• Tuesday 14 Oct, If you're in or near The Atlantic in Alexandria ON Terry Gillespie and the Granary Band (Stephen Barry, Jody Golcik,Gord Adamson, Peter Measroch) Blues on Tues 7 pm - 10 pm (Be in bed by 11) Put on your wheels and Dance Glide across the floor The Band will cry for More! $10 cover.

• Wednesday 15 October, Candle Light Acoustic Music with Jeff Rogers. Every Wednesday
  Enjoy the soulful piano and vocal stylings of Jeff Rogers. Jeff Rogers has been a featured local performer at Bluesfest, and has received critical reviews with his musical projects that range from duelling piano to a full out grooving band. Don't miss seeing Jeff's extraordinary talent! No Cover!

• Thursday 16 October, JazzWorks Monthly Jam Session - 8:00 p.m. to Midnight
  Cover/Admission: $5.00 at The New Bayou.All proceeds will go to support Jazzworks monthly jam sessions and the summer workshop, including the two annual scholarships awarded to deserving students.

• Saturday 18 October, weekly Saturday Afternoon Blues Jam featuring Guy del Villano, piano and guests - 2 to 6 pm @ The Royal Oak, 318 Bank Street at MacLaren. Bring an instrument, bring yourself, c'mon out and have fun! Performer info: ttp://www.makingnecro.com/guy.html

For all your live music needs, there are many other good events to catch this week by our great local acts 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.

For more details on blues opportunities, also check out Liz Sykes' new blog, Ottawa Blues This Week.

For more jazz opportunities, check out Ottawa Jazz Happenings.

There's also more detail on the individual venue web sites for those not posted to the calendar. Click those web links for info.

For more on these and other events this week, check the Ottawa Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide calendar. Besides these opportunities, you can also check the other possibilities on the events posted by musicians and venues with links to their web sites for more details where available.

Arts News:

New 'DAWG' in town! - The CRTC has granted DAWG FM, CIDG 101.9 an all-blues radio station in Ottawa scheduled to begin broadcasting in spring 2009. Click Press Release for more.

News on the Arts Support Blues - These are two links providing an update on certain recent campaign rhetoric, Ottawa Citizen article by Peter Hum and on 'Ordinary Canadians' support for the arts, a responding Facebook Group now at about 61.335 members since its origin a couple of weeks ago.

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.