ARBORETUM AUGUST 18 - 23, 2014 | OTTAWA MUSIC FESTIVAL OTTAWA’S FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC + BEST KEPT SECRETS
MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY AUG 18 AUG 20 AUG 22 AUG 23 ST. ALBANS CHURCH $20/AA/ OTTAWA ART GALLERY $0/AA OTTAWA ART GALLERY $0/AA ARTS COURT OUTDOOR MAIN STAGE $30 ADV/AA/ 18:30 FESTIVAL LAUNCH & KEYNOTE 19:30 BOSVELD 08:30 CREATIVE MORNINGS
18:45 PANEL DISCUSSION: WHY I LEFT OTTAWA? 20:00 EVENING HYMNS “Where’s the Cultural Press?” 14:00 PONY GIRL
Panelists: Kathleen Edwards, Olivier Fairfield 21:00 JULIE DOIRON & THE WOODEN STARS Panelists: Marie-Claire LeBlanc, Allan Wigney, Peter Emmanuel Sayer, Rémi Thériault. Simpson, Lesley Marshall. Presented by Arboretum Festival + Megaphono 15:00 WEAVES OTTAWA SHOWBOX Secret Shows Presented by Downtown Rideau BIA & Ottawa Art Gallery Presented by Downtown Rideau BIA Happening at undisclosed locations MAVERICKS $15/19+/ 16:15 LOWELL on the main stage grounds. MANX PUB $0/AA ARTS COURT $25 ADV/AA/ OUTDOOR MAIN STAGE 17:15 Secret Show #1 21:30 ADAM SAIKALEY TRIO 21:00 TROPICAL DRIPPS MURRAY STREET x TOWN Performing Beastie Boys “Ill Communication” 19:00 THE YIPS 17:30 STEVE ADAMYK 22:00 PS I LOVE YOU BAND Video projections: MELODY MCKIVOR 20:00 HILOTRONS BBQ 18:15 23:00 FROG EYES Backlot Secret Show #2 Presented by Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival & National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition 21:30 KEVIN DREW Video projections: 18:30 CHAD Presented by SpectraSonic + Bruised Tongue of Broken Social Scene HARD SCIENCE VANGAALEN Presented by Manx Music 19:45 Secret Show #3
BABYLON NIGHTCLUB $5/19+/ 20:00 FIFTYMEN TUESDAY THURSDAY PETRA AUG 19 AUG 21 GLYNT 23:00 CEREMONY 21:30 CONSTANTINES Video projections: RAW SUGAR CAFE $0/AA HOUSE OF TARG $10/19+/ “Hard Bodies” After Party & Mixtape Release PETRA GLYNT
Presented by Exclaim Magazine & CHUO 89.1 FM 19:00 SEE YOU IN HULL : Portraits / Social / Convoy 22:00 FREELOVE FENNER Portraits of you & your bike, snacks by Raw Sugar Cafe 22:45 BLUE ANGEL MUGSHOTS JAIL BAR $5/19+/ MUGSHOTS JAIL BAR $8/19+/ 20:00 Bike convoy to Vieux Hull 23:30 FRESH SNOW Presented by Ottawa Velo Vogue + Raw Sugar Cafe 23:00 TROPIKALO 23:00 SILK R&B 00:30 OUGHT LE TROQUET $5/18+/ w/ DJ Zattar 23:30 THE POSTERZ Presented by Pop Montreal + Weird Canada + Wavelength + Debaser Presented by House of Paint 20:00 HER HARBOUR PARLIAMENT PUB $8/19+/ RITUAL NIGHTCLUB $5/19+/ GABBA HEY $10/19+/ 21:00 JESSE MAC CORMACK
Presente par Festival de l’Outaouais Emergent, Le Troquet & E-tron Rec. 23:00 OPEN AIR SOCIAL CLUB 23:00 PARTY PACK 22:30 THE DIRTY NIL
w/ BONGIOVANNI + COMPTON CHIC w/ HIGH KLASSIFIED 23:15 GREYS LE PETIT CHICAGO $0/18+ & DJ Matt Tamblyn & Foster + Laocapone 00:15 WTCHS Video projections: VJ DAISY & MATT TROOD Presented by Party Pack 22:00 FAU MARDI 01:15 NEW SWEARS
w/ The Gulf Stream Presented by Ottawa Explosion
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MUSIC/ART/PERFORMANCE $0 Free or price without festival pass indicated PASSES & TICKETS INFO + SOCIAL SOCIAL + COMMUNITY AA All Ages $50 All-Week, $25 Friday & $30 Saturday passes WEB: www.arboretumfestival.com available at: Free with All-Week Festival Pass TWITTER: @arboretumfest DANCE PARTIES Vertigo Records, 193 Rideau St. INSTAGRAM: @arboretumfest Limited Festival Passes will be admitted Antique Skate Shop, 9 Florence St. FB: facebook.com/arboretumfestival Free with Friday or All-Week Festival Pass Compact Music - Glebe, 785 Bank St. Free with Saturday or All-Week Festival Pass Compact Music, 1 - 206 Bank St.
