ENTERTAINMENT & SPECIAL EVENTS
If you’re looking for some music to spice up your time in Westport, The Cove is the place for you to set yourself down. We bring in the best we can find and keep a healthy mix on rotation. From Blues to Jazz, Rock to Folk, Country to Bluegrass, Soul to Funk, we love it all. In the warmer months, larger performances and full band shows take place on our Lounge stage while solos, duos and small groups play to the patio crowds. When it gets cooler, all shows happen in the Lounge.
Always best to call ahead for reservations so you have a seat too! 1.888.COVE.INN
To discuss a gig, please email info@coveinn.com with your name, number, email, web/social media links, particular dates you might want to play and anything else we might need to know about you. We appreciate your request but know that we can only book a limited amount of acts. Thank you for your understanding.
Check out our CALENDAR of EVENTS below for the next show!
Upcoming Events
FATHER’S DAY…all weekend!
FATHER'S DAY...all weekend! Come and celebrate your dad! Enjoy Manly Meat Lunch Specials (11:30am-3pm) or Manly Meat Dinner Specials (5:30-9pm) all weekend long from Friday to Sunday! Call for reservations and specials!
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »CHOPPED LIVER BLUEGRASS BAND (Hamilton)
https://youtu.be/vCpLXRoBRN8 Biography: Chopped Liver is a Canadian acoustic quartet playing modern bluegrass with a focus on timeless songwriting that weaves storytelling, lush vocal harmonies, and lightning-fast picking. Based in Hamilton and Toronto, Chopped Liver is comprised of Andrew Ivens on guitar, Ryan Barwin on Dobro and pedal steel, Adam Vrankulj on double bass, and Victor Vrankulj on banjo. Chopped Liver has a monthly residency in Hamilton and regularly brings their sound to stages across Ontario. Chopped Liver’s live…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »CAMPFIRE LIARS CLUB feat. PAUL LANGLOIS of The Tragically Hip
Catch Paul and his friends in an evening of impromptu jam and revelry. Buffet and Show $60 + HST... Paul Langlois (guitarist for The Tragically Hip) is set to release his 2nd solo album, Not Guilty, on Langlois' own independent record label, Ching Music, on November 5th, 2013. Not Guilty was recorded in early June 2013, over a six-day period, at The Hip's Bathouse Studio in Bath, Ontario. Bathouse engineers Aaron Holmberg and Nyles Spencer recorded and mixed the album, which was produced by…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »HENRY NORWOOD (Classic Country, Perth)
HENRY NORWOOD Henry Norwood is a 19 year old singer/songwriter from Perth Ontario. His first passion was baseball until he held a guitar and began taking guitar lessons at the age of nine. At 11 years old, Henry began performing on stages around the Ottawa Valley and beyond. His own music has been influenced by a deep love and respect for traditional country music. His first original song Another Bottle Another Day won a Top 4 finish out of over…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »BENNI VANDER (Solo Classic Rock, Prince Edward County)
https://youtu.be/sAYEkoba0hw Benni has been an emerging force in the Ontario music industry since finishing high school in 2012. His perfect blend of class and energy grabs attention in venues of every size. He can take endless requests, impress music aficionados with his dynamic jazz-influenced piano and guitar style, or offer something completely fresh in his contagious original music. On top of extensive performance experience with the likes of Miss Emily, members of The Tragically Hip, Spin Doctors, The Glorious Sons,…
Find out more »HENRY NORWOOD (Classic Country, Perth)
