Covert Ottawa Guy

Music Trivia: Taking It To The Countryside
2026-01-06 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Toronto) | The Prescott, 379 Preston Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 4N1, Canada
We’re going country this music trivia night! 🤠
Think you know your Shania from your Shelton? Your Brooks from your Combs? It’s time to put your country music knowledge to the test!
From classic anthems to modern chart-toppers, we’re covering all the hits that make country the soundtrack of the good life. Gather your team, dust off your boots, and get ready for a trivia night that’s equal parts challenge and hoedown.

Broadway Across Canada Presents: Clue
2026-01-06 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-01-07 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-01-08 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-01-09 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-01-10 13:00 - 15:30, 2026-01-10 19:30 - 22:00 | National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5W1, Canada
A mansion. A murder. A mystery.
Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget! Was it Mrs. Peacock in the study with the knife? Or was it Colonel Mustard in the library with the wrench? Based on the fan-favorite 1985 Paramount Pictures movie and inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is the ultimate whodunit that will leave you dying of laughter and keep you guessing until the final twist.
Age recommendation: 12 and up
Audience advisory: Includes smoke, haze and gunshot sound effects

Monthly Knerdy Knit Nights
2026-01-07 18:00 - 21:00 | The Hintonburg Public House, 1020 Wellington Street West, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The 1st Wednesday of every month we host knitting nights. Come in to knit or just to chit chat. Give us a call to save your a seat or just pop by. Fun starts at 6pm. We can’t wait to knit & get to know you!

A (Bad) Night at the Movies Presents: Hercules
2026-01-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Ottawa Public Library Main Branch Auditorium, 120 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5M2, Canada
Please join us for our FREE monthly series of bad movie programmes, as curated by Ottawa Bad Movie Nights and hosted by the Ottawa Public Library.
COMING SOON TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhlPQceGvvk
Take an awfully fun trip with us on our latest cinematic misadventure – Wednesday, January 7, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the OPL’s Main Branch auditorium.
Don’t miss it: A (Bad) Night at the Movies is so bad it’s good! It comes recommended by 9 out of 10 mad scientists and is an excellent source of bad movie goodness.
So start your month right and join us for a deliriously silly time! Spread the word, bring your peeps and let’s have some laughs together! The more the merrier!

Taproom Trivia
2026-01-07 18:30 - 21:30 | Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way, Orleans, Ontario, K4A 5B6, Canada
Exercise your grey matter each and every Wednesday night.Reservations are a must to secure your spot. Send your team name and number of people to info@straydogbrewing.ca ONLY on Wednesday starting at 8 a.m.Teams up to 6 people or play as an individual.7 categories, 10 questions each category including picture and music, general knowledge, current events, and some pretty whacked out themes.Great prizes, lots of laughs. Smack talk encouraged.Food available. Order direct in our taproom.Always free to play

BINGO Thursday at Broadhead
2026-01-08 18:30 - 21:00 | Broadhead Brewing Company, 1680 Vimont Court, Unit 106, Ottawa, Ontario, K2E 7Y5, Canada
Join us every Thursday for free BINGO nights. Be in it to win it or simply wait for the pink ball to appear. Free to play, prizes to be won!
All supplies provided for multiple rounds of fun! First come first served, no reservations required.

2025 Year in Review Trivia
2026-01-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Broadway Bar and Grill Prince of Wales, 1896 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3J7, Canada
A fun night of trivia where all the questions are based on events that happened in 2025. Specials on beer and wings and prizes to be won!

Candlelight: Tribute to Adele
2026-01-09 18:30 - 19:30 | First Baptist Church, 140 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5J4, Canada
⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Ottawa. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Adele at the First Baptist Church under the gentle glow of candlelight.
General Info
📍 Venue: First Baptist Church, Ottawa
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the show. No entry once it starts.
👤 Age recommendation: The experience is recommended for those who are 8+. To preserve the experience, disruptive behaviour may result in being asked to step outside. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
♿ Accessibility: this venue is AODA compliant
🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
❓ View the FAQs for this event here
🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), click here
🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Ottawa
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Tentative Program

Hello
Rumour Has It
Make You Feel My Love
Water Under the Bridge
Oh My God
Someone Like You
Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Chasing Pavements
Skyfall
When We Were Young
Set Fire to the Rain
Easy On Me
Rolling in the Deep

Performers

String Quartet
2 violins
1 viola
1 cello

Ottawa Black Bears vs Halifax Thunderbirds
2026-01-09 19:00 - 21:30 | Canadian Tire Centre, 1000 Palladium Drive, Kanata, Ontario, K2V 1A5, Canada

Ottawa Charge vs. Vancouver Goldeneyes
2026-01-09 19:00 - 22:00 | TD Place, 1015 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 3W7, Canada

NEKO CASE Neon Grey Midnight Green Tour
2026-01-09 19:30 - 22:00 | Bronson Centre Musical Theatre, 211 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 6H5, Canada
spectrasonic presents
NEKO CASE
Neon Grey Midnight Green Tour
19+

with special guest Des Demonas
Fri Jan 9, Doors at 7pm, Licensed 19+ ID required
Advance tickets on sale Fri Aug 15 at 10am at spectrasonic.com

Ticket Prices:
$49.50

Jimmy Moore Drag Presents: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
2026-01-09 20:00 - 21:30 | The Gladstone Theatre, 910 Gladstone, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 6Y4, Canada
Calling all Ottawa’s Swifties!

