Thursday, June 12
Faraway Neighbours, Lakes of Canada, 8:30 p.m., The Black Sheep Inn, 753 Riverside Dr., Wakefield. $10 in advance. theblacksheepinn.com
Festival Franco Ontarien: Lise Leblanc (9 p.m.), Annick Granger, Tricia Foster, Scarlett Jane, Genevieve Toupin (8 p.m.), Major’s Hill Park. $25 all festival pass. ffo.ca
Irene’s All Stars Blues with Parker Estabrooks, 9:30 p.m., Irene’s Pub, 885 Bank St. No cover. irenespub.ca
Jasmine Netsena (8 p.m., CD Release, $7), Reggae Night with Roots Movement (10:30 p.m., $7), The Rainbow Bistroy, 76 Murray St. therainbow.ca
Mozart and Mahler, with pianist Jan Lisiecki and conductor Pinchas Zukerman, 8 p.m., NAC, 53 Elgin St. From $23. nac-cna.ca
Mexican Musicians: violinist Viktoria Horti Pásztor and pianist Teresa Frenk, 7 p.m., NAC’s Fourth Stage, 53 Elgin St. Free. Courtesy of the Embassy of Mexico in Canada.
Ottawa Explosion Weekend (OXW) at Club Saw: Tropical Dripps (7:30 p.m), Ketamines (8 p.m.), Pretty Pretty (8:30 p.m.), Tweens (9:15 p.m.), The Stand GT (10 p.m.), Zex (11 p.m.), Vacation (11:30 p.m.), TV Freaks (12:15 a.m.), Black Tower (12:45 a.m.), Cauldon (1:30 a.m.), all-ages, 67 Nicholas St. $10. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at Ottawa Art Gallery: Organ Eyes (10 p.m.), Bonnie Doon (11 p.m.), Sheer Agony (midnight), 19+, 2 Daly Ave. $5. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at House of Targ: Slim & Popular (10 p.m.), The Reverb Syndicate (11 p.m.), 19+, 1077 Bank St. $5. ottawaexplosion.com
Friday, June 13
Death Cake, Cloud City, rock/funk, 9:30 p.m., Irene’s Pub, 885 Bank St. No cover. irenespub.ca
Fiddlehead Soup, Ali McCormack & Blackstrap Molasses, folk, 8 p.m., Pressed Cafe, 750 Gladstone Ave. $5. fiddleheadsoup.com
Festival Franco Ontarien: Marie-Mai (9 p.m), Shawn Jobin (8 p.m.), Karim Ouellet (7 p.m.), Céleste Lévis (5 p.m.), Major’s Hill Park. $25 all festival pass. ffo.ca
Jack Pine and the Fire, The Dusty Drifters, 8:30 p.m., The Black Sheep Inn, 753 Riverside Dr., Wakefield. $10 in advance. theblacksheepinn.com
OXW at Ottawa Art Gallery: Jon Creeden (5 p.m.), TBA (5:30 p.m.), Robots! Everywhere! (6 p.m.), all-ages, 2 Daly Ave. Free. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at Club Saw: Outtacontroller (7 p.m.), The Famines (7:30 p.m.), Tough Age (8:15 p.m.), Protomartyr (9 p.m.), The White Wires (10 p.m.), Wasted Potential (11 p.m.), Dig It Up (11:30 p.m.), The Creeps (12:15 a.m.), surprise performance (1 a.m.), all-ages, 67 Nicholas St. $15/$60 passes. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at Mugshots: Dead Future (11 p.m.), The Abandos (11:30 a.m.), Ultrathin (12:15 a.m.), DJs all night, 75 Nicholas St. $5/$60 passes. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at Cafe Dekcuf: The Dark Plain (9 p.m.), Hashed Out (10 p.m.), Black Love ( 11 p.m.), Milanku (midnight), Loviatar (1 a.m.), 221 Rideau St. $10/$60 passes. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at House of Targ: The Petit Fours (11 p.m.), The Guggenheimer Quartet (midnight), 1077 Bank St. $5/$60 passes. ottawaexplosion.com
