At the start of The Arkells’ concert at the Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa the band laid down the law. Rule number one: You have to dance. Rule number two: You have to sing. Rule number three: you have to be good to each other. The audience stayed true to the rules and it made for a high octane and memorable concert experience for everyone in attendance.

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On October 8^th, quickly rising folk band Mt.Joy brought their smooth message-driven songs to a sold-out crowd at the Danforth Theatre in Toronto.

Mt. Joy a now successful genre-bending five-piece band started with two guys who disliked their day jobs in LA. Matt Quinn (vocals) and Sam Cooper (guitar) grew up together outside of Philadelphia and by coincidence found each other in later life. Both wanted an escape from their day to day so they started playing music together. Now the band consists of three more: Michael Byrnes on bass, drummer Sotiris Eliopoulos and keyboardist Jackie Miclau. Mt. Joy has gone on to mainstream success with millions of streams on Spotify and performance features on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Conan O’Brien Show.

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On Wednesday night, England’s Bastille made their way to the MTELUS on the back of their summer release of Doom Days. This was one of the first stops on the North American tour supporting the album, as the band has been travelling around Europe doing festivals all summer.

Saturday night, the third night of Lansdowne’s CityFolk Festival, brought a wide variety of acts sure to please lovers of all variations of folk music. Musicians and concert-goers young and old showed up to the festival, sharing an experience clearly capable of transcending generations.

Friday night was more than alright at Lansdowne for the second evening of CityFolk Festival. The late summer, yes mid-September is technically still not fall, concert series has been steadily growing since its move to the Glebe’s Great Lawn and this edition seemed extraordinarily well attended.

This past Thursday, Orville Peck, The Once, Lucinda Williams, Larkin Poe and The Strumbellas fired up day one of Ottawa’s 25th City Folk Festival.

Its September, school is in and summer is still holding on. If you are looking for something to do, Spectrasonic has some great shows to catch in the Ottawa this month.

Legendary Sleaze rocker’s Nashville Pussy hit up The 27 Club September 29th.

Carly Rae Jepsen is at the Bronson Centre September 16th,

Osaka, Japans Alternative rockers Shonen Knife are in town September 27th at The 27 Club

Tickets to all the shows can be purchased at https://www.spectrasonic.com/

Wed    09/04 Big Business, Atsuko Chiba, Jung Shadow  @ House of Targ

Tues   09/10  Sun Kill Moon @ The 27 Club

Thurs  09/12  Sleep w/ Pontiak @  Algonquin Commons Theatre

Thurs  09/12   88 Fingers Louie, Steve Adamyk, Mobina Galore @ The 27 Club

Sat      09/14   Sibling Rivalry: Sleepover with Bob & Monet @ Algonquin Commons Theatre

Mon    09/16    Carley Rae Jepsen w/ Ralph @ Bronson Centre

Tues   09/17    Five Alarm Funk, Smalltown Atillery, Moon Tricks @ The 27 Club

Tues   09/17   Direct Hit! w/ The Young Rochelles, The Valveenus @ The Dominion Tavern

Wed   09/18    C.W. Stoneking w/ Gentlemen of the Woods @ The 27 Club

Sat     09/21    Like Moths to Flames w/ Polaris, Afterlife and Glaive @ The 27 Club

Sat     09/21    Homesick: Emo Night Ottawa @ The 27 Club

Tues   09/24   Shonen Knife @ The 27 Club

Fri       09/27   Blinker The Star w/ Zuku, Oddeline @The 27 Club

Sat      09/28    Fly Pan Am @ The 27 Club

Sun     09/29    Nashville Pussy w/ Don Jamieson  @ The 27 Club

Sloan, Cleopatrick, Born Ruffians, and Taylor Knox capped the second day of Ottawa’s Mill Street Brewpubs’ Hopped and Confused Festival.