Festivals galore in Ottawa (and Toronto!)

Here we go again. Ottawa is becoming Canada's hotspot for open air music festivals! Take your pic and get on out there!
Glow Fair:  Inaugural year for Glow Fair taking place on Bank Street, June 20-21.
Fringe Festival: June 19-29 at various venues.
Dragon Boat Festival:  June 19-22 at Mooney's Bay. Free concerts featuring Sheepdogs, Hey Ocean, Arkells and many more!
Ottawa Jazz Festival: Tonight is opening night!  Lots of stellar performances are lined-up including a great segment of Canadian indie bands. It also features plenty of Ottawa talent. 

Live from Toronto, it's NXNE!!!
Our friend, James Meloche of CHUO's Mixtape Sessions is live on location enjoying the best of Canada's indie scene in Toronto this weekend.  He is going to fill us in on all the action at NXNE. Tune in to hear who's in, who's out, where to catch the best bands and tips on how to make the most of this great Canadian annual festival.

Tune in at 5 pm every Friday at 89.1 FM or online at CHUO.fm.
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anne-marie
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We are featuring a few amazing storytellers on this Friday's show. While they sit on opposite ends of Canada's musical spectrum, they each know a lot about character development and weaving a good yarn.  Take your pic.

Ian Foster:
A songwriter and storyteller from St. John's, Newfoundland, Ian Foster is in Ottawa this weekend in time for the release of his 6th album, The Great Wave.  In the same vein as Bruce Cockburn but with a hint more bluegrass, he weaves tales of peculiar characters, some we might know, others we long to meet. The award-winning balladeer will be in Wakefield at Kaffe 1870 on Sunday.

The PepTides:
If you like your music with a dash drama, stylez and aplomb, then you must – I say must – make every effort to catch this Ottawa electro-collective at least once this summer.  With the release of another epic double-disc, Love Question Mark, they have a number of gigs lined-up in Ottawa over the coming weeks.  We look forward to having them in studio this Friday.  Expect mayhem and razzle-dazzle. Not to be missed.  

Tune in to 89.1 FM in Ottawa or on-line at CHUO.FM. Every Friday from 5 to 6 pm.
anne-marie
Hop The Fence on CHUO

Last night, Thursday, June 5, I had the honour of receiving an Award for my 10 years of service at CHUO 89.1 fm.  It seems ironic to me as I would be the first to thank CHUO for giving me 10 years of joy, fulfillment and opportunity! It was a lovely event and I was not the only CHUO volunteer to pick up an award. 

The Deputy Minister of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, Chisanga Puta-Chekwe, gave us a warm hand shake and both congratulated and thanked us individually. 

Thanks to CHUO for putting our names forth to be recognized. Thanks to our community and listeners for tuning in and sharing our on-air adventures.

anne-marie xox
Hop The Fence
Fridays at 5 pm, CHUO

Join us between 5 and 6 pm Friday to hear from 2 special guests:

WINCHESTER WARM
Ottawa's own are dropping a brand new disc Friday at the city's latest popular intimate concert venue, St. Alban's church.  The new record called Belle Attente was recorded around Ottawa with Jarrett Bartlett at the helm.  Expect a blend of pop indie delicacies mixed with angst and hope.

DELTA WILL
Visiting from outer-space, Delta Will are in at Pressed on Saturday joining More Please! for their CD release.  Delta Will's EP, It All Glows is abuzz with synth, samples, drum machines. The whole thing takes on ethereal tones with dark lyrics expressed mellifluously and harmonically.

We'll also be spinning tracks from other bands in town this weekend including FEVERS, Steve Berndt and Shari Ulrich.  Tune in to 89.1 FM in Ottawa or on-line at CHUO.FM

Your own personal dj,
anne-marie
Hop The Fence on CHUO