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| SUPEREX 2005 is offering a FREE festival of music on our NEW outdoor SUPER Stage located in the heart of the midway.
The SUPER Stage will feature well known recording artists and your favourite local professional show bands. Local acts appear daily from 1:30 to 5 pm with a daily headliner beginning at 8 pm.
FRIDAY AUGUST 19 TO SUNDAY AUGUST 28
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| MICHELLE WRIGHT |
FRIDAY AUGUST 19 @ 8 pm |
 Strap yourself in tight and get ready to embrace an exciting new chapter in Michelle Wright's career that has so appropriately been titled Shut Up and Kiss Me... read more |
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| DAVID WILCOX |
SATURDAY AUGUST 20 @ 8 PM |
 David Wilcox is a brilliant entertainer. David Wilcox is a great guitar player. David Wilcox is unique, a natural. David Wilcox is a soulful songwriter/singer.
David Wilcox first made his name as a solid showman, then as a rockin' axemaster. Ultimately, he has proved his worth as a multifaceted creative force. David Wilcox continues to make original eclectic music that you really ought to hear. Yes, it's all true... read more |
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| ALANNAH MYLES |
SUNDAY AUGUST 21 @ 8 pm |
 Released April 11th, 1989, Alannah's self titled debut album was what is referred to seldom in the music business as a phenomenal success around the world, selling over 250,000 units with the first 2 months of it's release in Canada alone... read more |
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| DOC WALKER |
MONDAY AUGUST 22 @ 8 PM |
 Tens of thousands of miles traveled, hundreds upon hundreds of shows performed, while just as many forgotten meals and even more cups of coffee have been consumed as the lights of a small town give way to the highways that run through the rugged landscape of this vast country. Like many artists who have come before them, the members of Doc Walker are committed to the uniquely Canadian task of doing whatever it takes to build a devoted audience via delivering their energetic brand of rockin’ country to the music lovers of the nation... read more |
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| LIAM TITCOMB |
TUESDAY AUGUST 23 @ 8 PM |
 Raised in a musical family, singer songwriter Liam Titcomb has been lucky to get to perform a lot for his age. With folk hero Brent Titcomb as a father, young Liam has been honing his skills backstage since the tender age of 2 weeks old. Having recently signed a development deal with Sony Music Canada, Titcomb has been on the promo trail offering his hooky rootsy pop to audiences and industry alike... read more |
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| ASELIN DEBISON |
TUESDAY AUGUST 23 @ 8:45 PM |
 Despite her young age, Aselin Debison is already a singer who is a part of history. Five years ago, at the age of 9, Debison galvanized a coal miners' protest in Cape Breton in her native Nova Scotia, singing the local anthem "The Island" with such touching simplicity that thousands of angry striking miners wept, joined hands and sang along... read more |
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| MATT MAYS & EL TORPEDO |
WED. AUGUST 24 @ 8PM |
 Hailing from Dartmouth, NS, Matt Mays & El Torpedo released its self titled album on Sonic Records, Tuesday, March 29. Produced with Grammy award winner Don Smith (Tom Petty, U2, Keith Richards, Bob Dylan, and Cracker), the album was recorded at The Sonic Temple and Ultramagnetic Recording in Halifax, NS... read more |
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KESHIA CHANTÉ
With CASSIE STEELE (Degrassi character Manny Santos);
AMANDA STOTT & CHRISTINE EVANS |
THURSDAY AUGUST 25 @ 8PM |
 In 2003, 15 year-old Ottawa native Keshia Chanté burst onto the music scene and instantly grabbed the attention of both industry tastemakers and consumers... read more |
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| THE BARRA MACNEILS |
FRIDAY AUGUST 26 @ 8 PM |
 The BARRA MacNeils’ music is ‘soul’ music! Its passion and elegance reflects back to the generations of Celtic music played on Cape Breton Island, and harkens back even further to those very MacNeils who came to Nova Scotia from Scotland’s Isle of Barra centuries ago... read more |
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| BOY |
SATURDAY AUGUST 27 @ 8 pm |
 In the basement of a nondescript Megacity low-rise, down a narrow, low-ceilinged hallway, to a dingy, tomb-like rehearsal space, walls bedecked with countless band posters elbowing each other for space, a lengthy strand of tiny Christmas lights snaking around the water-stained ceiling, and the floor a checkerboard of frayed squares of leftover/discarded carpet... read more |
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| PROJET ORANGE |
SATURDAY AUGUST 27 @ 9 pm |
 WARNING: Popular band at home in La Belle Province is set to take on the world... read more |
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| EDDIE AND THE STINGRAYS |
FRIDAY AUGUST 19,
THURSDAY AUGUST 25 &
SUNDAY AUGUST 28
From 1:30- 5:30 pm |
 Eddie and the Stingrays are one of Ottawa’s most enduring show bands who exude the love for classic songs coupled with the musicianship to pull it off ... read more |
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| AMBUSH |
SATURDAY AUGUST 20 & SATURDAY AUGUST 27
From 1:30 TO 5:30 pm |
 Unequalled in popularity with audiences for their live performances, ambush ranks at the forefront of Ontario’s full time contemporary groups... read more |
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| A SALUTE TO THE OTTAWA VALLEY |
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| GAIL GAVAN |
SUNDAY AUGUST 21
From 1:30 TO 5:30 pm |
 It's difficult to place Gail Gavan in any one category... read more |
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| THE MICK ARMITAGE BAND |
SUNDAY AUGUST 21
From 1:30 TO 5:30 pm |
 The Mick Armitage Band has been pleasing audiences for well over 20 years... read more |
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| LOUIS SCHRYER AND STEP DANCERS |
SUNDAY AUGUST 21
From 1:30 TO 5:30 pm |
 This 3-Time Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion will amaze you with the dexterity of his fingers while his kids dance up a storm. |
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| SEARSON |
MONDAY AUG. 22 TO WEDNESDAY AUG. 24:
1:30 TO 5:30 pm |
 Searson brings Celtic music to the edge. Raw power, energy and band chemistry ignite and unite this multi-talented groups... read more |
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| ROBIN AVERILL |
FRIDAY AUGUST 26
From 1:30 TO 5:30 pm |
 Robin’s music repertoire has lots of variety - 40`s through to 90`s. He’s comfortable singing ballads to rock `n roll, country, swing tunes of the 40`s, children’s songs, and a vast collection of Irish music... read more |
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Contact Info:
Joe Pavia
Program Manager
SUPER STAGE CO-ORDINATOR
joep@ottawasuperex.com
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