HENRY NORWOOD Henry Norwood is a 19 year old singer/songwriter from Perth Ontario. His first passion was baseball until he held a guitar and began taking guitar lessons at the age of nine. At 11 years old, Henry began performing on stages around the Ottawa Valley and beyond. His own music has been influenced by a deep love and respect for traditional country music. His first original song Another Bottle Another Day won a Top 4 finish out of over…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »TONY SILVESTRI BAND (Classic Rock, Belleville/Kingston)
Let's Rock to the Best in Classic Rock - The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Supertramp, Elton John, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Chicago, Boston, Jethro Tull, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and so much more! They play those tunes you know but you haven't heard many bands play before! These guys have the pedigree and the stamina. They are a hell of a show and they keep getting better! Soon, we won't be able to keep the doors on the bar because they will…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »RACK ‘n TUNES + OPEN MIC with Shawn McCULLOUGH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT6IWggmkg Guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist Shawn McCullough helps you break up your week and give you a little social fix. Shawn has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to…
Find out more »HALLOWEEN SPOOK PARTY with YOUNG PETTY STONES: A Nod to TOM PETTY, NEIL YOUNG & THE STONES
Because of last year...Halloween was too much fun! Join together in your ghoulish best as we celebrate the creepiest night of the year! The Cove will be completely decked out as a haunted Victorian house. This year's theme is "Celebrate the ghosts of Woodstock's Past". Dress up in your favourite Woodstock 1969 rock star! There will be prizes for best costume and more...Do the monster mash! Bringing together four musicians who share a deep respect for the most sacred rock 'n…
Find out more »ROBBIE BURNS DAY with TURPIN’S TRAIL
Back by popular demand! Celebrate in the famous bard in the Scottish Tradition! Addressing of the Haggis by the incomparable Walt Freeman with a piper and toast with a short dram of Scotch! Traditional buffet dinner Haggis, Roast Beef, Meat Pies and More! Evening's MC Dave Balfour! Robbie Burns poetry reading. Channel your inner poet! Music by Turpin's Trail. Fundraiser for Friends of Lockwood Park! Check out the music of Turpin's Trail! https://youtu.be/BN_T3tyj458
Find out more »BLUES ON THE RIDEAU @ THE COVE INN, WESTPORT ANNOUNCES 2019/20 LINE-UP
Choose The Blues Productions in co-operation with The Cove Inn, Westport is pleased to announce the 2019/20 LINE-UP for Blues On The Rideau @ The Cove – our 15th year!
BOTR @ The Cove is now recognized as one of the premier Blues Series in the country featuring some of Canada’s best Blues, Soul and R&B artists (all Juno, Maple Blues Award, Western Canadian Music Award and/or Quebec Lys Blues Award winners/nominees). The Cove venue is friendly and intimate located in a beautiful 140 year old country inn in one of the most scenic villages in eastern Ontario – Westport – located on the shores of Upper Rideau Lake on the historic Rideau Waterway (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) – only a 1.5 hour drive from Ottawa, 45 minutes from Kingston, 2.5 hours from Syracuse, 3 hours from Toronto and Montreal.
There are 12 shows this season including three 2 Night Stand – Hogtown Allstars in October, Samantha Martin in November and Jack de Keyzer in January and a December show with MonkeyJunk as well! All shows take place from 7-11 pm. The ticket price increases – the first price increase in 5 years – $70 + HST. That includes a delicious full course buffet dinner, dancing, door prizes and a chance to win 2 Grand Prizes at the end of the season. A portion of proceeds from each show go to support different local charities. To date $74K has been raised for the Westport community and the goal is to raise over $5K this season.