See Spot Run, My New Project, 8 p.m., Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York St. $7. zaphods.ca
Shawn Donnelly and James LeClaire (CD release) with Jasmine Netsena, singer-songwriters, 9 p.m., The Branch Restaurant, 15 Clothier St., Kemptville. $8. thebranchrestaurant.ca
Thirteen Strings: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and more, with violinist Yeohanatan Berick, classical, 8 p.m., St. Andrew’s Church, 82 Kent St. $40/$35 seniors/$10 students. thirteenstrings.ca
Westfest: George Leach (9:30 p.m.), River City Junction (8 p.m.), Maria Hawkins Band (7 p.m.), Smoke Wagon Blues Band (6 p.m.), DJ Lakes Distrikt (5 p.m.), mainstage at Richmond Road and Kirkwood Avenue. Free. westfest.ca
Saturday, June 14
Andrew Mah, classical guitar, 7:30 p.m., GigSpace, 953 Gladstone Ave. $20. gigspaceottawa.ca
Awna Teixeira, Luther Wright, Chris Brown, 8:30 p.m., The Black Sheep Inn, 753 Riverside Dr., Wakefield. $10 in advance. theblacksheepinn.com
Catriona Sturton, singer-songwriter, 9 p.m., The Branch Restaurant, 15 Clothier St., Kemptville. $8. thebranchrestaurant.ca
Carolyn Fe Blues Collective (CD release), Steve Groves Trio, blues, 9:30 p.m., Irene’s Pub, 885 Bank St. $12. irenespub.ca
Chris MacLean, Chris White and The Sparrows children’s choir, family-friendly event and fundraiser, 3:30 to 5 p.m, Southminster United Church, Room 5, 15 Aylmer Ave. $10 at the door/ children free. All ticket sales will go to the Sparrow Orphanage in South Africa. chrismaclean.com
Festival Franco Ontarien: Marc Hervieux (9 p.m.), Pierre LaPointe (7 p.m.), En Bref (5:30 p.m.), Stef Paquette (4 p.m.), Major’s Hill Park. $25 all festival pass. ffo.ca
Nile Groove, 8 p.m., Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York St. $7. zaphods.ca
Philip Jeck, UK turntablist, 7 p.m., Daïmôn, 78 rue Hanson, Gatineau. Free. daimon.qc.ca
OXW at Club Saw – daytime: King’s Quest (12:30 p.m.), Dad Jokes (1 p.m.), Grime Kings (1:30 p.m.), Old & Weird (2 p.m.), Idle Bloom (2:30 p.m.), Feral Trash (3 p.m.), Big Dick (3:30 p.m.), Low Culture (4 p.m.), Needles//Pins (4:45 p.m.), New Swears (5:30 p.m.), all-ages, 67 Nicholas St. $10/$60 passes. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at Club Saw – night: Voicemail (8 p.m.), Sonic Avenues (8:30 p.m.), Steve Admayk Band (9:15 p.m.), The Marked Men (10 p.m.), Pookie and the Poodlez (11 p.m.), Primitve Hearts (11:30 p.m.), STrange Attractor (midnight), Nervosas (12:45 a.m.), Crusades (1:30 a.m.), all-ages, 67 Nicholas St. $15/$60 passes. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at Vertigo Records: The Abandos (6:15 p.m.), TV Freaks (7 p.m.), all-ages, 193 Rideau St. Free. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at Ritual: Boyhood (10:30 p.m.), Odonis Odonis (11:30 p.m.), Metz (12:30 a.m.), 137 Besserer St. $15/$60 passes. ottawaexplosion.com ; spectrasonic.com
