Posts from past years that need to be removed from the home page but still available in the archives.
Limited tickets available for cash at the door.
“Dynamic… magnificent… joyful” are just some of the superlatives used to describe the experience of singing together in harmony with Evemarie Brunelle. The Montreal-based singer, choir leader, and performer returns with Big Sing Ottawa! on Sunday, November 10…
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If you love a good hootenanny as much as we do, it doesn’t get any better than this. Heartful, uplifting and moving songs, a room full of people singing along, a venue with perfect acoustics, lyrics posted on a screen...
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Tune in to Canadian Spaces on CKCU (93.1 FM) starting at 10:00 am this Saturday, April 27 for a preview of Gil’s Hootenanny 2024, when hosts Chris White, Carolyn Sutherland, Anne-Marie Brugger and Gil’s Hootenanny organizer Arthur McGregor speak with...
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Those lucky enough to have been at Gil’s Hootenanny last year (2023) will remember Ulyn Georgette and her show-stopping tribute to Odetta. Here’s a sample! Ulyn will be leading a few songs at Gil’s Hootenanny 2024, accompanied by her musical...
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Gil’s Hootenanny
Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 7:00 pm
First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa
30 Cleary Avenue
Tickets are $20 (kids free)
Gil’s Hootenanny begins with a procession of performers marching down the aisles toward the stage, singing and encouraging the audience to join in. This year’s opening song is a well-known protest song, We Shall Not Be Moved. With lyrics based...
Continue reading...Tickets are on sale for the 15th annual Gil’s Hootenanny. Buy Tickets now then join us for the concert at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, May 1, at the First Unitarian Congregation, 30 Cleary Avenue, Ottawa.
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The song “Bread and Roses” is often a feature of the Gil’s Hootenanny repertoire. Coming out of the successful 1912 textile strike by immigrant women workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, “Bread and Roses” is an anthem of both the women’s...
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Annie Patterson will headline Gil’s Hootenanny 2024, bringing her powerful voice and incredible song knowledge and repertoire to the 15th Annual May Day sing-along. Annie is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and master song interpreter with an infectious stage presence that...
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When Gil Levine died at 85 in 2009, three words in his obituary, “…plan a hootenanny”, were the beginning of Gil’s Hootenanny, an Ottawa tradition now into its 15th year and getting stronger. Held each year on May Day, this...
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