N.B. : Children 10 & under get in FREE to all events listed as All Ages ARTISTS ARTIST / CITY / “GENRE” / DATE PERFORMING VERS DES RÊVES VIEUX HULL 13 RUE LAVAL BOUL. ALEXANDRE TACHÉ MUSIC PLACE DU PORTAGE 14 ADAM SAIKALEY TRIO / Ottawa ON / JAZZ / AUG.19 HER HARBOUR / Ottawa ON / NU-FOLK / AUG.19 Adam has the keys to your heart. Mike Essoudry: Drums, Marc Decho: Bass Love moans and dulcet tones.
GATINEAU BLUE ANGEL / Ottawa ON / BANSHEE-CORE / AUG.21 HIGH KLASSIFIED / Montreal QC / POST-TRAP / AUG.22 OTT supergroup feat. mbrs of Boyhood, Roberta Bondar and Organ Eyes. Hypnotic post-trap. Cum one, cum all.
BONGIOVANNI & COMPTON CHIC / Montreal QC / TOP-DOWN BEATS / AUG.21 HILOTRONS / Ottawa ON / VIRTUOSIC NEW WAVE / AUG.22 RIVIÈRE DES Heads of MTL's BootyBass crew. You can touch this. One of the best unheralded Canadian bands of the last 15 years. OUTAOUAIS
DECAYING BOSVELD / Ottawa ON / FUTURE-FOLK / AUG.20 JESSE MAC CORMACK / Montreal QC / BLUE-EYED R&B / AUG.19 ELECTRO FORTRESS The wind through the trees, and hounds of silence. Sax appeal. Where soul meets jazz, prog meets folk, quiet meets loud. Bring a defibrillator. MAKE-OUT OTTAWA TRAIN BRIDGE CHAD VANGAALEN / Calgary AB / ECLECTIC GUITAR / AUG.23 JULIE DOIRON & THE WOODEN STARS / Sackville NB / ART FOLK / AUG.20 CAT CASTLE Calgary’s peerless art-rock hero. A legendary reunion. Julie’s wintry folk collides with the Wooden Stars leftist rock. TO DREAMS
SECRET BIKE PATH MUSEUM OF HUMAN DISPUTE WELLINGTON ST. RIDEAU ST. 6 CONSTANTINES / Toronto ON / SHIELD ROCK / AUG.23 KEVIN DREW / Toronto ON / MAKE-OUT CORE / AUG.22 SPACE Nighttime, anytime, it's alright. An epic banger awaits us all. Broken Social Scene's founding art-throb taps your ventricles. 7 PORT NO 5 BESSERER ST. H&M
SPARKS ST. NICHOLAS ST. 2 DALY AVE. 4 THE DIRTY NIL / Hamilton ON / HOUSE PARTY PUNK / AUG.23 LOWELL / Toronto ON / ELECTRO-POP / AUG.23 DESERTED TOWER ZONE The Hammer's party princes. Shotgun! Electro-pop heart howls. Arts & Crafts newest star in the wings. OC 3 1 ALBERT ST. DOWNTOWN RIDEAU DJ MATT TAMBLYN / Ottawa ON / DANCE MUSIC PLURALISM / AUG.21 NEW SWEARS / Ottawa ON / PARTY PUNK / AUG.23
WALLER ST. Open Air Social Club & Silk R&B's mastermind. Welcome to the house of charms. Crowned princes of fun. Basically why guitars were invented. LAURIER AVE. LAURIER AVE. KING EDWARD AVE.
