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  • Tickets on sale for Boreal: Sunday, April 13.
  • Tickets on sale for Gil’s Hootenanny: April 30.

Boreal

Sunday, April 13 at 3:00 pm
Westboro Masonic Hall
430 Churchill Ave. N. at Byron, Ottawa
Tickets $25.00 (plus Eventbrite fees)

Boreal is the magical collaboration of Tannis Slimmon, Katherine Wheatley, and Angie Nussey. These three renowned singer-songwriters, each with a long history of award-winning solo careers, have come together to create a sound that resonates deeply with audiences. With spellbinding harmonies, powerful songwriting, and honest storytelling, Boreal’s performances are a musical journey of connection and joy. Their latest album, Winterbirds, was released in 2024. It features the radio single “Shepherd of the Road”,  a heartfelt tribute to a kind truck driver who guided Angie safely home through a fierce snowstorm.

In the words of four-time Juno award-winning songwriter, David Francey: “I’ll give you three good reasons for catching Boreal in concert. There are three wonderful writers in this band, and three beautiful voices. That’s two reasons. The third is the magic that happens when these three women combine those wonderful songs and voices on stage. Each brings their own brilliance to the whole. Magical is the word. I was transported.”

For more information about Boreal, please visit borealsongs.ca.

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Gil’s Hootenanny

Wednesday, April 30 at 7:00 pm
First Unitarian Congregation
30 Cleary Avenue, Ottawa
Tickets: Adults $20.00 (plus Eventbrite fees), Chidren under 15 are free

Musician, activist, song writer and song interpreter extraordinaire Rebecca Campbell will headline the 16th annual Gil’s HootenannyRebecca is a magical performer who creates music that is “emotionally rooted”, “honest” and “interactive”. She honed her musical artistry in Ottawa in the 1980s and 90s, before moving to Toronto to expand her creative horizons. She is a performer who finds “solace and energy in activism” and she works to lay bare “the inequities and injustices of the world we live in”. Singer-songwriter Tony Turner will be the Opening Act for the 2025 singalong concert. Formerly based in Ottawa, Tony is now a resident of Nanaimo, BC. Tony’s life and career were forever changed after his song Harperman won the 2015 Gil’s Hootenanny song-writing contest and a video of the song became a YouTube hit and the centrepiece of political rallies across Canada. Gil’s Hootenanny is delighted to welcome both Rebecca and Tony back to Ottawa to bring the audience together to “speak truth to power”.


Concert schedule

Here’s our planned lineup for the 2024-2025 concert season. We’re excited to present these artists to you and hope you’ll both enjoy and support them.

Sunday Sept 8th 2024

TRiPOD

Sunday Oct 13th 2024

Wendell Ferguson

Friday Nov 1st 2024

Tony Turner

Sunday Nov 10th 2024

Big Sing Ottawa!

Saturday Nov 30th 2024

Moonfruits

Sunday Jan 12th 2025

Ambre McLean

Saturday Feb 8th 2025

Frost Mercer

Sunday Mar 16th 2025

Céilí

Sunday Apr 13th 2025

Boreal

Wednesday Apr 30th 2025

Gil’s Hootenanny

Monday May 26th 2025

Chrysalis


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