Hailed as Québec’s very own Taylor Swift, he electrifies audiences with his acclaimed tribute to the global pop icon.
For over 20 years, Jimmy has lit up stages across North America, turning pop culture icons into moments of pure magic. From the Casino de Montréal to Hollywood, from Céline Dion to Lady Gaga, his craft transcends illusion.
With razor-sharp choreography, spectacular costumes, and a team of exceptional dancers, Jimmy Moore is now one of the most celebrated celebrity impersonators in North America.
Run time approx. 100 minutes. No intermission

Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
2026-01-09 20:30 - 21:30 | Knox Church, 227 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Ottawa. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Coldplay & Imagine Dragons at First Baptist Church Ottawa under the gentle glow of candlelight.
General Info
📍 Venue: First Baptist Church Ottawa
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the show. No entry once it starts.
👤 Age recommendation: The experience is recommended for those who are 8+. To preserve the experience, disruptive behaviour may result in being asked to step outside. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
♿ Accessibility: this venue is accessible for people with reduced mobility
❓ View the FAQs for this event here
🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), click here
🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Ottawa
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Tentative Program

Coldplay – Clocks
Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
Coldplay – Adventure of a Lifetime
Coldplay – Fix You
Imagine Dragons – Eyes Closed
Imagine Dragons – Nice to Meet You
Coldplay – The Scientist
Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove
Imagine Dragons – Follow You
Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar
Imagine Dragons – Believer
Coldplay – Sky Full of Stars
Coldplay – Viva la Vida

Performers

String Quartet

2 violins
1 viola
1 cello

Austra, Pyne
2026-01-09 20:30 - 23:00 | Club Saw, 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
$ 30.00 / Age All Ages
Additional Info:Austra- Chin Up Buttercup Tour 2026with very special guest TBAall ages admitted, 19+ w/ photo ID to drinkgeneral admission standing with limited seatingpresented bywith the support ofOntario Creates,FACTOR, SAW Centreand Collective Arts—–PLEASE NOTE: Vax and masks are no longer required (hopefully) but masks are always encouraged.ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING PROVINCIAL HEALTH REGULATIONS—–limit of six tickets per household/credit card.lineup, date, venue, times and ticket price subject to change without notice.all tickets sales are final. no exchanges, upgrades, or refunds.any tickets purchased by suspected resellers are subject to cancellation.

Ambush
2026-01-09 21:30 - 23:00 | Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 4837 Albion Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1X 1A3, Canada

613 Flea
2026-01-10 10:00 - 16:00 | Aberdeen Pavilion, 1000 Exhibition Way, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5J3, Canada
613flea is not a typical flea market! Check out what you’ve been missing…
Also have a look at a day at 613flea inside the Aberdeen Pavilion.
613flea is a not-for-profit marketplace where creators, artisans, designers and makers come together with antiques dealers, independent boutiques, food merchants and vintage clothing vendors to create an amazing market that is fun, fabulous and always free to attend! Visitors will find an ever-changing inventory of eclectic goods, handmades, vintage finds and one-of-a-kinds.

Candlelight Jazz & Soul: Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and more Jazz Greats
2026-01-10 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-01-10 20:45 - 21:45 | Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0G8, Canada
⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Ottawa. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and more Jazz Greats at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre under the gentle glow of candlelight.
General Info
📍 Venue: Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 60 minutes before the show. No entry once it starts.
👤 Age recommendation: The experience is recommended for those who are 8+. To preserve the experience, disruptive behaviour may result in being asked to step outside. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
♿ Accessibility: this venue is accessible for people with reduced mobility
❓ View the FAQs for this event here
🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), click here
🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Ottawa
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Tentative Program

Feeling Good – Nina Simone
I put a spell on you – Nina Simone
Fly me to the Moon – Ella Fitzgerald
Fever – Peggy Lee
Body and Soul – Billie Holiday
Never Will I Marry – Nancy Wilson
Day in day out – Billie Holiday
I could write a book – Ella Fitzgerald
Every time we say goodbye – Ella Fitzgerald
Misty – Sarah Vaughan

Performers

Singer + Band

COBDEN Release Party
2026-01-10 19:00 - 21:00 | The Gladstone Theatre, 910 Gladstone, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 6Y4, Canada
The country is at war and while her love serves overseas, our heroine Maria is relentlessly pursued by another. In a time of turmoil at home and abroad, she is alone but not weak. A gunshot rings out in a world of midnight ramblings and scorched earth correspondence, while a Cooper’s Hawk weighs right from wrong and The Diviner trades gun
for divining rod.
Cobden is an orchestral-folk concept record by Tin Constellations featuring soaring anthems, contemplative narrative lyrics and lush instrumentation.The album was produced with love and care by Dave Draves at Little Bullhorn Studios in Ottawa, ON.