HINTONBURG ST. BOOTH BAY ST. LYON ST. KENT ST. BANK ST. O’CONNOR ST. METCALFE ST. RIDEAU CANAL ELGIN ST. DJ ZATTAR / Ottawa ON / SOUL-FUNK / AUG.22 OUGHT / Montreal QC / ART PUNK / AUG.21 CHINATOWN Founder of OTT’s TimeKode dance party. Deep crate digs and nimble fingers. Read between the lines, piss on the margins. Eclectic youth. (I can see Pho miles) CONCRETE UNIVERSITY 12 EVENING HYMNS / Mountain Grove ON / SUNSET ROCK / AUG.20 PONY GIRL / Ottawa ON / ART POP / AUG.23 CENTRETOWN You've got dusk in your eyes. Adventurous, dynamic, chamber pop actualists. SOMERSET ST. SOMERSET ST. BEER FIFTYMEN / Wakefield QC / GOTHIC COUNTRY / AUG.23 THE POSTERZ / Montreal QC / DURTY RAPZ / AUG.23 PRESTON ST. BRONSON AVE. 11 PARK BREAK-UP Legendary and beloved. Shotgun truth from the valley. Swagger and bump. 514's on tha board. 8 PARK LITTLE FREELOVE FENNER / Montreal QC / POST-POP / AUG.21 PS I LOVE YOU / Kingston ON / HOWL-POP / AUG.20 ITALY FRANK ST. Skewered pop riches. Acclaimed two-headed hydra of emotive & textural rock. 9 GLADSTONE AVE. GLADSTONE AVE. FOSTER & LAOCAPONE / Ottawa ON / TRAP / AUG.22 STEVE ADAMYK BAND / Ottawa ON / POP-PUNK / AUG.23 Party Pack residents. Deep trapists. Summertime punk rock with the top down! Tour fresh!
FRESH SNOW / Toronto ON / WORDLESS PSYCH-ROCK / AUG.21 THE YIPS / Ottawa ON / OUIJA ROCK / AUG.22 2kms Chordal drone pop from beyond. Visceral Sex tremors. BANK ST.
OLD OTTAWA SOUTH FROG EYES / Victoria BC / ART ROCK / AUG.20 WEAVES / Toronto ON / CABARET ART-PUNK / AUG.23 Legendary pop experimentalists. Jagged prose. Strange brews. A musician’s wet dream. Superlative everything. Just blaze it.
SUNNYSIDE AVE. 10 GREYS / Hamilton ON / NU-POST-PUNK / AUG.23 WTCHS / Hamilton ON / SUPERLATIVE NOISE ROCK / AUG.23 Heavy-ass shit from Steel Town. Leaders of the noose cool.
THE GULF STREAM / Montreal QC / EXPERIMENTAL ART BEATS / AUG.19 ARTS COURT | MAIN STAGE RITUAL NIGHTCLUB MANX PUB LE TROQUET Cinematic dance music. Soundtrack to your train station break-up...in Germany. 1 Corner of Waller & Daly 5 137 Besserer St. 9 370 Elgin St. 13 41 rue Laval
OTTAWA ART GALLERY MAVERICK’S HOUSE OF TARG LE PETIT CHICAGO 2 2 Daly Ave. 6 221 Rideau St. 10 1077 Bank St. 14 50 Promenade Du Portage PARTIES MEDIA+VISUAL ART CEREMONY/ Ottawa ON / TECHNO-DISCO-BASS / AUG.22 DALE HAYWARD / Montreal QC / ANIMATION MUGSHOTS JAIL BAR PARLIAMENT PUB RAW SUGAR CAFE OC TRANSPO Moustached animator and En Masse collaborator. 3 75 Nicholas St. 7 101 Sparks St. 11 692 Somerset St. W OC Rideau Station Fluids & friendly love-touching! OTT’s deepest dance party. FAU MARDI / Hull QC / EXPERIMENTAL BEATS / AUG.19 DREW MOSLEY / Ottawa ON / FESTIVAL ILLUSTRATION,Yung Lion. ST. ALBAN’S CHURCH BABYLON NIGHTCLUB GABBA HEY BIKE PATHS A local treasure & best kept secret...for now. | www.drew-mosley.com 4 454 King Edward Ave. 8 317 Bank St. 12 250 City Centre Ave. #202 or Bike Friendly Streets Hull’s weekly, mind-expanding, experimental video-dance party. Human-friendly. OPEN AIR SOCIAL CLUB / Ottawa ON / FUTURE CLASSICS & HOUSE / AUG.21 EN MASSE / Montreal QC / LIVE MURAL & ARTIST TALK A summer tradition! Curated, outdoor dance party that brings the sexy. Internationally-renowned, multi-artist collaborative drawing project.