OXW at Avant-Garde Bar: Dead Weights (11 p.m.), Panic Attack (11:30 p.m.), Latex Squad (midnight), the Dagger Eyes (12:30 a.m.), Asile (1 a.m.), all-ages, 135 1/2 Besserer St. $5/$60 passes. spectrasonic.com
OXW at Mugshots: Fryquency (10:30 p.m.), Prince Vali (11 p.m.), Hard Science (11:45 p.m.), Zones (12:30 a.m.), White Poppy (1:15 a.m.), 75 Nicholas St. pay-what-you-can. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at Cafe Dekcuf: Black Oak Decline (9:30 p.m.), Drones (10:30 p.m.), Merderahta (11:30 p.m.), Kloven Hoofs (12:30 a.m.), Alaskan (1:30 a.m.), 221 Rideau St. $10/$60 passes. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at House of Targ: Electric Ruin (11 p.m.), Slow Mover (midnight), 1077 Bank St. $5/$60 passes. ottawaexplosion.com
Westfest: Ashley MacIsaac (9:30 p.m.), The Sons of Scotland (9:25 p.m.), The Peptides (8 p.m.), Shawnee (7 p.m.), Brock Zeman 6 p.m), Tam-Tam with Dr. Lee (5 p.m.), DJ Lakes Distrikt (4 p.m.), main stage at Richmond Road and Kirkwood Avenue. Free. westfest.ca
Sunday, June 15
The Ridgemont Revelers, New Orleans style funk, 9:30 p.m., Irene’s Pub, 885 Bank St. No cover. irenespub.ca
OXW at Club Saw: Pink Wine (2 p.m.), First Base (2:30 p.m.), Average Wait Times (3 p.m.), Mother’s Children (3;30 p.m.), The Mandates (4:15 p.m.), Blue Angel (5 p.m.), Best Fiends (5:30 p.m.), Kappa Chow (6:15 p.m.), The Yips (6:45 p.m.), Roberta Bondar (7:30 p.m.), all-ages, 67 Nicholas St. $5/$60 passes. ottawaexplosion.com
OXW at House of Targ: Toughen up! and DJ KJ Maxx and Dirty Donny, 9 p.m., 1077 Bank St. $5/$60 passes. ottawaexplosion.com
Westfest: A Tribe Called Red (9:30 p.m.), GOOD2GO (8 p.m.), Last Supper (7 p.m.), Fevers (6 p.m.), Pony Girl (5 p.m.), Matthew James Weiler (4 p.m.), DJ Lakes Distrikt (3 p.m.), main stage at Richmond Road and Kirkwood Avenue. Free. westfest.ca
Silver Creek, ilvekyo, 4:20 p.m., roots/blues, The Black Sheep Inn, 753 Riverside Dr., Wakefield. $7 in advance. theblacksheepinn.com
Tuesday, June 17
Bison, Biipiigwan, Sombre, 8:45 p.m., Cafe Dekcuf, 221 Rideau St. $13. spectrasonic.com
Low, 8:30 p.m., Ritual, 137 Besserer St. $18. spectrasonic.com
NAC Wind Quintet, 7 p.m., Christ Church Cathedral, 239 Queen St. $25/$20 seniors/$12 students/$60 family. cathedralarts.ca
Young Artists Program Masterclass: Pinchas Zukerman and Patty Kopec, violin and viola, 7:30 p.m., University of Ottawa, Perez Building, Freiman Hall. From $10. nac-cna.ca
Wednesday, June 18
Digging Roots, 8 p.m., NAC Fourth Stage, 53 Elgin St. From $25. nac-cna.ca
Heart, rock, 8 p.m., Canadian Tire Centre, 1000 Palladium Dr. $49.50-$95. capitaltickets.ca
JP Cormier, roots/folk, traditional, 9:30 p.m., Irene’s Pub, 885 Bank St. $20. irenespub.ca
Ottawa Fringe Festival: 2React (7 p.m.), StillNative (8:30 p.m.), Downtown Rideau Stage, Waller Park. Free. ottawafringe.com
