Sat, Oct 17
Joep Beving: Liminal Tour (opens show details)
classical
Joep Beving: Liminal Tour.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
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Sat, Oct 17
King Falcon with Parliament of Owls, Burning Tree + Dream Killers (opens show details)
alternative rock
Live music at Rainbow Bistro. Official calendar lists 19:00 without identifying it as doors or show time; confirm timing with the venue.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Oct 17
moondoggy with The Stamps (opens show details)
Live concert. Official ticket listing displays 19:30, but does not distinguish doors from show; structured show time remains unconfirmed.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Oct 18
Ray Chen in Recital (opens show details)
classical
Violinist Ray Chen and pianist Chelsea Wang perform Mozart, Grieg, Bach and Sarasate.
Image source: National Arts Centre official event listing. Photo credit: Andrew Zaeh.Original source image; no modifications.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Oct 18
Big D and the Kids Table with Devon Kay & The Solutions (opens show details)
Live concert. Official ticket listing displays 19:30, but does not distinguish doors from show; structured show time remains unconfirmed.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Oct 18
Legendary Sunday Afternoon Blues Jam (opens show details)
blues
Live music at Rainbow Bistro. Official calendar lists 12:30 without identifying it as doors or show time; confirm timing with the venue.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Mon, Oct 19
Jacob Deraps with Dead Air Republic + Chaos (opens show details)
Live music at Rainbow Bistro. Official calendar lists 19:00 without identifying it as doors or show time; confirm timing with the venue.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Oct 21
Tramp of the Century — The Ultimate Tribute to Supertramp (opens show details)
Tribute act
Six musicians perform a Supertramp tribute.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Oct 21
Thundercat: Distracted AF Tour (opens show details)
R&B
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Oct 21
Somatica with Polarized (opens show details)
Live music with Somatica and Polarized. Official calendar and event-list versions disagree on the additional support act; confirm with the venue.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Oct 22
MIKE. (opens show details)
hip-hop
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Oct 23
LEGACY: An Evening of North Indian Classical Music (opens show details)
Hindustani classical
Sarod, sitar and tabla concert.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Oct 23
Chris George: Road to Gold Tour (opens show details)
Live music at Rainbow Bistro. Official calendar lists 20:00 without identifying it as doors or show time; confirm timing with the venue.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Oct 23
The Mahones with Bardes à Barbes (opens show details)
The Mahones with Bardes à Barbes. Show time not confirmed; listed time is doors.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Oct 24
The Psalms Project: Mike Janzen with Band (opens show details)
jazzpopclassicalOriginal act
Mike Janzen and his band perform selections from The Psalms Project with guest singer Erin Propp.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Oct 24
Marianas Trench with Fionn (opens show details)
rockpop
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Oct 24
So Faint (Hannah Georgas) with Ada Lea (opens show details)
Live music at Rainbow Bistro. Official calendar lists 20:00 without identifying it as doors or show time; confirm timing with the venue.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Oct 25
Broken By Friday with Hypersex Banshee + The Louies (opens show details)
Live music at Rainbow Bistro. Official calendar lists 20:00 without identifying it as doors or show time; confirm timing with the venue.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Mon, Oct 26
Waylon Wyatt: Dustpiles World Tour with Noah James (opens show details)
country
Waylon Wyatt: Dustpiles World Tour with Noah James.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Tue, Oct 27
Louise Pitre (opens show details)
A concert by singer and musical-theatre performer Louise Pitre.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Tue, Oct 27
Quest Master with Blade of Kino (opens show details)
Live concert at Club SAW. Venue lists a 7pm–11pm event window without separating doors and performance time.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Oct 28
Waahli — Soap Club (opens show details)
alternative hip-hop
Live alternative hip-hop performance.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Oct 28
Modevile with Paradise Sprites, It Shines + Your Girlfriend (opens show details)
Live music at Rainbow Bistro. Official calendar lists 19:00 without identifying it as doors or show time; confirm timing with the venue.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Oct 29
Bella Donna with Sir Kingfish + Shirley! (opens show details)
Live music at Rainbow Bistro. Official calendar lists 19:30 without identifying it as doors or show time; confirm timing with the venue.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Oct 30
Dwayne Gretzky Halloween (opens show details)