PARTY PACK / Ottawa ON / TRAP / AUG.22 HARD SCIENCE/ Ottawa ON / MEDIA ART I’VE NEVER BEEN TO OTTAWA For those of you who do know us, welcome back...it’s time. OTT’s best trap dungeon, nu-producer party. Ch‘ya! Mind-searing, multi-channel video manipulation ...BUT IT SEEMS ALRIGHT SILK R&B / Ottawa ON / R&B / AUG.23 MATT TROOD & VJ DAISY / Gatineau QC / MEDIA ART More than ever, there are murmurings and chatter beyond our Live multi-media manipulators, deconstructors, feedback loopers. borders of our city’s secret parties, artists and general radness. Join us Epic, cross-decade R&B throwdown. Bump n’ grind. To those of you who don’t know us: Hiya. Arboretum is Ottawa’s this year in celebrating how far we’ve come, and where we’re heading. TROPIKALO / Ottawa ON / SOUL-JAZZ & RARE GROOVES / AUG.22 MELODY MCKIVOR/ Ottawa ON / MEDIA ART festival of new music and best kept secrets. For three years running, To make things extra special, we’ve invited some of our favourite local Feel good, soul-jazz-latin-funk for the people. presented in collaboration with ASINABKA Film and Media Arts Festival and NIMAC Emerging Anishinaabe multi-instrumentalist, interdisc. media artist & writer. we've curated the city’s standout musical gems, culinary assassins and national curators and festivals, to help program our 2014 edition. and artistic treasures into one big hoo-haw. It’s going to be an amazing week; and lest we forget, a massive thank PETRA GLYNT / Toronto ON / MEDIA ART you to the over 100 volunteers that make this festival happen. Fist Cosmic, surrealist, faery magic. Has shown in San Fran, NYC & beyond. This year, we expand to six days with talks, music showcases, and pump to the Constantines, or have your mind napalmed by the FOOD / Main Stage parties in over a dozen venues all over the city, and across the river in Hilotrons. Get lost in Gabba Hey’s warehouse dreamland, and reclaim MURRAY STREET / Ottawa ON / FRI. AUG. 22 Gatineau. We're showcasing live music and media art at our outdoor the Parliament buildings, dancing at Open Air Social Club. Take in OTT’s award-winning Chef Steve Mitton roasts pig, corn & more! PANELISTS panels where our most respected artists discuss why they stay here, stage at Arts Court all weekend, adding a gigantic Friday-night cook TOWN / Ottawa ON / FRI. AUG. 22 KATHLEEN EDWARDS / Ottawa ON / SINGER-SONGWRITER out by two of Ottawa’s most beloved restaurants: Murray Street and or have a Kich nestled in our main stage hammock. Be with friends, Elgin Street’s beloved Chef Marc Doiron drops killer sides & desserts. Internationally renowned hometown hero. town. Some of our favourite Canadian bands have reunited, and are make new ones, share your best kept secrets, take time. GONG FU BAO / Ottawa ON / SAT. AUG 23 EMMANUEL SAYER / Amherstburg ON / DIRECTOR, Ottawa Explosion coming to Ottawa to celebrate the last gasp of summer in our humble, Fiercely local musician, punkrock champion & CHUO 89.1 FM program director. national capital. We hope you'll join us. - With love, TeamARBxo Amazing Asian inspired steamed goodies with a cheeky twist. STREAT GOURMET / Ottawa ON / SAT. AUG 23 RÉMI THÉRIAULT / Ottawa ON / PHOTOGRAPHER Gourmet inspired, chef driven food truck. Acadian-bred, working/showing nationally & internationally.
THE MERRY DAIRY / Ottawa ON / SAT. AUG 23 OLIVIER FAIRFIELD / Gatineau QC / DRUMMER, Timber Timbre This ain’t ice cream OR gelato; we’re talking frozen custard, y’all. Virtuosic musician and co-founder of boutique label, E-tron Records. MARIE LEBLANC FLANNAGAN / Waterloo ON / FOUNDER, Weird Canada Outspoken & passionate director of Canada’s best emerging music resource.
DRINK / Main Stage PETER SIMPSON/ Ottawa ON / ARTS EDITOR, Ottawa Citizen KICHESSIPI BEER / Ottawa ON / ALL WEEKEND Local music booster, and arts editor of Ottawa’s principal print daily. Our homegrown beer partner 3 years running. LESLEY MARSHALL / Ottawa ON / EDITOR, Small Talk UNION LOCAL 613 / Ottawa ON / ALL-WEEKEND Media artist, musician, and arts administrator extraordinaire. Southern-inspired late-night gem pumps out cocktails all weekend. ALLAN WIGNEY / Ottawa ON / EDITOR, Wig Bubbles BRIDGEHEAD COFFEE / Ottawa ON / ALL-WEEKEND Former editor of Ottawas arts weekly, Xpress. Veteran music journalist. Ottawa’s organic & fair trade coffee powerhouse. JASON ST-LAURENT / Ottawa ON / CURATOR, Galerie SAW Gallery Progressive, no-holds-barred curator of Ottawa’s acclaimed artist-run centre.