20 h
cabaret La Basoche (120 rue Principale, Gatineau, Quebec J9H 3M3 )
CONCERT du charismatique chanteur sénégalais Naby. Accompagné de ses quatre musiciens, il chantera comme toujours avec ses tripes, interprétant les compositions de son tout premier album solo intitulé Dem Naa. Renseignements et billets : 819 243-8000.
Samedi, 4 décembre, 2010
21 h
Travelodge Hotel Ottawa - 1376 Carling Ave, Ottawa ON
CONCERT: Orchestre Septentrional d'Haïti
Billets: $35
Saturday, December 4
6:30PM (Doors open at 6:00PM)
Ottawa Church of God, 1820 Carling Avenue, Ottawa
The Women And Youth Association presents: Food for Thought: Jamaica. Keynote speaker: Rev. Dr. Anthony Bailey, Parkdale United Church. Guest Performers: Voices of Praise (VOP) aka "The Funky Disciples of Gospel", Prosper & God's Plan Ministry (GPM) and more musical guests. TICKETS: $10 in advance/$15 @ the door. Children 5YRS & under free. Proceeds go towards feeding school children in Jamaica! Tickets available at: All Salem Storehouse Locations: Merivale 613.727.0203, East End 613.747.4452, Downtown 613.688.2761; Claudette’s Coi!ure 613.596.2510; Savanna Groceries 613.731.7878. For more info: call 613.762.1265
Saturday, December 4
Cash Bar: 6:30pm
Dinner: 7:00pm (Caribbean Cuisine)
Ukrainian Hall - 1000 Byron Ave. Ottawa
The Black Canadian Scholarship Fund annual December Dinner Dance - a fundraiser for a worthy cause and also a great way to begin the festive season! Dress: Formal. Fabulous door prizes, 50/50 draw and many more surprises...Music by Ottawa’s DJ: Dave SuperSounds. Tickets: $55.00 per person or $420.00 for a Table of 8. For ticket info. call: (613) 225-8018, 723-1980, 552-9647, 523-0541, 224-4457 or visit our website: www.bcsf.ca
Saturday, December 4
7:30 p.m.
Dominion Chalmers United Church- 355 Cooper Street, Ottawa
CONCERT: Big Soul Project Gospel & Groove Choir + Band, directed by Roxanne Goodman, along with steel pans virtuoso Bert Boldon and MC, CBC TV's Adrian Harewood. Join us for a gospel and reggae evening of holiday music, including sing-along carols. Tickets $10 in advance from Compact Music or $15 at the door. www.bigsoulproject.com
Saturday, December 4
7pm – 1am
Sainte Genevieve Church (2210. Arch St. at Canterbury Ave and Arch St) Parish Hall door
Noble Women of Ottawa Annual Dinner-Dance & Fashion Show. Highlights of the evening: Authentic dishes; entertainment & Fashion Show by Designer, Mrs. Margaret Bekor-Fatona. Cash Bar (Non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages). Gift giveaway and more…….plus groovy dance music. Dress code: Formal (no jeans). Noble Women of Ottawa is an association of professional women in the National capital region networking on issues uniting us as women. We support and encourage each other to achieve our individual as well as our collective goals. Tickets: $25 Adults - $10 Children (5-10 years). For info and tickets: email: [email protected] or 613-261-8654 / 613-296-5616
Sunday, December 5
1pm-5pm
211 Bronson Centre (Mac Hall), Ottawa. OC Transpo bus #85
UJAMAA Market Day: Celebrating Family, Community and Culture. Featuring: Products, arts, crafts & services for sale by local African and Caribbean vendors. Highlights of The Kwanzaa documentary,"The Black Candle". Light refreshments for sale. Entertainment by children and youth. Please bring your recycling bags for your purchases. For more info: Call Tarrah at 613-567-0600 or email [email protected]
Saturday, December 11
5:30 PM until...
Marie-Mediatrice Parish, 344 Av. Cyr, Ottawa, Ontario K1L 7P1
Annual DAY OF HOPE ceremony organized by Humura Association. Performances by Neza The Songbird (RnB), De Gaulle (Rwanda RnB), Imanzi n'ejo (traditional dancers), Rwandan Food, 3-Dollar Happy-Hour drinks; humor, guaranteed good times. Tickets: $25 in advance, $30: at door and $50: VIP. The dinner is included. For more info contact:
Fabrice Iyakaremye: 613 899-7407; Eric Bimenyimana: 613-266-0302;
Robert Manzi: 613-261-8080
Saturday, December 11
7:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M.
Good Companions' Centre, 670 Albert Street
Midezor Association fourth anniversary celebration and dinner/dance. Highlights include: exotic African foods and cultural performances by:-Nutsifafa African Dance Ensemble (Toronto)-GhanaLanguage School Dynamic Singers (Ottawa)-Baobab Tree (Ottawa). DRESS CODE: Formal or African Attire. ADMISSION: Advance tickets- Couples @$40 & Singles @$20 in advance. Tickets at the door: Couples @45 & Singles @$25. Children under 16 get in free. Funds will be raised as part of the event to support both local and international projects:-The Ghana Language School in Ottawa and - Ho Hospital in Ho, the regional capital of the Volta Region in Ghana. Midezor is a social group of the people of Ewe descent in Ottawa and its environs. It is dedicated to supporting local and international under privileged individuals/institutions as well as educating its members and Canadians at large on the cultural heritage of the Ewe people which cuts across four countries in West Africa - Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria.
