> AA = all ages; 19+ = licenced; AA/19+ = all ages/licensed (if you're underage, don't be stupid and sneak a drink!)
> Time listed is for doors unless otherwise noted. You can assume the rock will start 30-45 min after doors open.
> If two prices are listed the first is for advance tickets and the second is the door price. If one ticket price is listed, chances are it may be a bit more at the door.
> Most ticket outlets charge a service charge - local stores charge a buck or two, online ticketing outlets charge a bit more, and Ticketmaster usually charges $5-10 per ticket.
> Ticket info tagged on to show listings. See below for ticket location codes.
> NEW = new or edited listing

02/04 - Ben Talbot, Jon Creeden, Cory Levesque (558 Gladstone) - AA/7pm - $5/PWYC

02/04 - The Johnnies (7" release party!), The Polymorphines, The Shakey Aches @ Dominion Tavern - 19+/9pm/$5

02/05 - Better Than Something (Jay Reatard documentary) @ Mayfair Theatre - AA/8:30pm/$10

02/06 - JEFF The Brotherhood, The White Wires, Dagger Eyes Trine @ babylon - AA/8pm/$10 - VT, TRS

02/07 - Theory Of A Deadman and more @ Bronson Centre Theatre - AA/7pm/$34.50 - VT, TM, TW

02/08 - Hanson, Carly Rae Jepsen @ Bronson Centre Theatre - AA/7pm/$37.50 - VT, TW, TM

02/09 - Kathleen Edwards, Hannah Georgas @ Bronson Centre Theatre - AA/7pm/$32.50 - VT, OFC, TM

02/09 - Jonathen Crow, Police Funeral, Justin Dea and more @ SAW Gallery (67 Nicolas) - AA/7pm/FREE

02/10 - Drag the Lake, Obscurity Rising, Rosewood, Gastrointestinal Asphyxiation, T.B.A @ Mugshots (75 nicolas street) - AA/19+/630pm/$10/$13 - VT

02/10 - StillNative @ Cafe Nostalgica (603 Cumberland St.) - AA/19+/9pm/FREE

NEW 02/10 - Jill Barber @ NAC - AA/19+/7:30pm

NEW 02/10 - The Ditch, MonoBrow @ The Downstairs Club at The Clocktower Brew Pub (575 Bank Street) - 19+/8:00pm

02/10 - Slaves On Dope, A Darker Day @ Zaphod Beeblebrox - 19+/8pm/$12 - bands

02/10 - Banditas, Garaga, Shanker, and Romps @ Raw Sugar Cafe - 19+/9pm/$6

02/11 - The Ultimatemost High, Hunter Walks @ Downstairs Club (575 Bank Street) - AA/9:30pm/FREE

NEW 02/11 - Sam Roberts @ NAC - AA/19+/8pm/$82-98

02/11 - Bravestation, Young Empires, The Glass Chain @ Ritual - 19+/8pm/$11 - VT, TRS, TW

NEW 02/12 - Catherine MacLellan, Ian Sherwood @ Black Sheep Inn (WAKEFIELD) - AA/$17

02/16 - Josef Mieto and more @ The Branch Restaraunt (Kemptville) - AA/19+/pm/$5

NEW 02/16 - The Tail Draggers, The Northerns @ Patty Boland's Pub (101 Clarence St. - Byward Market) - 19+/9pm/$5

02/16 - The Queers, The Ataris, Far From Finished and more @ Mavericks - 19+/8pm/$15 - VT, TRS, TW

02/17 - GOOD2GO @ The Atomic Rooster (303 Bank Street) - 19+/9pm/FREE

02/17 - Mississippi Grover, Aunt Beazy, The Allrights @ The Clocktower Pub (575 Bank St) - 19+/9pm/$8

02/18 - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (8pm show - no opening act) @ First Baptist Church - AA/7:30pm/$21 - VT, TRS, TW

02/18 - Amos The Transparent, Fire And Neon, Ben Caplan and The Casual Smokers, Julia Dales @ Ritual (137 Besserer) - 19+/9pm/$12 - VT, TRS, bands, TW

NEW 02/18 - Hunter City Madness (Last Show EVER), Barn Burner, Not Even Death, Eagleson @ Mavericks - 19+/9pm/$10 - VT, TRS, bands, TW

NEW 02/18 - Sister Hyde, Muffler Crunch @ The Doiwnstairs Club at The Clocktower Brew Pub (575 Bank Street) - 19+/8:30pm/FREE

02/19 - Nat Baldwin (of Dirty Projectors), Landon A.R. Coleman @ Raw Sugar Cafe - AA/19+/8:30pm/$10 - VT, RSC, TRS

02/19 - MS Metal Therapy w/ Exciter, Joe Thrasher, A Darker Day @ Ritual - 19+/7pm/$25 - VT, TRS, TW

02/20 - The Johnstones, Mean Tangerine, Hello Beautiful, Freshly Cut @ Mavericks - AA/19+/6pm/$13 - VT, bands, TW

02/22 - YACHT, Silken Laumann @ Ritual - 19+/8pm/$13 - VT, TRS, TW

NEW 02/23 - The Creepshow, Machine Gun Dolly, The Reverb Syndicate, Brain Damage @ Mavericks - AA/19+/7pm/$16 - VT, bands, TW

NEW 02/24 - Simple Plan, Marianas Trench, and All Time Low @ Scotiabank Place - AA/19+/6pm/$174-359 - CT