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Oct 30
Tyler Braden: Days Of Gold Tour (opens show details)
country
Tyler Braden: Days Of Gold Tour.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Oct 30
John Muirhead with Sarah Vanderzon (opens show details)
indie folk
John Muirhead’s indie-folk concert.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Oct 30
Just Ghoulin’ Around 5: An Indie Halloween Party (opens show details)
Live music at Rainbow Bistro. Official calendar lists 20:00 without identifying it as doors or show time; confirm timing with the venue.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Oct 31
Sleeping With Sirens: An Ending In Itself Tour (opens show details)
rockpop
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Oct 31
BOO-GIE NIGHT with The Groovebug (opens show details)
funksoulR&B
Live music at Rainbow Bistro.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Nov 1
Hot Mulligan North American Fall Tour (opens show details)
alternative rock
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Mon, Nov 2
The Stampeders — One More Time (opens show details)
rockOriginal act
The band performs its own catalogue of Canadian rock hits.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Tue, Nov 3
Matinée Café: A Concert to Remember with Grey Jazz Big Band (opens show details)
jazzbig band
A 16-piece band performing music from the big-band era and modern favourites.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Tue, Nov 3
Maryna Krut (opens show details)
Ukrainian traditionaljazz
Bandura and vocals combining Ukrainian traditions and jazz elements.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Tue, Nov 3sold out
Amble with Vincent Lima (opens show details)
folk
Amble with Vincent Lima. The venue marks this concert sold out.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Nov 4
Matinée Café: A Concert to Remember with Grey Jazz Big Band (opens show details)
jazzbig band
A 16-piece band performing music from the big-band era and modern favourites.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Nov 4
Owen Riegling: In The Feeling Tour (opens show details)
country
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 6
Grease LIVE! — A Concert Tribute (opens show details)
rock and rollTribute act
A live-band tribute to Grease and the music of the 1950s and 1960s.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 6
The Darcys (opens show details)
Live concert. Official ticket listing displays 19:30, but does not distinguish doors from show; structured show time remains unconfirmed.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 6
Econoline Crush (opens show details)
Econoline Crush. Show time not confirmed; listed time is doors.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Nov 8
Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime — The Final Chapter (opens show details)
rockprogressive rock
Geoff Tate and his band perform Operation: Mindcrime material.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Nov 11
Cannelle with Isla Den (opens show details)
Live concert at Club SAW. Venue lists a 7pm–11pm event window without separating doors and performance time.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Nov 12
DZIDZIO with Vasyl Popadiuk (opens show details)
DZIDZIO with Vasyl Popadiuk. Show time not confirmed; listed time is doors.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 13
Yesterday Once More — The Carpenters Songbook (opens show details)
Tribute act
Toni Lee and a full live band celebrate the Carpenters.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 13
The Record Company with Glass Kinsman (opens show details)
The Record Company with Glass Kinsman.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 13
Wheeler Walker Jr.: Pullin’ Out, The Farewell Tour (opens show details)
country
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Nov 14
Matt Hansen: The Orchid Tour (opens show details)
pop
Matt Hansen: The Orchid Tour.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Nov 14
Sam Roberts Band: Chemical City 20th Anniversary Tour (opens show details)
rockpop
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Nov 14
Symply Skynyrd & Stoned and Rolling (opens show details)
southern rockrockTribute act
Tributes to Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Rolling Stones.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Nov 14sold out
UK Calling (opens show details)
new wavealternative rockCover act
UK Calling performs British new wave and alternative classics. The artist marks this show sold out.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Nov 15
Canadian Golha Orchestra with Sepideh Raissadat (opens show details)
Iranian classicalorchestral
Iranian classical and orchestral music with guest vocalist Sepideh Raissadat.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Nov 15
Solitary Man — Celebrating the Music of Neil Diamond (opens show details)
Tribute act
Will Chalmers performs his Neil Diamond tribute.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Mon, Nov 16
BRIAR with Eliza Niemi (opens show details)
Live music at Rainbow Bistro.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Nov 18
Echoes of the Opera (opens show details)
classicaloperavocal
The Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio presents a piano-vocal programme of operatic arias and ensembles.
