The Café Nostalgica is proud to present the following events :



Canada Day Celebration

Thrusday, July 1st - 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm
BBQ and live music featuring:

  • Hotshotcasino
  • 3 little birds
  • John Carroll
  • Mackenzie Rhythm Section




Mackenzie Rhythm Section

Friday, May 14th - 9:00 pm
No cover!




Events to watch for in the coming year

Saint-Jean Baptiste Party - June 23rd, 7pm
Canada Day celebrations - July 1st
Back to the Books Concert - Sept 9th
Equinox Party - Sept 21st
Grad Night - Oct 2
Grad Nigth - Nov 26
Grad Night - Dec 17
Grill 'n' Chill - Jan 28
Equinox Party - March 21st
Grad Night - March 25th
Year-End Pre-Summer Bend - April 29th




End of Year Bash

April 30th, 3pm - 11pm, Café Nostalgica Patio
Special BBQ menu
Various live bands including:
The Wooden Sky




Events in March

Friday the 5th: Take the Boys - 9pm
Friday the 12th: Jadea Kelly - 9pm
Friday the 19th: Bob Dylan Nite! - 9pm
Friday the 26th: Lauren Best! - 9pm




March Jazz Nights

Renee Yoxon Jazz - 9pm every Wednesday night

Free, like always!




Tuesdays in March

Tuesday the 2nd: Phil Lafrenière - 9pm
Tuesday the 9th: Ben And Me - 9pm
Tuesday the 16th: McKenzy Rhythm Section - 9pm
Tuesday the 23th: Ben And Me - 9pm




November Jazz Nights - Zak Frantz and friends

Zakari Frantz - alto saxophone
Tim Bedner - 7 string guitar
Mike Essoudry - drums & percussion

As always no cover!




November events

Friday the 6th: Le McKenzie Rythm Section
Friday the 13th: Ben and Me with Tall Trees
Friday the 20th : Kevin Grant
Friday the 27th: Mehdi and the Cayen Club, Club cayenne




Friday, October 30th — Roots Movement — Halloween Grad Night

Great live roots reggae music

All are welcome, no cover!




Come one, come all to Nostalgica's October Trivia 'Spook-tacular!'

As usual there'll be plenty of questions - some will be easy, and some will be hard but they'll all be fun! Make sure your ears are open for the Audio clips! There?ll definitely be Halloween/horror themed questions too!

  • What : Nostalgica's October Trivia 'Spook-tacular'
  • When: Monday, 26 October 2009, 8pm
  • Where: Café Nostalgica (603 Cumberland Street)
  • Who: Graduate Students, Friends and Staff
  • Cost: FREE!
  • Win: Nostalgica gift certificates and other great prizes



Brian Asselin Quartet

Every Wednesday night in October, 9:00 pm

Brian Asselin has been playing saxophone for about 15 years now. He has toured Europe, the United States and Canada with various groups including the legendary The Funk Brothers, The JW-Jones Blues Band, The Jivewires, Impressions in Jazz and Holly Larocque and Mark Ferguson Big Band. He has studied at Carleton University under the direction of Mike Tremblay, Rob Frayne, and Kirk MacDonald and is currently living in Ottawa playing and teaching full time. Other members in the band include: Jeff Asselin on drums, Alex Mastronardi on bass and Eric Disero on piano.

Brian Asselin


Come one, Come all to Nostalgica's first Trivia night of the 2009-2010 season!

As usual there'll be plenty of questions - some will be easy, and some will be hard but they'll all be fun! Make sure your ears are open for the Audio clips!

  • What: Nostalgica's September Trivia Night
  • When: Monday, 28 September 2009, 8pm
  • Where: Café Nostalgica (603 Cumberland Street)
  • Who: Graduate Students, Friends and Staff
  • Cost: FREE!
  • Win: Nostalgica gift certificates and other great prizes

New this year the "Tournament of Champions"

This year we'll be keeping track of teams over the course of the semester and in December (and again in April/May) we'll run a "Tournament of Champions" for some super awesome mega-prizes! (This doesn't mean you have to attend every trivia night but we'd love it if you did!)

Finally, don't forget to come to the other great events every week at Nostalgica:

Monday : every 2nd Monday of the month is Poetry night and the last Monday of the month
is Trivia
Tuesday: Marabou
Wednesday: Jazz Night
Thursday: Nostalgica's famous Open Mic hosted by Kevin Grant
Friday: Watch for featured bands and grad nights

See you at Trivia!