Ottawa Senators vs. Florida Panthers
2026-01-10 19:00 - 22:00 | Canadian Tire Centre, 1000 Palladium Drive, Kanata, Ontario, K2V 1A5, Canada

Hilarious Murder Mystery Theatre
2026-01-10 19:30 - 22:30 | Sala San Marco, 215 Preston Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R7R1, Canada
VENUE CHANGE – Due to an unexpected scheduling conflict at the Prescott we have had to change venues for this show. Our friends at Sala San Marco quickly stepped up to host this show. As an added bonus, there’s free parking behind the building
New location: Sala San Marco, 215 Preston Street (5 blocks north of the Prescott)
Doors: 7:30 PM Show: 8:00 PM
Our last 53 public shows have SOLD OUT, and this one will too—grab your tickets before they’re gone!
“DEAD GIVEAWAY” (aka “Hari-Karaoke?”) is a killer comedy that hits the high note. Chaos erupts at The Greazy Lagoon, where quirky “preprietor” Manny Wicke hosts his first-annual Golden Voice Karaoke Competition. With a $100,000 recording contract on the line, things get cut-throat fast. Cheer (or jeer!) for beer-truck driver Kirk Wheeler, wannabe movie star Trudy Jewel, hot-mess songstress Carmen SanDiego, and the Golden Boy himself, Davey Nantucket.
Don’t let the eccentric Greazy Lagoon staff rattle you—they treat everyone that way. As they like to say: “It’s not me, it’s you.” Sing along and root for your favourite competitor… but keep your wits about you. A killer is lurking, and a body is bound to drop when you least expect it.
Presented by Murder Mystery Ottawa, creators of hit shows Silence of the Hams, The CodFather, and Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wake. Proudly 4.9-Star Google Rated, 5-Star TripAdvisor Rated, and winner of multiple Certificates of Excellence and the Travellers’ Choice Award.
A perfect night out for date nights, birthdays, and office gatherings.
Group Seating: Groups of 3+ who purchased tickets separately must email us at info@MurderMysteryOttawa.com AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE SHOW with the size of your group and the names of the ticket purchasers so we can seat your group together.
Take Note:
• Doors open 7:30 PM • Show starts 8:00 PM sharp
• In-showroom bar
• Washrooms just outside the showroom
• Free parking behind the building
• This is Popcorn theatre – Popcorn only in the showroom. Ticket doesn’t include a meal.
• Rated PG (*** play, no bad language)
• Tickets are non-refundable and not transferable to another date

PUNK ROCK WINTERUPTION: Positive Charge + Sugar Bomb! + Sunshine Overload + Ociosa
2026-01-10 20:00 - 2026-01-11 01:00 | House of TARG, 1077 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 3W9, Canada
Presented by: House of TARGDoors: 8pm | Tunes 8:30pmCover: $15 | 19+ Bring Physical ID
POSITIVE CHARGE (Ottawa Pop Punk)Riffs faster than a lazer bullet.linktr.ee/positivechargehttps://positivecharge.bandcamp.com/
SUGAR BOMB! (Ottawa Garage/Pop Punk)Sweet buds. Sweet tunes.inktr.ee/sugarbombotthttps://sugarbomb.bandcamp.com/
SUNSHINE OVERLOAD (Ottawa Punk Rock n Roll) https://sunshineoverload.bandcamp.com/…/sunshine-overload
OCIOSA (Montreal Crust / Hardcore) https://ociosa.bandcamp.com/album/ociosa
——————————-TUNES & VIDShttps://www.houseoftarg.com/…/punk-rock-winteruption…

Stomp & Sip Country Night
2026-01-10 21:30 - 2026-01-11 00:00 | The Prescott, 379 Preston Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 4N1, Canada
Y’all ready for the next big Country night with Grammy nominated Danny Sylvester and the Honky-Tonk Heroes tour?!
Mechanical bull! Line dancing!! Cowboy hat giveaways! Yeehaw!!
All your favourite country songs past and present!

Capital Trade Shows: Monthly Card, Comic and Collectibles Show
2026-01-11 10:00 - 15:00 | Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroffe Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K2G 1W2, Canada

Tea in the Tropics at Aquatopia Conservatory
2026-01-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Aquatopia Conservatory, 2710 March Road, Kanata, Ontario, K0A 1L0, Canada
Escape to the tropics at Aquatopia, where you can enjoy a selection of sandwiches, snacks, & tea in our one-of-a-kind tropical conservatory!Join us for Sunday Afternoon Tea in the Tropics at Aquatopia Conservatory!
Escape to the tropics at Aquatopia, featuring a selection of sandwiches, snacks, desserts, and tea all while surrounded by lush, tropical greenery and tumbling waterfalls in our glass-enclosed conservatory!
Arrive at Aquatopia anytime between 1 and 1:30pm. Tea and coffee service will begin upon arrival, and food platters will be served after 1:30pm.
Please note: All tickets are final sale, no refunds.
