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2000s Showcase

2008 Showcase Acts

2008 National Showcase Acts
Ottawa, Ontario

Opening Showcase

Friday, June 6
1848 – Ottawa U

  1. Creature
  2. ESCALATE!
  3. wordPEOPLE

Mainstage Showcase #1, (2 room revolver format)

Saturday, June 7
Mavericks/Café Dekcuf

  1. The John Henry’s 
  2. The New Cities
  3. Crash Parallel
  4. Dan Mangan
  5. More or Les
  6. Jon and Roy
  7. Kae Sun
  8. The Carps

Mainstage Showcase #2

Sunday, June 8
The Observatory at Algonquin College

MC: Paul Myrehaug

  1. Hey Ocean!
  2. The Coast
  3. hey rosetta!
  4. Will Currie and the Country French
  5. God Made Me Funky

Mainstage Showcase #3

Monday, June 9
Rainbow Room

MC: Wafik Nasralla

  1. kobo town
  2. Nadine Medawar
  3. Sweet Thing
  4. Les Breastfeeders
  5. The Salads
  6. The Johnstones

Lecture/Variety Showcase

Sunday, June 8
Hotel Penthouse

MC: Darrin Rose

  1. Daniel Packard
  2. Cory Johnson
  3. Jason Escape
  4. Garbage! The Revolution

Comedy Showcase

Saturday, June 7
Yuk Yuk’s Ottawa

MC: Eddie Della Siepe

  1. Sugar Sammy
  2. Brendan McKeigan
  3. Dana Alexander
  4. Stephen Patterson
  5. Ted Morris

Singer Songwriter Showcase

Tuesday, June 10
Astrolabe Theater

Host: Craig Cardiff

  1. Colin Munroe
  2. Lesley Pike
  3. Jessica Rhaye
  4. Robyn Dell’Unto
  5. Casey Desmond

Showcase Alternates
(in case of cancellation)

Mainstage (in order to be called)

  1. Abdominal

  2. OPOPO

Small Venue

  1. David Cavan Fraser

Lecture/Variety (in order to be called)

  1. Dr. Trina Read

Singer Songwriter (in order to be called)

  1. Mandippal Jandu

Comedy (in order to be called)

  1. Frank Spadone

  2. Robin Archer