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,

The Great White North Blues

 Photos by Randy MacNeil / Feature photo: Colin Linden The Mississippi Delta, smoky clubs in Chicago, wailing out windows in Memphis and heating up the snowy streets of Toronto, one of these things is not like the other when it comes to what people generally associate with The Blues. Ottawa photographer Randy

Free Programming Highlights at NAC’s Canada Scene

 Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series is back! We'll provide a unique look at some of your favourite events. We’ll go beyond the music with artist interviews, volunteer profiles, concert reviews and spotlights on the tastes, sights and sounds of the festival season.  Your city! Your festivals! Like a good sunscreen, Ottawa Life