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Today Let the moon guide you as you Snowshoe Under the Stars in Gatineau Park on Friday nights until March 29. These evening excursions are guided by experienced nature interpreters from Friends of Gatineau Park, and no snowshoeing experience is necessary. $20 for Members, $25 for non-members. It’s Opening Night of Backra Bluid, the new photography exhibition at SPAO by Stacey Tyrell. In her series of self-portraits, Tyrell transforms herself into her imagined white relatives.
The Ottawa Home & Remodelling Show runs today through Sunday at the EY Centre. Get 2-for-1 tickets. Youth Infringement Festival is holding a Clothing Swap at Ottawa Art Gallery from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the Studio. If you don't have clothes to exchange, $5 will buy you a bag of someone else's. There will also be a button maker (by donation).
Gigs Kings of Queens. Mavericks Ed Lister Quartet. Montgomery Scotch Lounge Derecho Party & Friends LIVE! Avant-Garde Bar Alex Lopez. Lorenzo Bar and Grill Wyntr, Handsome Sandwich, Holly Acres, The Turning Lights, Marble Ghosts. Dominion Tavern Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (play). LIVE on Elgin The Death Wheelers, Hazehound, Empress. House of TARG
Tomorrow Favourite Fleetwood Mac songs get the Candlelight Concerts treatment at Gladstone Theatre. Hits from Rumours and other albums will be performed by a piano and violin duo. There’s so much more to do than shop for The Dress at the Capital Wedding Show (today and Sunday). Be sure to sign up for the show’s Bridal Registry, which will give you a chance to win a $500 gift card for VIA Rail Canada, a trip to the Dominican Republic, and prizes from exhibitors. Visit the bar for a glass of bubbly, and wander the exhibition floor to explore the decor and table setting ideas from suppliers. For a chance to win tickets to the show, 👀 look above. Canadian 12-piece Soul-Funk supergroup The Commotions will release their latest album on January 20 at the Bronson Centre Music Theatre. You can’t see the Eagles play live, but Hotel California one of your all time fave LPs. Here’s what you do: buy a ticket to Classic Albums Live (CAL) presents The Eagles: Hotel California and listen as incredible, talented musicians play the entire album note for note. Live at the NAC’s Southam Hall at 8:00 pm. If you feel like a skate this weekend, check out the City of Ottawa’s list of community rinks. The Ottawa Home & Remodelling Show runs today through Sunday at the EY Centre. Get 2-for-1 tickets.
Gigs
- The Gnarlys. Atomic Rooster
- Pat Moore and the Vinyl Frontier
- Landon. A. R. Coleman, Naked Neighbours. Art House
- FROST techno and house. Berlin
- Eastbound of Bytown. Gavans Hotel in Quyon, QC. (NOTE: at this time of year the ferry at Fitzroy Harbour isn’t running, so you’ll have to drive the long way round.)
- USA Out of Vietnam, TBWNIS, Paraphonique. House of TARG
- Mecca of Stank. Irene’s Pub Restaurant
- Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (play). LIVE on Elgin
- Kiwi Jr., Backseat Dragon, Mushy Gushy. Dominion Tavern
- Pimienta. Montgomery Scotch Lounge
Sunday The National Ballet of Ukraine graces the stage at the NAC’s Southam Hall for two performances only, today at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm. The 23 dancers will perform excerpts from Don Quixote, Giselle, and Le Corsaire, as well as traditional Ukrainian pieces. Get ready for the excitement of the 2023-24 Ontario Women’s Provincial Pinball Championship at House of TARG this Sunday. The $10 cover includes unlimited play on Classic Video Games. The action gets underway at noon. Ottawa Irish Arts presents a January Céilí (dance) on Sunday afternoon (23:00 pm to 5:00 pm at St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts). Enjoy Irish dancing with a live caller, tea and soda bread, and visit the bar for beer. $11.98 for anyone 12 and over.
Gigs
The Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub Restaurant Phoenix Big Band. Atomic Rooster Latin Night. Mavericks Acoustic Coffee House. Red Bird
Monday
DJs, musicians. and aspiring audio technicians should book a place at Live Sound 101 with music producer and professor Ted Bourque, at Club SAW on Monday night January 22. Tickets are just $15 for members of the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition, and $20 for non-members.
Gigs Karaoke Mondays. Atomic Rooster Open Mic. Art House The Monroe Sisters (Blue Grass Mondays). Red Bird
Just Announced
Korean Cultural Centre Canada is offering tickets to free digital screenings of Park Jae-beom’s Mother Land (2022), a stop-motion fantasy adventure about a pair of siblings’ journey to save their mother. The film can be viewed from January 24 to January 30. You’ll swoon at Thirteen Strings’ first concert of 2024. Romantic Strings!(February 16) will take you on a tour through Edward Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op 47 and Giuseppe Verdi’s Symphony for Strings, among others. Creative kids will love the Ottawa Art Gallery March Break Art Camp, running Monday, March 11th to Friday, March 15th, 2024. They’ll engage with the current exhibitions, take workshops, and meet the Indigenous artist, Mairi Brascoupé.
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