BEST BETS, MARCH 12-18
FOLK
Get your green on for the annual St. Patrick’s Day party hosted by the Irish Society of the National Capital Region and Beau’s brewery. As usual, this year’s shenanigans start at noon, right after the St. Paddy’s parade, and run until 10 p.m. in the Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park, with a musical lineup anchored by Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac, Eastern Ontario’s Celtic ceilidh band Hadrian’s Wall and Quebecois trad-folkies Baqqhus. Tickets are $35, available at stpatricksparty.ca. Children under 12 are free.
ROCK
Rock singer-songwriter Matthew Good, a staple on Canadian radio in the 1990s, pulls into Bronson Centre Music Theatre, 211 Bronson Ave., next week for two shows, March 18 and 19. A singer with an incredible voice and an innate ability to express his emotions in a rock ’n’ roll setting, Good is on his first major tour since 2018. He’s also got a new album, the multi-faceted Moving Walls, recorded at the Bathouse Studios with longtime producer Warne Livesey. Concert tickets are $57.50, plus a fee, available at ticketmaster.ca. Doors open at 7 p.m.; the music starts at 8 p.m. with a set by Ria Mae.
THEATRE
The Ottawa Little Theatre has high hopes for its production of Burn, written by award-winning Ottawa playwright John Muggleton, who’s also an OLT alumnus. Directed by Venetia Lawless, the contemporary thriller tells the suspenseful tale of three longtime friends who are brought together by the death of another friend, who was a horror writer. The play, which runs from March 18 to April 4, will be the OLT’s entry to the Eastern Ontario Drama League Festival. What’s more, the company is also taking it to the 2020 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A reception will take place following the opening night performance on March 18. OLT is at 400
King Edward Ave. For tickets and times, call 613-233-8948 or go to ottawalittletheatre.com.
AWARDS
Celebrate the Ottawa music scene on Thursday, March 12 at the inaugural edition of the Capital Music Awards, organized by the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition. Close to 200 local artists were nominated across six categories, including the year’s best song, band, solo/duo, video and entertainer, along with a pre-selected Impact Award that will go to entertainment lawyer Byron Pascoe for his “unwavering ” support of the community.
Artist nominees include Anna Ludlow, The Commotions, Tara Shannon, Jumpin’ Joel Flash and more. Find out the winners from 7-10 p.m. Thursday at Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St. Admission is free. DJ Jas Nasty will provide the soundtrack.
CLASSICAL
The 16th instalment of the popular Wolfgang Sessions features musicians from the National Arts Centre Orchestra performing at the Mercury Lounge, a ByWard Market nightclub that doesn’t usually host classical musicians. The players in this session include violist David Marks, cellist
Rachel Mercer and flutist Joanna G’froerer, along with host Sean Rice. They plan to perform contemporary compositions by Nico Muhly, Elizabeth Brown and
Sebastian Fagerlund. Tickets are $15 advance ($10 for students), available at eventbrite.ca or $20 at the door.