City Sounds Live - The Glebe BIA

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The Glebe BIA brings the beloved travelling music festival to the Glebe, presented in partnership with the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition.

The Glebe BIA is excited to add live music to our charming neighbourhood! Catch our local musicians at the outdoor courtyard at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church and take in live music in the heart of the Glebe while you dine, shop or run your daily errands. The BIA creates and plans events that will enhance the experience of shopping local that is synonymous with The Glebe.

City Sounds Live is a travelling music festival presented by the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition (OMIC) in partnership with BIAs and co-curators in various neighbourhoods around Ottawa. Created in 2021, thanks to funding from the City of Ottawa’s Economic Development Department, City Sounds Live promotes diverse local emerging artists and encourages economic growth. The concerts aim to provide residents and visitors of Ottawa with free, family-friendly, and inclusive outdoor live music experiences that foster community involvement, social cohesion, and increased spending in the surrounding areas.

Our September series of City Sounds Live takes place every Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church Courtyard, located at 816 Bank Street, on the corner of Fourth Avenue.

Event Schedule

Saturday, September 6 - 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Juliette Lambert
@julietteharp
Juliette fell in love with the harp in her childhood and has been passionately devoted to it ever since. Known for her expressive and versatile performances, Juliette brings the harp to life through a diverse repertoire that spans jazz, Celtic, classical, and pop. She often adds her own vocals to her music, creating a unique and immersive experience for her audience. In recent years, she has begun writing original compositions, further expanding her artistic voice and redefining what the harp can be.

Erik Johnson-Scherger
@johnsonscherger
Erik Johnson-Scherger is a forward-looking violinist and violist, happily based in Ottawa, Ontario. As a performer, he is a genre-defying chamber-musician at home in liminal space. As a pedagogue, he believes strongly in helping his students self actualize by connecting to and developing their own musical voice, and by creating an audiation-centred framework for effortless physical execution.

Saturday, September 13 - CityFolk Sounds Live - 12p.m. to 5 p.m.

This is a special presentation in collaboration with CityFolk. Enjoy CityFolk Sounds Live at the Courtyard from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Head over to Lansdowne Park to catch all the festival action from September 10 – 14.

Peniel Negre
@project.penielyaresPeniel Yares is a Filipino-Canadian singer-songwriter based in Ottawa, Ontario, who was born in Calgary, Alberta. She describes her music as optimistically heartbreaking. Peniel takes inspiration from artists such as Lorde, Billie Eilish and Sarah Kinsley. Juxtaposing guttural, intrusive thoughts with upbeat, synth pop instrumentals, she builds her own coming-of-age pop genre. Coming from any walk of life, Peniel Yares is driven to create art that makes people feel seen and understood. You can stream her newest singles, “Issue” and “Hold On” on all streaming platforms!

Jai Vinyl
@jayvinyl

Full of sass, a spice of sorrow, and something sweet, Jai Vinyl is an emerging singer-songwriter based out of London, Ontario. Landing somewhere between the sound of new-wave indie pop and the feel of the sunny 70s, Jai Vinyl’s strikingly mature lyrics have a way of touching the heart of any listener.

Maeley
@maeleymusicMaeley is an Ottawa-based musician known for her unique sound and confessional songwriting. Drawing on elements of folk, rock, and pop, her music is both contemporary and timeless. Her debut LP “Burnout” has received radio play across Canada and showcases her ability to write and perform her lived experiences. Maeley’s songs take indie-pop where it’s always longed to go: toxic relationships, rural midnight drives, and all the analog synth you could ever dream of.

Tyler Carlson
@tylercarlsonmusic

Singer songwriter solo performer with good community contributions. Tyler leads the non-profit concert series Somerset jams, in support of emerging artists in Ottawa/Gatineau.

Saturday, September 20 - 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Lazzy Lung
@lazzylung
Born in the chaos of Beirut’s underground and now based in Dunrobin, Ontario, Lazzy Lung channels grit, urgency, and unfiltered emotion into every note. Led by Ottawa-native Allan Chaaraoui, their music transforms displacement, political unrest, and personal loss into explosive anthems that hit as hard as they heal. The band’s name was forged in the wake of the 2006 Lebanon war—a reflection on how the world so often falls silent in the face of violence. In 2020, the Beirut port explosion forced Chaaraoui to leave Lebanon, carrying the band’s history and spirit into a new chapter. With a razor-sharp new lineup and their upcoming album No Hard Feelings, Lazzy Lung stands as a testament to resilience, crafting music that refuses to be quiet.

The Huge Groove Trio
@thehugegroove
The Huge Groove, led by bassist Steve Hambling, comes in many incarnations. This one is as a jazz trio, coloured with the voice and stylings of Marlayah (aka Miss Mcleod). As always The Huge Groove features great vocalists, and this evening will be no different. And in the classic original bossa nova style Sandy Gordon will be paying homage to Stan Getz. Close your eyes and you will be taken back to 1955.

Saturday, September 27 - 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Woods of Light
@woods.of.light
Woods Of Light is the stage name and primary artistic outlet of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian Gunther, based in the Ottawa, Canada area. Brian writes, arranges, produces, records, and mixes all of his music in his home recording studio. His live show is made up of performing solo acoustic renditions of his songs, often involving intricate finger-picking patterns, open guitar tunings, atypical time signature changes, evocative lyrics, and the sharing of many anecdotes and stories, which allow him to connect with the audience via relatable and ubiquitous experiences that are part of the human condition.

All Day Breakfast
All Day Breakfast brings you that all day morning jazz energy. The trio formed on the beaches of the Ottawa River and hail from the Pembroke region. Known mostly as The SandBand when playing at their home of the Chichester Fort, three of the band’s members are cooking up a new sound to scramble your eggs! It’s All Day Breakfast.

About Our Partner

The Ottawa Music Industry Coalition (OMIC) is a bilingual member-based non-profit whose mission is to play a lead role in the economic, cultural, and social prosperity of Ottawa and the surrounding region by creating a thriving and inclusive music ecosystem. OMIC provides opportunities for local artists, music professionals, and venue owners, fosters collaboration and innovation, and engages the local community.

OMIC is committed to connecting music communities, along with its municipal, provincial, national and international partners, to work toward common goals to create a vibrant and sustainable music industry in Ottawa that benefits all members of the community:

-Continuous development and programming for artists, workforce, entrepreneurs and venues
-Advocating local government, industry and institutional partners for increased openness to embedding live and recorded music into their day-to-day operations
-Committing to diversity and inclusion in OMIC performing, programming and workforce opportunities
-Strengthening musical connections within the city and beyond
-Developing cross-industry partnerships to the benefit of the music sector