02/24 - The Wooden Sky and more @ Ritual - 19+/9pm/$13 - VT, TRS, TW

02/25 - Hammer Smashed Radio Birthday Bash IV w/ Immersed, Deamon, Insurrection, Accursed Spawn, ...From the Deep, Denounced @ Mavericks - AA/6:30pm/$15 - VT, bands

NEW 02/27 - Greber, Biipiigwan and more @ Cafe Dekcuf (221 Rideau St) - 19+/8pm/$5

02/28 - Eluveitie, Endemise, Signs of Chaos @ Mavericks - AA/19+/7pm/$19 - VT, TW

03/01 - Pianos Become the Teeth, Constraints, Sparrows, Xerxes, Sartre @ Mavericks - AA/19+/6:30pm/$10

03/02 - Young The Giant, Walk The Moon @ Ritual - 19+/8pm/$20 - VT, TW

03/03 - Rosetta, Alaskan, Restorations, and Oh Misere (mbrs of Constraints/Substance, too punk for the internet) @ Mavericks - 19+/8pm/$10 - VT, TRS, TW

03/06 - Hate Eternal, Cerebral Bore, Argus Panoptes, Accursed Creation, OBCURACY @ Mavericks - 19+/7pm/$16/$20 - VT, TRS

03/08 - Plants and Animals, Thus:Owls @ Ritual (137 Besserer St.) - 19+/8pm/$17 - VT, TRS, TW

03/08 - John K. Samson & The Provincial Band, Shotgun Jimmie and more @ Mavericks - 19+/8pm/$17.50 - VT, TRS, TW

NEW 03/09 - Kalle Mattson, Rococode, Ashleys, The Richardson Band @ Mavericks - 19+/9pm/$10

NEW 03/09 - garaga, The Johnnies @ The Downstairs Club at the Clocktower Brew Pub (575 Bank Street) - 19+/8:30pm/OTHER -

03/11 - Titan, Loviatar, Teethmarks, Dark Circles @ Cafe Dekcuf - 19+/8pm/$7

03/13 - The Wonder Years, Polar Bear Club, Transit, The Story So Far, Into it Over it @ Ritual Nightclub (137 Besserer) - 16+/19+/6pm/$18 - VT, TW

03/15 - Hey Ocean! and more @ Ritual Nightclub (137 Besserer) - 19+/8pm/$13 - VT, TRS, TW

03/17 - FUBAR 2, (screening w live commentary from the Deaner), Night Seeker, Rainbow Pony Power @ Ritual - 19+/8:30pm/$15 - VT, TRS, TW

03/17 - Tailgunner (MTL), Machine Gun Dolly, The Scally Cap Brats @ Dominion Tavern - 19+/9:00pm/$5

03/24 - Oberhofer, Pond @ Cafe Dekcuf - 19+/9pm/$10

03/28 - Ten Second Epic, The Dangerous Summer, Brighter Brightest and Hartford @ Mavericks - AA/19+/7pm/$13

NEW 04/05 - Skip the Foreplay, Be the Saviour, Kill for Chance, Nights on Weekends and more @ Mavericks - AA/19+/6:30pm/$12 - VT, bands, TW

04/11 - Said the Whale, Chains of Love @ Ritual - /7pm/$15 - 16+ to get in, 19+ to drink - VT, TRS, TW

04/14 - Yukon Blonde, Library Voices and more @ Ritual - 19+/9pm/$13 - VT, TRS, TW

04/17 - Woe, Is Me, Rising City States, The Channel 4 News Team, Of Reverie @ Mavericks - AA/19+/6:30pm/$14 - VT, bands, TW

04/18 - The Acacia Strain, Lionheart, Aimless Endeavor, Torn Apart By Wolves @ Mavericks - AA/19+/7pm/$17 - VT, TW

04/26 - Joel Plaskett Emergency, Frank Turner @ Bronson Centre Theatre - AA/7pm/$27 - VT, TRS, TM

04/26 - Negura Bunget, Wolven Ancestry, The Way of Purity, Din Brad and more @ Mavericks - 19+/7pm/$15/$17 - VT, TRS

05/03 - Counterparts, Your Demise, Hundredth, Sleep Is For the Dead, Burn Again @ Mavericks - AA/19+/6pm/$13 - VT, bands, TW

NEW 05/05 - The Reverend Horton Heat, The Real McKenzies, The Brains @ Ritual - 19+/9pm/$25 - VT, TRS, TW

05/06 - Belvedere (reunion tour), A Wilhelm Scream, Fractures @ Ritual Nightclub (137 Besserer) - 19+/8pm/$18 - VT, TW

05/09 - Colin Hay (of Men At Work) @ First Baptist Church - AA/7pm/$25 - VT, OFC, TRS, TW

NEW 05/09 - Title Fight and more @ Mavericks - AA/19+/6:30pm/$12 - VT, bands, TW

05/15 - Belphegor, Aborted, Suidakra, System Divide, Diamond Plate @ Mavericks - AA/19+/7pm/$20/$25 - VT, TRS

05/22 - Kittie, the Agonist, Blackguard, Bonded by Blood, Doll @ Mavericks - AA/19+/7pm/$20/$25 - VT, TRS

Venue information

Please take a look at the venue page for all the pertinent addresses, bus routes, and booking numbers for your favourite area venues.

Ticket locations

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