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The 2021 Ottawa Grassroots Festivals announces Headliners

Writer: Hayley CombaluzierHayley Combaluzier

The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF)prepares to welcome music lovers across Canada and the world, to its 2021 festival, occurring entirely online over the weekend of April 23, Friday, through Sunday, April 25. Attendees of this year’s festival will be able to enjoy the weekend’s events virtually from the safety of their home or bubble. OGF is thrilled to announce the stellar line-up beginning Friday night, April 23 with Kristine St-Pierre livestream at 7:30 ET, followed by James Keelaghan livestream at 9:00pm ET. Tickets and weekend passes go on sale today at 10am ET, and range from $10 for an individual ticket to $20 for a weekend pass, plus ticketing fees. Learn more and purchase tickets here. The Festival is excited to present the 2021 edition online, in a safe and secure environment. Festival Producer Alison Bowie said this: ‘" Tickets are $10/person or $15/family for each Friday and Saturday evening concert. A weekend Festival Pass is $15/person or $20/family. OGF will take place securely on zoom. which is viewable on any device that has a web browser (phone, laptop, computer, tablet, Smart TV, etc.)  One ticket per email address, ticket purchasers will be sent a confirmation of purchase and the link to WATCH the week prior to the festival. Tickets and passes are available for purchase NOW here. Kristine St-Pierre Ottawa based bilingual singer-songwriter Kristine St-Pierre, captivates audiences with her velvet voice and a folk-pop style all her own. Among her significant distinctions, Kristine was nominated for the 2018 Canadian Folk Music Award for Francophone Songwriter of the Year for her EP, La promesse. As well, she was nominated to the Ontario Country Music Association for Francophone Artist of the Year in 2018. The first single from that album, “La promesse,” charted in the Top 10 of SiriusXM's FrancoCountry.  In 2018 Kristine launched the official video for her feminist song, “Women,” on International Women's Day. It has been viewed more than 4,000 times on Facebook. Known as a 'songwriter with a traveling heart,' Kristine sings her experience with passion, vulnerability and authenticity. In addition to several tours across Canada, Kristine has had the opportunity to perform her music in several other countries, Kenya, Nigeria, Congo, and most recently Ukraine. These experiences allow her to create ever closer links between her musical creation and her personal values of respect, inclusiveness and equality.

James Keelaghan

Called Canada’s finest singer-songwriter by one of the most respected and lauded music  journalists of the last 50 years, James Keelaghan is an artist who has proven to be a man for all  seasons. As the calendar pages have turned, for almost a quarter of a century now, this poet laureate of the folk  and roots music world has gone about his work with a combination of passion, intent and intensity, and  curiosity. Fusing his insatiable appetite for finding the next unique storyline Keelaghan also forges his pieces  with brilliantly defined craftsmanship and a monogrammed artistic vision, making him one of the most  distinctive and readily identifiable voices of not only the Canadian scene, but as a member of the  international singer-songwriter community. Armed with a songbook that has enlightened and enthralled, and been embraced, by audiences  around the world, Keelaghan’s life as an artist is one that is a perpetual journey on so many levels.

Schedule for Friday Night - April 23, 2021
  • 7:30 PM Kristine St-Pierre

  • 9:00 PM James Keelaghan

Tickets →
  • Individual Ticket-Friday Evening Concert → CA $10.00 + $1.62 fee = $11.62

  • Family Ticket-Friday Evening Concert → CA $15.00 + $1.93 fee = $16.93

  • Festival Pass per person → CA $15.00 + $1.93 fee = $16.93

  • Family Festival Pass → CA $20.00 + $2.23 fee = $22.23

Online tickets and festival passes for the Ottawa Grassroots Festival evening performances are available via the festival website. Children 15 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. Purchase tickets

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