Image source: National Arts Centre official event listing. Photo credit: Gaetz Photography.Original source image; no modifications.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Nov 18
Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk — Break Your Heart Tour (opens show details)
A collaborative concert with songs from across the artists’ careers and new material.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Nov 19
The Bones of J.R. Jones with Chris Kasper (opens show details)
Live concert. Official ticket listing displays 19:30, but does not distinguish doors from show; structured show time remains unconfirmed.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 20
Protest The Hero with Choke & Kaonashi (opens show details)
rock
Protest The Hero with Choke & Kaonashi.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 20
(The) Consequents / Scarecrowz / LOVE+MAYHEM (opens show details)
rockmetalalternative metal
Three-band live rock and metal concert. The Consequents’ set is explicitly original material.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 20
Marci (opens show details)
Live concert. Official ticket listing displays 19:30, but does not distinguish doors from show; structured show time remains unconfirmed.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Nov 21
Upinnaq — A Beautiful Christmas with Susan Aglukark (opens show details)
holiday
Christmas songs and stories in Inuktitut and English.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Nov 21
A Coast-to-Coast Cowboy Christmas 2 (opens show details)
countryholidayMixed bill
Christmas classics and the performers’ own chart hits.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Nov 22
The Corps (opens show details)
Live concert. Official ticket listing displays 19:30, but does not distinguish doors from show; structured show time remains unconfirmed.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Nov 22
Liberace & Liza: A Tribute (opens show details)
Tribute act
Liberace & Liza: A Tribute. Show time not confirmed; listed time is doors.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Tue, Nov 24
Men of the Deeps — December Coal (opens show details)
holidayMixed bill
Holiday concert featuring original songs and new renditions of familiar favourites.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Tue, Nov 24
Jesse Roper (opens show details)
Live concert. Official ticket listing displays 19:30, but does not distinguish doors from show; structured show time remains unconfirmed.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Nov 25
Arkells — Between Us Tour (opens show details)
rock
Arkells’ Between Us Tour. Doors 7pm; show 8pm.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Nov 26
Tom Lavin & The Legendary Powder Blues with David Gogo (opens show details)
bluesswingjazz
Blame It on the Blues Tour with special guest David Gogo.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Nov 26
Kristine St-Pierre — C’est Noël (opens show details)
holiday
Kristine and her Christmas band perform album songs and holiday classics.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Nov 26sold out
Arkells: Between Us City Takeover (opens show details)
rockpop
Arkells: Between Us City Takeover. The venue marks this concert sold out.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Nov 26
Cam Kahin with Neon Ghosthouse (opens show details)
Live concert. Official ticket listing displays 19:30, but does not distinguish doors from show; structured show time remains unconfirmed.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 27
Arkells: Between Us Tour (opens show details)
rockpop
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 27
Classic Troubadours — The Songs of Sheryl Crow & Stevie Nicks (opens show details)
rockTribute act
Jacob Moon presents vocalists and a live band celebrating Sheryl Crow and Stevie Nicks.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 27
Double Experience with Sam Casey + static (opens show details)
Live music at Rainbow Bistro.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Nov 27
lilyisthatyou — The Flowers Have Feelings Tour (opens show details)
Live concert at Club SAW. Venue lists a 7pm–11pm event window without separating doors and performance time.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Nov 28
Steven’s Greetings — Steven Page Trio (opens show details)
holidayMixed bill
Original holiday songs, traditional favourites and career-spanning hits.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Nov 29
Christmas in the Valley with Wayne Rostad and Friends (opens show details)
holiday
An afternoon of Christmas songs, fiddle music and stories.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Dec 2
Under the Lights: A Charlie Brown Christmas Tribute featuring Thompson Egbo-Egbo (opens show details)
jazzholidayTribute act
Live jazz-ensemble tribute to Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Dec 3
Storgårds & Sibelius: Winter Solstice (opens show details)
classicalorchestral
John Storgårds leads the NAC Orchestra in Sibelius’s Sixth and Seventh Symphonies, Debussy and Jean Coulthard.
