10 Nov 2008

Of live music opportunities listed this week to consider on the Ottawa Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide calendar:
For more on these and the many other good events to catch this week by our great local acts, check what else is listed on the Ottawa Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide calendar. The events may either be listed there or on the venue calendar links you can access from the calendar.

There may be other events not listed on the calendar that might have been highlighted if listed. Only those listed have a chance of being highlighted in this occasional note to subscribers.  


More details on blues opportunities, can be found on Liz Sykes' blog,
Ottawa Blues This Week.

For more jazz opportunities, check out
Ottawa Jazz Happenings.


Other music news can be found an the
Ottawa Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide Group on Facebook. If you're a Facebook member check out what else is going on. So far, the group has over 250 members from Ottawa and elsewhere. If you're not a Facebook member, the above link gives you the opportunity to join.
Local Arts News - Ottawa festivals to lose all city funding under planned cuts - Looks like more planning shortsightedness by Ottawa City in its past record of being near the bottom of Canadian cities of per capita support of the arts; this time cutting off more local business revenue generating and tourist friendly festivals in the interests of meeting an arbitrary and narrow bottom line aim.
For more, read the Ottawa Citizen article -

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2008/11/10/ot-cuts-081110.html?ref=rss

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