062407 Bill Frisell, Ottawa, ON
Despite what the ticket indicates I recall this show being a trio…
Category: Ticket Stories
071008 Suen Kuti and Egypt 80, Ottawa, ON
Some of my ticket memories read like nothing more than the sordid confessions of a chronic Bluesfest set-jumper…
042322 Drive-By Truckers/Lydia Loveless, Ottawa, ON
On April 23rd, 2022 I was in Ottawa for a social visit arranged to coincide with a Drive-By Truckers concert at the newly-awesome Bronson Centre…
042122 Kim Mitchell/Still Winter Hills, Ottawa, ON
Kim Mitchell and his three sidemen came out to a standing ovation…
071611 Jane’s Addiction/Blackie and the Rodeo Kings/Death from Above 1979/Ganga Girl, Ottawa, ON
July 16th was the penultimate day of the 2011 Ottawa Bluesfest and it was a hot one, both literally and figuratively…
041817 Bob Weir & the Campfire Band, New Orleans, LA
Everyone knows that New Orleans is an amazing city…
041705 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ottawa, ON
I’m pretty sure that April 17th, 2005 was the first time I attended a concert at the Dominion-Chalmers Church…
071506 Junior Brown/Wilco/Roseanne Cash/Chicago Blue Reunion, Ottawa, ON
Wilco fans fall firmly in the “rabid” category…
071518 Joe Nemeth/Be In The Band Showcase/BITB Instructors Band, Ottawa, ON
July 15th, 2018 was the final day of what had proved to be a really fun installation of the Ottawa Bluesfest…
041405 NACO plays Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Haydn, Ottawa, ON
On April 14th, 2005 I made my way to the National Arts Centre to take in a show featuring Canada’s very talented national orchestra performing long-ago works written by some of the most brilliant minds in the known history of music…
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