Mercury Lounge's FOREPLAY+HUMP presents... BLISS BLISS will be playing live at Mercury Lounge on CAPITAL PRIDE weekend. Friday August 23, 2013 9pm $10 Special Guests: TBA The setting is in Montreal, winter of 2010 where, following long nig…

Mercury Lounge's FOREPLAY presents... Montag live @ Mercury Lounge Wednesday July 3 7pm $5 Montreal's Montag, otherwise known as Antoine Bédard, launched his first record, Are You a Friend?, in 2002. The record was released on electronic music …

Ottawa International Jazz Festival is proud to present... Maylee Todd live @ Mercury Lounge Doors at 10pm Show at 10:30pm with Resident LAnce Baptiste Maylee Todd is a dynamic and multi-faceted artist, based in Toronto. Her creativity derives its …

UP & UP MUSIC presents SLIM MOORE & THE MAR-KAYS An unforgettable night of pure, unadulterated, bona fide, tear-jerking, gutt-wrenching, stone-bad soul music Featuring legendary bassist donovan “freight train” willis and the entire line-up of…

The Ottawa International Jazz Festival presents... LAL live @ Mercury Lounge Doors at 10pm Show at 10:30pm with Resident LAnce Baptiste Electronic, punk, hip-hop, poetry and jazz mixed into one that whispers and screams through sound-systems, reve…

Mercury Lounge Presents... Antennas Up Sunday June 16 9:00pm $10 Antennas Up formed in Kansas City in 2008. Following the addition of a new lead singer and an overwhelmingly positive response from the press and CMJ with the release of their fir…

Mercury Lounge Presents... Los Oxidados live from Mexico followed by Resident Lance Baptiste Friday, June 14th Doors open at 8pm Show at 9:00pm $10 in advance https://soundcloud.com/losoxidadosweb/el-baile-prohibido http://losoxidadosweb.…

Mercury Lounge presents... Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes & High Waters Thursday June 13 9;00pm $10 ***Featured on Amazon's Top 100 Songs & Albums Of 2011 and 2012*** They never look the same at the end of their set; a pair of hip horn-…

Mercury Lounge Presents... The Crackling Tuesday June 11 9pm $10 The name The Crackling refers to songwriter Kenton Loewen’s favorite sound, the sound of burning. From gentle taps of smoking wood, to violent sparks of exploding pine cones and …

Mercury Lounge presents... Little Sun (Montreal/Ottawa) & Heidi Happy (Official NXNE showcasing artist) (Switzerland) Saturday June 8, 2013 8:30pm $10 Little Sun "Little Sun is the transitory essence of nature, it is the eternal in-between. L…

the sound police tried to silence our boys and they had to relocate their dancefloor! We are proud to announce: NEW LOCATION: MERCURY LOUNGE : 56 BYWARD level 3 every first Friday of the month afrolatincarribeantropical dancefloor affair wi…

Mercury Lounge presents... Musk Ox Friday June 7, 2013 9:00pm $10 Musk Ox is a Canadian Neofolk project formed by Nathanaël Larochette, blending Neofolk’s lush acoustic textures with the expansiveness of Post Rock, the intricate arrangements …

A battle of the titans 10pm EVERY first Saturday of the month these two local underground House Music Heavy Weights battle it out behind the decks to take command of the dance floor. Expect vintage Chicago House-Electro-Afro-Latin-Brazilian & Beyond. B…

AFTER-PARTY entertainment provided by DJ DUO ASHLEY GAUTHIER & CHRIS MURRAY! Swirl & Twirl is back for its ninth season and we look forward to seeing you on May 30, 2013. Swirl & Twirl is an evening fundraising event featuring wine, beer and food tasting…

Join some of Ottawa most renouned spoken work artists as they take the stage at Overkill for this FOREPLAY event! FEATURING renowned spoken word artist V! More to be announced soon! Wednesday May 29 Doors at 7pm $5 ------ V Awarded 2012′s…

Mercury Lounge presents... André M. Bluteau Featuring special guest Mike Dubue of Hilotrons Friday May 24 9pm $10 André M. Bluteau (b. Canadian 1986) is a slowly building catalogue of songs. Born in Canada’s capital city, without hav…

Up & UP Concert Series and Mercury Lounge present... Sound of Lions Thursday May 23 10pm $10 On the last Thursday of every month we host the UP & UP Concert Series, a night we dedicate to putting live, authentic music on the UP & UP. We showcas…

Get a Fresh...Back for a second time! This event was so popular the first time around that we are bringing it back for a second time! "Combining Hump with Foreplay will transform Mercury Lounge into a 'mini-Pride celebration' every Wednesday.” -Jes…

Mercury Lounge presents: Guest DJ Jason Hodges /Apt Entertainment / TO w/ resident Lance Baptiste DJs Balu and Ray Ray Friday May 17 10pm $8 in advance at www.mercurylounge.com more at the door Canadian born Jason Hurtubise, first arrived in …

Mercury Lounge presents... SOA JAZZ Thursday May 16, 2013 9:00pm Cover: $10 SOA JAZZ In 2010, SOA singer Chrystelle Maechler sought out a different kind of jazz group – a band that resonated with her own uniqueness. In making music, the choic…