Image source: National Arts Centre official event listing. Photo credit: Curtis Perry.Original source image; no modifications.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Dec 3
A Basia Bulat Holiday Bouquet Show (opens show details)
rockholiday
A Basia Bulat Holiday Bouquet Show. Show time not confirmed; listed time is doors.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Dec 3
Jeffrey Martin with Corey Parsons (opens show details)
Live concert at Club SAW. Venue lists a 7pm–11pm event window without separating doors and performance time.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Dec 4
Spoons, Rough Trade & Images In Vogue, hosted by Carla Collins (opens show details)
rock
Spoons, Rough Trade & Images In Vogue, hosted by Carla Collins.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Dec 4
TALK (opens show details)
rockpop
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Dec 4
Storgårds & Sibelius: Winter Solstice (opens show details)
classicalorchestral
John Storgårds leads the NAC Orchestra in Sibelius’s Sixth and Seventh Symphonies, Debussy and Jean Coulthard.
Image source: National Arts Centre official event listing. Photo credit: Curtis Perry.Original source image; no modifications.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Dec 4
Westridge with F!TH and madfolk (opens show details)
Live concert. Official ticket listing displays 20:00, but does not distinguish doors from show; structured show time remains unconfirmed.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Dec 5
SOS — The ABBA Experience Christmas (opens show details)
holidayTribute act
ABBA hits with a seasonal theme.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Dec 5
Wine Lips with Taxi Girls (opens show details)
Live music at Rainbow Bistro.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Dec 5
A Skydiggers Christmas (opens show details)
holiday
A Skydiggers Christmas. Show time not confirmed; listed time is doors.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Dec 6
The Bouncing Souls with The Suicide Machines, The Flatliners & The Jack Knives (opens show details)
The Bouncing Souls with The Suicide Machines, The Flatliners & The Jack Knives.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Mon, Dec 7
The Barra MacNeils — An East Coast Christmas (opens show details)
celticholiday
Seasonal Celtic music with the MacNeil siblings and band.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Tue, Dec 8
Elvis — A Christmas Special featuring Pete Paquette (opens show details)
holidayTribute act
Elvis Christmas tribute with a live band and vocalists.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Dec 9
Matinée Café: Quatuor Despax (opens show details)
Afternoon concert by the four-sibling quartet.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Dec 9
Damien Robitaille — Ultraviolet SOLO (opens show details)
Solo concert with multi-instrumentalist Damien Robitaille.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Thu, Dec 10
Jazzy Little Christmas (opens show details)
jazzholiday
Christmas classics performed by a jazz trio and guest vocalists.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Dec 11
SOS — The ABBA Experience: ABBA Holly Jolly Christmas! (opens show details)
holidayTribute act
A holiday celebration of ABBA’s songs.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Dec 11
Wolf Parade with Destroyer (opens show details)
alternative rock
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Dec 11
Emma Lamontagne with Malia Rogers (opens show details)
Live concert. Official ticket listing displays 19:30, but does not distinguish doors from show; structured show time remains unconfirmed.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Dec 11
Jonathan Roy: Deux Voix Une Capitale (opens show details)
Jonathan Roy: Deux Voix Une Capitale. Show time not confirmed; listed time is doors.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Dec 12
Jamie Fine (opens show details)
rockpop
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Dec 12
DAAAM! The Hip Hop Party featuring live Tha Alkaholiks (opens show details)
hip-hop
DAAAM! The Hip Hop Party featuring live Tha Alkaholiks. Show time not confirmed; listed time is doors.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Dec 13
Shakey Graves: Fondness, Etc. Tour (opens show details)
rockpop
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Tue, Dec 15sold out
Marc Hervieux — Nostalgia Noël (opens show details)
holidayMixed bill
An intimate piano-and-voice concert with original Christmas songs, popular songs and hymns.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Wed, Dec 16
Guylaine Tanguay: Spectacle de Noël (opens show details)
holiday
Guylaine Tanguay: Spectacle de Noël. Show time not confirmed; listed time is doors.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Fri, Dec 18
The Jersey Nights Before Christmas Show (opens show details)
holidayTribute act
Four vocalists and a live band perform Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons favourites and Christmas classics.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sat, Dec 19
Down With Webster with SonReal (opens show details)
hip-hop
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Dec 20
Michael J. Davis — Bublé Christmas (opens show details)
holidayTribute act
Michael Bublé tribute featuring holiday songs and popular hits.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
Sun, Dec 20
Night Lovell (opens show details)
hip-hop
Live concert at HISTORY Ottawa. Confirm current ticket availability through the official listing.
Original listing Checked Oct 16, 2026
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