcuf Discontinuity, Valvehead, Alturna, The Aphelion. Rainbow Bistro
teeth. LIVE on Elgin Acid Moth, Overcook, Congregation of Savagery, Altar of the Fuzz. House of TARG Barrow Gang. Atomic Rooster Garry Elliott Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge Willy Nilly with GRFN, Gabriel. Irene’s Pub Restaurant
Tomorrow - 🆓 Road trip: Not only can you shop from local vendors at the Calabogie Market, but tomorrow’s event is also a car show. Bring a donation for the Calabogie Food Bank and enjoy the classic autos on display.
- Almonte Celtfest continues with performances from the Fitzgerlads, East Coast Experience, and more. Plus, kids’ activities food truck, and more. Admission is by donation.
- The Music and Beyond summer music festival continues with performances at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, St. Thomas Anglican Church, and Woodroffe United Church.
- Make like Dorothy and escape from Oz – the Oz Experience, that is.
- Famous bluesman 50 Cent leads the pack at Bluesfest tonight at LeBreton Flats.
- Road Trip: Perth has it going on this weekend:
🚗 Take a peek into 11 fabulous homes and gardens in the CFUW Perth & District Home & Garden Tour. Tickets cost $30 each, and will support the CFUW’s post-secondary education bursary program for women and girls in Lanark County. 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. A picnic lunch is also available for $20.
🚗 Shop with the experts at The Perth Antique Show & Sale. The event runs Saturday and Sunday, offering history-soaked art, jewellery, china, furniture, textiles, and tools from local dealers as well as those visiting from Québec and Western Ontario. $7 entry. Civitan Club, 6787 County Road 43, Perth K7H 3C7
- Music & Beyond Festival continues with performances at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, St. Thomas Anglican Church, and Woodroffe United Church.
🆓 It’s a 613Flea Saturday at Aberdeen Pavilion, Lansdowne Park. Give yourself plenty of time, because it’s not easy visiting more than 150 vendors in one shopping trip. Natsu Matsori, the Japanese festival, celebrates the food and culture of Japan with a day of programming.11:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Sandy Hill Community Centre and Annie Pootoogook Park. In case of rain, the entire festival will move indoors. The Dominion Tavern is turning 30. Starting in the early afternoon they’re holding not just a celebration but a Super Party with all the trimmings, from BBQ to bag pipes. 33 York St. K1N 5S7. Tickets are $15. Grab some laughs as Québecs best comedians hit the stage at Gatineau Comedy Festival. Toutes performances are en Français. That big top tent at 1200 St Laurent is the home of Cirque Italia’s Water Circus Gold show, in residence today through Sunday (July 7). Road Trip: Get outta town for a cozy weekend lunch overlooking the Gatineau River at the Village House in Wakefield. The menu of upscale comfort food is available from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm every Saturday and Sunday until late October. 759 ch Riverside, Wakefield J0X 3G0 ByTowne Cinema: Ghostlight, Wicked Little Letters, l’été dernier (Last Summer), Maxxxine Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, Tuesday, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gigs TARG Dance Mix 2000 - Summer Jam XtendaMix 2000-2015 Northblane. Bronson Centre Ness Nöst, Chloe Laberge. Irene’s Pub Restaurant Aurora’s Reef, The Get Alongs. Rainbow Bistro Karaoke Night. Hintonburg Public House Martin-Card-Laroche Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge The Prowlers, The Scally Cap Brats, Vanier Shank, Sons of Scotland Pipe & Drum Band. Dominion Tavern.
Sunday - Today’s Bluesfest highlights: Maroon 5 headline the RBC Main Stage, with guests Carly Rae Jepsen and Tyler Shaw.
- Today’s lineup at Music and Beyond ranges from the Music at Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, Ensemble Caprice performing an all-Vivaldi program, and more.
- Catch Riverthieves, Kelly Sloan, and other great music acts at the second day of Almonte Celtfest. Admission is by donation.
- Ottawa Atletico vs Pacific FC at TD Place, 1:00 pm.
- 🆓 Go beyond Pad Thai and sample authentic flavours at the Thai Street Food Festival, Horticulture Building, Lansdowne Park. The food isn’t the only star of this show; you’ll see performances, demonstrations, and maybe relax with a Thai massage. Presented by the Royal Thai Embassy. 1525 Princess Patricia Way, K1S 3W Free but you’ll need to book a ticket.
- Visit one of the bijou Sunday markets dotted around our region today:
Market at the Barn in Stittsville Road Trip: Lost Villages Brewery’s Hops ’n’ Shops in Long Sault Road Trip: Meet artisans and craftspeople at the Terrasse du Square Sunday market in Old Chelsea. 10:00am to 1:00 pm. 248 chemic Old Chelsea, Chelsea, QC J9B 1J3 It’s a Dog’s Day at the Market - the Nepean Night Market, that is. This sounds beyond cute, with a kissing/photo booth for you and your pooch and a parade led by Happy the dog. Obvs dogs are allowed at this market. 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm ByTowne Cinema: Yintah, Ghostlight, L’été dernier (Last Summer) Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, To Have and Have Not, The Wild Bunch Gigs Summer Indie Folk Nite. LIVE on Elgin Free-Play Sunday After Dark 8:00 pm to 12:00 am. House of TARG The Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub Restaurant
Monday Start with an afternoon of French music performed by Tapestry at Music and Beyond festival. Next, Canada’s celebrated Bandonéonist Denis Plante plays a program of tango. After that, you’ll have to choose between classical pianist Arsentiy Kharitonov performing Jean-Philippe Rameau, César Franck, Maurice Ravel, Sergei Rachmaninov, and his own compositions; and Miloš, who will take his audience on a classical guitar journey from Paul McCartney to George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, and beyond. Singalong to your fave show tunes at the hugely popular Broadway Nights Ottawa open mic. Club SAW, starting at 7:30 pm. $15 per person. ByTowne Cinema: Ghostlight, L’été dernier (Last Summer), MaXXXine Mayfair Theatre: Tuesday, To Have and Have Not, The Wild Bunch Gigs Jazz Jam with the Beeched Wailers. Irene’s Pub Restaurant Bluegrass Mondays with The Dusty Drifters. Red Bird
Just Announced / Now Booking Multimedia creatives: get ready to save at the DARC Garage Sale, Saturday July 13. Find deals on cameras, audio equipment, computers, and more. Watch the 2024 Euro UEFA Final at the TD Place Watch Party. Sunday July 14 at 3:00 pm. Not all of the new round of courses at Ottawa City Woodshop have sold out, but they probably will. The new ‘Condo-Friendly Dining Table’ course in particular looks interesting (September 7, 14, 21, 28, and October 5), but we also like to imagine ourselves giving a Hand Made Laminated Chopping Board (August 16th/23rd) to a loved one at Christmas.
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