Gianna Lauren

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We’ve made it to the final post in our best of #ottmusic weekly 2020 playlist series.

In this final week of 2020 we’re thrilled to share Apt613’s #ottmusic selects in five “Best Of” playlists.

Comforting music that warms your soul, heals your heart and feels like sitting in front of a fireplace wrapped in a fleece blanket. A hug in a song. Explore the gentle songs of 2020 from Ottawa’s singer-songwriters.

Someone who has been to most—if not all—of these shows is Ottawa music photographer/maverick Ming Wu, whose blog photogmusic.com has published at least 150 concert reviews at Pressed alone.

Two hours of fresh local music. Updated weekly by apt613.ca music writers.

Two hours of fresh local music. Updated weekly by apt613.ca music writers.

Matías is the founder and Editor of Ottawa Showbox, a local not-for-profit music website and concert promotion company. Follow @ottawashowbox on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. If we look at the Canadian indie rock landscape over the past several decades, there are only a few artists who have persisted over the years. Julie Doiron is undoubtedly […]

Another great year of free concerts ended with a spectacular double rainbow over the entire crowd.

See Broken Social Scene, Wintersleep, Gianna Lauren, Hollerado, and many more perform free concerts at the Dragon Boat Festival this weekend, June 21–24.

The Dragon Boat Festival concert series is taking place at Mooney’s Bay Park from June 21–24, 2018. Admission is free.

They join Polaris Music Prize winner Lido Pimienta, weirdo pop-rock maritimers Mauno, and experimental T.O. rappers Above Top Secret among invitees to the music showcase festival in February.

We also name Ottawa’s most prolific artist and top record label of 2017.

With one week before their sixth edition, there’s still plenty of time to discover artists in the Arboretum Festival lineup.