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Virtual Winners – OGF Algonquin Performing Arts Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRASSROOTS FESTIVAL April 17, 2020 – The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) and Algonquin College Performing Arts Program are thrilled to announce the winners of their first collaborative event, Algonquin College Entertainers Showcase (ACES). Due...
Press Release: Ottawa Grassroots Festival and Algonquin College ACES Event Goes Online
For immediate release UPDATE: April 17, 2020: Click here to view the submissions, and the winners April 3, 2020 – The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) and Algonquin College Performing Arts variety show, Algonquin College Entertainers Showcase (ACES), is going virtual....
Ottawa Grassroots Festival update on the COVID-19 virus
March 19, 2020 -The world is being faced with an unprecedented outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. As of March 15. Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Vera Etches, estimates there could be up to 1,000 cases of COVID-19 currently in Ottawa. She urged residents to...
Ottawa Grassroots will deliver an energy filled experience rich with local Folk, Indigenous sounds and foot stomping entertainment
February 26, 2020 - The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) celebrated their 9th launch event yesterday with an impressive Tuesday afternoon crowd at the iconic, Irene's Pub in the Glebe. Bob Nesbitt, Founder and Festival Producer, revealed another gender balanced roster...
Ottawa Grassroots and Algonquin College Performing Arts launches ACES in 2020.
Passer à la version française… January 30 2020, Ottawa. - The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with Algonquin College Performing Arts called ACES! This spectacular juried event will take place at Algonquin College,...
Lancement par le Festival Grassroots d’Ottawa et le Département des Arts de spectacle du Collège Algonquin du programme “ACES” pour 2020
English Version... Le 30 janvier 2020, Ottawa - Le Festival Grassroots d'Ottawa (FGO) a le plaisir d'annoncer un partenariat fort intéressant avec les Arts du spectacle du Collège Algonquin (ACES) Cet évèvenment avec jurie de sélection aura lieu au Collège Algonquin...
Local Folk Shine in Evening Line-up at Ottawa Grassroots 2020
November 26, 2019 - Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) is thrilled to announce the evening line-up for the 9th edition of this musical gem. Local favourites shine in this gender-balanced headliner roster which includes Twin Flames (April 25), Kristine St-Pierre, Jessica...
The Grassroots Festival returns to its roots in Ottawa Center in 2020
Passer à la version française… October 22, 2019 - The ninth edition of the Ottawa Grassroots Festival will bring it back to Ottawa Centre, this time at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 82 Kent Street (at Wellington Street), Ottawa. The event will take...
Le Festival Grassroots revient à ses racines au centre-ville d’Ottawa en 2020
Le Festival Grassroots revient à ses racines au centre-ville d’Ottawa en 2020 English version... Le 22 octobre 2019 - La neuvième saison du Festival Grassroots d’Ottawa le ramènera au centre-ville d’Ottawa, cette fois-ci à l'église presbytérienne St. Andrew, au 82 rue...