Daily ticket stories
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…
I always love watching the orchestra play along with a movie…
Super-cool dudes, those Barr’s…
On February 25th, 2016 I went to the National Arts Centre for We Are The Champions: The Music Of Queen; despite the title of the show I knew exactly what I was in for…
I have been a major fan of the kora since the first time I saw the great master Toumani Diabaté perform…
What could be a better antidote to the blistering cold of winter in Ottawa than an evening of Cuban music in the comfy warmth of the National Arts Centre…
I’m not sure what Generations X, Y, Z is (or was), but as long as they were serving up cool, interesting live shows at bargain-basement prices I had no need to ask questions…
Rather than note-for-note mimicry, a group of Quebecois classical musicians presented intricate neo-classical modern interpretations of classic Zappa tunes and it was awesome…
Going to this concert was work, basically. And you thought you had it rough…
On September 27th, 2009 I walked to the National Arts Centre to see the second night of a three-night Tragically Hip run…
Todd Man Out 