Canadian Music Legend Lynn Miles Kicks off the Ottawa Grassroots Festival

 The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) focuses on fostering local community engagement through an annual festival featuring concerts and interactive workshops. Split between two Ottawa venues, Irenes Pub on Bank Street in the Glebe and the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, thirty music acts will entertain audiences at this year’s edition,

10 things to do in Ottawa this weekend – April 22-24, 2022

 Vintage Pop-up 613 – Parking Lot Pop-up When: April 24, 2022 Where: 298 Preston What time: 10 am - 4 pm Admission: Donation in support of local charities This Sunday, a local travelling vintage shop, Vintage Pop-up 613, will be heading to Preston Street. Vintage Pop-up encourages Ottawa residents to contribute

Digging their own roots – 2019 Grassroots Festival

 Above: Digging Roots (photo credit: Ratul Debnath) Eight years ago, Bob Nesbitt had a vision. A vision to create a music festival unlike any other in Ottawa. A festival that pushed boundaries, explored talent that hadn’t been discovered yet, and opened up the doors to audience participation. Out of this,

Ottawa Grassroots: the Little Festival That Grew

 Photos by Anne-Marie Brugger and Andre Gagne Kicking off Ottawa’s ubiquitous festival season is one that truly stands by its name: The Ottawa Grassroots Festival. Now in its sixth year, the festival began as a one-night event in a legion hall back in 2011 and has since bloomed into a