Saturday, December 11
7:00 p.m.- 1:00 a.m.
St. Joseph’s Parish Hall, 151 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, Ont. K1N 6N8
Isokan Yoruba of Ottawa Canada 2010 End-of-Year Party. Lots of fun & festivities as well as various Nigerian delicacies!!! Music by DJ CHIGZY. Tickets: $25/Adult, $10/Child (Ages 5 - 12 years). To buy tickets, contact: Ms. Ladeinde (613-590-9779), Dr. Womiloju (613-822-1029), Mrs Garber (819-243-4403), Mr. Pratt (613-824-6392)
Sunday, December 12
Doors open at 2:15 p.m. – Show time at 3:00 p.m.
Ukrainian Banquet Hall, 1000 Byron Ave, Ottawa.
3’s Company - Parang/Soca Lime. Featuring: Los Pajaros – Toronto’s #1 Parang Group. Added Attraction: •Direct from New York - Parang Soca Artiste - POSER “Take ah drink ah dis! Take ah drink ah dat” •From Ottawa: Venezuelan Dance Troupe “Aranguey “. Delicious “Trini Style” refreshments on sale. Tickets: Adults - $22, $25 (at the door). Children under 12 - $8.00. Information: Tel.: 613-834-1718; 613-834-4282; 613-726-1235. Part proceeds go to Local Youth Scholarship.
Sunday December 12
7 p.m.
Bronson Centre (211 Bronson Ave., OC Transpo #85).
SHARE CENTRAL CONCERT feat. The Balconies, Kellylee Evans and John Carroll along with some of your favourite CBC Ottawa hosts. Hosted by All in a Day's Alan Neal and Bandwidth's Adam Saikaley, the Share Central Concert will be taped for future broadcast on Radio One. Tickets are $20 each and available at:- The Ottawa Folklore Centre, 1111 Bank Street, Ottawa - Vertigo Records, 193 Rideau Street, Ottawa - Collected Works , 1242 Wellington Street, Ottawa - The lobby of the Ottawa Broadcast Centre, 181 Queen St., Ottawa
Wednesday, December 15
7:30 p.m.
First Unitarian Congregation Worship Hall (30 Cleary Ave., Ottawa, Westboro area)
CONCERT: JazzWorks Divazzz at the Unitarian Church. Musicians:•Kellylee Evans - vocals •Christine Fagan - vocals •Renée Yoxon - vocals •John Geggie - double bass •Roddy Ellias - guitar •Mike Essoudry - drums. KellyLee Evans, a Juno Award and Gemini Award nominee, continues to evolve her distinctive sound with her newest release Nina. A second-place winner in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocals Competion, KellyLee received accolades for her first two albums, Fight or Flight and The Good Girl, which seamlessly fuse jazz and her own unique style of "soul pop". Nina, her new release, is a beautiful tribute to one of jazz's greatest vocalists and pianists, Nina Simone. Released in September, it quickly soared to Number One Album on iTunes Canada’s jazz charts. Like all the singers at this concert, KellyLee is a Jazzworks jazz camp alum. Tickets: $20 (advance by calling 613-523-0316), $25 (at the door)
Friday, December 17 and Saturday, December 18
8:00 pm
NAC Studio Hall, Ottawa
Ernie Cox in concert! Come celebrate Christmas with an unforgettable evening of joyous gospel music — sing the carols in true gospel style, led by the choir and soloists, along with Ernie and his band. For more information, and to hear Ernie and his band, visit his website at www.erniecox.com. Tickets are on sale now: $36.59; Tickets sold out early last year! http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/whatson/event.cfm?ID=6483
Saturday, December 18
7:30PM
Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa - 420 Sparks Street (near Bronson)
CATHEDRAL ARTS CHRISTMAS CONCERT: internationally-acclaimed Canadian soprano, Yannick-Muriel Noah, who continues to receive rave reviews wherever she performs, will join the Christ Church Cathedral Boys’ Choir, directed by Matthew Larkin, the Cathedral’s Director of Music and Organist, in an evening of Christmas music that promises to be the highlight of the season. Ms. Noah will sing famous arias from the best operas, including Ariadne auf Naxos and La Forza del destino, and Oratorio selections by Handel and Mendelssohn. She will be joined by the Cathedral Boys' Choir in singing arrangements of favourite Christmas carols, and with Matthew Larkin at the piano. Cathedral Arts will collaborate with the Bytown Rotary Club in this year’s Christmas Concert to assist the StreetSmarts Program which reaches out to homeless persons in Ottawa, operating out of the Jewish Family Services Centre. Tickets: from $15.00-students to $100-“Platinum” level. The $100 ticket includes a tax receipt of $50, and an elegant Post-Concert Reception to meet the performers and sponsors. Info: Tel.: 613-567-1787, [email protected]. Purchase tickets online: www.cathedralarts.com
Saturday, December 18
7:30-9:30 pm, Doors open 6:45pm
Library & Archives Auditorium, 395 Wellington St. Ottawa, Ont.