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September 13 From Hamilton HARRISON KENNEDY & BAND (Soul/Blues/Roots male vocalist) www.harrisonkennedy.ca
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October 11 & 12* From Toronto THE HOGTOWN ALLSTARS (Big time Blues, Soul & R&B from 6 members from 2 of Canada’s most famous Blues bands, *2-night stand) http://www.garykendall.com/Bluestime/THAS.htm
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November 15 & 16* From Toronto SAMANTHA MARTIN & DELTA SUGAR (Fabulous Soul Blues with beautiful harmonies, *2-night stand) www.samanthamartinmusic.com
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December 13 From Ottawa MONKEYJUNK (High powered Blues/Funk/Roots/Rock) www.monkeyjunkband.com
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January 17 & 18* From Toronto JACK DE KEYZER BAND (Canada’s King of the Blues guitar. One of BOTR’s favourites. *2 Night stand)
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February 21 From Stratford BILL DURST BAND (Blues hard & heavy in the style of ZZ Top) www.billdurst.com
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March 20 From Nanaimo, BC DAVID GOGO BAND (Here’s another famous Canadian Blues Rock guitarist/singer/songwriter) www.davidgogo.com
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April 17 From Kingston MISS EMILY w. BAND (Soul/Blues/Jazz/Rock Queen of Kingston) www.themissemily.com
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May 8 From Victoria, BC DAVID VEST w. BAND (Authentic, Southern-bred dynamite boogie-woogie piano player, old style Blues shouter vocalist and consummate entertainer) www.davidvest.ca
Full details on the Series including the artists’ Bios, links to their websites and YOU TUBE videos – plus the charities that are being supported this year – can be found at www.BluesOnTheRideau.ca More info on The Cove at www.coveinn.com
Advance reservations are required for all shows and can be made at The Cove, by phone 1-888-COVEINN 613-273-3636 or email info@coveinn.com Well priced accommodation is available at The Cove and nearby B&B’s and a motel but book well ahead. All the beds in Westport usually sell out on BOTR nights.
Blues On The Rideau is produced by Choose The Blues Productions www.choosetheblues.ca in co-operation with The Cove Inn www.coveinn.com Sponsored by Perth Brewery www.perthbrewery.ca, Jacob’s Creek Wines www.jacobscreek.com, DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com, LAKE 88 Perth www.lake88.ca and the Ottawa Blues Society www.ottawabluessociety.com
For more information contact:
James Doran, Choose The Blues Productions, 613-574-0086 james@choosetheblues.ca
Maureen Price or Seamus Cowan, Managers, The Cove Inn, Westport ON 613-273-3636 thecoveinnwestport@gmail.com
POLICY FOR 2019/20
FOR CANCELLATIONS, REDUCTIONS OR NO SHOWS TO RESERVATIONS FOR
BLUES ON THE RIDEAU SHOWS
PLEASE NOTE! AND REMIND CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY RESERVE
You will be required to give your credit card number plus phone number and/or email address when you make your reservations.
Your card will not be charged at the time of reservation. You pay the night of the show.
You have until one week (7 DAYS) prior to the show to cancel or change the number of spots you have reserved for and/or your rooms – at no charge.
The Cove will also continue its policy of calling or emailing everyone who has reserved in advance one week prior to the upcoming show as a reminder.
If you do not notify The Cove that have to CANCEL or REDUCE the number of reserved spaces on your reservation AT LEAST ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE SHOW – or if you are a NO SHOW the night of the Show – then YOUR CREDIT CARD WILL BE CHARGED THE FULL AMOUNT for the number of spots you have reserved.
However – understanding that sometimes unforeseen things come up at the last minute which can cause a cancellation – and in the spirit of good will – if this happens we will CREDIT you the full amount that your card has been charged FOR A FUTURE SHOW in 2019/20 (on a space available basis – Advance Reservation still required). We will do this on a ONE TIME BASIS ONLY..After that, if it happens again, your card will be charged and there will be no credit for a future show.
We are introducing this Policy due to the large number of last minute cancellations and No-Shows we have experienced on BOTR nights over the years. It is simply not fair to the people who would like to attend the Show but have been turned down because we have a full house reserved only to find on the night of the show that there are extra spaces because of late cancellations and No-Shows. And the loss of revenue from this is not fair to Choose The Blues Productions or The Cove Inn who have to cover all the fixed expenses regardless.
Bottom line: If you aren’t SURE you can make the show – or if you aren’t sure some of your party can make the show – then CALL AND CANCEL AT THE LATEST ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE SHOW – or your credit card will be charged.
Fair? More than fair we think. Thank you for your understanding.