At the new festival venue, we will have two main stages for the evening performances: The Sanctuary will be used for the Thursday and Friday evenings; Fellowship Hall will be used for the Saturday evening. The daytime performances will take place on three stages:...
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Headliners Friday Night
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Much Loved Community Builders Headline The Ottawa Grassroots Festival in April 2016 November 23, 2015 - The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) is pleased to confirm that singer/songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, Arthur McGregor and Wendy...
Maritime Folk Icons Headline The Ottawa Grassroots Festival in April 2016
October 26, 2015 - The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) is pleased to confirm that iconic folk singer-songwriters, Garnet Rogers and Dave Gunning, will headline the Saturday night (April 23) at the festival in Old Ottawa South. Now celebrating its 5th year, it will...
New location in 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Ottawa Grassroots Festival Moves to a New Location in 2016 August 11, 2015 - The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) will be moving to Old Ottawa South in 2016. Now in its 5th year, it will take place from April 21-24 at The Southminster United...
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2014 Sing-along Song Writing Contest – Songs of Protest, Songs of Hope
Gil’s Hootenanny & Writer’s Bloc in conjunction with Ottawa Grassroots Festival & Spirit of Rasputin’s present the First Annual Sing-Along Song Writing Contest. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2014. Find out more here (Spirit of Rasputin's submission...
2014 Festival Line-up – Here is a Peak!
Performers at OGF 2014 The mission of this festival is "cultivating community" and this program is certain to do just that. We are currently in the process of finalizing the timing of workshops and performers. The festival program will be posted on the website in the...
Planning for Ottawa’s Best Kept Musical Secret is Full Steam Ahead
Hope you all had a wonderful summer. We have so much exciting news to share with you, since our last newsletter. Planning is well underway for the 3rd Annual Grassroots Festival (OGF) and we can guarantee that it is going to be great! James Keelaghan headlines the...
Philosophy of Ottawa Grassroots Festival
Music Festivals are founded for many different reasons, so I wanted to clarify why I wanted to found Ottawa Grassroots Festival, and how I view it. The Ottawa Grassroots Festival was created so that folks of all ages can enjoy community through music and other...