Voices of Praise Gospel Group & Friends Christmas Concert. Voices of Praise Gospel Group delivers "high energy praise" in the Christmas celebration "One Night, One Miracle, One Child" with special guest artists. Non-perishable food items donation to Ottawa Food Bank & Kanata Food Cupboard. Portions of proceeds will be donated to Solomon Lodge No.26 & Rebecca Chapter Lodge No.14. Tickets: $15 @ door; $10 in advance or with a non-perishable food item @ door. Ticket Sales: Salem Storehouses - Merivale 613.727.0203, East End 613.747.4452, Downtown 613.688.2761 OR contact: [email protected] VOP PR/Booking Manager: Joy Clarke, Cell: 613- 282-3584 (quicker) E-mail: [email protected]
Saturday, December 18
9:00pm until ..
Sandy Hill Community Centre, 250 Somerset Street East (at Sweetland)
The St. Lucia Ottawa Association Presents: A Country & Western Dance. Music by DJ Junior from Montreal (Soca-Reggae- Zouk etc). Food on Sale: Souse,Fried Bakes etc. Price: Tickets- $12.00 in advance; $15 at the door. Part of the proceeds to the Hurricane Relief. Also collecting for Hurricane Relief:non-perishable food items and children's toys. Contact: [email protected] or 613-894-6750
December 26 - January 1st: Kwanzaa! See "Kwanzaa 2010" page for all related events.
Friday, December 31
Doors open at 10:30pm, service at 11:00PM concert at midnight
Rhema Chrisitian Ministries - 1550 Chatelaine
Explosion into Increase!!! New Year's Service and Concert featuring Ottawa's Prosper & GPM, Montreal artists Yolande Spooner and Will and more.
Info: 613-321-1781
Friday, December, 31
9pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel - Penthouse, 101 Lyon Street, Ottawa, ON
STARFISH creative events + inspiration presents their Carnival-themed New Year's Eve party! Celebrate all night long with hundreds of party-goers in 2 rooms with panoramic views of the city. Dance to the sounds of two of Ottawa’s hottest DJs - DJ Karyen and DJ Ray Ray. Party tickets include a night filled with towers of appetizers, a signature cocktail, 2011... cake, party favors, multiple cash bars and lots of prizes and surprises. Tickets start at $65*. Pre-party includes access to the Holtz Spa Beauty Parlour express hair and makeup stations to get you party perfect. Ticket Packages: Party Only $65* Silver $175*1 Hotel room, 1 party ticket Gold $265* 1 Hotel room, 2 party tickets Platinum $320* 1 Hotel room, 2 party tickets and breakfast for two *Plus HST Bonus: 6-9pm Check out our Holtz Spa beauty parlour at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and get complimentary express hair and makeup makeovers before the party. Promotional Video 1: http://vimeo.com/17715114 Promotional Video 2: http://vimeo.com/17715419 For more information or for tickets www.eventsbystarfish.com/nye or at HUSH Clothes 1440 Wellington Street | 613.762.3622
Friday, December 31
ARC THE HOTEL & LOUNGE - 140 Slater Street, Ottawa, ON
NEW YEAR'S EVE: Ebony & Ivory Ent. presents: ARC AFTER DARK, a super-exclusive nightlife experience for Ottawa’s Urban Professionals & Tastemakers. VIBE: a music lovers dream. Music by MACE, CASUAL & D-TRAIN. ATMOSPHERE: an oasis of urban luxury and design. Red Carpet Entrance, Valet Parking, Personal Concierge. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and champagne toast at Midnight. ATTIRE: strict upscale dress code. RATING: mature clientele approved. Limited $35 Advance tickets available at: Arc The Hotel – 613-238-2888, Ebony & Ivory Entertainment – 613-590-1588, Textures Hair Salon – 613-241-8977, The Pita Pit – 613-789-2239, Newu Body Bar – 613-695-6398, Norml Clothing 613-562-2043, , Fades 613-737-3633, 613-230-3233. STAY THE NIGHT!! For hotel room reservations please call 613-238-2888 or visit www.arcthehotel.com (Use the Code: “Arc After Dark” for your exclusive discounted rate)
Friday, December 31
9:00PM
MAVERICKS, 221 Rideau St., Ottawa, Ont.
NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH W/ THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA, DJ ZATTAR, AND SPECIAL GUESTS. The Souljazz Orchestra is tearing up Mavericks, in Ottawa, on Friday December 31st, joined by DJ Zattar, (famous for the monthly Timekode soul shakedowns), as well a few surprise guests. There will also be free champagne at midnight on top of that, to toast the New Year in style, before we keep on keepin’ on into the night. Tickets: 20$ in advance, available at Vertigo Records (193 Rideau St.) and Mavericks website (http://www.mavericksbar.com/).