Standing with the weird and underrepresented since 2012
After our last SOLD OUT edition, Laylit takes over GRIDWRKS and ANNX once again for an unforgettable two-floor dance party!
Topique returns on September 26 with a dedicated day of conversations, workshops, and knowledge exchange. This year's program will explore themes including community-led world building, music distribution in the age of platform capitalism, and the role of archives, memory, and cultural stewardship in shaping independent creative futures.
Pique returns for its 21st edition on Saturday, September 26, 2026! And, for the first time ever, this edition will be completely FREE to the public!
On October 17 at FONO, Cairo electronic music fixture 3Phaz brings his experimental bass-driven take on Egyptian mahraganat/shaabi for an Ottawa debut live performance, supported by SUBR صبر, the deep-listening project of Lougien Dawoudiah and Pierre Richardson –– moving between experimental club and deep listening, deep bass and drone, finding each other in sonic experimentation.
Abenaki multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Mali Obomsawin comes to FONO for an Ottawa release show celebrating her new album, Automatic. Opening the evening is Main Arteries, a new project from prolific local drum improvisers Olivier Fairfield and Scott Warren combining acoustic percussion, tape loops and synthetic textures.
