Anatomy of a Concert Series

A look back at every IMOO venue, sorted by number of performances hosted. Some of them are even still in business! Umi Café (102 Shows) – This defunct coffee shop in Chinatown was our regular home for our first four years (2010-2014) and hosted the most IMOO shows by a wide margin. House of Common … Read more

The IMOO Fest That Never Was

Thanks to everyone who came out for last weekend’s IMOO Fest. The official paid attendance was 35 on Friday and 52 on Saturday, with the latter likely representing an IMOO record. Although this was billed as the final edition of IMOO Fest I haven’t completely closed the door on doing more shows. I still hope … Read more

IMOO Fest tickets are now available!

This year’s IMOO Fest – running from October 13th to 15th – will present more than 30 Canadian and International musicians over three nights at Glebe-St. James United Church and Spark Beer. The cast includes both new-to-IMOO artists (the Canadian Electronic Ensemble, Jacques Demierre, Axel Dörner, Nava Dunkelman, Eve Egoyan, Erin Rogers, etc.) and many … Read more

Thank You From IMOO!

A big thanks to everyone who came out for last weekend’s IMOO Fest, making it one of our best attended events ever (although I believe Siach Hasedeh still holds the all-time record, cramming 50+ people into tiny Umi Café back in 2013). We hope everyone enjoyed the music despite a few last-minute programming changes due … Read more

IMOO Fest tickets are now on sale!

After two years of pandemic delays IMOO’s long-awaited 10th anniversary festival – originally scheduled for September 2020 – is finally ready to go for the weekend of November 4th to 6th and will feature the largest cast of musicians we have presented to date. Headlining this year’s programming are the Ottawa debuts of Los Angeles … Read more

IMOO Fest 2019

IMOO will launch its 10th season of programming in September with its fifth weekend festival. We are proud to welcome Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey as this year’s featured artists-in-residence. Tom and Ingrid will perform in duo, quartet, and large ensemble configurations over the course of the three-evening event. This year’s festival also features the … Read more