For a couple of years now, we’ve been hosting a community jam/sing-along once a month in Ottawa.
The next one will be Sunday March 23 (2025!) at 7pm at EP Cafe, 139 Bank St, just a few blocks south of Parliament.
This semi-secret hootenanny is informal and not performance-orientated or particularly artsy – we just sing and play songs together as a group. Bring an instrument or just your voice and enthusiasm. You don’t need to consider yourself a musician to come, just someone who enjoys music. We pick songs on the spot out of a songbooklet, which has familiar folk/rock/pop/country and friendly traditional folks songs. You’re also welcome to bring songs to share.
It’s “semi-secret,” in that we don’t usually talk about it on social media or spend a bunch of time promoting it like a regular concert. We just invite friends and pick which week of the month to do it with whoever shows up the month before.
If you’re reading this, you’re now in on the secret – and officially invited to come!
We’ll post the date for the next hootenanny here on the site.
Blackgrass 